How to make an app for a boutique

A boutique juggles many orders at once, each with its own measurements, fabric, design photo, trial date and karigar. An app keeps every order on one screen, so you know which blouse is due for trial on Friday and who still owes the balance.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually the owner, and sometimes a master or helper who checks the work list. If only you use it, data can stay on your phone. If your master tailor or staff use it on their own phones, connect your own Supabase database so everyone sees the same orders.

The screens a boutique app needs

Orders: All open orders by delivery date, with the customer, outfit type and status: cutting, with karigar, trial, ready, delivered
Customers: Search by name or phone; each customer's saved measurements and past outfits
Measurements: A measurement card for each outfit type: blouse, kurta, salwar, lehenga, with notes such as padded or deep back
New order: Pick the customer, outfit type, fabric photo, design photo, trial date, delivery date, price and advance
This week: Trials and deliveries due this week, so nothing is missed in the wedding rush
Payments: Advances taken, balances due, and the month's total

Features worth asking for

Measurements saved once and reused for the customer's next order
Fabric and design photos attached to each order
A WhatsApp button that tells the customer her outfit is ready for trial or pickup
An order slip as a PDF with measurements for the karigar, and a receipt for the customer
Status steps from cutting to delivered, with the karigar's name on each order
A balance-due list with a polite WhatsApp reminder
Hindi labels for the master and helpers

Where the data lives

If only you use the app, the orders and measurements can stay on your phone. If your master tailor or staff check orders on their phones, connect your own Supabase database from the chat. If customers should pay an advance online, connect your Razorpay account as well.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Orders, Customers, Measurements, New order, This week.
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 boutique, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my boutique, Noor Designer Studio in Lucknow. Screens: orders, customers, measurements, new order, this week and payments. Each order has a customer, outfit type, fabric photo, design photo, trial date, delivery date, price, advance and balance, and a status: cutting, with karigar, trial, ready, delivered. Save measurements for each customer by outfit type and reuse them. Add a WhatsApp button to say the outfit is ready for trial, an order slip PDF for the karigar, and a list of balances due. Pink and gold colours.

Tips for a boutique app

Copy the measurement fields from your current register exactly, in your order, so filling the app feels the same.
Take the fabric photo when the customer hands it over; it settles questions about colour later.
Begin with this month's open orders only and add older customers as they come back.
Ask for the order slip in Hindi if your karigars read Hindi more easily.
Use the this week screen every morning in the wedding season; that is where the app saves you most.

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 send automatic SMS and doesn't connect to billing or embroidery machines. Trial and pickup messages go out when you tap the WhatsApp button, from your own number.
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 a boutique app save customer measurements?

Yes. Ask for a measurement card per outfit type, and the app fills it in for the customer's next order so you only change what is different.

Can I attach a photo of the fabric to an order?

Yes. Each order can hold photos you take or choose, such as the fabric, the reference design and the finished outfit.

How do I tell customers their outfit is ready?

Tap the WhatsApp button on the order. It opens WhatsApp with the customer's name, the outfit and the trial or pickup date already written.

Can my karigars see their work in the app?

Yes, if you connect a Supabase database so the app works on more than one phone. You can ask for a simple screen that shows each karigar's pending pieces.

Can the boutique app also show my designs to customers?

Yes. Ask for a designs screen with photos, and share the app as a web link; customers can ask about a design on WhatsApp from there.

Can I take an advance payment in the app?

Yes, with a pay button that uses your own Razorpay account, once Razorpay and Supabase are connected. The money goes to your account, not to AppCub.

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