How to make an app for a home nursing service

A home nursing service is a roster problem: which nurse or attendant is at which home on which shift, who is on leave, who replaces them, and what each family owes this month. An app keeps staff, patients, shifts and bills together, so the office answers a family's call without searching through registers.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The office and the owner; staff too if they mark their shifts or write care notes on their own phones. Patient information is sensitive, so if anyone other than the office uses the app, connect a Supabase database with sign-in and ask that each staff member sees only the patients assigned to them.

The screens a home nursing service app needs

• Staff: Each nurse or attendant: qualification, languages, ID and police verification status, documents attached, availability
• Patients: Family contact, address with map pin, care type, shift type, the doctor's instructions noted by the office
• Roster: Who is at which home for the day and night shifts this week, with gaps highlighted
• Leave and replacements: Staff on leave, the patients affected and who covers each shift
• Care notes: Daily notes by the staff on duty: meals, medicines given as prescribed, readings typed in, anything to tell the family
• Bills: Shifts done per patient in the month, advance received and a bill PDF to share with the family

Features worth asking for

• A reminder on your phone at a set time when a staff member's police verification or document needs renewing (installed app)
• A WhatsApp message ready to introduce the nurse to the family: name, qualification and shift time
• Roster gaps shown in red, so no home is left without cover
• Monthly bill PDF worked out from shifts done, with the advance adjusted
• Staff payments by shifts worked in the month
• Search for an available nurse by area, qualification and language

Where the data lives

If only the office uses the app, the data can stay on the office phone. Once staff write care notes or see their roster on their own phones, connect your own Supabase database with sign-in; add Razorpay if families should pay monthly bills online, with the money going to you.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

1. Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Staff, Patients, Roster, Leave and replacements, Care notes.
2. Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, changed to your own business and details.
3. 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.
4. Try it on your phone. The app runs live next to the chat. Scan the QR code to install it, and ask for changes.
5. 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 home nursing service, and paste it into AppCub:

Tips for a home nursing service app

• Patient details are private. Keep only what the care needs, use sign-in, and follow the law on health information.
• Care notes record what was done and observed; they are not advice. Anything worrying should go to the family and their doctor straight away by phone.
• Keep the verification status and renewal date for every staff member; families ask, and it protects your service.
• Start with staff, patients and the roster. Add care notes once staff are comfortable with the app.
• Ask for the bill PDF to show the shifts by date, so families can check it against their own count.

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 BP machines, oximeters or any medical device, doesn't give medical advice and doesn't alert families by itself. Readings are typed in, and families are updated when someone calls or taps 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 staff see only the patients they look after?

Yes, with a Supabase database and sign-in. Ask AppCub that each staff member sees only the patients and shifts assigned to them, while the office sees everyone.

Can the app plan the weekly roster?

Yes. Ask for a roster by patient and shift, with gaps highlighted, and a leave screen that shows which shifts need a replacement.

Can nurses record readings like blood pressure in the app?

Yes, as typed notes. The app stores them for the family and doctor to see; it doesn't connect to devices or judge whether a reading is normal.

Can families see the care notes?

Yes, with a family screen connected to your Supabase database and sign-in, so each family sees only their own patient's notes.

Can the app track staff verification?

Yes. Ask for ID and police verification status with dates and attached documents, and a reminder on your phone before a renewal is due.

Can I bill families monthly by shifts done?

Yes. Ask for the bill to count each shift in the month at its rate, adjust any advance and make a PDF to share on WhatsApp.

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