Band Mule Band Calendar 4+

Love what you’re doing with this app.

Though it is a “free” app with in-app purchases, it immediately cues you to pay $5.99 a month no bypass to use the app with limitations on its features. The plus side: only one member needs to pay the monthly fee.

Inviting my band mates to join the scheduling app provided them each with a link to Band Mule which generates the login page. It will not cue your band mates to create a profile. They should simply log in with their email and whichever password they desire. This confuses us for a short time.

We are using this app primarily to organize our weekly availability and build a calendar. Each member is able to select the days which they are available but not the times of day they are available. For example, I may be able to practice Wednesday after work, but according to my availability, I’m available all of Wednesday.

I hope that the folks at Band Mule are able to make some adjustments to make my purchase worth it!

Thanks

First, it’s confusing that the start of the week is on Monday. Not used to seeing calendars like that. I keep selecting the wrong day. Will just have to get used to it. Second, it would be great if there was a way to do a mass upload of songs. When you have 100+ it’s an undertaking. I have my notifications on, but I don’t get anything when someone adds or updated anything. The first thing you see when opening the app for the first time is a blank white screen with a bottom toolbar. Took me a while to figure out that the little checkmark is there for when you want to send a message. I think if you put “insert comment” where the user is supposed to click, that would be great. I thought something was wrong with the app because all I saw was white.. I ended up saying “hello!” So others would know what was going on in the white space. Third, if there was a “band account” or some way to keep track of how much money the band has made, that’d be cool as well. I feel like the app isn’t very intuitive, will probably have to show and explain to the band how to do everything. Otherwise, it’s a great idea and we hope it keeps us organized.

I wish it would let you export to google calendar. Also if it wouldn’t delete previous months until the beginning of the next year would be great. Also a hover feature over a date to see what is booked would be great. It’s an ok application and serves its purpose. We have had issues with it deleting gigs over slow connections. It is frustrating at times. New features would be great.