How to make an app for an invitation card printer

In the wedding season a card shop may have a hundred orders open, each at a different step: waiting for wording, proof sent, approved, at the press, ready for pickup. One wrong date on a card means a reprint. An app keeps every order's wording, proof rounds and stage in one list.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The shop owner and counter staff, and sometimes the person at the press. If the counter and the press update the same orders from different phones, connect your own Supabase database. Families don't need the app; they get the proof and updates on WhatsApp.

The screens an invitation card printer app needs

Orders: Every order with the family, design code, quantity, stage and the date promised
Order details: Wording for each insert, language, names and dates, proof rounds and the approval date
Catalogue: Design codes with photo, size, inserts and rate per card at each quantity
Press: Orders approved and waiting to print, in order of delivery date
Boxes and extras: Sweet boxes, envelopes and name printing added to each order
Payments: Order total, advance, balance due at pickup

Features worth asking for

Scan a QR sticker on a shop sample to open that design's code and rates, in the installed app
Card wording saved as a PDF proof to share with the family for checking
Approval recorded with the date, and a warning if an order goes to print without it
Stages from wording to delivery, with a list of orders due this week
Order total worked out from the design rate, quantity and extras
A WhatsApp button with a ready message when the cards are ready for pickup

Where the data lives

If only the counter uses the app, data can stay on that phone. If the press updates stages from another phone, or you have a second counter, connect your own Supabase database so every phone sees the same orders.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Orders, Order details, Catalogue, Press, Boxes and extras.
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 invitation card printer, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my invitation card shop, Agarwal Card Palace in Lucknow. Screens: orders, order details, catalogue, press, boxes and extras, and payments. Each design has a code, photo, size and rate per card at 100, 300, 500 and 1,000 cards. An order has the family, design code, quantity, language, wording for each insert, proof rounds and approval date. Stages: wording, proof sent, approved, at press, ready, delivered. Warn before printing an order with no approval. Make the wording a PDF proof. Let me scan a QR sticker on a sample to open the design. WhatsApp button when ready. Red and cream colours.

Tips for an invitation card printer app

Enter your catalogue first, with codes matching the shop samples, before you add orders.
Print QR stickers for your samples once; scanning works in the installed Android app, not in the web preview.
Make the approval a separate step in the app; it is your record if a family later says a name was wrong.
Ask for the promised date to show in red when it is two days away and the order is still not at the press.
Ask for Hindi labels for counter staff who 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.

See all plans

Good to know

AppCub doesn't connect to printing presses, design software or billing machines. Proofs are shared as PDFs from the phone, and families are told their cards are ready when you tap 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 keep the card wording and proof rounds?

Yes. Each order keeps the wording for every insert, each proof round and the date the family approved it.

Can I scan a design sample to open its rates?

Yes. In the installed Android app, the phone's camera can scan a QR code or barcode on your sample and open that design.

Can the app make the proof for the family?

It can make the wording as a PDF for the family to check names and dates. The actual card design is still made in your design software.

Can the press see which orders to print next?

Yes, with your own Supabase database. The press screen lists approved orders by delivery date, and the press marks them printed.

Can the app add sweet boxes and envelopes to the bill?

Yes. Extras like boxes, envelopes and name printing are added to the order, and the total and balance are worked out.

Make your invitation card printer app

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

Start building