How to make an app for an eye clinic

An eye clinic keeps two kinds of work side by side: check-ups with readings that change year to year, and spectacle orders that must be ready on the promised day. An app keeps each patient's past powers, their orders and their follow-up dates together.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The doctor, the optometrist and the optical counter. If they work on separate phones, connect your own Supabase database with sign-in, so that the optometrist's readings reach the counter and patient records stay with staff.

The screens an eye clinic app needs

Today: Patients by time with a status: optometrist, drops put, with the doctor, done
Patients: Search by name or phone; each visit with the spectacle power and readings the optometrist and doctor recorded
Visit: Vision, spectacle power for each eye, eye pressure reading, the doctor's notes and the next visit date
Optical orders: Frame, lens type, power, price, advance paid, ready date and a status of ordered, ready or delivered
Follow-ups: Patients the doctor asked to return, for example after cataract surgery, with dates
Settings: Clinic name, fees, frame and lens price list, and a backup

Features worth asking for

Spectacle power for both eyes saved with each visit, so this year's power sits next to last year's
An order slip for the optical counter, filled in from the latest power
A WhatsApp button that tells the patient their spectacles are ready
A follow-up list with dates the doctor set, shown when the app is opened
A spectacle prescription or bill as a PDF to share or print
A balance-due list for spectacle orders with advance payments

Where the data lives

With the optometrist, doctor and counter on separate phones, connect your own Supabase database from the chat and turn on sign-in. If only the optical counter uses the app, its data can stay on that one phone.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Today, Patients, Visit, Optical orders, Follow-ups.
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 eye clinic, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my eye clinic, Desai Eye Clinic in Ahmedabad. The optometrist, the optical counter and I use it on our own phones with sign-in. Screens: today, patients, visit, optical orders, follow-ups and settings. A visit records vision, spectacle power for right and left eye, eye pressure, my notes and the next visit date. An optical order has frame, lens type, power, price, advance and ready date. Add a WhatsApp button for 'your spectacles are ready', a follow-up list, a spectacle prescription as a PDF and a balance-due list. Navy blue and white colours.

Tips for an eye clinic app

Start with optical orders: it is the part where a missed date annoys patients most. Add visit readings after that.
Agree on the exact fields for spectacle power with your optometrist and give AppCub the same layout you write today.
Readings and notes are entered by your staff; the app doesn't measure anything. Keep patient records private and follow the law on patient data.
Keep the prescription PDF close to your printed format so other opticians can read it.
Try a busy evening with test patients before you use real ones.

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 auto-refractometers, eye pressure machines or other eye equipment, and it sends nothing by itself. Readings are typed in, and messages go 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 compare a patient's spectacle power over the years?

Yes. Each visit saves the power for both eyes, and the patient's screen lists them by date.

Can the app take readings from our refractometer?

No. AppCub doesn't connect to eye equipment. The optometrist types the readings into the visit screen.

Can the optical counter see orders from the doctor's cabin?

Yes, once you connect your own Supabase database. The order made after the visit appears on the counter's phone.

Can we tell patients when spectacles are ready?

Yes. A button opens WhatsApp with a ready message and the shop's timings, and someone at the counter sends it.

Can we keep cataract surgery follow-ups in the app?

Yes. The doctor sets the follow-up dates on the visit, and the follow-up list shows who is due. What the visits are is the doctor's decision.

Can I start from the ready-made clinic app?

Yes. The clinic app starts free; ask AppCub in the chat to add spectacle power and optical orders to it.

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