How to make an app for a catering service

A caterer's work is a string of events, each with its own date, venue, guest count, menu and advance. An app keeps every event's details in one place, makes the quote, and helps the kitchen know what to buy and who is working on which day.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner, and often a kitchen manager or supervisor. If they use separate phones, or the head cook should see the menu and guest count for tomorrow, connect your own Supabase database so everyone has the same event list.

The screens a catering service app needs

Events: Upcoming events by date with the client, venue, guests, menu and status: enquiry, confirmed or done
Event details: Menu, live counters, guest count, timings at the venue, advance and balance
Menus: Your dishes and per-plate packages to pick from when making an event menu
Quotes: A quote for an enquiry with menu, guests, rate and extras, as a PDF
Shopping list: Items to buy for an event, with quantities you enter for that guest count
Staff: Cooks, helpers and waiters, which events they are on and what they are paid
Payments: Advances and balances by event, and what is still to come

Features worth asking for

Event menu picked from your own dish list and packages
Quote and final bill as a PDF to send on WhatsApp
Guest count changes updating the total at the per-plate rate
Staff list per event with a WhatsApp message to each person with the venue and time
Balance reminder on WhatsApp before the event
Google Maps button for each venue

Where the data lives

If only you use the app, the data can stay on your phone. If your supervisor or head cook needs the same events, connect your own Supabase database; to take advances online, connect your Razorpay account too.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Events, Event details, Menus, Quotes, Shopping list.
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 catering service, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my catering service, Annapurna Caterers in Indore. Screens: events, event details, menus, quotes, shopping list, staff and payments. An event has the client, phone, date, venue, guest count, package or chosen dishes, live counters, reporting time, advance and balance. Total is guests times the per-plate rate plus extras. Make the quote and the final bill as PDFs to send on WhatsApp. Keep a shopping list per event. Assign cooks and waiters to events and send each a WhatsApp message with the venue and time. Add a balance reminder button. Saffron and cream colours.

Tips for a catering service app

Put in your dish list and packages first; quotes and event menus are built from them.
Mark an event confirmed only when the advance comes in, so the calendar shows what is really booked.
Write shopping quantities you trust from past events; the app keeps the list, the experience is yours.
Keep the final guest count date in the event details, so late changes are on record.
Try a past event end to end, from quote to final bill, before using the app for a real wedding.

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 Zomato, Swiggy, Tally or billing machines, and it doesn't send SMS by itself. Messages to clients and staff go out on WhatsApp when you tap the button.
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 make catering quotations?

Yes. Pick the menu or package, enter the guest count and extras, and the app makes a quote PDF to send on WhatsApp.

Can it work out how much to buy for 500 guests?

The app keeps a shopping list per event with the quantities you enter. Ask AppCub to scale your list by guest count if you give it your per-100-guest amounts.

Can clients pay the advance online?

Yes, with a payment button using your own Razorpay account, after connecting Razorpay and Supabase in the chat. The money goes to you.

Can my staff see which events they are working?

Yes, with an online database and sign-in. Or keep it on your phone and send each person a WhatsApp message with the venue and time.

Can I see all events in a wedding season at once?

Yes. The events screen lists everything by date, and you can ask for a month view and a filter for confirmed events.

Can the app handle my daily office tiffin orders too?

Yes. Ask for a separate section for regular office orders with daily counts, alongside the events.

Make your catering service app

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

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