Announcements

  1. New Schedule and Game Details live on Web!

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    New Schedule View All your upcoming events in one clean, organized view—now with powerful filters right on the web.
    
    📅 Improved Game Details Get all your game info faster with a refreshed design inspired by the mobile app.
    
    🔥 Join the Beta on Slack Share feedback, report bugs, and help shape what comes next. Tap learn more to join our Slack.

    We have just released the new Schedule and Game Details pages on web for our Beta users.

    Want to join the beta? Click the banner on the left sidebar.

    New Schedule View

    The new schedule view brings in a lot of the features from the mobile app, now on the web. Filter your events and have a bigger picture of your upcoming games.

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    New Game Details page

    The new game details page also has a lot of the great features from the mobile app, now on the web! More speed improvements and other changes are coming through as we work through your feedback and suggestions.

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    Join us on Slack

    We need you! Join the beta and then find us on Slack to share your feedback, complaints, bug reports and new ideas.

    Join the BenchApp Slack

    We're very excited about these changes and we can't wait to hear your feedback!

  2. New Chatter is Live!

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    New Chatter is Live! It's real and it's spectacular. Update to BenchApp 3.2 to enjoy the new experience.
    
    ⚡️ Faster than ever before Chats now load faster than ever, most of the time instantly. No more loading spinners and delays.
    
    🔥 Great New Features Replies, sharing multiple images, better Giphy support! Enjoy this and more in this new huge update!

    🚀 Over a year and a half in the making!

    We're excited to announce the release of BenchApp 3.2. This update brings a whole new Chatter experience that's packed with improvements, bug fixes, and more. And it sets the foundation for us to continue to build the best chat experience for your team.

    Some of these new features include:

    • Higher resolution photos
    • The ability to reply to individual messages
    • Custom group chats with group images and titles
    • Complete emoji library for reacting to messages
    • Mute loud chats or people
    • Dark mode on the web (App dark mode coming soon!)

    ⚠️ Please note: You'll need to be on BenchApp 3.2 in order to experience this new Chatter, and the old Chatter will no longer work. All your messages will be migrated to the new system. So make sure to update your BenchApp as soon as you see 3.2 in your App Store.

  3. New Chatter coming to you soon!

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    The Best Chat Experience Built from the ground up for speed and performance.
    
    ⚡️ Lightning Fast Loading Chats will load faster than ever, most of the time instantly. No more loading spinners and delays.
    
    🔥 Great New Features Replies, sharing multiple images, better Giphy support! All coming in this big release.

    🚀 Huge release coming soon!

    We are nearing the release of a huge update to BenchApp that will include our brand new chatter. We're extremely excited to get this version in your hands. It's a complete rebuild from the ground up for speed, performance and fantastic new features.

    Some of these new features include:

    • Higher resolution photos
    • The ability to reply to individual messages
    • Custom group chats with group images and titles
    • Complete emoji library for reacting to messages
    • Mute loud chats or people

    ⚠️ Please note: You'll need to be on BenchApp 3.2 in order to experience this new Chatter, and the old Chatter will no longer work. All your messages will be migrated to the new system. So make sure to update your BenchApp as soon as you see 3.2 in your App Store.

    We'll send another announcement once it's live!

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  4. 10x Speed Increase

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    🏠 Home Screen We tightened some bolts and cleared out a few cobwebs—your home screen now loads 10x faster than before.
    
    📅 Schedule & Game Details We gave the same treatment to your Schedule and Game Details. Everything now loads quicker so you can get in and out fast.
    
    🍻 "Next on Drinks" Bug Fix A pesky bug was messing with the Next on Drinks feature. It’s squashed in our latest update—make sure you’ve got the newest version!

    🚀 Always Improving

    We hope you’ve noticed things feeling snappier. We're not done yet—Chatter is next in line for a speed boost and some exciting new features we think you’ll love.

    🧪 Be a Beta Tester

    We're rebuilding Chatter from the ground up to make team communication better than ever. Want early access? If you’ve read this far, you’re our kind of person. Email beta@benchapp.com to join our beta squad!

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  5. New Plus and movr plans

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    👑 Hide All Ads Tired of seeing ads within BenchApp? Starting May 27th, you can hide them with Plus for only $1.99/mth.
    
    💪 movr moving to a paid plan Starting May 27th, movr is moving to a paid plan that costs only $4.99/mth. 40% the regular price!
    
    💬 New Chatter coming soon We've been working on a new Chatter for over a year. It's lightning fast and makes chatting with your team so much better.

    BenchApp Plus

    For those teams that don't need all the PRO features, we're launching BenchApp Plus for those users that don't like to see ads. For only $1.99/mth, you'll have a smoother, less annoying BenchApp experience. And we plan to release a bunch of perks for our Plus users soon!

    BenchApp movr

    BenchApp launched movr within the app over a year ago, and thousands of BenchApp users have been using it since, getting personalized movement plans that help them stay active, feel better, and recovery from those nagging injuries.

    Starting Tuesday, May 27th, movr will be switching to a paid plan. But here’s the good news: while movr is normally $7.99/month, BenchApp users get it for just $4.99/month.

    That’s nearly 40% off, just for using BenchApp with movr.

    New Chatter Coming Soon

    We have been working on a new Chatter system for over a year, and we can't wait to release it to all our users. We think you're going to love it. And once it's out, we'll be able to build out and improve BenchApp much faster. We can't wait for you to try it!

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  6. New Finances is Live!

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    💰 Improved Finances Screen See who owes money and who's paid recently at a glance.
    
    💸 Faster "Mark as Paid" Now you can quickly mark fees as paid right from the Game Summary screen.
    
    🚗 Coming Soon: Carpooling Need a lift to the game? Let your team know and get picked up right at your door.

    Another Big Update Fresh Off The Presses 🚀

    New Finances Summary

    We've greatly improved the speed and functionality of Finances to make tracking payments and getting paid even faster. See who has overdue fees, who has fees due soon, and even who recently paid. Keeping your team's finances has never been easier. This is especially useful for those of you that run large pick-up leagues.

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    Mark all as Paid

    From the Game Summary screen, you can now mark all payments as paid (and choose to leave some as unpaid if Jimmy forgot his wallet... again).

    Coming Soon: Carpool

    We're adding a new feature in the next release that will let you ask for and offer rides to your games. It's going to make carpooling, especially for youth teams, that much easier!

    Let us know what you think — we love your feedback! 🙌

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  7. New Roster and Drinks Experience – and more to come!

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    👥 Revamped Roster Screen Faster, smoother, and easier to manage your players, parents, and spares.
    
    🥛 Improved Drinks Screen Keep track of who was thirsty, who's on drinks next, and with a lot less hassle.
    
    💰 Coming Soon: A Brand-New Finances Experience Managing team finances is about to get a whole lot easier!

    We've been busy making BenchApp even better for you. 🚀

    Over the past month, we’ve rolled out these updates to give you lightning-fast access to your players, a simpler way to add kids to parents, and a better way to track drinks.

    And there’s more on the way! Soon, you’ll be able to request a ride to the game right from the app. Stay tuned!

    Let us know what you think — we love your feedback! 🙌

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    🚀 Roster & Drinks Screens

    We've been busy making BenchApp even better for you. 🚀 ✅ Revamped Roster Screen – Faster, smoother, and easier to manage your players. 🍻 Improved Drinks Screen – Keep track of who’s thirsty with less hassle. 💰 Coming Soon: A Brand-New Finances Experience – Managing team finances is about to get a whole lot easier! Over the past month, we’ve rolled out these updates to give you lightning-fast access to your players, a simpler way to add kids to parents, and a better way to track drinks. And there’s more on the way! Soon, you’ll be able to request a ride to the game right from the app. Stay tuned! Let us know what you think—we love your feedback! 🙌

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  8. Sidebar update for Managers

    Improvement

    We have made some small adjustments to the sidebar on the website for Managers. This is to help improve navigation to your team settings and profile. Non team managers will not see these changes. Enjoy!

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  9. Fixes to Calendar Subscriptions & more

    Fix

    Last week, we had a glitch in our system where calendar events were being removed from your Apple or Google Calendar before the scheduled start time. This has been fixed. We have also made a small change where events will continue to live in your calendar for 3 months after the event has passed.

    Additional recent fixes:

    • The date and time when a player was setting their RSVP was incorrect
    • Some users were unable to edit or save events on the website
    • Some users were unable to RSVP on the website

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  10. Quick Score fixes and more

    📢 Communications has moved Bulletin, Polls and Broadcasts are now accessible from the home screen.
    
    🗓️ Improved Dates and Times We've grouped the date and time together on the game info cards. 
    
    🎯 Quick Score Fixed We've fixed the Quick Score that didn't open for some people.

    In this release, we have made some improvements to how the date and time looks on the home screen, bringing them more aligned. We have also moved Bulletins, Polls and Broadcasts to the home screen so they're more accessible and discoverable.

    We've also fixed the Quick Score feature that was not working for some people with "reduced motion" enabled on their phone.

    Download the update on the App Store and Play Store today!

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