Feature Ideas

I run a summer hockey league and, at the start of each season, I need to collect confirmation from each player indicating whether they intend to participate in the upcoming season. Participation is capped at 20 players per season, so it is important to confirm availability early and efficiently in order to fill the league to capacity. A confirmation feature that allows league administrators to request and track player confirmations, ideally with a cap once 20 players have committed, would significantly streamline this process and reduce manual follow-up.

Dark mode for the app.

Allow a player to choose between IN, OUT and MAYBE.

Allow players to have more than one position. For example, a goalie could also play forward.

Allow .csv downloads for Fees and Finances

Notify a manager when a player was previously checked IN but then they check OUT.

Allow the manager to assign colors to home and away jerseys, and then display those colors on the games.

Allow a team manager to customize the time that the RSVP emails and SMS are sent.

Both leagues I manage are "shinny" or pick-up ice times. Both are run a bit different. One league we draw cards in the room to make new teams each week. The other, I use a randomizer online (I apply skill levels to each player, and do 1 draw for D and 1 draw for F's), and then we do a "3 week series". Since there is the whole "Edit Lines" screen, is there a way to assign a ranking to a player, and have a button that can randomize teams based on skill levels? Would be an excellent feature to build in!!

Allow users to integrate with a public BenchApp API.

Allow managers to send polls via text message.

It would be neat to automatically pull in USA hockey registration numbers for the team. Lookup based on email or phone number / state or whatever. I think this would also save commissioners a ton of time in checking each player. Imagine they would pay a little bit for that time savings. It's only a once or twice a year deal, but annoying to do.

Allow sending the lines via email and text message to all players on the team.

Provide an option for a team manager or a league to partner with sponsor(s). Since BenchApp already allows a logo to be added for branding it would be additional sponsor opportunity to include a logo and marketing slogan to team Dashboard and/or all email messages

I have three classes of players (adult/beer league): Full-time: Rostered guys who paid for the whole season Regular subs (part-time): My go-to subs. They a play a lot but couldn't commit to the whole season. Hail-Mary subs: I rarely use these subs. I only reach out to them if I'm desperate and already burned through 1 & 2. What I would really like is to be able to have BenchApp automatically send emails/texts to my #2 group to get their status. Not so much "you are invited" but more "can you make it, if needed?" If these subs are available, they should go to the waitlist. Then on gameday, I'll have their status ready and I can just put them in if I have spots. I don't want to bug my #3 group via anything automatic, I'll just continue to reach out to them manually (if needed).