Booking App Blueprint
A fixed-price plan for your booking app before any code is written: a rent-vs-own cost sheet, a v1 feature list, a clickable prototype and a fixed build quote. You keep all of it. 50% of the fee is credited to the build if you sign within 30 days.
What we will ask you
Have these ready and the brief takes minutes.
- What your business does, how many staff, crews or locations, and who books
- The tools you pay for today (booking, scheduling, payments) and what they cost a month
- How a booking or a job runs now, from first contact to payment
- Your logo and brand colours, and 1 or 2 apps you like
- Good times for the kickoff call, and your time zone
$3,500
- ✓ Kickoff call and a walk-through of how you work today
- ✓ Rent-vs-own cost sheet for your business over 3 years
- ✓ Feature list split into v1 and later, by user role
- ✓ Clickable prototype of 15 to 25 screens, plus key admin screens
- ✓ Architecture note and app store publishing plan
- ✓ Fixed build quote with milestones, plus a care plan quote
- ✓ You keep the prototype and spec, whether you build with us or not
- ✓ 50% of the fee credited to the build if you sign within 30 days
21 days
- Pay by card or CliQ bank transfer
- You own the final files
- Delivery time starts when we have your brief
We confirm your order and send a secure payment link. Delivery starts once we have your brief.
What you get
- 1A kickoff call and a walk-through of how bookings, crews, pricing and payments work today
- 2A rent-vs-own cost sheet for your business over 3 years, with a plain stay-on-your-subscription verdict when that is the answer
- 3A feature list split into v1 and later, for each role: customer app, staff app, office admin
- 4A clickable prototype of the customer app, 15 to 25 screens, plus the key admin screens
- 5An architecture note and an app store publishing plan on developer accounts in your name
- 6A fixed build quote with milestones and timeline, plus a quote for the app care plan
Who the Blueprint is for
- Service businesses with 10 or more staff, several locations or crews
- Owners paying per-seat software or marketplace commissions that keep growing
- A way of working that booking software does not fit, such as seasonal contracts
- Founders turning a service into an app of their own
If renting is better, we say so. When a subscription is the cheaper answer for your business, the cost sheet says it plainly, and you keep the Blueprint.
1 to 5 staff? A booking subscription is usually cheaper. The cost guide shows the numbers. What does a booking app cost?
Scope and timeline
- 14 to 21 days from the kickoff call
- One primary app plus its admin
- Up to 2 integrations looked into, such as Stripe or Google Calendar
- 2 revision rounds on the prototype
- No production code and no store submission: those belong to the build
- Your existing logo and colours applied; no new brand design
The Blueprint, week by week
14 to 21 days from the kickoff call. The third week ends with the fixed quote in your inbox.
- Week 1Kickoff and researchA kickoff call, a walk-through of how bookings, crews, pricing and payments work today, and a look at the tools you use now.
- Week 2Prototype and reviewThe clickable prototype of the customer app and the key admin screens, and the feature list split into v1 and later. You review it with your team.
- Week 3Cost sheet and fixed quoteYour review applied, the rent-vs-own cost sheet, the architecture note and the fixed build quote with milestones.
Blueprint vs a free quote
What each one gives you. A free quote is a fine first step; the Blueprint is for when you want a fixed price built on a plan you have tested.
| What you get | Free quote | Booking App Blueprint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Fixed fee, part of it credited to the build |
| Based on | A call or a form, plus assumptions about the features | A walk-through of how you work and a written v1 feature list |
| Prototype | None | 15 to 25 clickable screens you can test with staff |
| Rent vs own | Not part of a price quote | A 3-year cost sheet for your business |
| Build price | An estimate that can change once scope is clear | A fixed quote with milestones |
| Yours to keep | The quote | Prototype, feature list, cost sheet and quote, whether you build with us or not |
If you go ahead
$1,750 comes off your build if you sign within 30 days.
That is 50% of the $3,500 fee, counted from the day you receive the Blueprint. If you do not build with us, you keep the prototype, the feature list and the cost sheet.
Booking apps we have shipped
Lawn and snow contracts, run from one app.
Customer app for iOS and Android, a Laravel API and an office dashboard for a landscaping company in Milton, Ontario. Seasonal lawn and snow contracts, Stripe payments and push alerts. Android is live on Google Play; the iOS app is in App Store review.
The production marketplace of Saudi.
A booking marketplace in Riyadh for studios, equipment, locations and crews: a customer app and a provider app, both live on the App Store and Google Play.
Laqtah (customers)
Laqtah Provider
- What does the Blueprint give me?
- A rent-vs-own cost sheet for your business, a feature list split into v1 and later, a clickable prototype of 15 to 25 screens, an architecture note, and a fixed quote for the build and the care plan.
- What if I decide not to build?
- You keep the prototype, the feature list and the cost sheet. If the numbers say a booking subscription suits you better, the cost sheet says so.
- Is the Blueprint fee credited to the build?
- Yes: 50% of the fee comes off the build price if you sign the build within 30 days of receiving the Blueprint.
- Whose store accounts and data are they?
- Yours. The app is published on your own Apple and Google developer accounts, and the customer data sits on a backend in your name.
- When does delivery start?
- When we have your brief and any files we need.
- Do I own the work?
- Yes. You get the final files and the rights to use them.
- Refunds?
- Cancel before work starts and you get a full refund. After work starts, we refund the part not done yet.
You might also need
Custom booking and service app
Your own iOS and Android booking app with an office admin, built to the v1 feature list in your Blueprint. Priced per project from the Blueprint as a fixed quote, paid by milestones. The store accounts and the customer data stay in your name.
App care plan
Monthly upkeep after launch: OS and SDK updates, app store policy changes and re-submissions, monitoring, backups and a set number of small change hours each month. Scoped from your build and quoted as a monthly fee.