How to make an app for a pet boarding

A boarding with eight dogs and three cats has eleven feeding plans, a few medicines on a timetable and owners who want a photo every evening. An app for your boarding keeps who is staying, what each pet eats and when it goes home in one place, so nothing depends on memory.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually the owner and one or two helpers. If only you use it, the data stays on your phone. If a helper ticks off feeds and walks on their own phone, connect a Supabase database so both of you see the same list.

The screens a pet boarding app needs

Staying now: Every pet in the boarding today with its room, owner, pick-up date and any medicine due
Bookings: Upcoming stays by date, so you can see how full each night is before you say yes
Pet profile: Name, breed, age, food and quantity, medicines, temperament notes, vaccination dates and the owner's phone
Daily log: Feeds, walks and medicines ticked off for each pet, with notes and photos you attach
Payments: Nights stayed, extras such as grooming or special food, advance received and the balance at pick-up
Owners: Search by name or phone, with call and WhatsApp buttons and their pets listed

Features worth asking for

A list of nights by date showing how many dogs and cats are booked, so you don't overfill festival weeks
A vaccination check on every booking that shows when the card on record has expired
Food and medicine instructions on each pet's card, readable at a glance at feeding time
A WhatsApp button for the evening update with the pet's name filled in; you send the photo in the chat
A bill as a PDF at pick-up with nights, extras and the advance already paid
Notes on temperament, such as 'does not get along with other males', shown when you assign a room

Where the data lives

If only you use the app, the data can stay on your phone. If a helper updates the daily log on their own phone, connect your own Supabase database from the chat; to take advances online, connect your Razorpay account too, and the money goes to you.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Staying now, Bookings, Pet profile, Daily log, Payments.
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 pet boarding, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my pet boarding, Paws Corner Boarding in Pune. Screens: staying now, bookings, pet profile, daily log, payments and owners. Each pet has breed, age, food and quantity, medicines with times, temperament notes, vaccination date and the owner's phone. Bookings show how many dogs and cats are booked each night; warn me when a pet's vaccination is past its date. Daily log to tick feeds, walks and medicines with notes. Payments: rate per night, extras, advance and balance, with a PDF bill. Add a WhatsApp button for daily updates to the owner. Green and brown colours.

Tips for a pet boarding app

Write down your current feeding sheet and give AppCub the same columns, so the daily log matches how your helpers already work.
Fix your extras list once: bath, nail trim, pick-up from home, special food, medicine handling.
Start with bookings and pet profiles. Add the daily log once your helpers are used to opening the app.
Ask for large text and big tick boxes on the daily log, since it is used with a leash in one hand.
Try one full stay with a test pet before you move all your regular customers in.

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 CCTV or pet cameras, and it doesn't send messages by itself. Updates and reminders go out when you tap the WhatsApp button and send them.
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 stop me from overbooking festival dates?

Yes. Ask for a nightly count of dogs and cats with your limit, and the bookings screen shows which nights are full before you confirm a new stay.

Can I send owners a daily photo from the app?

A button opens WhatsApp with the owner's number and a ready message such as 'Bruno had his walk and dinner'. You add the photo in WhatsApp and send it.

Can the app remind me about a pet's medicine?

It shows which medicines are due on the staying-now screen whenever you open it. If you ask for it, the installed app can also show a reminder on that phone at medicine time, though it may arrive a few minutes late.

Can I keep the vaccination card in the app?

You can attach a photo of the card to the pet's profile and note the dates. The app then shows when a vaccination is past its date at the next booking.

Can regular owners book a stay themselves?

Yes, if you connect a Supabase database so the app knows which nights are full. Ask AppCub for an owner screen that sends a stay request for you to confirm.

Can owners pay the advance in the app?

Yes, with a payment button on your own Razorpay account after you connect Razorpay and Supabase in the chat. The money goes to your account, not AppCub's.

Make your pet boarding app

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