CrewHQ
A family-team companion for parents, partners, and coaches of competitive amateur athletes — schedules, livestream alerts, results, and a shared chat for everyone traveling with the athlete.
parents and immediate support crew of junior and amateur competitive athletes
- Personal calendar that pulls every competition, weigh-in, and draw for athletes you follow
- Livestream and result push notifications the moment a match ends
- Private group chat with pinned travel logistics, kit lists, and meal plans
- Post-event recap card the athlete can share with sponsors or recruiters
Commonwealth Games, Olympics cycles, and World Championships put amateur athletes in the spotlight; their families are the most engaged but worst-served fan segment.
Crowded but real demand: TeamSnap (claims #1 parent app), GameChanger, SportsEngine, HuddleUp Sports, and family-travel tracker apps all serve youth/amateur sports families — Bleachers specifically markets itself as 'the companion app for youth sports families.'Best Apps for Youth Sports Teams: Scheduling & Stats ↗Bleachers — The Youth Sports App for Families | Available on iOS ↗
Very narrow — Bleachers is a near-exact product (schedules, livestream, results, family sharing, chat) for the exact same target user, and TeamSnap/GameChanger already bundle livestream, scheduling, and team chat at scale.Bleachers — The Youth Sports App for Families | Available on iOS ↗TeamSnap ONE for Parents | Get more out of every season ↗
Real WTP demonstrated in market: Bleachers $4.99–$12.99/user/month, GameChanger Family Plans $24.99/month, TeamSnap paid tiers — families already pay for per-athlete subscriptions in this category.Bleachers pricing ↗GameChanger Family Plans | GameChanger ↗
Youth/amateur competitive sports are a durable, multi-decade market with calendar-locked seasons and recurring annual spend per child; Olympic/Commonwealth cycles amplify but aren't required for retention.Sports Families - Family Travel Tracker ↗
MVP is buildable — competitor Bleachers shipped it as an iOS-only app with COPPA compliance; core stack (schedules, video, push, chat) is standard mobile infrastructure, but COPPA, livestream infra, and multi-sport federation integrations raise cost.Bleachers — The Youth Sports App for Families | Available on iOS ↗