Music Festival Mobile Apps

With the adoption of smart phone devices on the rise, every festival needs the ability to connect with their attendees and fans in a more meaningful way. Aloompa has been on the front end of developing cross-platform festival apps for iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Android OS, and BlackBerry Mobile Web for over 3 years.
http://www.festapp.com

It is important to Aloompa to make sure that an event brand is represented well and consistent. We handle the entire design process, based off of any graphical assets that are provided. Using our experience from other music festivals, we can create an app that meets the unique needs of any festival while still focusing on style and usability.

Features can include:

Interactive Map: View the locations of stages, vendors, etc. on the map. Complete with GPS, distinctive location drop pins, and searchable locations.
Full Event Listing: Complete listing of performances, activities, and retail and food vendors.
News & Community: Stay informed with the latest news related to the event. Users can view the official News feed for the event, as well as official social accounts for the event (Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Also, users can login with their own credentials and use this section as their social aggregation portal.
Push Notifications: Apple provides the ability to send notifications directly to an internet-connected iOS device that resemble text messages, even when the app is closed.
Analytics: Various metrics are viewable to staff that provides the number of times the app is opened and used, time spent in the app, number of uses per specific feature, etc.

Add-on options:

Custom Festival Camera
Group Me
BlackBerry Mobile Web
Archives (Video Content and Photos)
CMS/Data Integration
Photo Upload & Live Photostream

As apart of all of our products, we give every client a dedicated CMS platform to make updates to the lineup, updates to a vendors food menu, send Push Notifications, News, etc. Each time users opens the app, it downloads the latest set of events and information. This allows for updates to be made easily and delivered seamlessly.

If you follow our work, you know that we are never satisfied with the status quo. Reach out via our contact form, and we can give more details on specific features that may fit your event.

Music Festival Mobile Apps

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    Integrations

    We know that when running an event, making the best choices for online scheduling is a must. Many events choose from a shortlist of vendors to accomplish this, so we've decided to integrate the 3 we think are on top of their game: Sched, DoStuffMedia, and Gupta Media. Pairing this type integration with our app solves the much-hated monster of double data entry. Of course, we provide our snazzy CMS if you choose not to use a schedule vendor, but when you do choose, we make it easy.

    Interactive Map

    The Interactive Map takes advantage of all of the capabilities of both the iPhone and Android platforms. This feature displays an easy to use map of the festival grounds. It is GPS connected so users can easily find their location by the familiar "blue dot." Attendees can search for locations or use the distinctive drop pins that link to different stages, retail and food vendors, emergency stations, etc. Since each pin is based off of its exact location, attendees can quickly obtain walking or driving directions to their desired pin. The pin feature also allows for attendees to view the lineup for all days of the event at each specific stage, all within the map.

    My Schedule

    The My Schedule section takes into account the wants and needs of each individual person amidst a potentially inconsumable amount of activities. In hopes of making the festival experience an organized and enjoyable one, this feature houses a complete listing of events. Aside from having the full event lineup viewable, users can create and save their own schedule. If a user has already created a schedule online, they have the ability to sync that schedule with the app.

    Camera & Photostream

    This feature allows users to put a custom festival frame around their photos. Its a great way to easily track what photos were taken at the festival and build the festival brand with users and their friends. Users can also upload their framed pictures to the festival's live photostream to share their photo memory with others. Also, for event administrators, this feature allows for easy moderation and categorization of incoming photos.  

    Socialize Tool

    This features main purpose is to bring in all the relevant communication from the event and allow the user the opportunity to view and/or dialog back through their own accounts. Users can view the official News feed for the event, along with the official social accounts for the event like Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare. This section can also be used as a personal social aggregation portal, giving users the opportunity to login with their own credentials. Another unique feature of this section is the ability for users to post to their own social accounts "from the 'Event Title' iPhone app." This allows for greater penetration into social networks with users who aren't aware of the app yet.

    Retail & Food Vendors

    This feature offers a complete list of all the retail and food vendors at the event. Users can view the catalog of vendors by relative location (within the Interactive Map), alphabetical order or by type. Within each vendor profile, event organizers would have the opportunity to list the items sold as well the location "area" on the grounds . This allows attendees to make an educated decision before making the effort to walk to the location. Users also have the opportunity to rate their retailer/food vendor experience with a 1 to 5 star rating as well as a text description if they choose.