How to make an app for a spa

A spa juggles rooms, therapists and session lengths: a 90-minute massage blocks a room and a therapist, a couple booking needs the bigger room. An app for the front desk shows who is free when, and remembers each guest's preferences and membership.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The front desk and the manager. If they use different phones, or the owner wants to see the day's bookings from home, connect your own Supabase database so everyone sees the same calendar.

The screens a spa app needs

Today: Bookings by room and time, with the guest, therapy, therapist and length
New booking: Pick the guest, therapy, therapist and room; only free slots for that length are shown
Guests: Search by name or phone; preferred pressure, oils, therapist and anything the guest asked you to note
Memberships: Each member's package, sessions used and left, and the expiry date
Gift vouchers: Voucher code, who bought it, for whom, the value and whether it is used
Therapists: Each therapist's shift, sessions done today and this month
Payments: What was paid today by cash, UPI or card, and balances due

Features worth asking for

Room-and-therapist calendar that blocks the full session length
Membership sessions counted down after each visit
Gift voucher codes checked at the desk before use
Guest preferences shown on the booking, so the therapist knows before the session
WhatsApp confirmation with the time, therapy and address
Monthly sessions per therapist for incentives

Where the data lives

If one phone at the front desk is enough, the data can stay on it. With several phones, or guests booking themselves, connect your own Supabase database; to take online advance payments for memberships, connect your Razorpay account as well.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Today, New booking, Guests, Memberships, Gift vouchers.
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 spa, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for the front desk of my spa, Neelam Wellness Spa in Bengaluru. Screens: today, new booking, guests, memberships, gift vouchers, therapists and payments. We have 5 rooms, 2 of them couple rooms, and 6 therapists. A booking blocks a room and a therapist for the therapy's length: 45, 60 or 90 minutes. Save each guest's preferred pressure, oils and therapist. Memberships have a number of sessions and an expiry date. Gift vouchers have a code and a value. Add a WhatsApp confirmation button and a monthly count of sessions per therapist. Brown and cream colours.

Tips for a spa app

Enter rooms, therapists and therapy lengths first; the calendar depends on them being right.
Agree on how you count a membership session, such as whether a couple booking uses one or two, before AppCub builds it.
Keep guest notes to preferences, not health details, unless a guest asks you to note something and agrees.
Give each therapist sign-in only to their own day if you connect a database, so guest phone numbers stay with the desk.
Run a busy Saturday on test bookings before moving real memberships 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 card machines, POS software or door locks, and it doesn't send SMS by itself. Confirmations go out on WhatsApp when the desk taps the 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 stop two bookings in the same room?

Yes. Ask for bookings that block a room and a therapist for the full session length, and the new booking screen only shows slots that are free for both.

Can guests book a massage from their own phone?

Yes, with an online database so the app knows which rooms and therapists are taken. Ask for a guest screen that shows free times and sends the request to the desk.

Can the app track spa memberships?

Yes. Each membership has a number of sessions and an expiry date, and every visit counts one down. The member list shows who is about to run out.

How do gift vouchers work in the app?

The desk creates a voucher with a code and value when someone buys it. When the guest comes, the desk searches the code and marks it used.

Can therapists see their own bookings?

Yes, if you connect a database and add sign-in. Ask for each therapist to see only their own sessions for the day.

Can guests pay for a membership in the app?

Yes, with a payment button that uses your own Razorpay account, after you connect Razorpay and Supabase in the chat. The money goes to you.

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