# GroomCaptain

> GroomCaptain (iPhone/iPad app by GOAT RODEO SOFTWARE, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/groomcaptain/id6808404453 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [GOAT RODEO SOFTWARE, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1563660507)
- Category: Business
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 525 MB
- Released: 2026-09-14
- Data updated: 2026-10-10
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/groomcaptain/id6808404453/reviews.md

## What is GroomCaptain?

Your calendar knows when you’re free. GroomCaptain knows where you’ll be.

GroomCaptain is scheduling and booking software built specifically for mobile dog groomers.

A normal calendar can tell you when a time is open. But for a mobile groomer, an open time can still be a terrible appointment — too far away, in the wrong direction, or leaving too much dead time between stops.

GroomCaptain helps protect your day before those problems get booked.

Smarter online booking

Let customers book online while GroomCaptain applies the scheduling rules you control. Depending on your setup, availability can account for things like:

Service areas and route radius
Travel time between appointments
Maximum idle gaps
Employee and service availability
Appointment duration
Booking and scheduling rules

That means customers see times that make sense for the way your mobile grooming business actually operates.

Run the day from one place

GroomCaptain helps you:

Manage your grooming calendar
See appointments, drive time, and open time more clearly
Manage customers, pets, groomers, services, and service areas
Use Fill This Slot to find good customers for openings
Send automated appointment reminders and updates
Give customers self-service booking and rescheduling options
Manage waivers and forms
Review reports and business activity

Built for mobile groomers

GroomCaptain is designed around the part traditional scheduling software often misses: the time and distance between appointments.

Whether you’re a solo groomer or managing a growing mobile team, GroomCaptain helps you spend less time repairing the schedule and more time running the business.

Less scheduling. More grooming.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.1.0 — 2026-10-09

GroomCaptain just got smarter!

We've made major improvements to scheduling, customer communication, and everyday grooming operations.

NEW & IMPROVED

• Smarter Cancellation Recovery
When an appointment is canceled, GroomCaptain can identify nearby customers who may fit the opening. Suggested appointments account for travel time, service duration, and available scheduling windows.

• Custom Customer Forms & Documents
Create required forms with custom fields, electronic signatures, and PDF uploads. Collect vaccination records and other documents before appointments, with secure storage and customer access controls.

• Easier Customer Rescheduling
Customers can request rescheduling by text and receive a secure, one-time link to choose another available appointment without signing in.

• Improved Traffic & Departure Alerts
Traffic-aware departure monitoring now includes an additional five-minute safety margin to help groomers leave on time.

• Smarter Booking Protection
Improved scheduling validation helps prevent double bookings, unrealistic travel times, and conflicting employee or mobile-unit assignments.

• Better Appointment Reminders
Automatic reminders and customer confirmations now display clearer statuses, including when reminders were submitted and how customers responded.

• Improved Front Desk Assistant
Better SMS conversation handling, business identification, and conversation history help resolve customer requests more efficiently.

• More Reliable Payments
Improved deposit calculations, payment tracking, refunds, and appointment pricing protection.

• Team Scheduling Improvements
More accurate shift scheduling, improved employee availability handling, and clearer scheduling conflict messages.

PLUS
Additional performance improvements, security enhancements, and reliability fixes throughout GroomCaptain.

Spend less time managing your schedule and more time grooming!

### 1.1 — 2026-09-25

GroomCaptain keeps getting smarter about the realities of a mobile grooming day.
• Smarter mobile scheduling that considers drive time, service areas, and your day’s route
• Improved tools for handling cancellations, openings, and schedule changes
• Better support for mobile units and multi-groomer teams
• Improved My Day tools to help keep appointments and travel on track
• Easier customer booking with your scheduling rules built in
• Reliability, notification, and performance improvements throughout the app
We’ve also made dozens of smaller improvements based on real-world mobile grooming workflows.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-14

No release notes.

## More apps by GOAT RODEO SOFTWARE, LLC

- [BackOfficeScheduler- Business](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/backofficescheduler-business/id1563660505)
- [Appointments-BOScheduler](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/appointments-boscheduler/id1563661030)

All apps by GOAT RODEO SOFTWARE, LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/1563660507

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