How to make an app for a mehndi artist

A mehndi artist's year is a calendar of wedding dates and festival rushes, often with three or four bookings on one day in different homes. An app keeps each booking's date, place, number of hands, artists sent and advance paid, so nothing is missed in the season.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually the artist alone, on her own phone, so the data can stay on it. If team members should see which function they are going to, connect your own Supabase database so everyone sees the same calendar.

The screens a mehndi artist app needs

Calendar: Bookings by date, with brides and big functions marked, and how many artists are already out that day
Bookings: Each booking: family name, place with a map link, time, bride or guests, number of hands, design notes
Team: Each artist, the functions she is sent to and her payment per function or per hand
Payments: Total, advance, balance and travel charge for each booking, and money still due
Designs: Photos of designs the bride chose, attached to her booking for the artist to follow
Enquiries: Families who asked about a date but haven't paid the advance yet

Features worth asking for

A calendar that shows when a date already has too many bookings for your team
Guest count and hands planned per booking, to decide how many artists to send
A booking confirmation PDF with date, time, rate and advance, to share on WhatsApp
A WhatsApp button that reminds the family of the time and what to keep ready the day before
Team payments added up per artist at the end of the season
Enquiries list with a follow-up button for families who haven't confirmed

Where the data lives

If only you use the app, the data stays on your phone and works at venues with weak network. If your artists open their bookings on their own phones, connect your own Supabase database; to take advances 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: Calendar, Bookings, Team, Payments, Designs.
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 mehndi artist, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my mehndi business, Heena by Pooja in Jodhpur. Screens: calendar, bookings, team, payments, designs and enquiries. A booking has the family name, phone, address with a map link, date and time, bride or guest function, number of hands, chosen design photos and notes. I have three artists; assign them to bookings and pay them ₹600 per function. Track total, advance, balance and travel charge per booking. Make a confirmation PDF to share on WhatsApp and a reminder button for the day before. Green and orange colours.

Tips for a mehndi artist app

Enter the whole wedding season's bookings from your diary first, so you can see clashes at once.
Ask for the number of hands per booking; it tells you how many artists to send better than the guest list does.
Attach the bride's chosen design photos to her booking so the artist doing her feet follows the same style.
Keep the advance rule written in the confirmation PDF, so families know what happens if the date changes.
Ask for Hindi labels if your team reads Hindi more easily.

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 send reminders to clients by itself or post to Instagram, though it can show you a reminder on your own phone at a set time. You tap the WhatsApp button for each client reminder, and you share designs on social media yourself.
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 show if a wedding date is already full?

Yes. Ask AppCub to mark a date full once your artists are all booked, so you can see it before you say yes to a family.

Can I send my artists to different functions on the same day?

Yes. Each booking has the artists assigned to it, and the team screen shows where each one is going and at what time.

Can I keep the bride's chosen design with her booking?

Yes. Attach the design photos to the booking, and anyone opening it sees what the bride picked.

Can the app send a confirmation to the family?

It makes a confirmation as a PDF, and a button opens WhatsApp so you send it with the family's number already filled in.

Can families pay the advance through the app?

Yes, if you connect your own Razorpay account and a Supabase database. The money goes to your account.

Will the app help me count my season's earnings?

Yes. The payments screen adds up the money received by month, and what you paid each artist, so you see the season's total.

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