Conference Pad App Reviews

Nothing works. Cannot see any iphone or ipad bluetooth signals. There is no manual or instructions other than enable bluetooth on both devices. The app searches for other devices but never finds them althouth both devices have bluetooth enabled. I checked the bluetooth function at the Apple store where I purchased the ipad and they said my ipad bluetooth was working but they could not get the app to connect either. Sounds like a good app if it would only work.

I can connect from both devices, however it just sits there saying "Connected. Awaiting a presentation. No documentation or support! Bumr.

I was asked to present in front of 200 people at a computer crime conference. I loaded the free "loader" onto my MAC OS 10.6 and uploaded my PDF presentation onto my iPhone. The presentation was 60 slides and 6 MB large. I then installed the app onto my iPad and connected to my IPhone to control the app as a remote control. Then I attached a projector to the iPad and completed the entire presentation (2 hours) without a hitch. Great job. Only one note. If you dont disable your sleep function on your iPad it will go to sleep on you. Maybe a feature request to auto disable the sleep when the app is active. Well worth the money!!!!!!

This works well with two iPads but falls apart when moving to three or more. I am able to control one iPad with another but beyond that it does not work for me. Alerted developer a week ago and have not received response. Have turned off wi-fi, have also turned off cellular network but it did not resolve the issue. Will be looking for an alternate solution for multiple iPads.

Connects to another device (I connected my iPad and iPhone 4) but will not display any PDF on connected device. Error message that all files are corrupt. Useless app.

Clean interface. However the presentation gets stuck on the viewers iPad, and then the viewer is then kicked out of the application. Until an update comes out to fix the problem, the app is useless.

A very useful and impressive app. Once you figure out how to designate which device is the master its very easy to use. You only need the preso on the master device, by the way, the app distributes it wirelessly to all of the slaves. Its very handy that this works over Bluetooth. No hassles with WiFi in the conference room. But note that you dont have to pair the devices, just enable BT and open the app. Very cool. The only downside to this app is that it threatens to overshadow your presentation as your audience wonders what sort of futuristic technology you have at your disposal. :) It would be nice if a free slave-only version were also available so you could have people install this app on their own devices, and optionally keep the a copy of your preso.

This app does work as advertised and would be a great niche solution for a board room or class room save a couple of issues: 1. When viewing PowerPoint and zooming in and out a doubling occurs. 2. Having a folder structure to the files you can show would be nice to segment different classes and materials for the presenter to review. 3. Having a auto connect to the last presenter iPad as an option would be nice as folks could pop in and out of the app without needing to do anything; i.e. being able to go right back to where the presentation is currently at. Once addressed this will be quite an interesting collaborative app and a solution for a lot of meetings replacing traditional methods of presenting documents.

Pretty Glichy, IPADS Seem to have trouble connecting via blue tooth and the app causes the display to be choppy and disfigured when you magnify or shrink it. In addition there is no help feature...or at least I cant find it yet!

Theres potential for this but how can u delete presentations once u r done with them? No menu or file system of any kind. $5 is a lot of money for something so limited.

This is a promising app, but it currently is too buggy and unreliable to be used professionally. For example, it interminably loses its connection to iPads, as happened to us recently during an important presentation. I look forward to rating this app five stars when these bugs are fixed in a future version.

I love this app! Now that Readdle will allow you to open a PDF into Conference, there is a wireless ability to get the brief onto the iPad or iPhone. I generally hook up the iPhone to a projector and use the iPad in my hand, but it is interchangeable. Sometimes for a one or two person audience I just set the iPad in front of them and brief. Works flawless with Bluetooth or wifi. Slightly faster with wifi. Everyone I is use this briefing technique with is amazed. Using it today to brief a four jet flyover.

No I dont know the developer. This app is the greatest. Here is why. I use Keynote for presentations from my iPad and I connect an LCD projector when a larger group. Keynote works OK but once in presentation mode you CANNOT zoom in and out to show details on your slide. With this you can. Granted it is made to use your iPhone as a "mini control" to an iPad and that works fine. BUT, I like to use it on its own on the iPad to zoom in an out. FANTASTIC APP!!!

Works as advertised. Easy to connect between iPhone and iPad. Well worth the money. The ability to jump to a selected page is very handy. Bluetooth support is invaluable when wifi is not available.

We are testing this app to render exhibits in litigation in an effort to reduce paper use and it has been impressive.

We present investment reports of about 42 pages per quarter to retirement plan committees and were literally destroying "trees" worth of report binders, sub-section pages and paper while spending countless man hours getting all this done. Found Conference pad and it has changed our world. I was hesitant to purchase the app due to the number of poor ratings relative to the total overall ratings however, after reading all of them in detail and now using the app more than once, I can see how these people were a bit frustrated. We struggled with the sync of devices, etc. at first but after going to their website and printing out the instructions, it is working perfectly for us now. You must follow the sequence to initiate the program to the letter and I believe you will like the results. We are using WIFI (15 devices), Wireless WIFI Verizon Hotspot (limited to five devices) and bluetooth (also five devices max) without issue. We believe we will save the price of the five new iPads in one quarter just in saved man hours, and countless trees as well. If your presentations are as important as ours are to get right, a great back up plan to just transfer/send via iTunes or e mail the PDF you plan to present to all the devices. If for some reason Conference Pad lets you down, just get the PDF up and running on all the iPads and tell the audience when to go to the next page.....not the control you have with the app, no very cool laser pointer to use, but a great back up plan when "oops" is simply unacceptable.....so far no need for us to use plan b. Thanks Evan Schoenberg, MD, now if you can just add the ability to write on the presentation, highlight, etc via the master iPad!! I think more people dont rate this app to keep it a secret, its got a big "cool factor" over the competition!!

This app is a great idea but not ready for business use. If you plan to take iPads with you to make presentations away from the office, the advertised Bluetooth connectivity is a key feature. However, it simply doesnt work, and the troubleshooting available on the developer website is not useful. I have taken my devices to an Apple Store and asked for assistance from a Genius - they confirmed that Bluetooth is working properly on the devices, and suggested I ask for a refund on this app purchase. They said the app is clearly just not functional or reliable. Disappointing.

Each audience member must purchase a copy, which can get expensive. The # of users limitation prevents using the software for larger group presentations. For larger group presentations or training sessions, I found the Coaxion for iPad application to scale better.

A good app is easy to understand and use without a bunch of "steps.". This is not a good app

This is a great idea. It works, but not reliably. I couldnt recommend for enterprise solution yet. Ive used it to make a few departmental presentations, but it crashed a couple of times during those presentations.