How to make an app for a borewell service

A borewell business lives on the rig's calendar and on the numbers from each site: feet drilled, casing pipe used, where water was struck, diesel spent. An app keeps every enquiry, rig date and site record together and works out the bill per foot, so arguments about depth and pipe are settled with a record.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner, and the rig supervisor if he records depth and pipe from the site. With more than one phone, connect your own Supabase database so the office sees each site's figures as the supervisor enters them.

The screens a borewell service app needs

Enquiries: Caller, village, plot location, work needed, rate quoted and status
Rig schedule: Which rig goes to which site on which day, and days kept for travel or repairs
Site record: Feet drilled, casing pipe in feet, depth where water was struck, motor fitted, photos and notes
Bill: Feet by depth slab times rate, plus pipe, transport and motor, minus the advance, as a PDF
Rig costs: Diesel, bits and hammers, crew wages and repairs per rig, by month
Sites map: Past and planned sites as pins on a map, with the depth and result for each

Features worth asking for

Bill worked out from your depth slabs, so 420 feet is charged at the right rate for each slab
Photos of the depth reading and pipe count attached to the site record
The phone's location saved as the site's pin while the supervisor is there
Earlier sites in the same village shown on a map, with the depth where water was struck
Advance and balance on each job, with a WhatsApp button to send the bill
Monthly diesel and parts cost per rig, set against what the rig earned
Kannada or Hindi labels for the crew if needed

Where the data lives

If only the owner uses the app, data can stay on his phone. If the rig supervisor enters depth and pipe from the site on his own phone, or there are photos from many sites, connect your own Supabase database so the office sees them; to take advances online, connect Razorpay too.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Enquiries, Rig schedule, Site record, Bill, Rig costs.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, changed to your own business and details.
Check the plan. AppCub shows the screens and features it will build. Change them in the chat until they are right; seeing the plan is free.
Try it on your phone. The app runs live next to the chat. Scan the QR code to install it, and ask for changes.
Share it. Share it as a web link, an APK file, or publish it on Google Play from your own developer account.

Copy this request, change the details to match your borewell service, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my borewell service, Sri Lakshmi Borewells in Tumakuru. Screens: enquiries, rig schedule, site record, bill, rig costs and sites map. I have two rigs. A site record has customer, village, location pin, feet drilled, casing pipe feet, depth where water was struck, motor fitted, photos and notes. Bill: ₹95 a foot up to 300 feet, ₹110 from 300 to 600, casing ₹450 a foot, transport and motor extra, minus advance, as a PDF on WhatsApp. Rig costs: diesel, bits, wages, repairs per month. Map shows past sites with depth. Blue colours.

Tips for a borewell service app

Enter your depth slabs and rates exactly before testing the bill, and check it against an old bill you made by hand.
Ask the supervisor to photograph the depth reading and the pipe count on site; it ends most disputes.
Save where water was struck at every site; over time the map becomes your own record of each village.
Record diesel per day per rig, so you can see which jobs really paid after costs.
Location is saved while the app is open on the site; open it there before saving the pin.

What it costs

Describing your app and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
A new app usually takes 60 to 110 credits. Start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits, enough for one app and a few changes) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499. Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Google Play needs a paid plan (it includes the Play Store bundle and your app’s signing key) and your own Google Play developer account, a one-time US$25 fee to Google.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

AppCub doesn't connect to the rig, depth counters or fuel meters, so figures are typed or photographed. The map shows pins of your sites; it doesn't track the rig live or give turn-by-turn directions.
AppCub builds Android apps. You can also share the app as a web link that opens on any phone; for the iPhone App Store, AppCub’s team can do it for you.

Questions

Can the app work out a bill with different rates for different depths?

Yes. Give AppCub your slabs, such as ₹95 up to 300 feet and ₹110 after, and the bill charges each part at its own rate.

Can I see on a map where we found water before?

Yes. Each site can be saved as a pin with depth and result, and the map shows them so you can look at a village before quoting.

Can my rig supervisor enter the depth from the site?

Yes, with your own Supabase database. He enters feet drilled and pipe used on his phone, and the office sees it.

Can the app track where my rig is right now?

No. It can save the phone's location while the app is open at a site, but it doesn't track the rig live.

Can the app show if a rig is making money?

Yes. Record diesel, bits, wages and repairs per rig, and ask for a monthly screen that sets them against what that rig billed.

Can I keep motor repair jobs in the same app?

Yes. Ask for a job type for motor fitting and repair with its own charges, linked to the customer's earlier borewell record.

Make your borewell service app

Seeing the plan is free. Building starts with a 2-day trial for ₹99.

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