# Preview App review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Instagram and TikTok feed planner with scheduling Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Preview is a mobile-first planner for Instagram and TikTok accounts. Users arrange photos, videos and carousels on a feed grid, edit them in the app, and schedule posts, with auto-posting to Instagram, Facebook and TikTok on the top plan. A free tier allows unlimited planned posts for one user and one device. - **Category:** Social Media Schedulers - **Made by:** Preview App Pty Ltd - **Website:** https://thepreviewapp.com - **Runs on:** iOS, Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want automatic posting for free, since it's on Premium, $12.50 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Preview App has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6.67 per month, billed yearly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 1 user and 1 device, unlimited posts, Reels and TikTok planner, 2 filter packs, basic analytics and a video editor. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 1 user, 1 device, unlimited planned posts, 2 filter packs and basic analytics. | | Pro | $6.67 per month, billed yearly (monthly plans exist, price not shown) | Adds all filter packs, repost, all caption fonts and an image splitter. | | Premium | $12.50 per month, billed yearly (monthly plans exist, price not shown) | Adds auto-posting, story planner, full analytics, competitor insights, desktop planner and unlimited team members. | Read from https://thepreviewapp.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Preview App before buying. ## Key features - **Feed grid planner:** Drag and drop photos, videos and carousels to see how the Instagram grid will look before anything is posted. - **Auto-posting:** On Premium, posts to Instagram, Facebook and TikTok are published for you; the app says Instagram has approved it for auto-posting. - **Built-in editing:** Includes filters, a photo editor, a video editor with music and voiceover, and an image splitter for multi-post layouts. - **Hashtag and caption tools:** Hashtag group manager, hashtag SEO keyword collections and a caption finder with over 3,000 ideas. - **Analytics and competitor insights:** Basic analytics are free; full analytics and competitor insights need Premium. - **Team access:** Premium allows unlimited team members under one subscription, with per-person permissions and no shared Instagram password. ## Good for - Solo creators and small brands planning an Instagram grid - People who want a free planner with unlimited posts - Small teams sharing one Premium subscription ## Worth knowing - Auto-posting, the story planner and full analytics need the Premium plan. - Listed prices are the yearly-billed monthly equivalents; the page says monthly plans exist but shows no monthly price. - The free plan is limited to 1 user and 1 device. - It centers on Instagram and TikTok, with Facebook posting on Premium; other networks are not listed. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Preview is a feed grid planner for Instagram and TikTok, with a free plan of unlimited planned posts for one user on one device. Auto-posting, the story planner and full analytics sit on Premium at $12.50 a month, and it only covers Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. - **Value for money: B.** $6.67 a month on yearly billing for Pro, but auto-posting needs Premium at $12.50, which is inside the $14 cheaper quarter. Monthly prices aren't shown. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free for one user on one device, with unlimited planned posts, a Reels and TikTok planner and a video editor. One person could live on that, but not post automatically. - **Features: C.** Feed grid planner, editing, hashtags and captions, plus auto-posting on Premium. Per the listing, it's centred on Instagram and TikTok, and auto-posting, story planner and full analytics are Premium only. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect accounts and learn the grid planner. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** iPhone app and web, with a desktop planner on Premium. It lists only Instagram, TikTok and Facebook, and no Android app is shown. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Preview's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among social media schedulers - Preview App's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 82 of the 90 other social media schedulers we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 86 of 90) and worst on features (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at $6.67 a month, against a middle price of $24.46 for the category: 7 of the 79 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/social-media ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Preview App you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 82 of the 90 other social media schedulers we grade. It costs $80.04 a year. - You could make: Calendar, templates and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A video editor. - You could not: A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 44,774 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1126609754 ## Works with Instagram, TikTok, Facebook **Tags:** Calendar, Templates, Video editing, Reports, AI features ## Alternatives - [Later](https://toolgpa.com/tools/later): Visual social media planner with link in bio and analytics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/later-vs-preview-app) - [Planoly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planoly): Visual social planner with link in bio and Instagram DM automation. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/planoly-vs-preview-app) - [Hopper HQ](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hopper-hq): Social media scheduler priced per connected account. 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