The full student lifecycle,
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Build mobile guides for new student orientations, open houses, alumni events, campus tours, and more.

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A best-in-class app building platform used by thousands of leading schools

Explore how our guides are being used across a range of education scenarios

College nights

Send push messages to high school counselors and faculty on your route to your campus.

Awareness programmes

Customise your app with your logo and colors to increase brand visibility.

Open houses

Provide campus maps, directories of campus contacts and more.

Staff Resource Directory

Guidebook allows admissions counselors to stay connected to their peers wherever they are.

Financial Resources

Add your financial aid info to spare parents from website searches; apps are preferred for phone browsing.

What can you do with an education app?

Conversation UI
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Get the conversation started

An interactive social feed provides a central place for attendees to discover content and engage in lively discussions.

Notification UI
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Send instant push notifications

Deliver important updates to attendees' home screens, even if the app isn’t active.

Update Notification UI
Update Schedule UI
Update on the go

Update on the fly

Your schedules, interactive maps, and speaker lists can reflect up-to-the-minute changes.

Schedule UI
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Provide an up-­to­-date schedule

Keep students on track by allowing them to create personal schedules and to-do lists based on your full events calendar.

Campus UI
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Showcase your campus story

Use an interactive self-guided tour to help students and visitors navigate campus, even when you’re not around.

Data UI
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Put data to work

Learn about students’ preferences and behaviors by monitoring app usage.

Team UI
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Invite your team

Collaborate with others on a single platform - no extra licenses or costs necessary.

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Take a look at our pricing or get a live demo from one of our dedicated product experts

Guidebook supports hundreds of university apps

NC State's New Student Orientation App

Students are welcomed to NC State's campus with a wonderfully detailed orientation app. Their orientation app features:

  • Pictures and bios of orientation staff
  • Easy­-to­-follow schedules for freshmen, transfers and parents
  • Social media integration to stoke school spirit

The University of Kentucky Going Fully Digital

The University of Kentucky's Admissions team switched from printing paper programs for their prospective and admitted student events to building a mobile application, with no coding experience.

  • Admitted Student Day schedules for students and guests
  • Lists of important resources
  • Customisable interest form captures students right when they’re most interested

Rutgers New Brunswick Adopt Guidebook Tours

Rutgers uses Guidebook to help students navigate around campus using the Rutgers self-guided tour app built with Guidebook.

  • View tours of different campuses and residence halls
  • Learn about various housing options
  • Connect with student tour guides

Charleston Southern University Year Round Student Support

Charleston Southern University uses Guidebook year round as a resource for students to find activities, sporting events, fitness schedules, and anything related to student life.

  • CSU Events schedules
  • Real time updates and live feed
  • Easy access to campus recreation, counseling services, career services, and more

The University of Manchester Goes Green with a Mobile App

Students are welcomed to Manchester’s campus with a wonderfully detailed Tour Guide App. 

  • Open Day information for prospective students
  • Easy­-to­-follow schedules for freshmen, transfers and parents
  • Self-guided tours for easy campus navigation

Royal Holloway’s Year Round Student Support

Royal Holloway University uses Guidebook year-round as a resource for students to find activities, union events, travel and local area information, and anything related to student life.

  • CReal-time updates through push notifications
  • Information about health, wellbeing and safety
  • Resources for academic and learning support

King’s College London Welcomes Students with easele

The Welcome Team at King’s make onboarding seamless with powerful mobile schedules and reduced printing to almost nothing by using Guidebook’s no-coding app builder.

  • Complex and personalised schedules
  • Lists of important campus resources
  • Maps to help navigate campus

The University of Bournemouth simplifies Open Days with mobile

Students who visit Bournemouth’s campus have all the information they need in one easy-to-access mobile app.

  • Timetables of talks and exhibitions
  • Tours of campus facilities
  • Lists of local attractions

Resources

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New Student Orientation Apps Webinar

In-depth insight for professionals trying to choose the best event app.

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Mobile Campus Tours Webinar

Top-to-bottom Advice for throwing an event in the digital age.

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The 3 Elements of an Admissions App Strategy

Learn how to implement an app and make money with it at the same time.

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Our commitment to mobile apps

Our mission is to make it simple to create and manage mobile apps. Over a hundred thousand organisations have used Guidebook to power their mobile experiences. While we’ve had a lot of success powering conference apps, corporate meeting apps, and university campus apps, our platform has been used for thousands of different use cases. Forward-thinking professionals are using Guidebook’s simple app builder to make interactive mobile guides for their student orientations, college campus tours, venues, corporate campuses, parks, and airports. Start going green with iPhone and Android apps built by the best event app company in the industry.