How to make an app for a temple

A temple office handles puja bookings for each day, donations and their receipts, festival preparations and volunteers for seva. An app keeps the puja calendar, the donor register and the receipts together, so the priest and the trust's office don't book the same slot twice.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The temple office and the trust: the office secretary, the priests and the treasurer. If devotees should book pujas or give offerings from their own phones, connect your own Supabase database, and only office staff sign in to see the donor register.

The screens a temple app needs

Puja calendar: Bookings by date and time, the puja, the devotee's name and gotra if given, and the priest assigned
Book a puja: Pick a puja and a free date and time, add the devotee's details and confirm on WhatsApp
Donations: Each donation with the donor, amount, date and purpose, such as annadanam or building fund, with a PDF receipt
Festivals: Each festival's date, the seva tasks and the volunteers assigned to each
Volunteers: Sevaks with their phone, the tasks they can do and the festivals they helped at
Timings: Daily darshan and aarti timings that devotees can open in the app

Features worth asking for

A puja calendar that shows free slots and stops double bookings
Donation receipts as PDFs with the trust's name and the purpose of the gift
An offering button through the trust's own Razorpay account, if the trust wants it
Totals by purpose, such as annadanam, gaushala or building fund, by month
Festival seva lists with a WhatsApp message to each volunteer ready to send
Hindi or Marathi labels for the office staff

Where the data lives

If only the office uses one phone, the data can stay on it. If priests and the treasurer use it on their own phones, or devotees book pujas and give offerings in the app, connect your own Supabase database from the chat and connect the trust's own Razorpay account; the money goes to the trust.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Puja calendar, Book a puja, Donations, Festivals, Volunteers.
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 temple, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for the office of Shri Hanuman Mandir Trust, Nagpur. Screens: puja calendar, book a puja, donations, festivals, volunteers and timings. Pujas: Sundarkand path, abhishekam, sankalp puja, each with a fixed length; the calendar shows free slots and the priest assigned. Donations are recorded with donor name, phone, amount, date and purpose (annadanam, building fund, general) and a PDF receipt with the trust's name. Festivals have seva tasks with volunteers and a WhatsApp button. Only office staff sign in to see donations. Saffron and white, labels in Hindi and English.

Tips for a temple app

Start with the puja calendar and donation receipts, the two things the office does every day.
Print on receipts only what your trust is registered for. If your trust has 80G, ask your CA what the receipt must contain and give AppCub that format.
Keep donors' names and amounts private: only the treasurer and the office should sign in to see them.
Agree on the list of donation purposes with the trustees before you begin, so totals match your accounts.
Test the offering button with a small amount from your own phone before telling devotees about it.

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 stream darshan, send automatic messages or connect to donation counters, hundi counting or billing machines. Confirmations and seva reminders 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 devotees give offerings through the temple app?

Yes, with a button that uses the trust's own Razorpay account; connect Razorpay and Supabase from the chat first. The money goes to the trust, not to AppCub.

Can devotees book a puja in the app?

Yes, with the online database connected so the app knows which slots are taken. The office sees each booking and confirms it on WhatsApp.

Can the app make donation receipts with 80G details?

It can make a PDF receipt in the format you give it. Add 80G details only if your trust has that registration, and check the wording with your CA.

Can we record hundi collections in the app?

Yes, as entries the treasurer types in after counting, with the date and amount. The app doesn't connect to any counting machine.

Can the app help organise festival volunteers?

Yes. Each festival has a list of seva tasks, the volunteers on each, and a WhatsApp button to send them their task and time.

How do devotees get the temple app?

Share it as a web link that opens in any phone browser, as an APK file, or on Google Play from the trust's own developer account with a paid AppCub plan.

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