How to make an app for an ambulance service

An ambulance service has to know, at any hour, which vehicle is free, who is on duty in it, and whether its oxygen and equipment have been checked. An app for your control desk keeps calls, trips, crews and daily vehicle checks in one place, and works out each trip's charge.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The person taking calls, the owner, and drivers or attendants if they update trips from their own phones. With more than one phone, connect your own Supabase database so the desk sees which vehicle is free.

The screens an ambulance service app needs

Vehicles now: Each vehicle: free, on a trip, or off duty, with the driver and attendant on board
New call: Caller, phone, pickup place, destination hospital, patient's needs as told, and the vehicle sent
Trip sheet: Start and end km, times, waiting, oxygen used, and the charge worked out from your rates
Daily check: Each vehicle's checklist at shift start: oxygen level, stretcher, first aid box, fuel, cleaning
Crew: Drivers and attendants with duty shifts and trips this month
Payments: Trips paid, pending, and hospitals or families who pay later

Features worth asking for

A free, on trip or off duty status for every vehicle at a glance
The pickup saved as a pin on a map from the phone's location while the app is open
A Google Maps button for the driver to the pickup and the hospital
Charge worked out from base, km, waiting and extras
A daily vehicle checklist with who checked it and when
A trip receipt PDF for the family, shared on WhatsApp
A UPI QR and Pay via UPI button on the receipt

Where the data lives

If one desk phone does everything, data can stay on it. If drivers update trips from their own phones, connect your own Supabase database from the chat. Patients' details are sensitive: note only what the trip needs and keep sign-in on.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Vehicles now, New call, Trip sheet, Daily check, Crew.
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 ambulance service, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for the control desk of my ambulance service, Jeevan Rekha Ambulance Service in Patna, with 6 vehicles. Screens: vehicles now, new call, trip sheet, daily check, crew and payments. Each vehicle shows free, on trip or off duty, with driver and attendant. A call has caller, phone, pickup, destination, needs as told and the vehicle sent; save the pickup as a pin on a map. Trip sheet has km, times, waiting and oxygen used, and works out the charge: base ₹800, ₹22 per km outstation, waiting ₹200 an hour. Daily checklist per vehicle. Receipt PDF with UPI QR. White, red and blue colours.

Tips for an ambulance service app

Keep the new call screen very short; the desk should save a call in a few taps while still on the phone.
Make the daily check part of every shift change and look at it before a vehicle goes out.
Note the patient's needs only as the caller says them; the app is for the trip, not for medical records.
Write your charge rules once and give them to AppCub, so every receipt is worked out the same way.
Try a full day and night of trips with the app beside your register before switching.

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

The app doesn't track ambulances live, give turn-by-turn directions or alert crews by itself, and it doesn't connect to GPS devices, hospital systems or medical equipment. The desk calls or messages the crew.
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 show which ambulance is free?

Yes. Each vehicle shows free, on a trip or off duty, and the desk updates it, or the crew does from their phone with a shared database.

Can I see where my ambulances are on a map?

Not live. A pickup or a driver's spot can be saved as a pin when the app is open, but the app doesn't track vehicles on the road.

Can the app alert a driver about a new call?

Not by itself. The desk calls the driver or sends the details on WhatsApp with one tap.

Can I keep daily oxygen and equipment checks?

Yes. A checklist for each vehicle at shift start records who checked it and when, and shows any vehicle not checked today.

Can families pay for a trip in the app?

The receipt can show your UPI QR or a Pay via UPI button. For card payments inside the app, connect your own Razorpay and Supabase.

Make your ambulance service app

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