Turn on notifications

Notifications tell you about changes that affect you, even when Blades is closed. You switch them on for each device separately, so your phone and your laptop can differ. Nothing is sent until you turn them on.

Notifications show full detail, including session titles, times, other people’s names, outing plans and a preview of feedback written to you. Your device may show this on a locked screen. Switch off the kinds you do not want, or restrict previews in your device settings.

Turn them on for this device

Open Settings, then Notifications. On a phone, open the Settings tab and choose Notifications.
Read the line under This device.
Select Enable notifications.
When your browser asks for permission, choose Allow. Blades asks only after you select the button, never when a page loads.

When it works, the line reads Notifications are on for this device, and a checkbox appears for each kind. Repeat these steps on every device you want to notify.

iPhone and iPad

Notifications work on iOS and iPadOS 16.4 or later, and only from the Home Screen app. Safari tabs cannot receive them.

In Safari, open Blades and select Share, then Add to Home Screen.
Open Blades Rowing from the new Home Screen icon.
Follow the steps above inside that app.

On iOS, notifications show no action buttons. Tapping the notification itself opens Blades.

Choose what you receive

On the Notifications screen, tick or untick each kind. The choice applies to this device only and saves as you tick.

Kind	You are told when
Sessions	You are added to or removed from a session, a session you are in is rescheduled, changes its location, outing plan, or is cancelled or deleted, or your seat, boat or role changes.
Training	A coach prescribes, changes or cancels own-time training for you.
Crews	You are added to a crew.
Feedback	Someone sends you personal feedback, or writes a note to a session you were assigned to.
Equipment	Someone else moves or removes your equipment booking.

You are never notified about a change you made yourself. One edit that changes several things sends one notification that lists them all.

What happens when you tap a notification

Tapping opens Blades and takes you to the right place for your role and your current club. If you are signed out, you sign in first and then land there. If the notification is from a club other than the one you are viewing, Blades switches to that club for you. If you have left that club, you see a short notice and go to your usual start page instead.

Notification	Where you land
Session added, changed or cancelled	The session, on your schedule. If it no longer exists, you see a message and a way back to that day.
Removed from a session	Your schedule on the day of that session.
Training	The training session in your upcoming list.
Added to a crew	Your schedule. Organisers open the crew instead.
Feedback	The conversation for that session in Feedback.
Equipment booking moved	The booking, on its day in Bookings.
Equipment booking removed	Bookings on that day.

On Android and desktop, some notifications have a button such as View session or Open feedback. It opens the same place as tapping the notification and never changes anything for you. Your app icon may show a badge with the number of notifications still waiting. It clears as you open them.

Turn them off

Open Settings, then Notifications, and select Disable notifications under This device. Blades deletes this device’s subscription straight away. Other devices are unaffected. To stop one kind, untick it instead.

If notifications are not working

What you see	What to do
Notifications are blocked for this site	You chose Block earlier. Allow notifications for Blades in your browser’s site settings, or on iOS in Settings, then Notifications, then Blades Rowing. Return to Blades and enable them again.
Notifications need the app on your Home Screen or This browser cannot receive notifications	On iPhone or iPad, add Blades to your Home Screen and open it from there. You need iOS or iPadOS 16.4 or later. Otherwise try a current version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.
Notifications were switched off for this device by your browser or device, or the subscription expired	Select Turn back on. This happens after you clear site data, reinstall the app, or your browser retires an old subscription.
Switched on but nothing arrives	Check that the kind is ticked, that your device is not in a focus or do-not-disturb mode, and that Blades is allowed to notify in your device settings. Disable and enable notifications again to create a fresh subscription.
A notification opens the wrong club or a page you cannot use	You may have changed club or role since it was sent. Use the club switcher, or ask your organiser.

Email [email protected] if it still fails. See the privacy policy for what Blades stores about your device.

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Turn on notifications

Turn them on for this device

iPhone and iPad

Choose what you receive

What happens when you tap a notification

Turn them off

If notifications are not working

​Turn them on for this device

​iPhone and iPad

​Choose what you receive

​What happens when you tap a notification

​Turn them off

​If notifications are not working

Turn them on for this device

iPhone and iPad

Choose what you receive

What happens when you tap a notification

Turn them off

If notifications are not working