#1 most frequent
United States of America
82.0%1,700 installations of 2,074
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.
Categories & Use Cases
Media
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Screenshot of the Mobile Event App
Top Performing Features
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
Areas for Improvement
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
Who Buys & Uses Whova
#2 most frequent
Canada
5.3%109 installations of 2,074
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2.8%58 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
Navigating Large Events is Easy
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.
Usability
Highly recommend Whova
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
Usability
Enjoyed using the Whova App
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
Great app for conferences
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
Usability
Whova - 2025 [...] Conference Review
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.
