Overview of the Hootsuite mobile app

Hootsuite's mobile app complements the web version of Hootsuite. It helps you stay on top of your social media tasks efficiently, no matter where you are.

If you’re new to Hootsuite, see Get started with Hootsuite to start exploring and setting up your account on the web version of Hootsuite.

The Hootsuite mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices. Download it for free from your phone’s app store. The minimum OS requirements are Android 5.0 and iOS or iPadOS 18.

Note: We're ending mobile app support for iOS 17 and earlier. You won't lose access right away, but you won't be able to update the app if your device is on an unsupported iOS version. Full access will end once we require an app update in the future. To avoid interruption, update your device to a supported iOS version.

The Hootsuite mobile app doesn't support complex workflows that take more than a couple minutes. Tasks you must complete in the web version of Hootsuite include creating analytics reports, adding new team members, and managing your Hootsuite organization.

Here’s an overview of what you can do in each area of the Hootsuite mobile app.

Account

Manage your account and settings by selecting your profile picture in the top left of the app. On the Account tab, you can manage your connected social accounts and find links to help. If you’re part of more than one Hootsuite organization, you can switch between them here. On the Settings tab, you can manage the notifications you receive, switch the app to dark mode, and find the Sign out button.

​​For more information, visit the following help articles:

• Sign in or out of Hootsuite
• Connect a social account to Hootsuite
• Reconnect a social account
• Manage Hootsuite mobile notifications
• Set preferences in the Hootsuite mobile app

Streams

Monitor conversations, likes, and mentions and engage with your audience. Select Streams to create and view content feeds from your connected social accounts. You can monitor specific keywords, mentions, topics, hashtags, or even competitors and take part in those conversations. You can also categorize and organize your streams with boards.

Streams in the Hootsuite mobile app are great for scanning for social mentions of your brand outside of office hours and replying to time-sensitive comments.

For more information, visit the following help articles:

• Overview of Streams
• Organize your streams
• Share stream content in the Hootsuite mobile app

Create

Create, publish, and schedule posts to Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Select Create to create new posts that you can publish to multiple accounts at the same time. Besides text, you can include mentions, links, images, videos, GIFs, emoji, and hashtags.

The Hootsuite mobile app is great for whipping up a post when inspiration strikes and saving it as a draft to polish later.

​​For more information, visit the following help articles:

• Publish and schedule posts in the Hootsuite mobile app
• Save and edit drafts in the Hootsuite mobile app

The Hootsuite mobile app is great for double-checking your scheduled posts before they get published.

​​For more information, visit the following help articles:

• Manage your content calendar in the Hootsuite mobile app
• Approve content before it goes live
• Save and edit drafts in the Hootsuite mobile app

The Hootsuite mobile app is great for staying on top of time-sensitive engagement when conversations continue after hours, ensuring you don’t miss any responses.

​​For more information, visit Manage customer care in the Hootsuite mobile app.

Notifications

Get notified of new social activity and Instagram posts that are ready to publish. Select Notifications in the top right to view your notifications. Get alerted to new activity on your X and Facebook Pages, as well as approval notifications and those all-important Instagram publishing reminders. You can choose to receive many of these as push notifications too.

As with all third-party tools that work with Instagram, the Hootsuite mobile app is essential for publishing Instagram stories. When it's time to publish, you’ll get a notification that contains your prepared content for you to add those final touches and publish it with the Instagram app.

For approvers in organizations, mobile push notifications let you know whenever a new post is ready for approval.

​​For more information, visit Manage Hootsuite mobile notifications.

Finding mobile app information in the Help Center

When a Hootsuite feature is in both the web and mobile versions, you’ll find the information together in the same help article. Select the tabs within each help article to view the steps and information specific to each device type. The tabs look like this: