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Hootsuite - Social Media Tools subscription: cost, reviews, how to cancel

Hootsuite Inc., Social Networking

Free on the App Store

Hootsuite - Social Media Tools by Hootsuite Inc. 1 subscription plan from $149.00 per month. 13% of 38 recent reviews mention billing.

  • App Store rating4.7★ from 34,295 ratings
  • Cheapest subscription$149.00 per month
  • Reviews mentioning billing, last 12 months5 of 38 reviews

On this page: what it costs, how to cancel, what reviewers say.

What the data says

  • Billing complaints in reviews5 of 38 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (13%)
  • Free trial converts to a paid plan7 days free trial, then $149.00 per month
All signals behind this verdict
Reviews in the last 12 months38
Reviews mentioning billing5 (13.2%)
One- or two-star share, last 90 days67% of 3
App Store rating4.7 (34,295 ratings)
Developer's apps2, 1 removed from the store
Age6,116 days
Days since last update14
Subscription plans1
Overall review sentimentnegative

Thresholds and definitions: how we rate apps.

What Hootsuite - Social Media Tools costs

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $149.00 per month.

  • Mobile7 days free trial, then renews every month$149.00

How to cancel Hootsuite - Social Media Tools

  1. Open Settings on your iPhone and tap your name at the top.
  2. Tap Subscriptions.
  3. Select Hootsuite - Social Media Tools (listed under a plan name such as Mobile).
  4. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

If the app is not in that list, it was not billed through Apple. Cancel it with the developer instead: support page or website.

Charged after cancelling or during a trial? Request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com within 90 days.

What reviewers say

Rating breakdown

  • 5★80% (27,694)
  • 4★11% (4,060)
  • 3★3% (1,310)
  • 2★1% (379)
  • 1★2% (852)

Recent updates

  • 11.7.1Aug 24, 2026
  • 11.7.0Aug 17, 2026
  • 11.6.2Jul 21, 2026
  • 11.6.1Jul 17, 2026
  • 11.6.0Jul 13, 2026

Praised

  • Very good
  • Makes social media life so easy!!
  • Lifesaver
  • Wonderful
  • Great app to keep on top of social media
  • Love it
  • Essential free tool for charity
  • Incredible app for managing and scheduling social media posts

Complained about

  • Don't give them your credit card information
  • Charged annual fee unknowingly
  • Expensive Help
  • Unable to cancel subscription
  • Crashes when editing a draft and scrambles the text
  • Not worth using
  • Every day a new problem
  • App crashes
  • Nightmare to use or delete
  • Does not work
  • Limited
  • Useless
  • Suddenly forced to upgrade for a ridiculous price
  • More of a headache than useful
  • Shocked
  • Extremely expensive $49 for 3 accounts a month! Deleting. 🙁
  • Forced into writing a review by lock screen
  • Was Great, Business Model Now Poor
  • So many tech issues
  • The crashes, freezes, IG tagging doesn't work, no photos carousel
  • Customer Service is inadequate
  • Crashed (does not open)
  • Yikes
  • Scam
  • Nightmare to use or delete
  • Terrible! Don't use!!
  • Every day a new problem
  • Crashes when editing a draft and scrambles the text
  • Nightmare to use or delete

Reported bugs

Unable to sign in; Crashes when editing a draft; Scrambles text in drafts; Fails to post scheduled content; Disconnects social media accounts; Difficult to delete account; Charges for cancelled subscriptions.

Recent one-star reviews

Can’t sign up with out payingWon’t let me signup without paying and there’s no other option to at least look around. So if your looking for a third party app for your social scheduling, look else were. It’s a shame they don’t offer at least a look around to see how everything works. They just list 3 specifics that you get with…

Midz18, Jul 14, 2026

Problem failedAlways my posting was failed Already sign in and sign out but still fail

hazem, Jun 18, 2019

Keeps saying i dont have a subscriptionAlthough professional plan is active the app keeps giving me a billing problem notice and signs me out every time! Had to reinstall every now and then to make it work!

Jexplore, Apr 30, 2021

Recent five-star reviews

Just some minor improvements neededAll of the free function works great and are awesome, except for the fact it cannot automatically resize photos to fit into the instagram ratio. This has to be done manually or your post won’t go up at all. Bummer!

b85, Mar 23, 2018

Great solution for fast broadcastBeing a digital marketer and socmed influencer, a need to dispersed the image immediately to several platform is crucial. Hootsuite helps to minimised the need to login to several apps just to do the same thing. Happy user, indeed!

rhb24, Apr 4, 2018

Best apps in managing your social mediaI’m just start using it and I found it amazing and ease my work as I have not much time to post everyday in my ig bussiness. But now with Hootsuite I can schedule my posts when I got free time 💋

hawakhalid, Feb 17, 2018

About the developer

Hootsuite Inc. has published on the App Store since Dec 10, 2009: 2 app(s), 1 of them no longer in the store.

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Questions people ask

How much does Hootsuite - Social Media Tools cost?

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $149.00 per month.

How do I cancel Hootsuite - Social Media Tools?

On your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select Hootsuite - Social Media Tools and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

Does Hootsuite - Social Media Tools have a free trial?

Yes: Mobile offers a 7 days free trial, then $149.00 per month.

Is the Hootsuite app free to use?

The app itself is free to download and use, but it requires a Hootsuite account. The description mentions in-app purchases and subscriptions, indicating that advanced features or higher usage limits may require payment.

Hootsuite - Social Media Tools in one paragraph

Hootsuite - Social Media Tools by Hootsuite Inc. is a Social Networking app for iPhone. Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $149.00 per month across 1 plan(s). App Store rating 4.7 from 34,295 ratings. 5 of 38 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (13%). The developer has 2 app(s) on the App Store, 1 no longer listed. Cancel through Settings › Subscriptions on the iPhone. Data verified Sep 8, 2026 by AppsLupa.

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