How to make an app for a clinic

A general clinic sees many short visits a day: a token at the counter, a quick consultation, a follow-up in a week. An app for the counter keeps the day's tokens in order, each patient's past visits and readings, and who is due back.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually the doctor and the compounder or receptionist. If both use it on their own phones, for example the receptionist adds tokens and the doctor sees the list in the cabin, connect your own Supabase database so both see the same queue.

The screens a clinic app needs

Today's tokens: The token list in order, who is waiting, who is with the doctor and who is done
Patients: Search by name or phone; age, known conditions noted by the doctor, allergies and past visits
Visit: The complaint, BP, sugar, temperature and weight for this visit, the doctor's notes and the follow-up date
Follow-ups: Patients due back today or this week, with a WhatsApp reminder button
Fees: Fees collected today and this month, split by new and follow-up visits
Settings: Clinic name, OPD timings, fees, and a backup of the data

Features worth asking for

Token numbers that start again from 1 every morning and evening OPD
BP and sugar readings over time for patients who come every month
A prescription or visit summary as a PDF to print or send on WhatsApp
A WhatsApp button that tells a waiting patient their token is next
Lower fee filled in automatically when a patient returns within the follow-up days
Hindi or Marathi labels for the compounder if they prefer

Where the data lives

If only one phone at the counter uses the app, the data can stay on it. If the doctor and the compounder use separate phones, connect your own Supabase database from the chat and ask for sign-in so only clinic staff can open patient records.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Today's tokens, Patients, Visit, Follow-ups, Fees.
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 clinic, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my clinic, Kulkarni Clinic in Pune. I am a general physician and my compounder works at the counter. Screens: today's tokens, patients, visit, follow-ups, fees and settings. Tokens restart at 1 for morning and evening OPD. Each visit records the complaint, BP, sugar, temperature, weight, my notes and a follow-up date. Fee ₹400, or ₹200 if the patient returns within 5 days. Show a patient's BP and sugar history. Add a WhatsApp button to tell the next patient to come in, a follow-up reminder button, and a visit summary as a PDF. Green and white colours.

AppCub has a ready-made app you can start from: see it here.

Tips for a clinic app

Start with the token list and the visit screen. Add fee reports and follow-up lists once the counter is used to the app.
Agree with your compounder on what they fill in and what only you fill in, and tell AppCub so the screens match.
Patient health details are sensitive. Keep notes short, use sign-in if more than one phone is used, and follow the law on patient data.
Keep the visit summary format close to your printed letterhead so patients recognise it.
Run one evening OPD with test patients before you put in real ones.

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 lab machines, ECG machines or hospital software, and it doesn't send SMS by itself. Messages go out on WhatsApp when someone at the clinic taps 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 doctor and the compounder use the app at the same time?

Yes, if you connect your own Supabase database. The compounder adds tokens at the counter and the doctor sees the same list on another phone.

Can the app print prescriptions?

It can make a visit summary or prescription as a PDF with your clinic's name, which you print or send on WhatsApp. What goes in it is written by the doctor.

Can I see a diabetic patient's sugar readings over months?

Yes. Ask for readings saved with each visit and a history screen that lists them by date for that patient.

Can patients take a token from their own phone?

It is possible with an online database and a patient screen, but most small clinics keep tokens at the counter. Start there and add a patient screen later if you need it.

Will the app work when the internet is down?

If the data stays on one phone, yes, it works offline. With an online database, the phones need internet to see each other's changes.

Is there a ready-made clinic app?

Yes. AppCub has a ready-made clinic app that starts free; you can change it in the chat to your own tokens, fees and screens.

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