How to make an app for a farmer

Selling straight to buyers means a list every week: which families want a bag on Saturday, which shop wants two crates of tomatoes, what was picked and who still owes from last month. An app keeps those lists in one place so the drop day goes to plan.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually the farmer and one family member. If one phone keeps the orders, the data can stay on it and works without signal in the field. If your son in town takes orders while you pick, connect your own Supabase database so you both see the same list.

The screens a farmer app needs

This week: The coming drop days with each order: family bags, shop crates and grain sacks, and the total to pick of each crop
Buyers: Families, shops and hotels with their drop point, usual order and phone
Harvest: What was picked each day by crop and quantity, and what was sold or left
Crops: Each crop, its unit (kg, crate, sack, dozen) and this week's rate
Dues: What each buyer owes, payments received by cash or UPI, and a WhatsApp reminder
Season report: Quantity sold and money received per crop for the season

Features worth asking for

A 'to pick' total for each drop day, added up from all the orders
A WhatsApp button that sends this week's crop list and rates to a buyer, ready to send
Standing orders, such as a family bag every Saturday, that fill in by themselves each week
A drop-point list in order, with a Google Maps link for each stop
A bill per buyer for the month as a PDF to share
A 'Pay via UPI' button that opens the buyer's UPI app with your UPI ID
Hindi or Marathi labels for family members who prefer them

Where the data lives

If only your phone keeps the orders, the data stays on it and works in the field without network. If another family member takes orders on their phone, connect your own Supabase database; each phone then needs internet to update the list.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: This week, Buyers, Harvest, Crops, Dues.
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 farmer, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my farm, Jadhav Shet near Shirur, Pune. I sell to families and small shops. Screens: this week, buyers, harvest, crops, dues and season report. Crops have a unit and a weekly rate. Buyers have a drop point and a standing order, like a 5 kg family bag every Saturday. For each drop day, show the total of each crop to pick. Keep what each buyer owes, with a WhatsApp reminder and a monthly PDF bill. Add a button to send this week's crop list on WhatsApp. Big buttons and Marathi labels. Green colours.

Tips for a farmer app

Start with buyers, orders and the drop-day pick list. Add harvest records and season reports once the weekly list works.
Use the units your buyers use: bunches for greens, crates for shops, sacks for grain.
Set the week's rates every Monday in the crops screen, so bills use the right rate.
Write down your drop route in order and give it to AppCub, so the stop list matches how you drive.
Try one full week with a few buyers before moving everyone from your notebook.

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 gives no farming, seed or spray advice and doesn't connect to weighing scales or mandi price feeds. Messages go out when you tap the WhatsApp button; nothing is sent by itself.
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 add up how much to pick for each drop day?

Yes. Ask for a pick list that adds the orders for that day by crop, such as 18 kg tomatoes and 30 bunches of methi.

Can families place their own orders in the app?

Yes, with an online database. Share the app as a web link; families choose this week's items, and the order shows in your list.

Can I send this week's list to all my buyers?

The app opens WhatsApp with the list ready for one buyer at a time, and you tap send. It doesn't send messages by itself.

Does the app work in the field without network?

Yes, if only one phone uses it, since the data is kept on that phone. With a shared database, changes reach other phones once there is internet.

Can the app tell me when to sow or spray?

No. It records what you sow, pick and sell. For crop advice, ask your local agriculture officer.

Can buyers pay me through the app?

A 'Pay via UPI' button can open their UPI app with your UPI ID. Card and UPI payments inside the app need your own Razorpay account connected.

Make your farmer app

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