How to make an app for a sports shop

A sports shop's work is more than the counter: racquets left for stringing, bats for knocking, thirty jerseys with names for a school, and academies that pay at month end. An app for the shop keeps these jobs, orders and dues in one place, so nothing gets lost in a notebook.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner and counter staff. If only one phone is used, the data stays on it. If staff take stringing jobs or orders on their own phones, connect your own Supabase database so everyone sees the same list.

The screens a sports shop app needs

• Jobs: Racquets for stringing and bats for knocking, with customer, tension or notes, date promised and status
• Team orders: School and academy orders with items, sizes, names and numbers for jerseys, delivery date and advance
• Stock: Items by sport and size with quantity, and a low-stock list to reorder
• Customers: Players, schools and academies, with phone, past orders and call and WhatsApp buttons
• Credit: Academies and schools buying on credit, what they owe and payments received
• Sales: Sales entered by day and by sport

Features worth asking for

• A stringing job slip with racquet, string and tension, and a WhatsApp ready message when done
• Jersey orders with a list of names, numbers and sizes, shareable as a PDF for the printer
• Stock by size, so you know if a size 5 bat or a junior racquet is in stock before you reply
• A low-stock list when you open the app, to order before the cricket season
• Credit ledger for academies with a WhatsApp reminder of the balance
• Quotations for school orders as PDFs

Where the data lives

If only the counter phone uses the app, the data stays there. If staff use it on their own phones, connect your own Supabase database from the chat. For taking advances on team orders online, connect your Razorpay account too; the money goes to you.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

1. Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Jobs, Team orders, Stock, Customers, Credit.
2. Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, changed to your own business and details.
3. 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.
4. Try it on your phone. The app runs live next to the chat. Scan the QR code to install it, and ask for changes.
5. 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 sports shop, and paste it into AppCub:

Tips for a sports shop app

• Start with jobs and team orders; they are the things most often forgotten in a busy shop.
• Enter stock only for items you want to track by size, such as bats, shoes and jerseys, not every ball and grip.
• Set your stringing tensions and string types once so a job slip takes seconds.
• Ask for the jersey list in the same format your printer needs.
• Try a fortnight with real jobs before moving the credit register 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 barcode scanners, billing machines or label printers, and it doesn't send messages by itself. Stock changes when you enter them, and messages go out when you 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 track racquet stringing jobs?

Yes. Ask for jobs with racquet, string, tension, promised date and status, and a WhatsApp button that tells the player it is ready.

Can the app handle a school's jersey order with names?

Yes. Ask for team orders with a list of names, numbers and sizes, and the app makes a PDF you can send to the printer.

Can the app scan barcodes for stock?

Yes, if you ask for it: the installed Android app can scan barcodes with the phone's camera. It doesn't connect to separate scanner machines, and adding and reducing stock by hand also works well when you track only key items by size.

Can academies see what they owe?

You can send them their balance on WhatsApp from the credit screen. Letting them sign in and see it themselves needs a Supabase database.

Can players order kit through the app?

Yes, with a customer screen, a Supabase database and, for payment, your own Razorpay account. You can start with the counter app and add this later.

Can the app show sales by sport?

If you enter sales with the sport, it can total them by day and month, so you see what sells before each season.

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