4 Best Zoom Apps for Virtual Events

Helena Merk
Glimpse
Published in
2 min readJul 28, 2021

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One week ago Zoom Apps went LIVE. They can be used in any meeting, including virtual events. This will walk through our favorite 3 with a bonus 4th app coming soon.

What is a Zoom App? Zoom Apps are embedded into your desktop Zoom app, and enhance your experience. The screenshots below should help clarify :)

1. Heyyo Chat — Supercharged In-Meeting Messaging

In large calls attendees will be stuck mostly in the chat. This can make it hard to feel engaged, and can make it challenging as a host to stay motivated. Heyyo is expressive: full of emotes, reactions, and more. You also won’t have to repeat yourself 100 times — latecomers get access to chat history!

Heyyo Chat supercharges your Zoom Chat (install)

2. Pledge — The Zoom Donate Button

Make your event have a purpose. Pledge is the first donate button in Zoom. Start a fundraiser in 10 seconds, rally attendees to donate to your favorite nonprofits, and reward donors with custom backgrounds!

If you’re a nonprofit, you can join the 2m+ listed here.

Pledge Makes Events Matter (install)

3. Colibri — Live Transcription To Make All…

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