We're excited to announce the release of the free SquadUP mobile app, available in the iTunes app store. The app is the ideal mobile companion to provide hosts and guests with a complete event experience. It's not just about creating an event anymore. It's about sharing an experience.
The app streamlines buying tickets and checking in guests on-site, but those are table stakes for the event space and not the focus. The SquadUP app is about being a mobile first platform, letting our users access every aspect of the event experience right from their phones.
Our group chat feature allows attendees to share pictures and messages with one another without exchanging personal contact information, creating “flash networks” unique to each event. In just the first week of beta testing, the chat stands out as a game changing feature, drastically increasing guest engagement.
“By offering the first mobile event platform, we’re allowing our users to plan, manage and experience events the way they live their lives--on their phones,” says SquadUP CEO, Willie Litvack. “As for our users’ “social” lives, every event has a specific hashtag and we aggregate content from Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, creating a real-time Social Gallery. The Gallery pulls a live stream of everyone talking about the event so guests can engage with multiple social platforms without ever leaving the app.” By doing this, we're able to follow our users from the initiation of the event on customized event pages all the way through to the live experience-- and even post-event where guests can look back at the photo and video galleries.
Here are some of the mobile app highlights:
- First mobile app that allows event creation from your phone.
- We create "flash networks" specific to each event so that guests can chat and share pictures without exchanging personal contact info.
- Social Gallery: curates content from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram via your event specific hashtag.
- Access all of your SquadUP events, past and present
- Discover featured events, search by interest, location, event name or host
- Send invitations, buy tickets, track RSVPs and ticket sales
- Check in guests with just one tap or scan tickets
- Passbook integration
Whether you're a seasoned event planner, a casual host, or an event attendee looking to get the most out of your experience, download the app here: squadup.com/ios.
