You found our list of top Zoom apps for remote work.
Zoom apps are extensions that add to the video conferencing platform’s functionality. For example, Google Drive for Zoom, #Warmly, and Dropbox Spaces. The purpose of these tools is to increase productivity and efficiency in virtual workplaces.
These programs are in the category of remote work platforms and are similar to Slack apps and virtual team building apps. For the full range of extensions, visit the Zoom App Marketplace.
This list includes:
- Zoom apps to enhance video meetings
- Zoom collaboration apps
- marketing and sales apps for Zoom
- Zoom productivity apps
- Zoom game apps
Here we go!
Zoom apps to enhance video meetings
Here is a list of apps and extension for Zoom that help improve your video calls!
1. Evernote
Evernote for Zoom allows users to access the note-taking software from within Zoom chat channels. Participants can easily pull up notes during the call, whether to follow a meeting agenda or to reference a comment made in the course of a meeting. Plus, users can make new notes during the call, meaning the extension is a simple way to take minutes that save to another program automatically. The Evernote app bot responds to a series of commands, meaning users can take advantage of program features with a few keystrokes.
Download the Evernote Zoom app.
2. Google Drive for Zoom
The Google Drive extension for Zoom allows meeting organizers to automatically upload meeting recordings and transcripts to folders. This handy ability simplifies archiving and gives team members more immediate access to meeting data. Since Google Drive is searchable, team members can easily find proper meetings. Plus, since many virtual workers use the drive on a daily basis, recordings are within reach at a moment’s notice.
Download Google Drive for Zoom.
3. Meeting Timer, Agenda Timer & Clock Countdown
This Meeting Timer, Agenda Timer & Clock Countdown acts as a way to keep virtual meetings on track. Zoom’s official timer app is minimalistic and only consists of a countdown timer. However, this timer app also allows users to load the full meeting agenda onscreen and assign time limits to each section. The countdown clock automatically changes color as time winds down. The app also offers the option of sending sound alerts to serve as an extra warning.
Download the Meeting Timer, Agenda Timer & Clock Countdown Zoom app.
4. Polly
Polly is a Zoom add-on that drives engagement during virtual meetings. Features include live and upvotable Q&A, icebreaker questions, and polls and surveys with immediate, anonymous feedback. These functions facilitate more hands-on, interactive Zoom meetings where all audience members can participate at once instead of waiting for a turn to speak or hoping the host catches a comment in the chat box.
Download the Polly Zoom app.
5. #Warmly
#Warmly is a networking tool that loads participant information into Zoom meetings. The program displays insights such as names, companies, positions, and location. Profiles can also show organizational charts, calendars, and mutual LinkedIn connections. The application enables event hosts and sales professionals to get to know prospects with minimal research and memorization. Team members can use the tool to get more familiar with team members during company wide meetings. #Warmly also has features that allow users to mark themselves as running late, as well as one-click connections to LinkedIn and Twitter pages.
Download the #Warmly Zoom app.
6. Circles
Circles is a neat app that enables users to break away from the standard grid screen format and place co-participants’ faces into bubbles around the desktop. This layout permits attendees to multitask more efficiently by eliminating the need to switch windows. Not to mention, the arrangement is more similar to gathering around a meeting table than the standard gallery view, and can increase feelings of camaraderie while battling Zoom screen fatigue. Circles is a particularly ideal tool for virtual coworking hours, as well as online team social events.
Download the Circles Zoom app.
Zoom collaboration apps
These apps focus on teamwork and collaboration.
7. Slack
Slack is one of the most useful Zoom apps for work. This extension allows users to begin a Zoom meeting from a Slack channel or direct message instantly by using a /zoom command. Participants can join meetings with a single click. Admins can access records of which employees join, to better keep track of attendance during video calls. The app can also post meeting summaries and recordings directly into Slack, making it easy to consolidate remote work happenings into one central hub.
Download the Slack Zoom app.
8. Gmail
The Gmail extension allows users to schedule, start, view, and change Zoom meetings without exiting the inbox. Hosts can initiate Zoom meetings for email groups with the single click of a button. The program then pulls up a form that asks for topic, timezone, time and date, and duration, making it simple to give invitees essential information within seconds.
Download the Gmail Zoom app.
9. Lucidspark
This extension allows users to import Lucidspark boards directly into Zoom meetings. While the digital whiteboard tool in Zoom is blank when the meeting starts, Lucidspark boards can be pre-prepped and can include GIFs and images. Meeting leaders can use the tool for real time brainstorming and can assign each attendee a color to better track the origin of ideas. The app also has a built-in timer to keep the meeting flowing effectively.
Download the Lucidspark Zoom app.
10. Trello
The Trello app enables meeting hosts and participants to connect to and organize Trello boards from within Zoom meetings. Teammates can view boards to gauge project progress, and leaders can add assignment cards to lists during the meeting to save on time and ensure no task gets overlooked. Attendees can also add comments and import content onto the board via the Zoom chat channel.
Download the Trello Zoom app.
11. Asana
The Asana app for Zoom allows team members and managers to connect the project platform to video calls. Users can create a Zoom meeting through Asana, view and update tasks during meetings, and import Zoom recordings and transports into the task lists automatically. This tool helps to streamline collaborative projects and saves the step of updating the program post meeting.
Download the Asana Zoom app.
12. Dropbox Spaces
Dropbox Spaces simplifies file sharing during Zoom meetings. Participants can access, share, and edit files during meetings. Unlike traditional Zoom file share, team members can access Dropbox post-meeting if they forget to download documents before the meeting ends. The app also facilitates agendas and minutes, saving organizers the step of dropping files in a folder post meeting. Dropbox Spaces functions as a centralized work hub, and even allows users to assign tasks to other team members.
Download Dropbox Spaces.
Marketing and Sales apps for Zoom
Here is a list of apps for Zoom that support your sales and marketing efforts.
13. Zoom for Salesforce
Salesforce is one of the most popular CRMs on the market, and Zoom’s cooperating app makes the software even more efficient. The extension allows users to schedule Zoom meetings from within Salesforce, and makes a record of the virtual meetings and audio calls in customer notes. The app also transfers recordings and registrant data from Zoom into Salesforce, eliminating the need to manually enter leads into the platform.
Download the Zoom for Salesforce app.
14. Zoom for Hubspot
Zoom for Hubspot is a video conferencing extension of the popular sales and marketing software. The Hubspot add-on enables users to automatically create Zoom meetings and send reminders within the CRM, as well as import Zoom attendee data into the platform. The app tracks metrics like registration dates, attendance status, and duration of stay, making it easier to measure ROI. The software can also add Zoom recordings into contacts’ conversation histories, saving the step of exporting data between programs. This tool helps sales and marketing professionals more easily track the buyer journey and record the customer relationship without excessive administrative work.
Download Zoom for Hubspot.
15. Gong.io
Gong.io is a sales training tool. Installing the add-on enables the program to automatically record and analyze scheduled video meetings, and provide insights on possible areas of improvement. The app can track occurrences such as competitor mentions or customer reactions to discounts, and also provides a timeline of the full client conversation history.
Download the Gong.io Zoom app.
16. Mailchimp Notifications
This Mailchimp Zoom app sends messages about campaign performance straight into the Zoom chat channel. This add-on enables marketers to analyze the results of campaigns in a streamlined format and is useful for marketing team meetings.
It is worth mentioning that pros can further pair these two programs by integrating the platforms via Zapier extension. This maneuver permits marketers to transfer Zoom emails into Mailchimp, enabling event organizers to more seamlessly communicate with registrants.
Download Mailchimp Notifications.
17. Repurpose.io
Repurpose.io is a handy tool that permits marketers to reshare Zoom recordings to social media. The app allows social media managers to publish full recordings or clips, as well as post in real time or schedule immediately. The extension is compatible with channels including YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Download the Repurpose.io Zoom app.
Zoom productivity apps
These apps support organizational and individual productivity in the workplace.
18. Calendly for Zoom
The Calendly extension enables meeting organizers to generate Zoom links when scheduling events. The meeting URL appears on the calendar invite, and updates automatically when hosts make changes. Simply type “Zoom” into the meeting location field, and the app will make and share the meeting link. This handy tool saves schedulers extra steps and keeps meeting details organized in a central location.
Download Calendly for Zoom.
19. Google Calendar Notifications
Google Calendar Notifications connects Zoom and Gcal so that users can receive updates and reminders straight to the video meeting software. Participants can customize subscriptions to tailor which messages pop up in the platform. The app also provides daily summaries of events that display the overview of the day at a glance.
Download the Google Calendar Notifications Zoom app.
20. Docusign
Docusign is one of the most practical apps for Zoom. This extension sends notifications about envelopes direct to Zoom chat and allows meeting attendees to check the status of documents. Users can even create new envelopes within Zoom by using a text command, allowing meeting participants to draft and send documents in response to meeting discussion.
Download the Docusign Zoom app.
21. Zapier
Zapier is a single Zoom add-on with hundreds of possible applications. The app can automate a wide range of processes. For instance, adding webinar registrants to marketing email lists or into a CRM, or scheduling virtual event attendees for Zoom webinars as soon as a payment clears. Zapier is a good solution for users who want to add the functionality of other platforms to Zoom without installing dozens of different Zoom apps or receiving admin permission for each add-on. Not to mention, Zapier can connect Zoom with software that may not yet have a published app in the marketplace.
Download the Zapier Zoom app.
Zoom game apps
Here is a list of game apps for Zoom.
22. Heads Up!
Heads Up! is a party game available as a Zoom app. To play the game traditionally, a player holds a phone on their forehead and tries to guess the phrase while other players holler out hints. The Zoom version of the game functions in the same way, except the word flashes on the Zoom screen for all participants besides the guesser. Heads Up! is a fun way to practice remote team communication and re-energize the group during meetings.
Download the Heads Up! Zoom app, and check out more virtual party games.
23. Team Games
Team Games is a Zoom app that launches fun challenges between meeting participants. At the start of each game, the organizer gets a link, and players enter a passcode. From there, team members can play games such as mini golf, and hangman. The app is good for big and small teams. Plus, developers continually work to add more games, like Pictionary and trivia.
Download the Team Games Zoom app.
24. Gaggle Party
Gaggle Party is a fun app for Zoom that facilitates group games like Crazy 8’s and drawing games. Challenges accommodate 2 to 12 players. The app displays colorful graphics in its respective screen and responds to teammates’ moves. Gaggle Party is a smooth and seamless way to play games in Zoom and add fun to team video calls.
Download the Gaggle Party Zoom app.
25. #AskAway
#AskAway is a virtual icebreaker game designed to fill buffer time at the start or end of meetings, or to eliminate awkward silences during breaks. This simple challenge gives participants a multiple choice question about a colleague, for instance, “What kind of pet does Joyce have? A. Corgi B. Cockatoo C. Calico Cat.” Once all parties answer, the app reveals the correct response and shows what percentage of players got it correct, as well as broadcasting which players were right. This game is a way to energize and engage participants during Zoom meetings while helping remote colleagues learn more about each other.
Download the #AskAway Zoom app.
26. Kahoot!
Kahoot! is one of the most popular quiz platforms for school and work, and the Zoom extension makes it easy to facilitate games on video calls. The app saves facilitators the need to share screens, and players can answer within the app console instead of using a mobile device. Game organizers can load up a custom quiz or choose from a library of pre-made options, meaning that hosts can transition into impromptu trivia games when Zoom calls wrap up early.
Download the Kahoot! Zoom app, and check out more trivia apps and tips.
Final Thoughts
While some folks have still yet to master remembering to unmute the mic before speaking during a call, many professionals are ready and willing to upgrade and optimize their Zoom experiences. Zoom apps expand the video call platform’s capabilities and take remote meetings to the next level. These extensions save time and increase impact, and help remote workers become even more efficient with minimal effort.
For more ways to use the software, check out this list of Zoom games, these ideas to make Zoom meetings fun, and these Zoom team building activities.
We also have a list of the best team building apps.
Angela Robinson