Here's What You Need From the Conference App of 2024. (+ 8 Choices) |

In the past year, a number of participants of our Mighty Team went to Craft and Commerce ConvertKit's annual convention held in Boise, Idaho. The highlight was experiencing as the app for conference!

The demand for apps at events is expanding, with more than 72% of event organizers agreeing that an app was vital in the successful run at a recent conference. The research conducted by G2 found that 65percent of event organizers are planning to utilize a conference application for things like check-ins, AI and QR codes and even virtual reality experiences.

In this piece we'll draw from our experience and research to explore the elements that make a good conference app. We'll cover:

• What makes a great conference application.        
  
• How to choose a mobile conference app.        
  
• Ten of the most effective conferences apps available.        
  

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What is a conference application?

The conference app provides the virtual experience of a live or hybrid event. The first iterations of apps for conferences were essentially mobile conference schedules. As the technology has evolved conferences apps have developed to offer more functions to serve members-things like managing members' tickets, ticketing as well as more interactive schedules.

However, a contemporary conference application extends beyond a simple timetable. Tech can make conferences better. More enjoyable. More successful.

A conference app can be a software program that

• Aids guests to find and make life-changing friends.        
  
• Allows participants to make new content, and then add it to the experience.        
  
• Takes care of payments, registrations and tickets.        
  
• You can deliver the conference using your own branded app.    
  

    We learned at a meeting with our app

Boise, Idaho was baking in the heat of summer. When the conference started, we felt the excitement. It was a great conference with amazing speakers like Ali Abdaal and Cody Sanchez as well as a talk on starting a million-dollar community with our own CEO, Gina Bianchini.

The magic of the event came from an amazing lineup of speakers, a stunning venue, and-of course-300plus amazing artists who gathered together to create the event. You know. This is exactly what every conference needs.

However, behind the scenes, there was something else going on:

• Chat in the conference app had been exploding with "strategic selfies" (speaker John Meese suggested you take these")        
  
• Attendees were organizing the event, adding posts and running their own awesome meetings for activities like white-water rafting, running and the hike to the canyon at sunrise (for those who could handle the 5:00 am wake up).        
  
• Creators shared what they'd been up to or asking for help-and the mobile conference app was blowing up with responses!        
  
• When you walk around Boise, you'll see young people enjoying lunch at some of Boise's best eateries (and yes, this probably included potatoes in some form).        
  

    The app made this possible!

The app for conference wasn't only for scheduling and ticketing. It was an exciting, virtual conference that happened in conjunction with the actual one. It was clear that the app was loaded with conference information and was extremely helpful!

But it was the attendees who made the conference app come alive with photos, stories asking for help as well as suggestions on all kinds of business-related ideas, from gluten-free eateries within Boise.

Here's what made it work to such a degree. And here's what to seek out in a conference app.

What should you look for in a conference application

• The schedule of conferences (obviously), but also RSVPs and engagement with sessions within the app.    
  
• Fantastic communication tool to use for messaging and sending emails to participants , and taking care of support and questions.      
  
• The tools for connecting attendees to others: like rich profiles, social links, chat & messages. The true magic of the conference apps is when attendees are able to meet virtual connections and spill into the real world.    
  
• Features for unleashing attendee creativity. Allow attendees to create content, add photos, build short- or long-form text, post videos, and pose questions. When the engagement happens through the app-without being involved, it will increase the impact of your event. It keeps the momentum running until the next conference.    
  
• Tickets, payment as well as Registration. If your application is able to support the backend of your event, be sure that you have the ability to take payments as well as track lists of members and connect members after.      
  
• Simple building, hosting, and supporting It should not take your entire team long to build an application for conferences off the ground and looking great.      
  

The things we loved which worked with the application

As we think about how we made our mobile-based conference app work, here's what we loved:

• The attendees organically shared their notes during sessions on the discussion feeds that were specifically designed for them.        
  
• Live icebreakers, which resulted in people in the app meeting other users offline (ie. "Find another person who's about the same height as you and take a selfie ).    
  
• Local Boiseans (is that right?) organizing meetups around some of the best restaurants in their area and outings. (The Karaoke session was the highlight. )      
  
• The chat that runs before, during, and following the conference continues to give. For example, Natalie Parmenter (the creator of Primary Focus), gave this shoutout in the video above, following the help of fellow participants to in making her debut a hit!    
  
• ConvertKit opened studio and recording places for customers to drop in and record videos. (If you happen to be in Boise and want to make a reservation, you can set a time to drop in and make use of them free! )    
  

The top mobile conference apps available

1. Mighty Pro

    The best conference engagement application

Mighty Pro builds conference apps deployed on G2's top-rated community management platform. Mighty is an application that has over $1 million more communities than the rest, which includes incredible community for conferences.

Mighty Pro has been building branded apps since 2017. This includes 400+ branded apps for creators and brands like Tony Robbins, TED, Mel Robbins, Marie Forleo, Jim Kwik, and Matthew Hussey.

This is what you can do accomplish using Mighty Pro.

Interactive scheduling

Mighty lets you build an interactive schedule for attendees to interact with. It allows you to create landing pages for specific sessions, and participants can RSVP and chat or message in the session. Members can see who else will be attending the session and even connect.

Also it is possible to create livestreams directly from the session and/or post session videos on the appropriate Spaces following.

Member Engagement As Unique as Nothing Else

Mighty is the top community management application on G2 for a long time, and not only because of "features."

A conference is a place to get acquainted with people, don't you? That's why Mighty provides the technology to help make that possible! Every attendee is prompted to create a bio-they could use AI to design one if they're not able to.

This is where the program produces interactive lists of member profiles that can be sorted by interest, activity or even geographical. The ability to fly out profiles of members helps you find interesting people while the AI engine is able to tell that you share something in the same and help you start a conversation.

Community following the conference

Mighty offers more content choices than only the conference basics, though. It's a great platform to keep community going beyond the conference.

Spaces can be built with eight different options: activity feeds, chat, members, tables of contents (for a course) or events, pages, one occasion, or hashtag. Here are some ways current Mighty Hosts use the features following a conference:

•         Regional gatherings that are organised by Supermembers.            
  
•         Re-cutting the conference materials to create a virtual class or another learning experience.            
  
•         Continue to share articles on subjects that members of your organization want to know about.            
  
•         The announcement of themes, tickets, places, etc. for the next conference and creating buzz.          
  
• A livestream or virtual conference in between live conference sessions.    
  

Mighty is really good to keep the excitement and conversations going after the convention- if that's what you're looking for.

The conference is running

As far as running the conference, Mighty can handle payments in 135 different currencies. It can handle different levels and bundles, as well being able to control who is able to access which part of the application.

And Mighty includes analytics you won't find in any other place. These are the insights you need to know which strategies worked best and which wasn't, as well as to identify what areas of the conference attendees spent the greatest time and energy, as well as to analyze the conference's revenue.

Apps for conferences with brand names

If you'd like your conference app in the App Store as well as the Google Play Store under your brand, this is the way to proceed.

Here are a few of the best parts of Mighty Pro:

• Support for branding screen, splash screens, notifications branding, and best practice for app development        
  
• Proactive updates and app submissions        
  
• Includes integration with ConvertKit's Professional plan (up to 10,000 subscribers).        
  
• Help with community strategists who assist you in making your conference a success both in attendance and revenue as well as how to build an event community that operates the conference.        
  

The most up-to-date information from 400+ companies with 6- and 7-figure revenues, we'll show you not only how to meet your goals but to exceed them.

    You can find out more about Mighty Pro by clicking here.

or, if you're not yet ready for a branded conference app yet You can start with no cost.

2. Accelevents

    Conference management brand name application

Accelevents Conference app provides options for registration and checking-in to the conference, accessing the schedule, as well as creating an individual schedule. With smart features like live streaming, as well as a virtual exhibit hall, it is able to manage hybrid or live conferences.

Accelevents offers members management tools such as profiles and bios that can aid attendees to connect and discover their way to each other. On an event day, you are able to do check-ins as well as print badges and even organize challenges and polls on the app.

A drawback is the fact that Accelevents users have noted challenges dealing with the management of breakout rooms. It's great to manage a conference. However, it's not as effective in connecting attendees to each other.

Accelevents has features

• Branded apps for managing the registration for your conferences as well as badge printing and timetable.        
  
• Some in-app networking and connection options like livestreaming and QR scans, virtual sponsor tables and polls        
  

3. Swapcard

    Fantastic application for managing conferences

Swapcard is a great idea as a conference software packed with great features. Similar to Accelevents, Swapcard is good for managing conference agendas. Attendees can print badges, scan QR codes, and design a schedule with their RSVPs.

It is a great platform for sponsors to promote their content, as well as creating areas for content sponsored by sponsors, chats, and meeting managing.

The best of Swapcard's features are to help you network. With its attendee profile and a network-friendly UX for finding and messaging possible leads or contacts (plus integrations with social networks), Swapcard is great to make introductions.

Swapcard features

• conference app (with option to brand it) for managing registrations and badges as well as access control        
  
• A discussion feed Event guide, customized sessions, recommendations as well as livestreaming        
  
• Tools for networking: AI matchmaking, profiles, and messaging        
  

4. Stova

Stova (formerly Aventri & Meetingplay) is a conference scheduling and management system that can work well to organize conferences. But, it's important to note that Stove is not a brand that offers applications (you can host your conference using the Stova app).

Stova was designed for virtual events, which offers some intriguing features for a conference. Its most notable features include conferences delivery, including breakout rooms, livestreaming and chat. Additionally, it comes with an online scheduler for networking that is an excellent tool.

Stova additionally offers features that are good for organizing and planning an event, like the use of email marketing for conference planning and budgeting.

Stova Features

• Good virtual-first conference app that includes livestreaming, breakout rooms and networking spaces, as well as an online lobby        
  
• Conference planning and marketing for events instruments email and budgeting      
  

5. Bevy

Bevy was initially an app that could be used for events, both virtual and in-person events, and it has recently pivoted into community events. It is a great tool to manage a conference by providing registration, check-in, ticketing as well as list management. It is also a great tool for hosting the virtual conference, too. It can do this by allowing virtual meetings, chats, webinars, and recordings. It also has a discussion feature. Bevy even includes a drag-and-drop tool for building event landing pages and websites.

Bevy has great virtual features However, the community functions are pretty basic. Essentially, Bevy hosts forums that provide chat and messaging options. However, these features are actually quite basic. They're not designed for the relationships that a real community platform gives the user.

Bevy features

• Combines events and community together with event management and virtual event production        
  
• Live-based engagement options like chat & messaging, forums webcasts, meetups and webinars        
  
• Drag-and-drop page builders for conference pages        
  

6. CVent

CVent is a different conference application that was created to facilitate virtual events as well as managing events. Like others on this list, it is able to create conferences websites, sell tickets, and host content. The toolkit for event management is built-in for a live event (things like venue and hotel choices) as well as a webinar-like function for virtual events. It's actually strongest for event planning.

However, CVent has no chat or community options, it's not made for connecting attendees with each the other.

CVent is a feature of

• App for running an event. The app includes features for planning, promotion, and "day-of" control functions.        
  

7. ON24

ON24 is a straightforward online conference system that can work as a virtual conference application. The platform has polls and chat to go along with the webinar, and they've recently added additional features, such as breakout sessions, video chats and more.

With registration as well as a form builder as well as the ability to personalize a conference with the colors, fonts and heroes, it's a good basic application for a virtual conference.

On24 has features

• Webinar platform with engagement with built-in features        
  

8. VFairs

VFairs is a virtual and live event software which is focused on features for managing conferences. Registration for forms, printing badges QR check-in, venue maps and agenda creation It's an excellent participant-focused application to help attendees navigate a conference.

VFairs offers custom mobile conference applications as well as onsite help for live conferences. You can integrate it with your CRM, too. VFairs comes with important event statistics to help you know what's happening for your conference.

VFairs features

• Registration and ticketing, badge printing, and various other day-of-management tools.        
  
• Platform for hosting virtual events which features networking, gamification along with other presentation options.        
  

Conclusion

We know how amazing an event can be making attendees grow, learn and build connections lasting for the rest of their lives. A conference is a great opportunity to increase your reputation as well, increasing your visibility and boosting your bottom line.

A great conference application makes these things take place!

If you're looking to learn more about getting an individual conference with your own branding and community app, check out Mighty Pro .