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All comparisons · checked October 2026

Social Snagger vs Planoly

Planoly: instagram grid planner that grew into multi-channel scheduling. Social Snagger: a free Mac app that snags posts with credit, writes your own with any AI and keeps the calendar full. Here is how they differ, including where Planoly is the better pick.

Where Social Snagger is stronger

  • Free, pay what you want, with no per-channel or per-seat pricing
  • Snag posts from 9 platforms with the creator's credit and caption kept
  • Your own AI key, or free local AI with Ollama and LM Studio
  • Series and carousels that can't go out of order
  • Plan my launch: 10, 20 or 25 posts written in one go
  • Library, logins and keys stay on your Mac

Where Planoly is stronger

  • Drag-and-drop Instagram grid planning
  • Mobile app with a free plan
  • Auto-posts carousels mixing images and videos
  • Instagram analytics on its Analyze dashboard

Choose Planoly if you mostly care about how your Instagram feed looks and plan from your phone.

Feature by feature

Social Snagger vs Planoly

  • Yes: Yes
  • Partly: Partly
  • No: No
  • Not verified: Not verified
Price model
Social Snagger
Yes: Free download, pay what you want. AI is billed by your provider, or free with a local model.
Planoly
Yes: Starter $14/mo, Growth $24, Pro $47 (up to 15% off yearly). Free plan on mobile, 10 uploads a month.
Where it runs
Social Snagger
Partly: Mac app (macOS 11+). Your Mac must be awake for posts to go out. No web or mobile app.
Planoly
Yes: Web, iOS and Android.
AI captions (provider)
Social Snagger
Yes: Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama or LM Studio. Pictures: OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter.
Planoly
Yes: AI caption writer and idea generator. Model not named.
Bring your own AI key / local AI
Social Snagger
Yes: Your own API key, or free local models via Ollama and LM Studio, found automatically.
Planoly
No: No option found to use your own key or a local model.
Carousel posting
Social Snagger
Yes: One post to Instagram, Threads, Facebook (photos), Bluesky (up to 4) and Tumblr.
Planoly
Yes: Auto-posts carousels (images and videos) for Business or Creator accounts.
Multi-part series kept in order
Social Snagger
Yes: Series detected from file names; a part is held until the one before it is out.
Planoly
No: No series ordering found.
Grid / visual planner
Social Snagger
Yes: Grid view of your Instagram profile; drag one tile onto another to swap times.
Planoly
Yes: Core feature: preview and rearrange your grid.
Repost-with-credit tools
Social Snagger
Yes: Snag from 9 platforms with @handle and caption kept; credit on by default; permission tracked per post.
Planoly
No: No repost-with-credit tool found.
Telegram approvals and hand-offs
Social Snagger
Yes: Free Telegram bot: TikTok/YouTube hand-offs, alerts, morning brief, Post anyway / Skip on held parts.
Planoly
Partly: No Telegram. Teamwork comments with @mentions.
Team features
Social Snagger
No: Single Mac. Many brands, but no shared accounts, roles or approvals.
Planoly
Partly: 1, 2 or 6 users by plan; Teamwork comments.
Analytics
Social Snagger
No: None.
Planoly
Partly: Instagram analytics; fuller metrics on paid plans.
Comment and message inbox
Social Snagger
No: None.
Planoly
Not verified: Not confirmed from Planoly's pages for this comparison.
Platforms it publishes to
Social Snagger
Partly: Auto: Instagram, Threads, Facebook Pages, Pinterest, Tumblr, Bluesky, webhook. Hand-off: TikTok, YouTube Shorts.
Planoly
Yes: Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest (X listed in its FAQ).

Use both, if you like.

You can keep Planoly for what it does best and let Social Snagger find, make and schedule the posts. It's free for Mac, pay what you want.

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Sources (checked October 2026)

  1. Planoly: Pricingwww.planoly.com/pricing
  2. Planoly: Instagram plannerwww.planoly.com/solutions/instagram
  3. Planoly Help: Auto-post guidelines and limitationshelp.planoly.com/knowledge/auto-post-guidelines-and-limitations
  4. Planoly Help: Product updateshelp.planoly.com/knowledge/planoly-product-updates
  5. Social Snagger: release notes for every versionsnagger.social/download