Comparison
Blogcastr vs Tailwind, for a recipe blog
Tailwind is the scheduler most food bloggers have tried, and it does more things than Blogcastr. This page is about which does the one job a recipe blog has: keeping Pinterest fed from a catalog with no time to make pins.
| Blogcastr | Tailwind | |
|---|---|---|
| Makes the pins | From your recipe cards, in your layouts, several designs per recipe | Automated weekly pin creation from your site, plus a design tool |
| Knows your recipes | Course, ingredients, season and holiday for every recipe | Website sync |
| Approval | Every pin and email goes through you; nothing posts unreviewed | Schedule what you choose; automated creation can run on its own |
| Scheduling | A daily cap by plan, spread across boards and days | Smart scheduling with pin spacing |
| Boards | Boards proposed from your recipes, and a new board whenever none fits | Board lists |
| Newsletter | Round ups suggested from your recipes, drafted and scheduled in Kit | Not offered |
| Pinterest SEO | Board descriptions and headlines written from the recipes | Separate plan with keyword tags |
| Other networks | Pinterest only | Instagram and Facebook too |
| Analytics | Every pin it posted plus your top pins, turned into decisions you approve | Pinterest analytics in the app |
| Pricing unit | Pins posted a day | Credits per month, per Pinterest account; one credit per scheduled pin |
| Tailwind's price, as read | Pin Scheduling and Creation $17.99 a month annual or $29.99 monthly, 300 credits; extra credits $10 per 100 |
Tailwind details read from tailwindapp.com/pricing on 26 Oct 2026. Tailwind changes its plans; tell us if a row is out of date.
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Who should use which
Stay with Tailwind if
- You schedule Instagram and Facebook from the same place and want to keep that.
- You make your own pins and only need them posted on a good schedule.
- You run Pinterest for brands that are not recipe blogs.
Use Blogcastr if
- You have a recipe catalog and the pins are the part you never get to.
- You want to approve on a phone and never have a tool post without you.
- You want the newsletter filled from the same catalog.