BAND isn't a sports app at all — it's a general group-messaging app that a lot of youth teams, class parents, and even entire leagues repurpose for schedules because it's already on everyone's phone. That flexibility is also why the calendar options inside it are easy to get backwards.
BAND has two calendar features that sound almost identical and do opposite things. You want Export, not Subscribe.
Open your group in BAND. Go to the specific group or team whose schedule you want — BAND groups can be a team, a whole club, or even a classroom, so make sure you're in the right one.
Open the Calendar tab. Every BAND group has a Calendar tab alongside its chat and photos.
Tap Manage Events. This sits inside the calendar view, usually as a menu option or button near the top.
Tap Export Band Calendars. This is the one you want — it's available to every member, not just admins, and it hands you a URL you can subscribe to elsewhere.
Copy the URL and paste it into Schedule Caddie. Once it's in, the group's events sync automatically without anyone needing to post updates in the chat.
Yes — the Export Band Calendars link you copied above is a standard subscribable feed, so it exports into Google Calendar or Apple Calendar the same way any calendar URL does:
On Google Calendar (desktop or web). Go to Settings → Add calendar → From URL, paste the BAND link you copied above, then click Add calendar.
On iPhone (Apple Calendar). Go to Settings → Apps → Calendar → Calendar Accounts → Add Account → Other → Add Subscribed Calendar, and paste the same link. (On older iOS versions, Calendar appears directly in Settings.)
Exporting gets the games onto your calendar. It doesn't get you a heads-up when one moves. Google and Apple check subscribed feeds on their own lazy cycle — sometimes a full day passes before a rescheduled practice shows up — and neither sends a notification when it does. Schedule Caddie watches the same BAND feed every day and emails you the moment something changes, so you're not relying on the group chat to catch it.
Paste the link into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook and it works — since BAND is general-purpose, groups mix event types freely — practice reminders, team dinners, fundraiser deadlines. Direct subscription brings all of it into your calendar exactly as posted, so it's honest but occasionally noisier than a dedicated sports app.
I only see "Subscribe via URL," not an export option
Subscribe via URL does the opposite of what you want — it imports an outside calendar INTO BAND. The option you need is Calendar tab → Manage Events → Export Band Calendars → Copy the URL.
My group has multiple calendars listed under Export Band Calendars
Some BAND groups run separate calendars for different sub-teams or age groups. Pick the specific one your child is on rather than the group's default calendar.
Subscribe via URL pulls an outside calendar (like a school calendar) into BAND for the group to see. Export Band Calendars does the reverse — it hands BAND's own events out as a link. They look similar in the menu but move data in opposite directions.
No, but expect the calendar feed to include everything posted there, not just games and practices. If the group also posts non-sports events, those show up on your calendar too.
Yes — once subscribed, new events, time changes, and cancellations posted in BAND flow through automatically.
Yes. Export Band Calendars is available to any member of the group, not just admins or managers.
Copy the Export Band Calendars link from the Calendar tab (steps above), then in Google Calendar go to Settings → Add calendar → From URL and paste it in. On an iPhone, go to Settings → Apps → Calendar → Calendar Accounts → Add Account → Other → Add Subscribed Calendar and paste the same link (on older iOS versions, Calendar appears directly in Settings).
Not automatically. Google and Apple check subscribed feeds on their own lazy cycle — sometimes 12 to 24 hours — and neither sends a notification when something in BAND moves. Schedule Caddie watches the same exported BAND feed every day and emails you exactly what changed.
Every kid, every team, every app — merged, color-coded, and watched for changes.
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