Event planning apps play an imperative role in event management. It encompasses the project management to the development and creation of events like conventions, concerts, formal parties, weddings, ceremonies, conferences, and festivals.
The event apps study the brand, classifying its target audience, developing the event concept, and organizing the technical features prior to actually launching the event.
Therefore, we are presenting you the list of eight best event planning apps for 2018.
1. Eventbrite Organizer
Eventbrite Organizer (for iOS and Android) is created to cover you when you are preparing a professional-level experience. We are talking here regarding sharp-looking event lists. These are an assortment of techniques to interact with the attendees, and the aptitude to produce and sell digital tickets from within the app.
All this functionality will cost you as per your expectation. For the essential plan, you will have to pay one percent of your revenue and one dollar per paid ticket. For the professional plan, you will have to pay 2.5 percent and two dollars per paid ticket. The professional plan charges a higher price but in return, it provides more detailed sale analytics, and the options to sell your own tickets.
On the other hand, there is an even higher level or tier. You can attain additional 24/7 phone support and on-site staffing. However, you will be required to call Eventbrite directly to look for more details regarding the price.
2. Google Calendar
The pure popularity of Google accounts makes the company’s calendar app a perfect selection for this roundup. Google Calendar (for iOS and Android) permits you to generate events, add information, and request any family members and friends who have a Google account—which is possibly the majority of them.
To begin a new event, click to open the app and tap on the big red plus button on the lower right-hand place of the screen. Once you have entered a location, time and date, you can begin adding guests through the Add guests (iOS) or Invite people (Android) link. Just invited guests will view the event on their own Google Calendar apps. If you would want to add more people, you can permit those guests to request more people, an opportunity that appears when you begin sending invitations.
3. Attending
This is free of cost service that permits you easily and quickly produce a web page for your event. Contrasting other programs we have discussed, attending is only available via websites. However, it is included because of its intuitive and elegant interface. Moreover, the site also performs well in mobile browsers. This enables you and your guests to access it on your phone.
In order to create a free event page, just click on the “make an event page” option. Then start inviting people, you are not required to sign up for an account.
This enables visitors to view details regarding attendees and the hosts, a map and location about where the event will occur, and alternatives for adding the crowd to their Apple or Google calendars. To approve their presence, guests can utilize their LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook accounts. They can also enter their email addresses. They participate in the comment thread that each event page encompasses.
4. Facebook
Facebook probably has some problems with its News Feed. However, the network can assist you immensely while you are organizing an event. More or less everyone you know by now has an account, and the Events characteristic of the app (for iOS and Android) is very simple to use.
Here are some simple steps to use this:
- Open the app
- Click on the menu button
- Choose event
- And finally, select create
At the beginning, you will only have to fill in event time and name. Later on, you can add other details also encompassing a description of what is happening and why cover photo and a location. You are the one to decide which guests you should make your list visible to. This can be done by setting an event to private, only invited people will be able to see it and when you set it to the public, anyone can see it.
5. Nvolv
Strategize and elevate your time by applying intelligent program timetable and generate your own agenda. When you do not have time during the event, it differentiates the past, present and future meetings to make it simple for you to recommend and view what sessions you should be joining.
You can view what is going on throughout an event just by look at Event social feed. This feed is created for one objective in mind, i.e. to give you the entire view of what other attendees are expressing and experiencing. It is very simple to show your opinion by commenting on any post. You can generate a new post in a couple of seconds, share on your social media and comment on any post. Demonstrate your point of view and get it automatically posted on your Facebook and Twitter accounts.
6. Meetup
The main objective of this Meetup application is to push you out of the house in order to make you attend events with people who have similar interests and hobbies. It is available for both iOS and Android. This app can also be used to create your own gatherings. The service functions best if you aim to meet and gather people you don’t know, instead of close friends.
Here are some simple steps to use this:
- Create a group
- Tap Meetup (iOS) or Browse (Android)
- Set parameters for the new group
- Write your mission, interest, activity or identity
- Create particular events for your group to attend
For all this, you require a premium subscription that costs only $15 per month. You can also try out thirty day trial of the subscription tier. However, to use Meetup this way, you need a premium subscription that costs only $15 per month.
Ray Parker
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