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Custom apps for small business

Your business. Your workflow. Your app.

Tell us how your business works, what’s driving you crazy, and what you wish your software could do. We’ll build a custom app around it.

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Custom apps for small businesses — without the $50,000 software sticker shock.

Hey App Works · Today

Thursday board

12 jobs · 3 crews

8:00

Rivera home · weekly clean

On site

Maya + Luis

10:30

Oak St office · bathrooms

Next

Crew B

1:00

Parkside · move-out

Needs crew

Unassigned

3:30

Clinic lobby · touch-up

Queued

Maya

Still running your business with a little bit of everything?

Most small businesses don’t wake up and choose chaos. It just piles up — one tool at a time.

Scheduling app
+Spreadsheet
+Google Doc
+Text messages
+That one thing only Sarah knows how to do

It doesn’t have to be that way.

Hey App Works can pull the pieces that matter into one custom business app — built around how you actually work, not how a template thinks you should.

Sound familiar?

If you’ve ever said one of these out loud, you’re in the right place.

  • “Our software almost does what we need.”
  • “We enter the same information in three places.”
  • “We have a spreadsheet for that.”
  • “Only one person knows how that works.”
  • “I wish our software could just ______.”
  • “We’re paying for five different apps.”
  • “We made something with AI, but now we need the real thing.”

If any of these sound familiar, let’s talk.

Tell us what you need

What we can build

What could we build for you?

Usually it’s not just one thing. The magic is connecting the pieces in a way that makes sense for your business.

  • Scheduling
  • Bookings
  • Customer & client lists
  • Jobs & work orders
  • Staff tools
  • Checklists
  • Forms
  • Client portals
  • Dashboards
  • Recurring tasks
  • Inventory
  • Billing workflows
  • Reporting
  • Notifications
  • Internal tools
  • Mobile companion apps
  • Something very specific to your business

Crew app

Current stop

142 Maple · gate code 4412

Arrive by 10:45 · checklist ready

Job checklist

Dust + vacuum living areas
Kitchen wipe-down
Restock under sink
Client note: dog in backyard — use side door

Stop piecing it together

Scheduling here, customers there, a spreadsheet for the rest, and texts for everything in between. We can bring the important parts into one place.

Your business shouldn’t have to fit the software

Most apps are built for thousands of businesses. We start with one: yours. Tell us how you work — we’ll build around that.

Custom doesn’t have to mean unaffordable

Traditional custom builds can run into the tens of thousands. Our model keeps the upfront cost much lower, with a simple monthly fee to keep using it.

Already made something with AI? Cool.

Maybe you used ChatGPT, Claude, Lovable, Replit, or Cursor to knock out a form, a calculator, or a little internal tool. That’s awesome.

There’s a difference between a helpful little tool and the full app your business runs on every day — accounts, data, workflows, dashboards, notifications, hosting, backups, and someone who sticks around when it needs to grow.

We can help turn the bigger idea into a complete system your team can actually use.

How it works

You tell us what you need. We figure out the software part.

  1. Step 1

    Tell us what’s going on

    Fill out a short form about your business, what you’re using now, and what you wish worked better.

  2. Step 2

    Let’s talk about your business

    We’ll hop on a call and learn how things actually work — who does what, what happens when, and where it gets messy. No technical homework required.

  3. Step 3

    We map out your app

    You’ll get a clear proposal: what we’re building, what’s included, what’s not, timeline, build price, monthly price, and optional add-ons.

  4. Step 4

    We agree on the scope

    Before we build, we lock what’s in. Want something extra later? Totally fine — we’ll quote it first. No surprise invoices.

  5. Step 5

    We build it

    We design and develop the app, show progress along the way, test it, and get it ready for your team.

  6. Step 6

    You start using it

    We host and maintain it. You pay monthly to keep using it — and we’re still here when the business changes.

See the full processStart with a short form

Custom software that finally fits a small-business budget

Small builds can start around $1,000. Bigger systems cost more — and we’ll tell you exactly why before we start. Monthly plans often start around $100–$150/month.

You own your data. We own and maintain the software. That’s part of how we keep the upfront cost way lower than traditional custom development.

See how pricing works

What kind of business do you run?

Some businesses are especially well suited for custom software. Here are a few examples — not a closed list.

Don’t see your business?

If you’re juggling software, spreadsheets, docs, or manual workarounds, tell us how your business works. We’ll let you know if we think Hey App Works could be a good fit.

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Need something your team can use on a phone in the field? Depending on the project, we can also build a companion iPhone or Android app. We’ll say so clearly in the proposal if that fits.

Wait — you can just build something that works the way we do?

Yep. That’s the whole idea. Tell us how things work today, what’s annoying, and what you wish existed. We’ll take it from there.

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