How to make an app for a pandit

In the wedding and griha pravesh season a pandit ji may have two or three pujas a day in different parts of the city, each with its own samagri and timing. Families come back for every sanskar, and it helps to remember their gotra and past pujas. An app keeps the diary, the families and the samagri lists together.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually the pandit ji alone, or with an assistant pandit. If an assistant should see the day's pujas on his own phone, connect your own Supabase database. Families don't need the app; you share details with them on WhatsApp.

The screens a pandit app needs

Diary: Pujas by date and time, with the family, the occasion, the address and travel time
Families: Each family's name, phone, gotra if they share it, address and the pujas done for them
Pujas: Each puja with its usual length, the samagri list, and the dakshina you note for your records
Samagri lists: A list for each puja to share with the family as a PDF
Assistants: Assistant pandits, which pujas they join and what you pay them
Dakshina received: Amounts received by date, for your own accounts

Features worth asking for

A diary that shows clashes when two pujas are too close for the travel time between them
The samagri list for a puja as a PDF to share with the family on WhatsApp
A family record that keeps gotra and past sanskars, so the next booking starts with what you know
Map pins for the day's puja addresses and a Google Maps button for directions
A reminder from the phone the evening before each puja, in the installed app
Muhurat dates you enter yourself, marked in the diary

Where the data lives

If only you use the app, the data stays on your phone and works without internet. If an assistant pandit also uses it, connect your own Supabase database so both of you see the same diary.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Diary, Families, Pujas, Samagri lists, Assistants.
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 pandit, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for Pandit Vinayak Joshi in Thane. Screens: diary, families, pujas, samagri lists, assistants and dakshina received. A booking has the family, occasion, date, time, address and the muhurat I enter. Families keep their phone, gotra, address and past pujas. Each puja has its usual length and a samagri list I can share as a PDF. Warn if two pujas on one day are too close. Show the day's addresses as map pins with a Google Maps button. Remind me the evening before. Track assistants and what I pay them. Hindi labels. Saffron and cream colours.

Tips for a pandit app

Enter your common pujas and their samagri lists first; they are what you will share most.
Add a few regular families with their gotra, if they have told you, so the diary starts with real names.
The app doesn't calculate the panchang or muhurat; enter the muhurat you have worked out yourself.
Ask for the whole app in Hindi labels if you prefer reading it that way.
Families' details are personal; keep the app's sign-in on if an assistant uses it.

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.

See all plans

Good to know

The app doesn't calculate muhurats or the panchang, and it sends no messages to families by itself. Samagri lists and confirmations go out when you share them or 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 the app work out the muhurat for a puja?

No. AppCub doesn't calculate the panchang. You enter the muhurat you have worked out, and the diary shows it with the booking.

Can I keep each family's gotra and past pujas?

Yes. Each family's record can keep the gotra if they share it, their address and the sanskars you have done for them.

Can I send the samagri list from the app?

Yes. Each puja's samagri list can be made into a PDF, and you share it with the family on WhatsApp.

Can the app use Hindi?

Yes. Ask AppCub for Hindi labels, and you can write puja names and notes in Hindi too.

Does the app work without internet?

Yes, if only you use it. The data stays on your phone. With an assistant on a second phone, the database needs internet to share bookings.

Make your pandit app

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

Start building