--- title: "Questions | Chockstone Labs" description: "What Chockstone does, which networks it posts to, how the follow check works, what it costs, and what happens to your data and your plan." canonical: https://chockstonelabs.com/faq/ last_updated: 2026-11-09 source: "The same content as https://chockstonelabs.com/faq/" --- Source: the same content as https://chockstonelabs.com/faq/ # Questions, *answered.* What Chockstone does for you, which networks it posts to, how the follow check works and what it costs. Anything else: [hello@chockstonelabs.com](mailto:hello@chockstonelabs.com). [Start free](https://chockstonelabs.com/app/start) [See pricing](https://chockstonelabs.com/pricing/) - **What does Chockstone do?:** Edits your clips into a video on your phone, posts it to your accounts, answers comments and DMs, and shows what worked. - **Do I need an assistant?:** No. The phone app does everything. An assistant is optional and supplied by you. - **Which networks does it post to?:** Instagram (including Reels, Stories and carousels), Facebook Pages, Threads, TikTok (sent to your TikTok inbox to finish), YouTube Shorts, Pinterest, Mastodon and Google Business Profile. The full list is on the [features page](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/#publishing). Doesn't post to X. - **How does the follow check work?:** Someone comments your keyword and gets a direct message asking them to follow you and tap a button. Chockstone asks Instagram whether they follow you, checks again twice, and sends the link once it shows. If Instagram cannot say, it sends the link. - **What does it cost?:** Starter is free: 1 brand, 3 accounts, 2 people and 90 posts a month. Creator is $19 a month or $190 a year for 5 brands, 15 accounts and 5 people. Studio is $79 a month or $790 a year for 25 brands, 75 accounts and 25 people. Prices are in US dollars. [See pricing](https://chockstonelabs.com/pricing/). - **Is there a free trial?:** Starter is free with no time limit and no card. Make videos, post and see results there, then move to Creator or Studio for more brands, client approval links, shared reports and your own link page design. - **Is there a phone app?:** Yes, free on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/chockstone-labs/id6826625772). The iPhone app cuts your clips into a video, puts what needs you first and lets you swipe to approve. On any phone you can also install it from the browser. - **What does it not do?:** It does not turn long videos into clips, make avatars or clone voices, and it does not post to X. - **Which assistants work with it?:** Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex and other assistants that support MCP connect at `https://chockstonelabs.com/mcp`. Your own scripts can use the API with a key. [Use with Claude](https://chockstonelabs.com/social/claude/) · [Schedule with ChatGPT](https://chockstonelabs.com/guides/schedule-posts-with-chatgpt/). - **Can my assistant post without me?:** By default a post your assistant submits waits for a person to approve it in the app. An owner can let one connection approve what it submits; that is off until they turn it on, and TikTok and YouTube posts still wait for a person. - **Can clients approve posts?:** Yes. Send an approval link: the client approves or asks for changes in the page, with no account. Clients who approve through a link don’t count toward your plan’s people. - **What counts as a brand?:** A workspace with its own accounts, calendar and inbox. Run one per client or business. - **What happens if I go over a limit?:** Nothing is deleted because of it, and posts already scheduled still publish. You can’t add more of whatever is over its limit until you are back under it or move to a bigger plan. Posts a month open up again on the 1st. - **Can I cancel, and do you give refunds?:** Cancel any time in Settings, under Plan and billing; your plan runs to the end of the period you paid for and then returns to Starter. If Chockstone Labs isn’t right for you, email us within 14 days of your first payment and we will refund it. - **What do you do with my data?:** We connect to your accounts only through each platform’s official API, and only to do what you set up. We don’t sell your data, use it for advertising or use it to train AI models. [Privacy Policy](https://chockstonelabs.com/privacy/). - **How is it different from Buffer, Later or Hootsuite?:** Priced by brand, with approvals, the inbox and every network on the free plan, and your rules enforced on our server when an assistant does the work. Each comparison also says where the other tool is better. [See the comparisons](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/). ## Make your first video today. Free for 3 accounts. No card. Questions? Email [hello@chockstonelabs.com](mailto:hello@chockstonelabs.com). [Start free](https://chockstonelabs.com/app/start) [See pricing](https://chockstonelabs.com/pricing/)