Interactive Games for Live Events & Conferences
Your audience is checking their phones anyway. Give them something to do with them. Show a QR code, they scan and play. Results on the big screen, live.
Conference audiences spend most of a session on their phones. Use that instead of fighting it. ImprovApp turns the audience's existing phone time into participation. The speaker shows a QR code on the projector, attendees scan, and a live game runs in their browser while results display on the big screen. No registration, no app, no rented hardware. Use it for the keynote opener (a Caption Contest gets the room laughing in 60 seconds), as a between-talks energy reset, or as audience Q&A with live voting. Scales to unlimited players on the Host Plan.
The problem with passive audiences
Everyone's on their phone already
They're scrolling email, not listening. You need to redirect that phone time toward your event, not away from it.
No way to engage 200+ people at once
Raise-your-hand polls don't scale. Passing a microphone takes forever. You need something that works at crowd scale.
Expensive AV for basic interaction
Renting clickers or dedicated hardware for audience polling costs thousands. Your attendees already have phones.
How it works
No downloads, no signups
Put a QR code on the projector. Audience scans with their phone camera. They're playing in 3 seconds flat.
Unlimited players
Whether it's a breakout session of 15 or a packed keynote. Same QR code, same experience. No per-player fees.
$9/month or free to start
The free tier is always free for up to 3 players. Host plan is $9/mo for unlimited sessions and unlimited players.
Best games for this
Caption Contest
Write a caption. Everyone votes. Funniest wins.
Caption Contest is the highest-impact game for a big audience. Put a weird or industry-specific image on screen, give 60 seconds for everyone to type a caption, then 30 seconds of voting. The funniest captions get read aloud. Works because the audience cracked the joke, you just delivered it.
Learn how to run it →Hot Takes
Throw out an opinion. Watch the room pick sides.
Hot Takes turns the room into a live focus group. Speakers can use it as a pre-Q&A warmup ("Hot take: AI will replace product managers within 5 years. Agree or disagree?") and the live split tells you exactly which threads to pull on next. Great for fireside chats and panels because it surfaces real disagreement faster than a passed mic ever will.
Learn how to run it →Trivia
Answer fast. Speed matters.
Trivia at events works best with branded questions. About the speakers, the company, the industry, or the event itself. Three rounds of speed-based scoring takes 6 minutes and gives the audience a leaderboard. It is a great closing segment for sponsor talks because attention stays high through the whole bit.
Learn how to run it →How to add audience participation to a conference talk
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Pick the moment
Decide where in the talk participation lands best. Usually the opener (to wake people up) or right before Q&A (to pre-warm questions).
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Build a session
Create a session with one or two games. For keynotes, Caption Contest crushes. For panels, Hot Takes generates better questions than open mics.
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Slot the QR code into your deck
Drop the room QR code into a slide. Show it for 60 seconds before the activity so latecomers can join.
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Run the game live
Switch to the host view, hit start, and let the room respond. Read top results aloud. That is where the energy comes from.
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Bridge back to content
Use the results as a segue: "Most of you said X. Here is why that matters for the rest of this talk."
Why event planners pick ImprovApp over Jackbox
Frequently asked questions
How many people can play at once?
Does it work without WiFi?
Can I customize trivia questions for my event?
How does it compare to Slido or Mentimeter for events?
Can I see results after the event?
Try it free
Always free for up to 3 players. Unlimited sessions, no credit card.
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