Conference Pad App Reviews

Really? A app that is only functional as a presentation tool if every other device in the room has the app installed too? Brilliant marketing on your part. You need to have a conferencePad viewer that is free for attendees. You could also use an invitation feature so that the presentation could be viewed over the web remotely. That would make this a supremely better app. Not worth $4.99 as is.

How can I convince random people im in meetings with to pay for this purchased app just so they can see what im seeing? A ideal scenario would be to charge for the primary broadcast app and have a free "viewer" app that attendees could freely download and be part of the meeting without extorting more money from consumers. This app has promising features, but its unfortunately not accessible on a mass scale. Its really disheartening.

Purchased this after reading descriptions on some blogs thinking that it would allow me to mirror my iPad to other devices. Only after purchasing did I realize it only allows you to share a PDF. Lame.

I have just been on a week long road show to see clients, typically 2 or 3 in a small conference room and used conference pad for the first time. Any Fund Manager, Banker or Marketing rep should take a look at this app. Instead of having to carry 50 hard copy presentations we took 5 iPads and loaded 2 PDF presentations. We had one iPad mini as the "controller" and 4 iPads (2 original iPads, an iPad 3 and 4) we handed to the clients. All iPads worked perfectly via blue tooth. Very stable connection and no technical issue of any kind during the week. To my surprise we were the first group to present to the clients via iPad. All of them liked it, especially the fact we controlled the presentation through our "controller iPad" took them by surprise. We provided soft copies via email after the meeting. Great app will not go back to the old school hard copy presentations! Some suggestions for improvements: 1. Include a function so you can select or set the controller iPad. It seemed sometimes random which iPad becomes the controller 2. Remove the tap on screen function to move the slide forward. Especially when using the pointer you by accident move the slides forward and it disrupts your presentation flow 3. Add swipe up and down to forward slides (in addition to the swipe left right) 4. Add tap on screen function that zooms in on the area of the slide you tap. Tap twice to zoom back out. 5. Presentations are PDF so would be nice if you could mark up the presentation on the controller iPad, using a Bamboo stylus and have these mark ups appear on the clients iPad. Markings can be removed after presentation is finished to the client. 6. Maybe add a function so you can unlock the presentation for clients from the controller iPad so the clients can look through the presentation at their leisure I look forward to the next version!

I feel that the previous reviewer missed the point. The way i use it is to have a "Guest iPad" for us to bring into a meeting. I have the Guest and my iPhone or iPad ready before the meeting. Both sync as bluetooth, auto lock off on both, check battery and the guest device with the PDF(s) installed already. I then introduce myself and give them my guest iPad and use mine to control the meeting. I even use the "laser pointer" to circle text. (i would like it to have the Magnifying Glass so I can see the text better, maybe in a new version?). I still have the binder that we used just in in case and have a few brochures to leave and able to send the PDF to the mail. I feel that it looks professional for us.

Ive tried several and this one is definitely the best. I prioritize reliability, convenience and ease of use over "annotation bells & whistles." Conference pad has never crashed in a client meeting and works on my 4G MiFi card. This eliminates having to login each iPad on a guest WiFi network which is a huge time saver. I also understand that enhanced annotation capabilities are in the works.

Today I purchased this for use on my ipad and iphones. I ran a presentation to group of 5 users… it went ok but here is some feedback 1)The pointer feature needs to be strengthened. Many time the pointer is hard to activate after “V”ng to expand a PDF .. so I think you need to have the option to permanently turn on the pointer .. also on another similar app .. they have option of leaving an underline .. changing the width and color of the underlines .. then button to wipe or undo all marks … 2)Stability of the session across IPAD .. both wifi and Bluetooth .. All the iPads were within 10 feet .. the wifi would not keep all connected .. so I switched to Bluetooth .. this was better but still one iPad dropped every 15 minutes and had to re-add .. really the connections need to be more forgiving and reconnect automatically Please consider these enhancements / feature requests

This app is great for group presentations and works best when you connect all the devices through a network. Bluetooth connectivity can be iffy, but by buying an Apple AirPort Express and creating a network, we can plug in the AirPort at the meeting location and then connect all 9 of our iPads and my iPhone to the app and control the flow of our meetings with no lag. If you go the AirPort Express route to connect your devices, all you need to do is create a new network; dont extend an existing network. Internet access is not required for the iPads to connect via the AirPort Express.

This app works really well, and I love being able to present directly to my audience instead of using a projector. Clients are always impressed.

This app does exactly what it says it will do. Statement of the obvious to some, but Ive found it to be rare that developers offer simplicity of use and elegance of design in their product. It just works. A new app well worth the money. A few things they could enhance, but as more people use it, Im sure the ideas will flow in. Nothing that diminishes the value now, but hey, were Americans, we always want more. Would love to have a feature to remove the PDF from target iPads/phones(meaning non presenters) when the presenter concludes the presentation. Go ahead, buy it... Good apps deserve success.

Beware this app only works with PDF and not desktop sharing from iPad to iPad.

This is an AMAZING PROGRAM. I am in the entertainment field and have to do may presentations in one on one settings. In the old days, I would print out pages and give handouts. With CONFERENCE PAD, I set up my full size version iPad, place it in the dock of my Logitech keyboard, turn it to face a client and amaze them by controlling the presentation on my iPhone. This program does everything it says it can do. Bravo! BUY IT! We just had to do a presentation in China. So we placed the Chinese version on the iPad and the English version on the iPhone (both files must be named the same document) and our CEO can read and look at the English slides while our Chinese partners can see the Mandarin version of the presentation. WHAT AN PLUS for multi-language presentations. Great job Doc!

This is a great app and we use it a lot for business. Ideal for giving sales presentations and allowing the customer to hold the tablet as the sales rep controls from this phone. Love this app!

My company uses this app to present during meetings to our clients. We use one iPad to present, while each of our clients has an iPad (all connected) in front of them that advances to the next screen based upon the presenter. Prepping the iPads before the meeting is very quick and easy. You simply choose to open a PDF in Conference Pad, and if all the other iPads are connected to the first iPad, the PDF will be transferred ("Participants Keep PDFs" button must be on). This is the best PDF Presentation App available. If there is an issue, the creator Evan is available and willing to help find a solution. There was a bug that prevented the PDFs from downloading onto each iPad and I emailed Evan and he asked me a few questions and put a patch through to Apple to resolve this. It is now working wonderfully and I use it every day. I highly recommend this app!

I was a hard core user of Electric Slide for about 3 years. A very fine day, the developer quit updating and debugging the app and, as the iOS improved, this app slowly faded away. I have been looking for a alternative for a couple of months after I got tired to contact the Electric Slide developer for months without success. Even Apple was involved and no sign from the developer. I have tested this software quite a bit lately and perfect Bluetooth interaction. Simple pdf upload and perfect offline functionality. To be perfect, it could broadcast over the web like Electric Slide use to on the good old days. It was very handy for more interactive conference calls. Hopefully the developer of this one keep the good track record of updating and quick support. I read the reviews and made my bet. Jackpot. Dont hesitate to buy it if you need to make offline meetings with a couple of iPads. It is definitely a great one.

I travel 360 days a year with only an iPad. No way for me to load my new PDF documents onto the iPad without a computer.