Best event networking apps in 2026: 7 compared for organisers
Seven event networking apps compared on AI matching, meeting scheduling, asking the room for help, digital cards, badge scanning, exhibitor tools and pricing.
The Fizvizz team
· 4 min read
Every event app now promises "networking". Underneath that word sit very different products: matchmaking engines that book meetings at a trade fair, community apps that keep attendees talking for months, and tools that make swapping details painless.
This guide compares seven of them on what decides whether people actually meet: matching, booking meetings, asking the room for help, swapping cards, scanning badges, exhibitor tools, and what happens after the event.
Details for each app come from its own website as it read in November 2026, with links. Fizvizz is our app.
The quick comparison
| App | AI matching | Meeting scheduling | Attendees ask the room for help | Digital and NFC cards | Scan paper cards and badges | Exhibitor pages and booth visitors | Community after the event | Published price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fizvizz | Yes | Yes, into your calendar | Yes, Looking For | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free app; plans quoted |
| Brella | Yes | Yes | Social wall | — | Lead scanning | Yes | — | Not published |
| Swapcard | Yes | Yes | Event feed | — | Badge scanning | Yes | — | From $610 a year |
| Grip | Yes | Meeting requests | — | Smart badges | Badge scanning | Yes | Yes, year-round | Not published |
| Whova | Matchmaking | Yes | Discussion threads | QR contact exchange | Lead scanning | Yes | — | Quote only |
| LineUpr | — | — | — | Digital card | — | Sponsor pages | — | Not readable on its site |
| Bizzabo | For sponsors | Yes | — | Smart badges | — | Sponsor matchmaking | — | — |
Yes: stated on the app's own website. —: not stated there.
1. Fizvizz
Fizvizz is an event and community networking app for iPhone and Android, built on a simple idea: the best connections are made by people helping people, and they should last after the event.
- AI matching: Fizvizz suggests the people, answers and exhibitors that fit what each attendee is looking for.
- Looking For: attendees ask the whole event for what they need. Other members recommend people and vouch for answers, and the asker marks the one that helped.
- Asks and offers: people say what they're looking for and what they can offer, and organisers can require those details before people join.
- Meetings: tap Schedule on someone's profile and pick one of three ready times, or pick your own. They accept from For you or Meetings, and you both add it to Apple, Google or Outlook calendar.
- Cards: digital and NFC cards, swapped only when both people accept, with where they met. A paper card is scanned into a contact in one step, with AI help.
- Badges that connect: name badges printed at check-in carry a QR, and scanning one saves that person's details, with where you met.
- Signals: a quick thank-you or hello, with a picture.
- Exhibitors: each company gets a page its team runs, with what it offers. Visitors see booth numbers, and exhibitors see who visited, with name, job title and time.
- Sharing: attendees share that they're attending, with a picture made for the event, so their network sees it.
- After the event: one switch keeps the event's group open, so the conversation carries on.
- Pricing: free on the App Store and Google Play; organiser plans are quoted per event.
Best for: conferences, expos, community events and meetups where you want the right people to meet, and keep meeting after the day. See Fizvizz for attendees.
2. Brella
Brella calls itself "the leading event platform for virtual, physical, and hybrid events", with "AI-powered matchmaking" at its centre. Attendees fill in their details, the AI analyses their profiles and interests, and attendees "suggest a meeting at a mutually convenient time". It has sponsor booths, sponsor matchmaking and lead and contact scanning.
- Pricing: not published; the site offers "Contact sales".
Best for: conferences built around scheduled one-to-one meetings.
3. Swapcard
Swapcard runs "registration, the event app, exhibitor tools, and AI matchmaking on one event management platform". Its AI recommends attendees by activities, interests and job roles, attendees book meetings from profiles or booths, and exhibitors get lead scanning and analytics.
- Pricing: its pricing page starts the Event Engagement Platform at $610 a year (self-service starting price; final cost depends on attendees and upgrades).
Best for: associations, trade shows and media companies that want one platform from registration to exhibitors.
4. Grip
Grip is an "AI-powered, event technology platform built for engagement". Its matchmaking uses "over 16 different strategies", attendees send meeting requests, exhibitors score leads and record notes, and its 365 platform offers "year-round connections".
- Pricing: not published; the site offers a demo.
Best for: large trade shows that sell meeting-driven sponsorship.
5. Whova
Whova's event app offers attendee profiles, matchmaking to "find people with similar backgrounds and schedule meetings", chat, a Community Board with "attendee-led discussion threads", business card exchange "with one click", and digital booth profiles with lead scanning for exhibitors.
- Pricing: quote only, depending on event size and add-ons, per its pricing page.
Best for: conferences that want networking inside a full conference app.
6. LineUpr
LineUpr builds event apps as web apps rather than store apps. Attendees create profiles, message each other, and share contact details with chosen profiles ("we digitalize the business card").
- Pricing: you can build and preview an app for free; a live event needs a package. The tier prices didn't render when we read the pricing page.
Best for: events that want networking without an app download.
7. Bizzabo
Bizzabo Networking combines "matchmaking, meeting scheduling, and smart badges". Attendees get suggested connections from their interests, sponsors get AI matchmaking against their ideal customer profile, and its Klik SmartBadges exchange contact details when two badges touch.
Best for: larger B2B events that want networking hardware on the badge.
How to choose
- You want people to meet the right people, book time together, help each other, and keep a community after the day: Fizvizz.
- Meetings are the product (buyer and seller events): Brella or Grip.
- No app downloads: LineUpr.
Whatever you choose, the tool only works if the room does too. Our event networking ideas that work cover the parts no app can do for you.
Details were checked on each app's website in November 2026 and can change. Please check the linked pages for the latest.
