How to make an app for a translator

A translator often has several jobs open at once: a certificate due tomorrow, a 6,000-word manual due Friday, an interpreting half day next week. An app for your own work keeps each job's language pair, size, rate, deadline and payment, and works out the quote for you.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually the translator alone, so data stays on your phone. If you pass work to other translators or a reviewer, connect your own Supabase database with sign-in so each person sees only their jobs; clients' files are confidential.

The screens a translator app needs

Deadlines: Open jobs ordered by deadline, with language pair, size and status: quoted, in progress, review, delivered
Jobs: Each job with client, language pair, subject, words or pages, rate, amount, deadline and notes
Quote: Enter words or pages, pick the rate and any rush charge; the amount is worked out and ready to send
Clients: Each client with contact, usual language pairs, rates agreed and past jobs
Interpreting: Interpreting bookings with date, place, hours and rate
Invoices: Invoices as PDFs, payments received and amounts pending by client

Features worth asking for

A quote that works out the amount from words or pages, rate and rush charge
A WhatsApp button with the quote and delivery date ready to send
A deadlines list with a phone reminder the day before, in the installed app
Rates saved per client and per language pair
Invoices as PDFs and a list of unpaid invoices
Monthly totals of words translated and amounts billed

Where the data lives

If you work alone, the data stays on your phone. If you share jobs with other translators or a reviewer, connect your own Supabase database from the chat and add sign-in; for clients paying invoices online, also connect your Razorpay account.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Deadlines, Jobs, Quote, Clients, Interpreting.
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 translator, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my translation work, Raghavan Translations in Chennai. Screens: deadlines, jobs, quote, clients, interpreting and invoices. Jobs have client, language pair (Tamil-English, English-Tamil, Hindi-English), subject, words or pages, rate, amount, deadline and status: quoted, in progress, review, delivered. Quote screen works out the amount from words or pages and adds a rush charge. WhatsApp button with quote and delivery date. Interpreting bookings with date, place and hours. Invoices as PDFs and a pending list. Reminder the day before each deadline. Indigo and white colours.

Tips for a translator app

Save your usual rates per language pair once, so quotes are quick and consistent.
Note the word count you quoted on, in case the final file is longer.
Keep clients' files in your own storage; the app tracks the job, not the documents.
Add a review step if someone checks your work, so delivery dates allow for it.
Look at the unpaid list before you accept new work from a client.

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 translate text, count words in a file or connect to translation tools. You count words in your usual software, enter the number, and the app does the rest.
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 count words in a client's document?

No. AppCub doesn't read documents or connect to translation tools. Enter the count from your word processor and the app works out the quote.

Can the app translate text for me?

No. The app manages your jobs, quotes and invoices; the translation is your work.

Can I keep different rates for different clients?

Yes. Ask for rates per client and per language pair, used automatically in the quote.

Can I give jobs to other translators in the app?

Yes, with your own Supabase database and sign-in. Ask for jobs to be given to a translator, who then sees only their own jobs.

Can clients pay invoices in the app?

Yes, with a payment button on your own Razorpay account after connecting Razorpay and Supabase. Or show a UPI QR on the invoice screen.

Can the app remind me of deadlines?

Yes. The installed app can show a reminder on your phone the day before a deadline; it may arrive a few minutes late.

Make your translator app

Seeing the plan is free. Building starts with a 2-day trial for ₹99.

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