How to make an app for a security agency

A security agency has guards posted at many sites on different shifts, and every day someone is absent, someone swaps a shift and a supervisor goes round at night. An app for your office and supervisors keeps postings, the roster, attendance, salary advances and client bills in one place.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner, the office and the field supervisors. Since supervisors mark attendance and night checks from their own phones, connect your own Supabase database with sign-in. Guards usually don't need the app; supervisors enter for them.

The screens a security agency app needs

Guards: Each guard with photo, phone, ID details, police verification date, joining date and current site
Sites: Each client site with address, Google Maps link, guards needed per shift and the client's contact
Roster: Who is on duty at each site for each shift, with gaps where a guard is missing
Attendance: Daily attendance marked by the supervisor: present, absent, replaced, with any double shift
Night checks: Supervisor visits by site and time, with notes and a photo attached
Salaries and bills: Each guard's days worked, advances and salary; each client's guards and shifts billed for the month, as PDFs

Features worth asking for

A roster that shows unfilled posts for tonight, so the office can send a reliever
Attendance marked by supervisors, with replacements and double shifts recorded
Salary worked out from days and extra shifts, minus advances, with a salary slip PDF
A monthly client bill PDF from the guards and shifts posted at that site
A WhatsApp button that sends a guard their posting, shift time and the site's Google Maps link
A list of guards whose police verification is due for renewal, shown when you open it
Night check notes with a photo attached, shared as a PDF with the client

Where the data lives

With supervisors and the office on different phones, connect your own Supabase database from the chat, with sign-in, so everyone sees the same roster and attendance. A small agency where only the owner keeps records can start with data on one phone.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Guards, Sites, Roster, Attendance, Night 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 security agency, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my security agency, Raksha Shield Security in Indore, with about 120 guards at 25 sites. Screens: guards, sites, roster, attendance, night checks, and salaries and bills. A guard has name, phone, photo, ID, police verification date and joining date. A site has address, Google Maps link, guards needed per shift and client contact. Supervisors mark attendance and record replacements and double shifts. Night checks have time, notes and a photo. Work out salary from days and extra shifts minus advances, with a slip PDF, and make a monthly bill PDF per client. Supervisors sign in. Navy and red colours.

Tips for a security agency app

Start with guards, sites and the roster. Add attendance next, then salaries and bills once a full month is in.
Guards' ID and address details are private. Keep sign-in on and give supervisors only the screens they need.
Write down your salary rules, such as rate per shift, double shift pay and how advances are cut, and have your accountant check them before you give them to AppCub.
Ask for client bills in the same format your clients already receive, so they are easy to check.
Run one site's roster and attendance in the app for two weeks before adding the rest.

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 biometric attendance machines, GPS trackers, guard patrol devices or CCTV. Attendance and night checks are entered by supervisors, and messages go out when someone taps 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 supervisors mark guard attendance in the app?

Yes. Supervisors sign in on their own phones and mark each guard present, absent or replaced, once the app uses your Supabase database.

Can the app track where guards are?

No. AppCub doesn't connect to GPS trackers or patrol devices. Supervisors record their night checks with time, notes and a photo attached.

Can the app work out guard salaries?

Yes. Ask for salary by days or shifts worked, extra for double shifts, minus advances, with a salary slip PDF for each guard.

Can the app make monthly bills for each client site?

Yes. The app adds up the guards and shifts posted at a site for the month and makes a bill PDF to share or print.

Can clients see attendance for their site?

It can be built with sign-in, so each client sees only their own site. Many agencies share a monthly attendance PDF instead.

Can the app work with a biometric attendance machine?

No. AppCub doesn't connect to attendance devices. Supervisors mark attendance in the app instead.

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