How to make an app for a furniture maker

Every made-to-order piece has its own measurements, design photo, wood, carpenter and stage, from cutting to polish to fitting. An app keeps each job's card in one place so you can tell a customer exactly where their wardrobe is and what is still to be paid.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner and the workshop supervisor. If carpenters or the site fitter should update stages from their phones, connect your own Supabase database so everyone sees the same job board.

The screens a furniture maker app needs

Jobs: Every order with customer, item, delivery date and stage: measured, cutting, assembly, polish, ready, fitted
Job card: Measurements, design photos, wood and finish, hardware, carpenter assigned and notes
Quotes: Material, labour and fitting worked out into a quote shared as a PDF
Material: Wood, ply, laminate and hardware bought, the supplier, and which job it went to
Carpenters: Each carpenter's jobs this week and their wages or piece rates
Payments: Advance, part payments and balance for each job, with a WhatsApp reminder

Features worth asking for

A job board by stage, so you see what is in polish and what is ready to fit
Design photos and site measurements saved on the job card
A quote PDF with material, labour and fitting lines
Material costs added to each job to see the real margin
A WhatsApp message to the customer when the piece is ready to deliver
A balance-due list before fitting, so nothing leaves unpaid
Delivery and fitting dates with a Google Maps link to the address

Where the data lives

If only the owner uses the app, the data stays on one phone. If carpenters update stages or the fitter adds photos from the site, connect your own Supabase database; photos others should see need it. For advances paid online, connect your Razorpay account as well.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Jobs, Job card, Quotes, Material, Carpenters.
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 furniture maker, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my furniture workshop, Suthar Woodworks in Jodhpur. Screens: jobs, job card, quotes, material, carpenters and payments. Each job has a customer, item, measurements, design photos, wood and finish, carpenter and stage: measured, cutting, assembly, polish, ready, fitted. Quotes add material, labour and fitting and make a PDF. Material bought is linked to a job. Carpenters' piece rates add up weekly. Payments: 50% advance, the rest before fitting, with a WhatsApp reminder and a 'ready for delivery' message. Brown colours, Hindi labels.

Tips for a furniture maker app

Start with jobs, job cards and payments; add material and carpenter wages after a few weeks.
Write down your stages exactly as the workshop says them, and give the same names to AppCub.
Take the design photo and the room measurements into the job card on the day of the visit.
Agree each carpenter's piece rate before you enter it, so the weekly total matches what you pay.
Try two or three running jobs in the app before you move all the open orders.

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 make 3D designs or cutting lists from drawings, and it doesn't connect to machines or design software. Quotes and job cards are PDFs you print or share from the phone.
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 keep each order's measurements and design photo?

Yes. Each job card holds the room measurements, design photos and notes, so the carpenter works from the same details you agreed.

Can I see which jobs are in polish or ready to fit?

Yes. Ask for a job board with your stages, and each job moves along as it is updated.

Can the app make a 3D design of the furniture?

No. It keeps photos and sketches you attach. For 3D drawings, use design software and attach the picture to the job.

Can carpenters update the job from their phones?

Yes, with your own Supabase database connected. Share the app as a web link or APK file and they change the stage as they finish.

Can the app work out my profit on each job?

Yes, if you link the wood, hardware and labour costs to the job. It shows the quote amount minus those costs.

Can customers pay the advance 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 Razorpay account connected.

Make your furniture maker app

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

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