How to make an app for a home tutor

A home tutor teaching thirty children across four batches keeps a lot in a notebook: who came, who paid for this month, which chapter test each child took and which parent to call. An app on your own phone keeps the batches, fees and marks together and makes the parent messages quick.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually just you, on your own phone, so the data can stay on that phone. If a second teacher helps you, or parents should log in to see their child's marks, connect your own Supabase database.

The screens a home tutor app needs

Batches: Each batch with its class, subject, days and time, and the children in it
Attendance: Tick who came today in a batch; days missed this month show on each child
Students: Name, class, school, board, parent's phone and the month they joined
Fees: This month's fees paid and due, with home-visit students at their own rate
Tests: Chapter test marks by date, and each child's marks over the months
Parent message: Ready WhatsApp messages: fee reminder, missed class, test marks

Features worth asking for

A fees-due list after the 5th of the month, with a polite WhatsApp reminder
Different fees by class and for home visits
Chapter test marks with a monthly report for each child as a PDF
A missed-class message to the parent in one tap
Holiday days marked so they don't count as absent
Works without internet when the data stays on your phone

Where the data lives

If only you use the app, the data stays on your phone and it works without internet. For parent logins or a second teacher, connect your own Supabase database; for fees 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: Batches, Attendance, Students, Fees, Tests.
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 home tutor, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my home tuition in Lucknow. I teach maths and science, classes 6 to 10, in four batches of about 6 students. Screens: batches, attendance, students, fees, tests and parent message. Each student has class, school, board and parent's phone. Monthly fees ₹1,200 for classes 6 to 8 and ₹1,800 for 9 and 10; home-visit students pay ₹3,500. Show who hasn't paid this month with a WhatsApp reminder. Save chapter test marks and make a monthly PDF report for each child. Green and white colours.

AppCub has a ready-made app you can start from: see it here.

Tips for a home tutor app

AppCub's ready-made coaching app starts free; ask in the chat to make it smaller for one tutor and a few batches.
Start with batches, attendance and fees. Add tests after the first month.
Write your fee rules exactly, such as 'fees due by the 5th, half fee if joining after the 15th', so the due list matches what you collect.
Back up the data from the settings now and then if it only lives on your phone.
Use Hindi labels and Hindi reminder messages if your parents prefer them.

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

The app doesn't run online classes or send messages by itself; reminders go out when you tap the WhatsApp button. AppCub doesn't make marks predictions or study plans.
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

Is a tuition app useful for just one teacher?

Yes. Most home tutors use it alone on their own phone for attendance, fees and marks, and nothing needs to go online.

Can the app remind parents about tuition fees?

It shows who hasn't paid this month, and a button opens WhatsApp with the reminder ready. You send it yourself.

Can parents see their child's test marks?

Yes, if you connect your own Supabase database and add parent sign-in. Without it, send the monthly PDF report on WhatsApp.

Can I keep home-visit students and batch students in one app?

Yes. Ask for a home-visit type on a student with its own fee and timing, and they show on the same fees list.

Does the tuition app work without internet?

Yes, when the data stays on your phone. It needs internet only if you connect an online database.

How do I put the tuition app on my phone?

Scan the QR code shown next to the chat to install it, or open it as a web link in your phone's browser.

Make your home tutor app

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

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