I only do mobile. Will this still work?

Yes. Mobile routes and travel time are often the whole point. We build for driveway days, not only for a fixed bay.

Do I need to write out every package and add-on first?

A rough list helps, but you don’t need a formal document. Tell us how you price and what usually gets missed between booking and the job.

What’s a typical starting price?

Custom apps for small detailing businesses can start around $1,000 depending on scope. We’ll talk through that before we build.

Why not just use a generic booking link?

You can — until drive time, vehicle notes, and add-ons start colliding. When the business has to bend to fit the booking tool, it’s usually time for something built around how you actually detail.

Hey App Works · Industries

Custom Software for Auto & Mobile Detailers

Mobile routes, package add-ons, and vehicle notes don’t always fit shop-based booking tools. Your day is half logistics, half craft. Tell us how it runs. We’ll build an app around both.

Tell us what you need How it works

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

Crew B

1:00

Parkside · move-out

Needs crew

Unassigned

3:30

Clinic lobby · touch-up

Queued

Maya

The problem

Booking ignores travel time and vehicle reality.

Detailers often outgrow calendar links: packages vary, cars aren’t identical, and mobile jobs need geography. A missed note about pet hair or ceramic prep costs real time in the driveway.

Online booking doesn’t account for drive time between jobs
Vehicle profiles and condition notes aren’t reusable
Package add-ons get lost between booking and the driveway
Team jobs lack a shared status
Follow-up for maintenance details depends on memory

What we could build

What we could build for shop or mobile detailing

Booking and the day’s work in one place — with vehicle history that makes each job faster than the last. You shouldn’t have to force a mobile route into a fixed-shop booking template.

Online booking & service packages

Packages and add-ons that match how you actually price — interior, exterior, cuts, ceramics.

Vehicle profiles & customer history

Make, model, notes, prior work, and photos on the vehicle — not just the phone number.

Job scheduling & mobile routes

Day plans that respect travel, job length, and who’s on the van.

Job status & team assignments

Know which car is in progress, waiting on product cure, or ready for pickup/handoff.

Follow-up

Maintenance reminders timed to the service you performed.

These are examples of workflows we can combine or customize — not a promise that every detailing business build includes all of them.

Bay-based and mobile-only detailers need different boards

If you go to the customer, routing matters. If cars come to you, bay time matters. We don’t assume a fixed shop queue. Piecing together a booking link, a map app, and texts works until the day fills up.

Example: a mobile detail day

1
Customer books a package online
Add-ons and vehicle info are captured up front so the quote matches the driveway.
2
Jobs are sequenced by area
The day’s route accounts for drive time instead of stacking impossible back-to-backs.
3
Tech opens the vehicle profile
Prior ceramic work and pet-hair notes are visible before the first towel hits the seat.
4
Status + follow-up close the loop
Job marked complete; a maintenance reminder is scheduled on your rules.

Common questions

I only do mobile. Will this still work?: Yes. Mobile routes and travel time are often the whole point. We build for driveway days, not only for a fixed bay.
Do I need to write out every package and add-on first?: A rough list helps, but you don’t need a formal document. Tell us how you price and what usually gets missed between booking and the job.
What’s a typical starting price?: Custom apps for small detailing businesses can start around $1,000 depending on scope. We’ll talk through that before we build.
Why not just use a generic booking link?: You can — until drive time, vehicle notes, and add-ons start colliding. When the business has to bend to fit the booking tool, it’s usually time for something built around how you actually detail.

Why Hey App Works

Buy ready-made software

Fast to start — until your business doesn’t match the template. Then you bend how you work to fit the tool.

Traditional custom development

Built around you, but often priced way outside a small business budget — and easy to get stuck with after launch.

Hey App Works

Tell us how you work. We build an app around it, host it, and keep it running. You pay to get your version built and a monthly fee to keep using it.

Tell us what you need See how pricing works