Typefully vs Wiral.Social A clean editor, or ideas and posts made for you.
Both post to LinkedIn through its official sign-in. Typefully is a clean editor and scheduler for six networks, X first, and its AI writes a full post from your line, from $99 a year. It brings no ideas of its own, and its LinkedIn stats are still “coming”. Wiral.Social brings the ideas and writes the post in your voice, from $9 a month with a 14-day trial and no card. Stan bought Typefully in November 2026; nothing has changed in the app yet. I used Typefully on 12 November 2026. I built Wiral, so I’m biased; the facts come with sources.
By Kaustubh Katdare · Founder, Wiral.SocialPrices checked 12 November 2026 · features researched 26 October 2026you already know what you want to say, you post on X and LinkedIn, and you want a calm editor with a realistic phone preview and a low yearly price.
- Starts at
- Free plan
- Free trial
- 14 days, card needed
you want ideas waiting for you and posts written in your voice, checked before they go out, from $9 a month with no card to try it.
- Starts at
- From $9 a month
- Free trial
- 14 days, no card
6 differences that matter.
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Where the idea comes from
TypefullyFrom you. Onboarding asked nothing about me, my work or my topics, and no ideas showed up. Typefully says it has a library of prompts; I didn’t come across it.
Wiral.SocialYour own saved ideas, fresh ideas Wiri writes from your topics every morning, and a bank of formats that keep doing well on LinkedIn.
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Who writes the post
TypefullyRefine wrote a full post from my one line, 2,515 characters, without asking anything first. It’s correct, and long.
Wiral.SocialWiri writes three takes from one line, a link or a voice note, each a different angle, at a length that fits LinkedIn.
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Learning your voice
TypefullyThe Writing Assistant learns from writing samples and posts you write in Typefully. On my Creator trial it said Upgrade to unlock, so I couldn’t test it.
Wiral.SocialA two-minute chat or a few old posts, and Wiri keeps a plain page of what it knows about you. You can read and edit every line, from day one of the trial.
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Price and trial
TypefullyFree covers 10 posts a month with no AI. Creator is $99 a year, yearly only; Business is $20 a month per social set. The 14-day trial needs a card.
Wiral.Social$9 to $49 a month across six plans, AI writing on every plan, monthly or yearly. 14-day trial, no card, and a full refund within 14 days of your first payment.
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Where Typefully is ahead
TypefullySix networks from one draft, company pages, a first comment, team comments and roles, an API, and a preview on seven real phone sizes.
Wiral.SocialWiral is LinkedIn only, with no post stats or automatic first comment yet (both wait on LinkedIn’s approval), no company pages and no team accounts.
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Leaving
TypefullyDeletion is scheduled: my email said 11 January 2027, 60 days out, though the privacy policy says 30. Remove Typefully from LinkedIn yourself.
Wiral.SocialExport your ideas and posts from Settings, then delete. The account goes at once.
The same idea, in Typefully.
Kaustubh KatdareFounder, Wiral.Social
I gave Typefully the line I gave Buffer: there’s a difference between audience and community. Then I asked its AI to expand it into a full post with a nice flow from start to end.
It did. Buffer didn’t write, Typefully did, and it did a good job. I’d post it. But it came back at 2,515 characters, with three numbered reasons and five tips. I expected some back and forth with the writer first. It just built a long post.
So I asked for under 1,300 characters, in my style. It gave me 851 characters of short lines. Tidy, but it couldn’t know my style. The assistant that learns your voice was locked on my trial, and I had paid with my card to start it. That didn’t feel right. I should have been allowed a taste of how the writer writes.
The bigger thing: it never asked who I am or what I post about. Typefully wants me to do the thinking and hard work. It gives me nothing on its own. Coming up with the idea is the toughest part, and it doesn’t solve it.
To be fair, the editor is calm and simple, the realistic phone preview is a good part, and typing “tomorrow at 9am” to schedule is nice. If you already have the idea, Typefully is a good place to write it down. If you want the idea and the post, that’s why I built Wiral.
Inside Typefully, screen by screen.
Screenshots I took myself. The numbered notes take turns; tap one to see its part.
One line in, a long post out.
It wrote the whole thing without a question. 2,515 characters from 52.
“Writes like you”, after you pay.
On the Creator trial, with my card in, the voice assistant said Upgrade to unlock.
“In my style”, without knowing me.
Shorter and tidy. It had nothing of mine to go on.
LinkedIn stats, coming.
Analytics cover X. For LinkedIn, you can upvote and wait.
What it does well.
A realistic preview on seven phones, cut exactly where LinkedIn cuts it. This is well done.
Deleted, in 60 days.
The privacy policy says 30. The email I got said 11 January 2027.
Every feature, side by side.
Wiral.Social is ours, so its column is marked. Where it’s behind, the table says so.
| Side by side | TypefullyFree plan | Wiral.SocialOurs |
|---|---|---|
| Price and trial | ||
| Starts at | Free plan | From $9 a month |
| Free trial | 14 days, card needed | 14 days, no card |
| How it connects to LinkedIn | LinkedIn’s own sign-inHelp centre says person mentions are limited because of LinkedIn API limits, which shows it posts through the LinkedIn API. | Official LinkedIn sign-inSigns in with LinkedIn and posts through LinkedIn’s official sharing permission. |
| Writing | ||
| Writes posts with AI | YesWriting Assistant chat in the editor plus quick edits (rewrite, improve, make it punchier). | YesThree takes on every idea, written by Wiri. |
| Learns your voice | YesLearns style from writing samples you add and posts you write in Typefully; editable style guide in Settings. | YesLearns from your posts and a few questions; you can see and remove what it learned. |
| Suggests post ideas | YesTypefully says it has a library of prompts and content ideas; I didn't come across it in my trial (12 Nov 2026), and onboarding asked nothing about me, my work or my topics. | YesDaily picks from your topics. |
| Ideas from viral posts | Not statedNot stated on the site. | YesA Viral tab of ideas drawn from posts that did well. |
| Posting | ||
| Schedules posts | YesOn every plan, including Free. | YesIts own scheduler, posting through LinkedIn’s official sharing. |
| Posting queue or calendar | YesCalendar on every plan; queue tab on mobile. | YesWeekly posting slots, any time zone. |
| Adds a first comment | YesListed under LinkedIn features on every plan, including Free. | NoWaiting on LinkedIn’s approval. |
| Posts to company pages | Yes | NoPersonal profiles only. |
| Visuals | ||
| Makes carousels | YesUpload and schedule PDF carousels. | YesCarousel maker with templates. |
| Images and video | YesAttach images, GIFs and videos. | YesImage cards and template videos. |
| Feed preview | YesRealistic preview on seven phones (iPhone SE to 17 Pro Max, Galaxy S25, Pixel 10) plus desktop, cut at LinkedIn's "…more", with made-up reactions for the look; the editor also marks the fold (Kaustubh, 12 Nov 2026). | YesFeed preview with the “…more” cut. |
| Growth | ||
| Post stats | NoHelp centre (11 Aug 2026): analytics cover X only; LinkedIn analytics are being worked on. | NoPost stats are waiting on LinkedIn’s approval. |
| Help with comments | YesAuto-plug, auto-retweets, auto-DMs, reply to tweets. | No |
| Leads and outreach | Not statedNot stated on the site. | No |
| Team and client accounts | YesBusiness plan: unlimited users, teams, roles, permissions, shared drafts, comments, up to 50 social sets. | No |
| Getting set up | ||
| Needs a Chrome extension | NoNo Typefully writing or scheduling extension in the Chrome Web Store. | NoWorks in any browser, no extension. |
| Native mobile app | NoProgressive web app you add to the home screen; no native phone app. | NoWorks in your phone’s browser. |
How it works, screen by screen.
Real screens from the app. The numbered notes take turns; tap one to see its part.
Ideas, waiting for you.
Save your own in a second, or pick from ideas Wiri writes from your topics every morning and formats that keep doing well. You never start from a blank page.
One thought in, three posts out.
Type what’s on your mind, paste a link or record a voice note. Wiri writes three different angles, in your voice, and you keep the one that sounds like you.
It knows what you sound like.
A two-minute chat or a few old posts, and Wiri keeps a plain page of what it knows about you. Open on the trial, no card.
Change it your way, see it as LinkedIn will.
Fix a word yourself, or tell Wiri what to change in your own words. The preview shows exactly where LinkedIn cuts the post with “…more”.
Where Wiral.Social is behind: Post stats and an automatic first comment are waiting on LinkedIn’s approval. Personal profiles only, no company pages yet. No team accounts or outreach tools. Ask for what you need
Plans and prices.
As listed on Typefully and Wiral.Social’s own pricing pages, 12 November 2026.
Typefully plans
- FreeFree
10 posts a month, 1 social set, 1 user
- Creator$8.25/mo yearly
1000 posts a month, 1 social set, 1 user, AI writing, X analytics, unlimited media uploads
- Business$20/mo
1500 posts a month, per social set (up to 50), unlimited users, teams, roles, comments, Slack notifications, higher AI usage
Trial: 14 days, card needed. Refund on request within 14 days of purchase; after that, case by case.
Wiral.Social plans
- Starter$9/mo
60 AI credits a month. Text posts, polls and your own images, 500 MB storage.
- Starter+$12/mo
85 AI credits a month. A taste of the Green zone: 3 premium carousel templates and 5 AI image cards a month, videos up to 1 minute.
- Growth$19/mo
135 AI credits a month. Every carousel template, colours and fonts, AI image cards, videos up to 3 minutes.
- Growth+$25/mo
180 AI credits a month. Growth, plus 10 advanced image styles a month, 1 saved brand template, videos up to 5 minutes.
- Pro$39/mo
280 AI credits a month. Advanced image styles, saved brand templates, videos up to 10 minutes, priority email support.
- Pro+$49/mo
355 AI credits a month. Everything in Pro, videos up to 15 minutes, 50 GB storage.
Trial: 14 days, no card. Full refund within 14 days of your first payment, no questions needed. Cancel any time.
What reviewers say.
What people say about Typefully
“Typefully drafts and schedules posts for X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon and Substack Notes”
A good fit for text-led publishing with a shared writing process; cost grows with each extra social identity on Business.Best Social Media Scheduler (BSMS)
- The most common praise is the clean, easy interface, mentioned in 9 Product Hunt reviews
- Several users like cross-posting the same draft to LinkedIn and X in one go
- Team collaboration sometimes fails, and working across separate free accounts is awkward
- Users miss Instagram support and note it is built for text-heavy networks
Is Wiral.Social a good Typefully alternative?
For LinkedIn, yes, if you want ideas brought to you and posts written in your voice. Wiri suggests ideas from your topics, writes three takes from one line and checks them before you post, from $9 a month with no card to try it. If you post on X, Threads and Bluesky too, or need company pages and team roles, Typefully has them and Wiral doesn’t.
Can Typefully’s AI write a full LinkedIn post?
Yes. From my one line, Refine wrote a full post of 2,515 characters without asking anything. Asked for under 1,300 characters in my style, it gave 851 characters of short lines.
Does Typefully learn your writing style?
Typefully says its Writing Assistant learns from writing samples and the posts you write in it. On my Creator trial it was locked behind Upgrade to unlock, so I couldn’t test it. Reviewers who used it say it starts generic and improves as it sees more of your posts.
Does Typefully’s free trial need a card?
Yes. The 14-day trial of Creator or Business took my card through Stripe, with the yearly price due on day 15. Typefully’s Free plan needs no card but has no AI. Wiral.Social’s 14-day trial needs no card.
Does Typefully show LinkedIn stats?
Not yet. Its analytics cover X only, and the Analyze page for my LinkedIn account said LinkedIn analytics are coming. Wiral.Social doesn’t have post stats yet either; they wait on LinkedIn’s approval.
Who owns Typefully now?
Stan, the creator platform, announced it bought Typefully on 10 November 2026. Two days later the app, prices and emails were unchanged and still said Typefully Inc.
How long does Typefully take to delete your account?
My request on 12 November 2026 was scheduled for 11 January 2027, 60 days later, though its privacy policy says nothing is kept past 30 days. Deleting doesn’t remove Typefully from LinkedIn; do that under Data privacy, Permitted services.
Are these screenshots real?
Yes. I signed up for Typefully with LinkedIn on 12 November 2026 and started the Creator trial with my card. I cancelled the trial and deleted the account the same day. My card details are cropped out.
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Sources: 21 pages. Prices checked on 12 November 2026, features researched on 26 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars, billed monthly unless marked yearly.
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“I’d tell a friend Wiral makes LinkedIn easier to keep up with: I can write from my stories when I have time, then generate and schedule posts in one place. I can’t do without it now, and engagement’s gone 10x.”