How to make an app for a fish farm

A fish farm is counted pond by pond: how many fingerlings went in, how many bags of feed each day, what the sample weighed last week and how many kg came out at harvest. An app keeps each pond's cycle together, so you can see feed and harvest per pond without a register.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner and the pond watchman or supervisor. If only you enter the numbers, the data can stay on your phone. If the supervisor enters daily feed from the ponds and you check from town, connect your own Supabase database.

The screens a fish farm app needs

Ponds: Each pond with size, species stocked, date stocked, fingerlings put in and days since stocking
Daily entry: Feed bags given per pond, water notes and any losses seen, entered once a day
Sampling: Sample weights you take, so the average size per pond is on record
Feed stock: Feed bags received, used and left, with the supplier and price
Harvests and sales: Kg harvested per pond, sold to which trader at what rate, and the amount
Traders and dues: Traders, hotels and markets you sell to, what each owes and a WhatsApp reminder

Features worth asking for

A one-minute daily entry for feed bags per pond
Total feed per pond for the cycle, set against the kg harvested
Average sample weight per pond over time, from the weights you enter
A harvest day sheet with kg per trader, shared as a PDF
A WhatsApp button to send a trader the next harvest date
A low-feed list when bags fall below the number you set
Big buttons and Telugu, Hindi or Bengali labels for the pond staff

Where the data lives

If one phone keeps the numbers, the data stays on it and works at the ponds with no signal. If the supervisor enters feed on his phone and you check from elsewhere, connect your own Supabase database; his entries need internet to reach you.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Ponds, Daily entry, Sampling, Feed stock, Harvests and sales.
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 fish farm, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my fish farm, Sri Lakshmi Fish Farm near Nellore, with six ponds. Screens: ponds, daily entry, sampling, feed stock, harvests and sales, and traders and dues. Each pond has size, species, date stocked and fingerlings stocked. Every day the supervisor enters feed bags and losses per pond. Sampling records average weight. Harvests record kg per pond and sales per trader with rate and amount. Show total feed and harvest per pond, trader dues with a WhatsApp reminder, and warn when feed is below 30 bags. Telugu labels, big buttons.

Tips for a fish farm app

Start with ponds and the daily feed entry; add sampling and sales once daily entries are steady.
Number the ponds the way your workers already call them.
Decide whether feed is counted in bags or kg and keep it the same everywhere.
Keep medicines or treatments only as a record of what your fisheries officer or expert advised.
Check one finished cycle from your notebook in the app before trusting the totals.

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 advice on feeding, stocking density, water quality or fish health, and doesn't connect to aerators, water sensors or weighing scales. Weights are typed in by you.
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 fish farm app track feed for each pond?

Yes. Enter feed bags per pond each day, and the app adds them up for the cycle and compares with the kg harvested.

Can the app tell me how much to feed?

No. It records what you give. Feeding and water decisions should come from your own experience or a fisheries expert.

Can the app read my water quality meter?

No. AppCub doesn't connect to sensors or meters. You can type readings into the daily entry if you take them.

Can the app make a harvest day sheet for traders?

Yes. Enter kg per trader on harvest day, and the app makes a PDF with rates and amounts to share.

Can my pond supervisor enter numbers from the farm?

Yes. Connect a Supabase database and share the app with him as a web link or APK file; his daily entries show on your phone.

Does the app work at ponds with no network?

If only one phone uses it, yes, everything is saved on that phone. With a shared database, entries are sent once there is internet.

Make your fish farm app

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

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