October 2026: swimmer setup, payment categories, a new message screen and family requests
What shipped in October 2026, grouped by area. Each item links to the guide that covers it.
Volunteer jobs
Each registration group in a program now has a Job Obligations list. Tick the obligations that group's families owe, or add a new one already aimed at the group.
When an obligation has a shortfall fee, pick the payment category it's reported under. Volunteer obligation fees is the default.
Billing and payments
The switch is now Pass on service fees, and invoices show a Service fees line. A note under the switch reminds you that rules about passing fees on vary by place.
Tag every fee with a category, like Practice fees or Meet entry fees, and add your own. Manual invoices now take up to 10 line items, each with its own category.
Group the report by category, program, meet or month, see totals for payouts, and tie each bank deposit out by category on the new Bank deposits tab.
Turn on Cancellation requests for a program and families send a pause or cancel request from their Payments page. You review it and apply the change in one step, on the web or in the app.
Offer a program fee as a set number of payments spread over the season.
Write a confirmation email families get when they register, and let families type a coupon code at checkout.
People and registration
Adding a swimmer by hand now opens a checklist: parents, family account, billing, groups, parent login and a welcome email. Swimmers still missing steps show a Needs setup tag on the roster.
See what needs action and the swimmer's groups at a glance. The new Communication tab lists every message sent to the family and whether it arrived.
See who has signed or acknowledged each program document, ask families to sign, and export the list. Families sign from their swimmer's Documents tab.
Export your roster for Hy-Tek, and set the middle initial meet files use.
Communication
Quick audiences, Parents only or Parents + swimmers, a team email header with a preview, images in the message, and a send button that tells you exactly who gets it.
Coaches set Parent defaults, families set their own notification settings per role. Parent alert emails are paused for now; alerts go by push and in-app.
Bulletin posts, meet info, program pages and waivers keep pasted formatting and can hold tables and images.
Meets and results
Set the most events, relays or total entries a swimmer can have. Families are stopped at the limit; coaches get a warning they can override.
Hide the Spectator view, or pick which details families see: entry times, heats and lanes, ages and contact info.
Invite by Rules can now pick swimmers by the registration groups they're in.
Edit or remove a swimmer's best time and the change sticks. Check a meet or a swimmer for faster opening splits that count as best times.
The meet report flags time standards each swimmer reached for the first time at that meet.
Training and website
New groups start with an All subgroup or the subgroups you name, and swimmers land in the only subgroup automatically.
Order news by date or by hand, pin a post to the top, and lay out your open programs as a grid or a list. Lato and Montserrat join the font list.