The New Grip Mobile App

What is does

The Grip attendee app has been rebuilt from the ground up. Everything attendees and exhibitors rely on today carries over, and it adds a new My Schedule, consistent offline support across the whole app, a guided onboarding flow, and smarter ways to find and meet the right people.

Why it matters

• 📶 An event-day companion, whatever the connectivity. Once a screen has loaded it stays available offline, so attendees can check their schedule, sessions and conversations when the venue Wi-Fi drops.
• 🔰 Lead capture that never stops. Exhibitors can scan badges, qualify leads and review lead details fully offline. Everything syncs when the connection returns.
• 🧭 A smoother start that powers better matches. A guided onboarding flow captures the profile details and interests that drive recommendations, and connects exhibitors to their team from the first login.
• 🔎 People are easier to find. New filters and sorting on networking lists and chats, live online status, and similar-profile suggestions help attendees spot the right person and the right moment to reach out.
• 🗓️ Meetings that are easier to manage. Invite several people to one meeting, join video meetings in the app, decline with a message, rebook, and see session and meeting clashes in one redesigned schedule.
• 🔐 Enterprise-ready sign-in. SAML and OpenID single sign-on options are fully tested, alongside the existing login methods.

The Result

A faster, more reliable app that keeps attendees connected to their event all day, helps them meet the right people, and gives exhibitors confidence that no lead is lost.

Key Feature Upgrades:

New My Schedule and meeting management: A redesigned My Schedule brings meetings and sessions into one view, with a date strip, quick filters and search across both. Meeting management goes further than before.

• 👥 Multi-person meetings. Invite several colleagues or contacts to a single meeting, straight from the app.
• 💬 Decline with a message, then rebook. Explain why a time doesn't work and quickly book a new slot.
• 🎥 Video meetings in the app. Join virtual meetings directly in the mobile app, with no need to switch to a laptop or browser.
• ⚠️ Clash warnings for sessions too. See when a session overlaps a meeting, not just meeting-to-meeting conflicts.
• ⏳ Session countdowns. Know exactly when your next session starts.
• 🤝 Pre-arranged meetings stand out. Hosted buyer and pre-scheduled meetings are highlighted so attendees see what has been set up for them.

Offline-first, built for the show floor: The app now works consistently when connectivity drops. Any screen an attendee has opened is available offline, and lead retrieval works fully offline from end to end.

• 🔰 Scan, qualify and review leads offline. Badge scans, qualification questions and lead details all work without a connection and sync automatically later.
• 📖 Your event in your pocket. Schedule, agenda, profiles, chat history, notifications and floor plans stay readable offline.
• 🟡 Always know where you stand. A clear offline indicator appears across the whole app.

A guided onboarding experience: A step-by-step onboarding flow, shaped by each event's setup, helps attendees complete their profile from the first login.

• 🎯 Better recommendations from day one. Richer profile fields, including linked parent and child options, give matchmaking more to work with.
• 🏢 Exhibitors join their team on arrival. Join a team or request access during onboarding, without hunting through settings.
• ✏️ Easy to update later. The same flow is available from My Profile whenever details change.

Finding the right people: New discovery tools make it easier to see who is worth meeting and when to reach out.

• 🟢 Live online status. See who is active right now on profiles and in chat.
• 🧰 Filter and sort everywhere. Narrow down networking lists and chats, not just global search.
• ✨ Similar profiles and preference matches. Profile pages suggest people like the one you're viewing and show how many of your preferences match.

Deep links into the app: Links in push notifications, automated messages and Grip URLs open directly on the right screen in the app, whether that's a profile, a session or a list.

• 📣 Campaigns that land. Organisers can send attendees straight to the session or exhibitor they're promoting.
• 🔗 No dead ends. Grip web links shared at the event open in the app instead of a browser.
• 📧 More link types. Navigation items can now include email addresses alongside website and embedded links.