GameGuard
A notification-first companion that watches your favorite MLB team's schedule and pings you the moment a game is postponed, moved, shortened, or doubleheader'd, with quick tap-through guidance on tickets, refunds, and reschedules.
MLB fans who plan weekends around games, hold tickets, or attend in person with family
- Postponement and time-change push alerts the moment MLB updates
- Rain-check and exchange policy guidance per team and stadium
- Personalization across one or many favorite MLB teams
- Family-calendar sync so rescheduled games update shared plans
The Dodgers-Yankees Saturday postponement and split-DH Sunday make headlines like this routine every summer, and the 20,000 US 'games' searches confirm wide schedule anxiety, not just rivalry interest.
Pain point is real and visible enough that multiple dedicated apps exist, but audience is seasonal/regional and searches like 'games' are too generic to isolate postponement intent.MLB Delay Alerts & Rain Delay Tracker | MatchDelay ↗Dugout Radar — MLB Rain Delay Tracker ↗
Direct competitors already serve this exact niche: MatchDelay tracks delays/postponements/resumptions with free push alerts and a Delay Guide, and Dugout Radar does MLB rain delay predictions; MLB's own app covers game start/end/lead-change notifications.MLB Delay Alerts & Rain Delay Tracker | MatchDelay ↗Using the App/Key Features - MLB App on Apple ↗Dugout Radar — MLB Rain Delay Tracker ↗
MatchDelay runs on free push alerts plus Venmo donations — strong signal users won't pay much for a narrow delay-only utility; sports subscription apps that do monetize (e.g. Ballpark Pal at ~$60/yr) sell simulations/data, not postponement alerts.MLB Delay Alerts & Rain Delay Tracker | MatchDelay ↗Beginner's Guide #29 - Ballpark Pal Review ↗
MLB regular season runs ~6 months and weather/rain postponements plus occasional doubleheaders recur every summer, giving a durable but seasonal demand curve rather than a year-round habit.MLB Delay Alerts & Rain Delay Tracker | MatchDelay ↗
MatchDelay proves the build is straightforward — public MLB/game feeds, push notifications, and a simple web/PWA front end; no ML or complex infrastructure needed.MLB Delay Alerts & Rain Delay Tracker | MatchDelay ↗Sports Alerts - MLB edition - Apps on Google Play ↗