How to make an app for a flour mill

At an atta chakki, ten families leave their wheat in the morning and come back in the evening, each expecting their own flour and the right weight. An app gives every lot a token with its weight and charge, keeps the pickup list and tracks packed atta, so nothing is mixed up or forgotten.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The mill owner and the helper at the counter. If the delivery boy updates pickups on his own phone, or a second mill shares the records, connect your own Supabase database.

The screens a flour mill app needs

Lots: Each customer's lot with token number, grain, weight in, cleaning, grind type, status and charge
Customers: Families and hotels with phone, address, usual grain and grind, and what they owe
Pickups: Today's home pickups and drops in route order, with a Google Maps link for each
Packed flour: Atta, multigrain, besan and rice flour packed by date and size, sold and left
Rates: Grinding rate per kg for each grain, cleaning charge and pickup charge
Day book: Lots ground, kg ground, charges collected by cash or UPI, and packed flour sales

Features worth asking for

A token for every lot, printable as a small PDF slip or shown on the customer's WhatsApp
Charge worked out from weight and grain at your rate, plus cleaning and pickup
Weight in and flour out recorded for each lot, so customers see both
A WhatsApp message 'your flour is ready' with the token and amount
Monthly accounts for hotels and regular families, with a PDF bill
Packed flour stock with the grinding date, oldest packs shown first
A 'Pay via UPI' button and a UPI QR on screen at the counter

Where the data lives

If only the counter phone is used, the data stays on it and works during power cuts and weak signal. If the delivery boy marks pickups on his phone, connect your own Supabase database so the counter sees them.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Lots, Customers, Pickups, Packed flour, Rates.
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 flour mill, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my atta chakki, Gupta Atta Chakki in Kanpur. Screens: lots, customers, pickups, packed flour, rates and day book. Each lot gets a token number with customer, grain, weight in, cleaning yes or no, fine or coarse grind, flour out and status. Charge = weight × rate for the grain, plus cleaning ₹2 per kg and pickup ₹30. Add a WhatsApp 'flour ready' button. Pickups list today's addresses with Google Maps links. Packed flour by date and size. Monthly bills for hotels. Show a UPI QR at the counter. Hindi labels, big buttons.

Tips for a flour mill app

Start with lots and tokens; that is where mix-ups happen. Add pickups and packed flour after a week.
Write the token number on a slip tied to the customer's bag, the same as in the app.
Enter your rates per grain once in the rates screen, so every charge uses the same numbers.
Ask for Hindi labels and large buttons; the counter is busy and hands are often floury.
Use the day book each evening to check the cash and UPI against the lots ground.

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 the weighing scale, the mill motor or a billing machine; weights are typed in. Messages to customers go out when you tap the WhatsApp 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 give a token to each customer's wheat?

Yes. Each lot gets a token number with the customer's name, grain and weight, and you can share it on WhatsApp or print a slip.

Can the app read the weight from my scale?

No. AppCub doesn't connect to weighing scales. The helper types the weight, and the app works out the charge.

Can the app tell a customer their flour is ready?

A button opens WhatsApp with 'your flour is ready', the token and the amount filled in, and the helper sends it.

Can I keep monthly accounts for hotels and dhabas?

Yes. Lots for a regular customer add up through the month, and the app makes a PDF bill with every lot.

Can the app plan the delivery boy's pickups?

Yes. Ask for a pickup list in route order with a Google Maps link for each address. It doesn't track him live.

Can the app work out how much flour each lot gives?

It records the weight in and the flour out you enter for each lot, so you and the customer can both see them.

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