How to make an app for a laundry

A laundry loses money when a shirt goes missing or a bag sits ready for days with nobody told. An app records each order's items and weight at pickup, moves it through washing, ironing and ready, works out the bill from your rate card and messages the customer on WhatsApp.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner, the counter staff and the pickup boy. If the counter phone is the only one using it, data can stay there. If the pickup boy records orders on his own phone, or customers book pickups themselves, connect your own Supabase database.

The screens a laundry app needs

Orders: All orders by status: picked up, washing, ironing, ready, delivered, with the customer and due date
New order: Customer, items by type and count, weight, service, express or regular, and the bill from the rate card
Pickups: Today's pickups and drops with the address, a Google Maps button and a call button
Customers: Search by name, phone or flat number; past orders and any amount due
Rate card: Per kg and per piece rates for each service, which the owner can change
Accounts: Money collected by day and month, and unpaid orders

Features worth asking for

Item counts by type, such as 5 shirts, 3 trousers, 1 saree, so nothing goes missing
The bill worked out from weight or pieces using your rate card, with express charges added
A tag number for each order to write on the bag
A WhatsApp button that tells the customer their clothes are ready, with the bill amount
An order slip as a PDF listing every item, for the customer to check at delivery
Monthly accounts for hostels and PGs that send clothes every week
Notes for stains or damage seen at pickup, with a photo

Where the data lives

If the counter phone is the only one using the app, data can stay on that phone. When the pickup boy enters orders on his phone, or customers book pickups from theirs, connect your own Supabase database from the chat; add Razorpay only if customers will pay in the app.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Orders, New order, Pickups, Customers, Rate card.
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 laundry, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my laundry, Ujjwal Laundry in Bhubaneswar. Screens: orders, new order, pickups, customers, rate card and accounts. An order has the customer, flat and society, items by type and count, weight, service (wash and fold, wash and iron, ironing, dry cleaning), regular or express, a tag number and a bill from my rate card. Status: picked up, washing, ironing, ready, delivered. Add a WhatsApp button that tells customers their clothes are ready with the amount, sent from our number 98XXXXXXXX, a PDF order slip, damage notes with a photo, and monthly accounts for hostels. Blue and white colours.

Tips for a laundry app

Count items at pickup in front of the customer and enter them then; most laundry disputes are about a missing piece.
Take a photo of any stain or tear at pickup and attach it to the order.
Use the same tag numbers you write on the bags today, so the app and the bags match.
Start with orders and the rate card; add pickups and monthly accounts once the counter is used to it.
Ask for the ready message in Odia, Hindi or English, whichever your customers read.

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 washing machines or tag printers, doesn't build live tracking for pickup riders and doesn't send automatic SMS. Ready messages go out when staff 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 a laundry app work out the bill by weight?

Yes. Enter the weight for per kg services and the count for per piece ones, and the app uses your rate card to make the bill.

Can the app help stop clothes going missing?

It records each order's items by type and count at pickup, and the order slip lists them, so the customer can check the same list at delivery.

How do customers know their laundry is ready?

Staff tap the WhatsApp button on the order, which opens a message with the customer's name, the order number and the amount, ready to send.

Can customers book a pickup from their phone?

Yes, if you connect a Supabase database. Ask for a customer screen to request a pickup with the address and time, which appears in your pickups list.

Can I keep monthly accounts for hostels and PGs?

Yes. Ask for monthly accounts by customer, with all orders in the month and a PDF bill to send on WhatsApp.

Can the laundry app print bag tags?

It can give each order a tag number and a PDF slip to print on a normal printer. It doesn't connect to tag or label printers.

Make your laundry app

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