How to make an app for an electrician

An electrician juggles quick fault calls with wiring sites that run for weeks. On a site, the bill depends on the number of points, which changes as the owner adds a socket here and a light there. An app counts points room by room, keeps the calls you promised and shows who still owes you.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually the electrician alone, so the data can stay on your phone. If your helpers or a partner should see the same sites and calls on their phones, connect your own Supabase database.

The screens an electrician app needs

Calls: Fault calls for today and tomorrow with the customer, address with Google Maps, the problem and the time promised
Sites: Wiring jobs in progress: owner, address, stage (conduit, wiring, fitting, handover) and the amount billed and received
Point count: Room by room count of switches, sockets, lights, fans and AC points, with a total at your rate
Estimates: An estimate from the point count plus DB, MCBs and earthing, made into a PDF to share
Material: Wire coils, switches, MCBs and pipe taken to each site, and whether the owner or you paid
Payments: Advances and part payments per site and per call, and the total due

Features worth asking for

Room-wise point count that totals itself at your per-point rate
Extra points added during the job counted separately, so the final bill shows what changed
An estimate and a final bill as PDFs with your name and licence number
Site stages with photos you attach, such as conduits before plaster
Helper attendance per site and the week's wages
A phone reminder for calls you promised tomorrow morning (installed app)
A WhatsApp button with the balance due for each site

Where the data lives

If only you use the app, the data stays on your phone, and it works on a site with no signal. If helpers update sites from their own phones, connect your own Supabase database from the chat.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Calls, Sites, Point count, Estimates, Material.
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 electrician, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my electrical work, Deshmukh Electricals in Pune. Screens: calls, sites, point count, estimates, material and payments. Calls have customer, phone, address with Google Maps, problem and promised time. Sites have owner, address and stage: conduit, wiring, fitting, handover. Point count is room by room: switches, sockets, lights, fans, AC points; total at ₹350 per point labour or ₹650 with material. Points added later are listed as extras. Make the estimate and final bill as PDFs. Record material taken to each site and helper days at ₹700. Show the balance due with a WhatsApp button. Yellow and grey colours.

Tips for an electrician app

Start with calls and the point count; add material and helper wages after a couple of sites.
Agree with the owner what counts as a point and write the same rule into your request to AppCub.
Enter extra points the day they are asked for, with the room; it saves an argument at the final bill.
Attach photos of conduits and the DB at each stage; they help when someone drills into a wall years later.
Ask for Hindi labels for helpers if they will use the app.

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 connect to meters, testers or any electrical equipment, and it doesn't message customers on its own. You send updates and bills from 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 count points for a full house?

Yes. Ask for a point count by room with switches, sockets, lights, fans and AC points, and it totals them at your rate.

How does the app handle extra points the owner asks for later?

Ask for extras to be added separately with the date and room. The final bill then shows the estimate and the extras apart.

Can the estimate carry my licence number?

Yes. Give AppCub your name, licence number and phone, and they go on top of every estimate and bill PDF.

Can I keep material bought for each site?

Yes. Record wire, switches and MCBs per site with who paid for them, so labour-only and with-material jobs stay clear.

Can my helpers mark their attendance in the app?

Yes. You can mark days per helper per site on your phone; if helpers mark it themselves on their phones, connect a Supabase database first.

Can customers pay me through the electrician app?

You can show your UPI QR code or a Pay via UPI button. For card or UPI payments inside the app, connect your own Razorpay account, with the money going to you.

Make your electrician app

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

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