How to make an app for a tailor

A tailoring shop in wedding season has hundreds of pieces on hooks, each with its own measurements, a promised date and an advance paid. An app for the shop keeps every customer's measurements, the order slip and what is due, so you can tell anyone on the phone when their blouse will be ready.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually the master tailor or the person at the counter. If only one phone is used, the data stays on it. If karigars mark pieces ready on their own phones, connect your own Supabase database so the counter sees the same list.

The screens a tailor app needs

Due this week: Orders due each day, with the customer, garments and stage: cutting, stitching, trial, ready, delivered
New order: Customer, garments, fabric notes, design reference photo you attach, delivery date, charge and advance
Measurements: Each customer's measurements by garment type, saved for the next order, with the date taken
Customers: Search by name or phone, with past orders and call and WhatsApp buttons
Payments: Advance received, balance due on each order and what was collected today
Karigar work: Pieces given to each karigar, with dates and the piece-rate owed

Features worth asking for

Saved measurements per customer for blouse, suit, kurta, shirt and trousers
An order slip as a PDF with the order number, delivery date, advance and balance
A WhatsApp button that tells the customer the order is ready, with the balance amount
Trial fitting dates on wedding orders
Piece-rate tracking for each karigar, with what is paid and pending
Hindi labels for the screens karigars use

Where the data lives

If only the counter phone uses the app, the data stays there. If karigars update pieces on their own phones, connect your own Supabase database from the chat. To take advances online, connect your Razorpay account too; the money goes to your shop.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Due this week, New order, Measurements, Customers, 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 tailor, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my tailoring shop, Bhatia Tailors in Delhi. Screens: due this week, new order, measurements, customers, payments and karigar work. Each customer has saved measurements for blouse, suit, kurta, shirt and trousers. An order has garments, fabric notes, a design photo I attach, delivery date, trial date for wedding orders, charge, advance and balance. Stages: cutting, stitching, trial, ready, delivered. Make an order slip as a PDF. WhatsApp button to tell the customer the order is ready with the balance. Track pieces given to each karigar with piece-rates. Hindi labels. Maroon and cream colours.

Tips for a tailor app

Give AppCub the measurement list you write in your register today, in the same order, so the screen feels familiar.
Use the order slip number on the tag you pin to the fabric, so a piece can be found in the app in seconds.
Start with orders and measurements. Add karigar work once the counter uses the app every day.
Ask for big text and Hindi labels on the stage buttons if your karigars will tap them.
Try a full week with a few real orders before moving the whole wedding season 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 sewing or embroidery machines, label printers or billing machines, and it doesn't send messages by itself. Order slips are PDFs shared or printed from the phone, and ready 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 save each customer's measurements?

Yes. Ask for measurements by garment type saved to the customer, and they come up again on the next order.

Can the app tell customers their order is ready?

A button opens WhatsApp with a ready message and the balance due, and you send it. Nothing is sent by itself.

Can I print an order slip from the app?

The app makes the slip as a PDF, which you share on WhatsApp or print from the phone. It doesn't connect to slip printers.

Can the app show which karigar has which piece?

Yes. Ask for pieces assigned to each karigar with dates and piece-rates, and a total of what is owed to each.

Can I see all wedding orders due before a date?

Yes. Orders are listed by delivery date, and you can ask for a filter for wedding orders with trial dates.

Can customers book a measurement visit in the app?

Yes, if you connect a Supabase database and ask for a customer screen to request a time. You can start with the shop's own app and add this later.

Make your tailor app

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