Guidebook

Guidebook builds native iOS and Android event apps alongside a web version, covering registration, ticketing, badging, personalised schedules, exhibitor and speaker profiles, integrations and analytics, with unlimited administrators and unlimited updates.

Making more than 80 percent of content available offline in a native app is the technical commitment that matters most in this category, and it addresses the single most predictable failure at any large event. Conference wifi collapses when a thousand people arrive at once, and an app that needs a connection to show someone which room their next session is in has failed precisely when it was needed. A native app holding the schedule locally does not.

Unlimited changes published live within 60 seconds is the operational counterpart, and it reflects what event week is actually like. Rooms change, speakers cancel and sessions move on the morning of the event, and a platform that requires an app store resubmission for a schedule change is unusable in that window.

The badging options span the range properly: do-it-yourself badges printed by the organiser, professionally printed customised badges, and onsite printing through a partner, all carrying the Guidebook ID QR code so whichever route is chosen the scanning works the same. A Collaborate Portal lets sponsors, speakers and exhibitors complete their own profiles, which removes the largest manual data-entry job an organiser has. An open API, iCal sync and out-of-the-box integrations cover the technical side, with US and UK based email support plus live chat and phone during eastern business hours. Rates are quoted rather than published.