How to make an app for a cooperative society

A cooperative society's office keeps the same registers every month: who is a member, how much share money they have paid, their savings, which loans are running and who missed an instalment. An app keeps these registers on the office phone or online, with a passbook PDF for any member.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The society's office staff and the secretary. If the committee or members should see records on their own phones, connect the society's own Supabase database with sign-in, so each member sees only their own account.

The screens a cooperative society app needs

Members: Member number, name, joining date, share money paid, nominee and phone
Savings: Monthly savings per member with date and how it was paid
Loans: Each loan with amount, date, instalment, instalments paid and balance, as per the society's rules
Dues: Members with a missed instalment or saving this month, with a WhatsApp reminder button
Passbook: One member's savings and loan entries as a PDF to share on WhatsApp or print
Meetings: Committee meetings and the AGM with date, decisions and attendance

Features worth asking for

Interest and instalments worked out the way your society's rules say; you give AppCub the exact rule
A dues list on the first working day of the month
A passbook PDF per member, ready to share or print
Month-end totals: savings collected, loans given and repaid
A nominee field and member documents ticked as seen
Sign-in so a member sees only their own record
Marathi or Hindi labels for the office if needed

Where the data lives

On one office phone the registers can stay on that phone, but a society's records shouldn't live on one device: connect the society's own Supabase database so the office and committee see the same data and it isn't lost with the phone. Payments in the app would need the society's Razorpay account.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Members, Savings, Loans, Dues, Passbook.
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 cooperative society, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for the office of Gangapur Road Nagrik Credit Cooperative Society. Screens: members, savings, loans, dues, passbook and meetings. Members: number, name, joining date, share money, nominee, phone. Savings: ₹500 to ₹5,000 a month per member, with date and mode. Loans: amount, date, monthly instalment, interest as per our rule (I will give it), instalments paid and balance. Dues: who missed this month, with a WhatsApp reminder. Passbook PDF for one member. Committee and AGM meetings with decisions. The secretary and three committee members should see the data on their phones. Blue and white colours.

Tips for a cooperative society app

Give AppCub your rules in writing: share money, savings, loan limits, interest and penalty, exactly as approved. The app follows what you write.
Check the first month's figures against your paper registers before you rely on the app.
Keep the records your registrar and auditor ask for; the app is a register, and your auditor decides what else is needed.
Let a member see only their own passbook; the full list stays with the office.
Take a backup or use Supabase before each audit and AGM.

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

The app is a register, not banking or accounting software: it doesn't connect to a bank, file returns or replace your audit. It doesn't decide loans or rates; the committee does, and the app records them.
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 loan interest for our society?

Yes, if you tell AppCub the exact rule your society uses. Check a few loans against your own working before you rely on it.

Can members see their own savings and loan balance?

Yes, with the society's Supabase database and sign-in. Each member sees only their own passbook.

Can the app replace our society's audit books?

No. It keeps registers that make the work easier, but what books you must keep is decided by your registrar's rules and your auditor.

Can the app remind members of a missed instalment?

Yes. The dues screen has a WhatsApp button with a ready message; a person taps it to send.

Can we move our old paper records into the app?

Yes, by entering opening balances for each member on the start date. Many societies enter only running loans and current balances.

Can members pay instalments in the app?

It is possible with the society's own Razorpay account, Supabase connected. Many societies keep collecting at the counter and just record it in the app.

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