How to make an app for a UPSC coaching centre

A UPSC centre handles hundreds of answer copies a week, prelims test scores, long fee plans and, often, a reading room with numbered seats. An app keeps track of whose copy is with which teacher, each aspirant's test scores over the year, and who has paid for which seat this month.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The office, the teachers who check copies and, if you want, the aspirants. If teachers mark copies on their own phones, or aspirants check their own scores, connect your own Supabase database.

The screens a UPSC coaching centre app needs

Batches: Foundation, prelims, mains and optional batches with medium, timings and teacher
Aspirants: Search by name or roll number; batch, medium, optional subject, attempt year and fees
Answer copies: Copies received, with which teacher, checked or pending, marks and a short comment
Prelims tests: Each test's GS and CSAT scores, with right, wrong and left counts
Reading room: Seat chart with seat number, aspirant, shift and the month paid up to
Fees: Course fees and instalments due, and reading room fees by month, with PDF receipts

Features worth asking for

Answer copy tracker: who has which copy and for how many days
Prelims scores with negative marking worked out, and a score history per aspirant
Reading room seat chart showing free seats and seats unpaid this month
Batches split by Hindi and English medium
A WhatsApp button that sends the aspirant their checked marks and the teacher's comment
Fee and seat reminders on WhatsApp, the message ready to send

Where the data lives

If only the office uses the app, data can stay on one phone. For teachers marking copies on their own phones or aspirants signing in to see their marks, connect your own Supabase database; to take fees or seat rent online, 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: Batches, Aspirants, Answer copies, Prelims tests, Reading room.
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 UPSC coaching centre, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my UPSC coaching centre, Disha Civil Services Academy in Bhopal. Screens: batches, aspirants, answer copies, prelims tests, reading room and fees. Batches have a medium, Hindi or English. Each aspirant has an optional subject and target attempt year. Answer copies: received date, teacher, checked or pending, marks out of 10 or 15 and a comment. Prelims tests save GS and CSAT right, wrong and left with negative marking. Reading room: 120 numbered seats in two shifts, monthly fee. WhatsApp buttons for marks and fee reminders, PDF receipts. Maroon and cream colours.

Tips for a UPSC coaching centre app

Number answer copies when they come in; it makes the pending list easy to follow.
Give AppCub your exact negative marking rule for GS and CSAT so the scores match yours.
Run the reading room on the app first; it is simple and shows at once who hasn't paid.
If aspirants sign in, make sure each sees only their own marks and copies.
Ask for Hindi labels on screens the Hindi-medium staff use.

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 scan answer copies, read OMR sheets or run online tests with a timer, and it sends nothing by itself. Teachers type marks and comments, and messages 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 the app track answer copies through checking?

Yes. Each copy is added when it comes in, given to a teacher, and marked checked with marks and a comment; the pending list shows what is late.

Can I manage reading room seats in the app?

Yes. Ask for a seat chart with shifts, who sits where and the month they have paid up to, with a list of unpaid seats.

Can aspirants see their prelims scores over the year?

Yes, with an online database and sign-in. Each aspirant sees their own test history.

Can the app work out CSAT qualifying marks?

Tell AppCub your passing mark and it can mark each CSAT test as above or below it. Check the rule against the official notice each year.

Can I send an aspirant their checked answer copy?

The app can attach a photo of the checked copy to their record. To send it, share the photo on WhatsApp from your phone; click-to-chat links carry only text.

Can one app run two branches?

Yes, with your own Supabase database. Add a branch to each batch and aspirant, and the office can see both.

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