How to make an app for an aquarium shop

An aquarium shop sells living stock that changes every week, makes tanks to order, and sends a boy on cleaning visits across the city. An app keeps fish stock by display tank, custom tank orders with their measurements, and each customer's tank and visit dates, so the counter knows what to sell and who to visit.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner and the counter. If the boy who does cleaning visits should see his day's visits and mark them done on his own phone, connect your own Supabase database so the shop sees the same list.

The screens an aquarium shop app needs

Stock: Fish and plants by display tank: kind, count, buying price and selling price, with sold and lost counts
Sales: Items sold with quantity and price, and a bill as a PDF to share on WhatsApp
Tank orders: Custom tanks with length, width, height, glass thickness, cabinet, advance and delivery date
Customers: Each customer's tank size, what fish and filter it has, and past purchases
Cleaning visits: Monthly visits by area and date, with done or pending and the amount collected
Arrivals: Each new stock arrival with the date and what came in

Features worth asking for

Stock counted by display tank, so the counter knows what is left without counting fish
Custom tank orders with a measurement sheet as a PDF for the glass maker
Monthly cleaning visits listed by area, with a Google Maps button for each home
A WhatsApp button to tell regular buyers when new stock has arrived, one customer at a time
Each customer's tank details saved, so you know what fits when they come back
Advance and balance on tank orders and setup jobs
Photos of a finished setup attached to the customer

Where the data lives

If only the shop phone uses the app, data can stay on it. If your cleaning boy marks visits from his phone, connect your own Supabase database; to take advances for custom tanks online, connect your Razorpay account too.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Stock, Sales, Tank orders, Customers, Cleaning visits.
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 aquarium shop, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my aquarium shop, Neel Aquarium in Patna. Screens: stock, sales, tank orders, customers, cleaning visits and arrivals. Stock is by display tank with fish kind, count, buying and selling price, and counts sold or lost. Sales make a PDF bill for WhatsApp. Tank orders have length, width, height, glass thickness, cabinet, advance and delivery date, with a PDF sheet for the glass maker. Customers have their tank size and fish. Monthly cleaning visits by area with a maps button and amount collected. Blue colours.

Tips for an aquarium shop app

Count stock by display tank, the way you already look at the shop, instead of one long list of fish.
Record fish lost as well as sold, so you can see which arrivals did well in your shop.
Save each regular customer's tank size and fish, which helps you suggest what to add when they come back.
Group cleaning visits by area and day so the boy's route makes sense.
Ask for Hindi labels for the counter if you prefer them.

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 give fish health or treatment advice, and it doesn't connect to tank sensors, heaters, filters or billing machines. New stock messages go out only when you tap WhatsApp for each customer.
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 keep stock of live fish?

Yes. Ask for stock by display tank with counts, and record each sale and each fish lost, so the count stays right.

Can the app make a measurement sheet for a custom tank?

Yes. A tank order can make a PDF with length, width, height and glass thickness to send to the glass maker.

Can the app plan monthly cleaning visits?

Yes. Visits are listed by area and date, with a maps button for each home, and marked done with the amount collected.

Can the app tell customers which fish are sick or what medicine to use?

No. The app keeps your stock, sales and visits; it doesn't give fish health advice.

Can I tell regular customers when new fish arrive?

Yes. A list of regular buyers has a WhatsApp button with a ready message; you send it to each one yourself.

Can the app check the water temperature in my tanks?

No. It doesn't connect to sensors or heaters, though you can note readings you take yourself.

Make your aquarium shop app

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

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