Whova

Score8.9 out of 10

1,118 Reviews and Ratings

What is Whova?

Whova, headquartered in San Diego, provides what they describe as Intelligent Event Technology Solutions by creating authentic audience participation and engagement and simplifying the entire event process from planning to registration, networking, and follow-up. Whova's mobile engagement apps support both on-location events and virtual events.

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Screenshot of the Mobile Event App

Livestreaming
Events can be broadcast live to hundreds or thousands of attendees
Category average: 8.3
Confidential attendee list
Presenters, moderators, or admins can see a confidential list of attendees that is not visible to all attendees.
Category average: 8.5
Mobile Application
A dedicated app for iOS and/or Android.
Category average: 7.9

Slideshows
Presenters can present slideshows during the meeting within the web conferencing platform.
Category average: 8.6
Audience polling
Presenters can ask for audience input.
Category average: 9.1
Meeting initiation
Meetings can be easily initiated, whether they are scheduled or on the fly.
Category average: 7.9

Most Frequent Users

Top 3 industries using Whova.

Based on HG Insights installation data

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#1 most frequent

Other Services (except Public Administration)

19.8%

411 installations of 2,074

#2 most frequent

Educational Services

10.3%

214 installations of 2,074

#3 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

10.2%

212 installations of 2,074

Pros

Facilitating attendee networking and connections
Organizing and presenting event agendas and information effectively
Providing a user-friendly application interface

Cons

Requiring manual effort to save new contacts
Lacking direct export capabilities for contact information
Presenting difficulties in locating certain features like community groups

Joshua Gonzales View profile

Director of Education & Events at Abundant Housing LA (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a participating and attending organization at YIMBYtown 2025, Abundant Housing LA made it easy to connect to event managers and planners to discuss events, share resources, and prepare for upcoming engagements. Furthermore, it allowed us to easily stay in contact and exchange information with other event attendees.

Pros

Whova allowed me to create my own thread for a topic I care about.
Exchanging contact information with people I met is super easy even though it saves the email address as the contact name.
The agenda options were helpful is seeing what was available and narrowing down to top options via the ability to double book on my personal agenda.

Cons

For my needs, I can't think of anything that falls into this category.

Return on Investment

My contact list has grown about 20% since attending YIMBYtown 2025, which has facilitated collaborations that strengthen my organization's capacity to meet our goals.

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Michelle Horneff-Cohen

Founder in Corporate at Clean Composting Company (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I was recently and attendee/exhibitor at the CRRA Conference and the Whova was the best conference app I have experienced in a very long time. Was easy to use for the Conference Agenda, looking up attendees and sending them messages - but the best was the Lead Management right from my phone.

Pros

Lead Retrieval/Management
Attendee Messaging
Agenda

Cons

Attendee information should include mailing address and telephone numbers
Once the messaging icon is opened, the number of open messages should disappear. Each message needed to be opened - was time consuming to remove and look at unread messages

Return on Investment

Higher lead generation with the ease of using on-site

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Debi Hoover

Assistant Superintendent at NACVSO (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I recently attended the [..] Annual Training/Conference in Louisville, KY - this was my first time using the Whova app. I found it very helpful in navigating the week which was filled with various events. The agenda portion of Whova was definitely my friend throughout the week. I personally did not encounter any issues or problems with the app.

Pros

Agenda
Ease of use
Leaderboard - very fun
Documents

Usability

Verified User

Employee (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Used for a conference for all family medicine docs in Hawaii. Utilized by attendees to track lectures, leave comments and feedback and engage within the community.

Pros

Attendee conference engagement - track lectures, ask questions
Ease of use for presenters - create polls, review questions
Contact organization - allow attendees and presenters to connect with each other

Cons

Sometimes hard to create polling in app
Ease of use to transfer contact info to personal email outside of app
Download content / lecture notes

Return on Investment

I think it makes the conference more enjoyable. Unable to speak if it leads to a financial return on investment but definitely helps reduce the burden and the organization

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Manuel Hernandez Torres View profile

Bilingual Communication Specialist in Social Media at 2025 Government Social Media Conference (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I utilized this app while at the 2025 [...]Conference. Overall, I was very impressed with the platform and the networking tools. I loved being able to manage my schedule and have it ready to go to guide my day.

Pros

Direct networking with attendees and opportunities to meet.
Organizing the conference's agenda.
Connected well with the attendee roster available. I really liked the bookmark feature that helped me quickly remember whom I chatted with.

Cons

I did notice some lag in messages being received after being sent.
I also found it hard to go back to a community group meet up for updates. You had to manually go back through all the other groups to find the one I signed up for. I would see updates come through, but couldn't access them directly.

Return on Investment

I was very impressed with how I was able to note my interactions with attendees and used the bookmarked feature to connect with 21 close colleagues. This was my first conference as a representative of my city, and I was a bit worried about meeting people. With the support of this app, I was able to increase my opportunities to network by over 20 people whom I plan to reach out to moving forward.
I even made some amazing connections with about a third of them with a community meet up group for LGBTQ+ attendees and allies. Changed the whole conference for me and made it an amazing experience.

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Livestreaming

Confidential attendee list

Mobile Application

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