How to make an app for a maid agency

A maid agency is a matching job: a family in Aundh wants a Marathi-speaking cook for two meals, and you need to know which available worker fits, whose replacement period ends this week and which family still owes the fee. An app keeps requirements, workers and placements together, instead of in three notebooks and many WhatsApp chats.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner and office staff. Workers' personal details stay inside the app and are never shown to families in full. If more than one office phone should see the same records, connect your own Supabase database and give only office staff sign-in.

The screens a maid agency app needs

Requirements: Each family's request: kind of help, hours, locality, language, food habits, salary offered and status
Workers: Profiles with skills, languages, areas they can travel to, available from date, and which checks are done
Matching: Available workers who fit a requirement by kind of work, area and language, with a WhatsApp button to share a short profile
Placements: Who works where since when, salary agreed, fee paid or due, and the last day of the replacement period
Checks: ID seen, address checked, police verification applied or received, with dates and notes
Follow-ups: Calls due to families and workers after the first week and the first month

Features worth asking for

A worker's status: available, on trial, placed or left, so the same person isn't offered to two families
Replacement period worked out from the start date, with a list of placements ending this week
Agency fee due and paid for each placement, with a receipt as a PDF to share on WhatsApp
A short profile to share with a family that leaves out the worker's phone and address
Photos of ID documents attached to a worker record, visible only inside the app
Reminder on the office phone to call a family a week after a new placement
Hindi or Marathi labels for office staff who prefer them

Where the data lives

If only the office phone uses the app, data can stay on it, which also keeps workers' details on one device. If two or more staff need the same records, connect your own Supabase database with sign-in for office staff only; to take the agency fee online, connect your Razorpay account too.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Requirements, Workers, Matching, Placements, Checks.
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 maid agency, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my maid agency, Saathi Home Help in Pune. Screens: requirements, workers, matching, placements, checks and follow-ups. A requirement has the family's name, locality, kind of help, hours, language, veg or non-veg cooking and salary offered. A worker has skills, languages, areas, available date and checks done: ID, address, police verification. Matching shows available workers who fit. Placements track start date, salary, agency fee due or paid, and a 30-day replacement period. Share profiles on WhatsApp without the worker's phone or address. PDF receipt for the fee. Green colours.

Tips for a maid agency app

Decide what a family may see about a worker before you build the share button, and keep phone numbers and addresses out of it.
Mark each check with a date, not just a tick, so you know when a verification was applied for and when it came back.
Ask workers before you take photos of their ID, and attach them only to their record.
Enter the replacement period you actually offer so the 'ending this week' list matches your written terms.
Keep a 'left' status instead of deleting a worker, so you remember why a placement ended.

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 police or government verification systems; the app only records what checks you did and when. It also doesn't send SMS or WhatsApp messages by itself; staff tap a button and send the ready message.
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 suggest which worker fits a family's request?

Yes. Ask for a matching screen that filters available workers by kind of work, locality and language, and you choose from the short list.

Can I keep workers' Aadhaar or ID photos in the app?

You can attach photos to a worker's record with the worker's consent. Keep the app on office phones only, and with a database, give sign-in only to office staff.

Can the app tell me when a replacement period is ending?

Yes. Each placement gets an end date for replacement worked out from the start date, and a list shows the ones ending this week.

Can families see worker profiles in the app themselves?

It is possible with an online database, but most agencies share a short profile on WhatsApp instead, so workers' details stay with the office.

Can workers mark their own attendance at the family's home?

That needs every worker to install the app and an online database. Most agencies start with an office-only app and call the family to follow up.

Can the app keep the salary history for each placement?

Yes. Ask for each placement to keep the salary agreed and any raise with its date, so you can answer questions from families or workers later.

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