Here's what you need from a Conference App in 2024 (plus 8 options) |

The year before, many participants of our Mighty Team went to Craft and Commerce, ConvertKit's annual event held in Boise, Idaho. The highlight was using an app that was used for the conference!

The demand for apps at events is growing, with over 72% of conference organizers saying that apps were crucial to the success of their recently held conference. And G2's research found that 65percent of event organizers are planning to use a conference app to facilitate check-ins, AI or QR codes as well as virtual reality experience.

In this article this article, we'll draw on both our research and experience to explore what makes a great conference application. We'll cover:

• What makes a great conference application.        
  
• What is the best way to select a mobile conference app.        
  
• Ten of the best conference app options.        
  

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What is a conference application?

A conference app delivers an immersive experience similar to the live event or a hybrid. First versions of these apps consisted of portable conference schedules. As the technology has evolved the conference app has developed to offer more functions that serve the members - things like ticketing, member management, as well as more interactive calendars.

A modern conference app is more than just a simple calendar. Tech can make conferences better. More enjoyable. More effective.

A conference app can refer to software that

• Aids guests to find and connect with life-changing people.        
  
• Allows participants to make content and add to the events.        
  
• handles payments, registrations and tickets.        
  
• The conference is delivered via your own branded app.    
  

    What we have learned at a meeting through our application

Boise, Idaho was baking during the summer heat. When the conference underway, we could feel the enthusiasm. It was a great conference with amazing keynote speakers such as Ali Abdaal and Cody Sanchez as well as a talk about establishing a million-dollar community by our CEO Gina Bianchini.

A lot of the magic was from a great line-up of speakers, an amazing venue, and most importantly-300incredible creators that came together to create the event. You know. This is what that every conference requires.

But behind the scenes there was a different thing taking place:

• Chat on the conference app was blowing up with "strategic selfies" (speaker John Meese suggested you take the pictures")        
  
• The attendees were organising the event, adding posts and organizing their own meetings for activities like white-water rafting, running, or the sunrise canyon hike (for those who could take the wake-up call at 5:00 AM to get up).        
  
• Creators shared what they'd been up to, or soliciting help, and the mobile conference application was bursting up with responses!        
  
• When you walk around town, you'd see new friends grabbing lunch in some of Boise's best dining establishments (and sure enough, it probably had potatoes, in some form or another).        
  

    and the application helped this happen!

The app for conference wasn't only for scheduling and ticketing. It was an exciting virtual conference that took place along with the actual conference. The app certainly was filled with conference information and was extremely helpful!

It was actually the attendees who made the conference app come alive with stories, pictures, asks for help, and ideas for anything from business concepts to gluten-free eateries located in Boise.

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

What to look for in a conference app

• The schedule of conferences (obviously) However, there are also RSVPs as well as session participation within the application.    
  
• Great communication tools for messages and emailing attendees  in addition to answering support questions or issues.      
  
• The tools for connecting attendees to others: like profile pages, social links Chat and messages. The real people magic in a conference app comes when attendees can find and meet each other-virtual connections that spill into actual life.    
  
• Features for unleashing attendee creativity. Let attendees develop content, post photographs, create short or long-form text, post videos, or ask questions. Once the participants engage through the app-without being involved, it will increase the worth of your conference. The momentum will keep going until the next one.    
  
• Tickets, payment and registration. If your application supports the backend for your event, ensure you can collect payments, track member lists, and connect members after.      
  
• Simple building, hosting, and supporting --it shouldn't take your whole team long to build an application for conferences off the ground and looking great.      
  

Our favorite things that worked about the app

In our thinking about the factors that made our mobile conference application work We've got a few things we love about it:

• The attendees organically shared their notes during sessions on the feeds for discussion that are specifically set up.        
  
• Live icebreakers, which resulted in participants on the app meeting people in real life (ie. "Find another person who's about the same height as you and take a selfie ).    
  
• Local Boiseans (is this right?) hosting meet-ups in conjunction with some of their best local grub spots as well as excursions. (The Karaoke session was the highlight. )      
  
• A chat in the background before, during, and after the conference that continues to give. As an example, Natalie Parmenter (the creator of Primary Focus), gave this shoutout in the video above, when fellow attendees helped to in making her debut a hit!    
  
• ConvertKit created recording studios and places for customers to drop by and create media. (If you're ever in Boise it's possible to schedule your time to stop by and utilize them for no cost! )    
  

The best mobile conference application options

1. Mighty Pro

    The best conference engagement application

Mighty Pro builds conference apps that are hosted on G2's most rated community management platform. Mighty is the platform with more than $1 million of communities than the rest, and this includes amazing conference communities.

Mighty Pro has been building branded apps since 2017. It has a portfolio of 400+ brand-name apps designed for brands and creators like Tony Robbins, TED, Mel Robbins, Marie Forleo, Jim Kwik, and Matthew Hussey.

What can you do do using Mighty Pro.

Interactive scheduling

Mighty allows you to create an interactive schedule of conferences for attendees to interact with. You can build landing pages for each session and attendees can RSVP and even chat or message in the meeting. Members can see who else attends the event and also connect.

Also you are able to make livestreams that stream directly to the audience and/or upload the videos to the relevant Spaces after.

Member Engagement As Unique as No Other

Mighty has been the #1 community management software available on G2 for years, and it's not just due to "features."

You go to a conference to meet people, right? And Mighty provides the tools to make this possible! Everyone who attends is asked to write a biography. They are able to use AI to create one if they're stuck.

The software creates interactive lists of members that are sorted according to interests, activities or even geographical. Profiles of member fly-outs help you find interesting people, and the AI engine is able to tell the difference between you and someone else. common and start a conversation.

Community following the conference

Mighty provides you with more information choices than only the basics of a conference, however. This is why it's the ideal platform to keep community going after the event.

Spaces can be built around 8 different core features: activity feed, chat, members, table of contents (for the course), events, a page, a single event, or a hashtag. Here are some ways that Mighty Hosts are currently using these tools after conferences:

•         Hosting regional gatherings that are organised by the supermembers.            
  
•         Re-cutting conference material into a course online or another learning experience.            
  
•         Continuing to post content around things your members are interested in.            
  
•         The announcement of themes, tickets, venues and more. in preparation for the next event and building buzz.          
  
• Running a livestream or virtual event between live conference sessions.    
  

Mighty does a great job to keep the excitement and conversation going beyond the event, if you're interested.

Running the conference

For managing the event, Mighty can handle payments across 135 currencies. It can handle different levels and bundles as well as control over who can access which part of the app.

And Mighty includes the most comprehensive analytics available anywhere else. This is the information you need to know the things that worked and did not, and to determine what areas of the conference attendees spent the greatest time and attention, and to determine the revenue generated by conferences.

Conference apps with a brand name

If you would like to have your conference app in the App Store as well as the Google Play Store under your name, this is the way to take it.

Here are a few of the highlights from Mighty Pro:

• The support for branding, splash screens, notification branding and app best practices        
  
• App submissions        
  
• Integrates with ConvertKit's professional plan (up to 10,000 subscribers).        
  
• Assistance from community strategists who will help you make your conference successful in terms of attendance and revenues and also how you can grow an event community that operates its own.        
  

With the latest insights from 400+ companies with 6- and 7-figure revenues and organizations, we'll help you understand not only how you can meet your goals, but exceed them.

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

Or, if you're not yet ready for an app for your conference that is branded it's possible to get started with no cost.

2. Accelerated Events

    Conference management brand name app

Accelevents' conference app offers the tools to register and check-in to the conference, accessing the conference program and creating your own schedule. The app is equipped with smart features such as live streaming as well as an online exhibit booth, the app can be used to manage live and hybrid conference.

Accelevents offers features for managing members, such as bios and profiles that aid attendees to connect and discover their way to each other. Also, on an event day, you can do check-ins as well as print badges and even run challenges and polls within the app.

One downside is that Accelevents users have reported issues with managing breakout rooms. It's great for managing conferences. But it's not as strong in connecting attendees to each other.

Accelevents has features

• Branded applications for managing the registration for your conferences along with badge printing as well as your conference the schedule.        
  
• Certain in-app network and connection functions such as livestreaming, QR scans, virtual sponsor tables and polls        
  

3. Swapcard

    Great Conference Management App

Swapcard is a great idea to create a conference application that comes with a variety of great features. As with Accelevents, Swapcard is good in managing the conference's schedule. Attendees can print badges, scan QR codes and create a customized schedule with their RSVPs.

It is a great platform for sponsors to promote their content, as well as creating spaces for sponsored content Chats, meetings, and chats management.

But Swapcard's best features are to help you network. With its attendee profile and a network-friendly UX for finding and messaging potential contacts or leads (plus the ability to integrate with social networks), Swapcard is great for introductions.

Swapcard has features

• Conference application (with option to brand it) to manage registrations and badges as well as access to control        
  
• A discussion feed with event guides, personal sessions, recommendations, and livestreaming        
  
• Networking tools: AI matchmaking, profiles as well as messaging        
  

4. Stova

Stova (formerly Aventri & Meetingplay) is an event planning and management platform that can work well to organize conferences. But, it's important to note that Stove does not offer branded apps (you could host your event on the Stova application).

Stova was designed to host virtual events. It provides some fascinating features for a conference. The most popular features of Stova are break-out rooms, livestreaming, and chat. Plus, it includes an online scheduler for networking that is an excellent device.

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

Stova features

• Excellent virtual-first conference software including livestreaming, breakouts and networking rooms, and the virtual lobby        
  
• Planning conferences as well as event marketing tools including budgeting and emails      
  

5. Bevy

Bevy began as an event app for event organizers who wanted to host in-person and virtual events but it recently shifted to community + events. This is great for coordinating a conference, with registration, check-in, ticketing and management of lists. It can work for hosting the virtual conference, too. It can do this with virtual meetups, chats as well as webinars and recordings, and it has an option for discussion. Bevy even includes a drag-and-drop tool for building webpages and landing pages for event websites.

Bevy has great virtual features, but its community features are simple. In the end, Bevy hosts forums that give you chat and messaging capabilities. They're actually basic. They're not designed to connect you with the kind of connections a real community platform gives you.

Bevy features

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

6. CVent

CVent is another app for conference management designed to facilitate virtual events as well as managing events. As with other applications on this list, it can create conference websites, offer tickets, as well as host content. There are tools for organizing events integrated for live events (things such as venue and hotel selections) as well as a webinar-like function for online events. In fact, it's probably the best for planning events.

However, CVent has none of the community features or chat functions It's not designed to connect attendees to each others.

CVent has features

• Application for managing an event. The app includes features for promotions, planning and "day-of" managing options.        
  

7. ON24

ON24 is a basic, webinar-style conference platform that functions as a virtual conference application. The platform has polls and chat in addition to the webinar, and they've recently added new features such as breakout sessions and video chats.

with registration, form-building and some ability to customize the conference using colors, fonts, and hero images This is a decent basic app for virtual conferences.

ON24 offers features

• Webinar is a platform for webinars that has engagement capabilities built-in        
  

8. VFairs

VFairs is a digital and live event software which is focused on features for managing conferences. It includes registration for forms, printing badges the ability to check in via QR, maps of venues, and agenda building it's an ideal participant-centric application to help attendees navigate a conference.

VFairs offers customized mobile apps for conferences as well as onsite help for live conference. You can integrate it with your CRM as well, and VFairs offers useful event data analytics that help understand what's working in your conference.

VFairs features

• registration and printing badges, tickets, and various other day-of-management tools.        
  
• Platform for virtual event hosting that includes networking, gamification, as well as other features for presentations.        
  

Conclusion

We know how amazing an event can be helping attendees learn, grow, and make connections which they'll cherish for years to come. A conference is a great opportunity to boost your image also, and increase awareness of your brand while boosting your bottom line.

And a great conference app makes all the above happen!

If you want to find out more information about getting an individual conference with your own branding and community app, check the site Mighty Pro. .