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Grocery delivery app development company

Grocery delivery apps for supermarkets and kirana chains: a customer app, picker and rider apps, delivery slots and quick delivery, with UPI and COD. Your store on customers' phones.

Fixed pricePrice range in 24 hoursYou own the code
Deliver in 30 min
Search atta, milk, vegetables
FruitsDairyStaples
Tomatoes 1 kgFresh₹38
Milk 1 LToned₹56
Aashirvaad atta 5 kgBestseller₹265
New order #8812 · ₹842 · slot 6 to 7 pm
Picker · Order #8812
9
Items
7
Picked
Paneer 200 gOut of stock · suggest swap
Send substitute
Grocery delivery appFrom $15,000
Timeline8 to 12 weeks
Your quoteFixed, in 5 working days
Payment50% now, 50% on delivery

Commerce work from the studio

Carts, catalogues and checkout flows we have shipped.

Your regulars, ordering from you

The problem

Neighbourhood stores lose regular customers to quick-commerce apps, and orders that come in on WhatsApp are typed into billing by hand, picked from memory and delivered without tracking.

The fix

A grocery app of your own lets regulars order from your shelves with slots or quick delivery. Pickers get a list, riders get the route, and every order builds your customer base.

Fig. 1Packing tableA grocery packing table: the order picked into crates and parcels, the delivery bag ready to go.
A grocery packing table: the order picked into crates and parcels, the delivery bag ready to go.

Four parts, one store

Customers, pickers, riders and your billing share one catalogue and one order list.

How the parts connect: Customer app, Store and pickers, Catalogue and orders, Rider app, Billing and stock
Customer appBrowse, order, track
Rider appRoutes, delivery, COD
Catalogue and ordersStock, prices, slots
Store and pickersPick lists, substitutes
Billing and stockPOS sync, reports

Everything a grocery app needs

Built for Indian grocery: thousands of items, slots, COD and substitutes.

Fast search

Find any of thousands of items in seconds.

Reorder

Last week's basket in one tap.

Slots and express

Scheduled slots or quick delivery nearby.

UPI, cards, COD

Every way customers like to pay.

Live tracking

Rider on the map with arrival time.

Offers

Combos, coupons and member prices.

What changes with your own app

Keep regulars ordering from your shelves.

BeforeOrders typed in from WhatsApp messages.
AfterOrders arrive itemised and paid.
BeforeOut-of-stock items mean phone calls.
AfterSubstitutes approved in the app.
BeforeRegulars drift to quick-commerce apps.
AfterYour store on their home screen.
BeforeRiders tracked by calling them.
AfterLive tracking and batched routes.
BeforeCOD cash hard to reconcile.
AfterCash recorded per rider and order.
BeforeNo idea what sells online.
AfterReports by item, slot and area.

How an order moves

From basket to doorstep, every step updates the customer.

  1. 01Minute 0
    Customer ordersBasket, slot and payment.
  2. 02Minute 5
    Picker packsPick list by aisle, substitutes approved.
  3. 03Minute 15
    Rider leavesBatched route to nearby orders.
  4. 04Minute 18
    Live trackingCustomer sees the rider coming.
  5. 05Minute 28
    DeliveredOTP at the door, COD recorded.

Your own app vs a quick-commerce listing

Listings bring reach. Your app keeps your regulars and your margin.

RecommendedYour own appMarketplace listing
Commission per orderNoneOften 15 to 25%
Customer contact details×
Your prices and offersLimited
Your brand×
Brings in new customersThrough your marketing

Get your store ordering online

Tell us your items, stores and delivery area. Within 24 hours you get a price range and the first version worth building.

Pricing

A fixed price in writing before we start. Pay 50% to begin and 50% on delivery.

Ordering website
Online orders for one store, before an app.$3,5002 to 3 weeks
  • Catalogue and cart
  • UPI and COD
  • Slots and delivery zones
  • Orders to WhatsApp
Get a fixed quote →
Grocery appMost picked
Customer, picker and rider apps for your stores.From $15,0008 to 12 weeks
  • Customer app for Android and iOS
  • Picker and rider apps
  • POS sync where possible
  • Slots, tracking, payments
  • Store launch
Get a fixed quote →
Quick-commerce platform
Dark stores, many zones and fast delivery.QuotedStarts with a 1 to 2 week scoping sprint
  • Paid scoping sprint first, credited to the build
  • Dark store operations
  • Zone-based routing
  • Inventory forecasting
Book a scoping call →

Hosting, maps and SMS usually come to a few thousand rupees a month and grow with orders.

What a grocery delivery app costs

Fixed prices for each stage.

Ordering website$3,5002 to 3 weeks
Grocery app: customer, picker, riderFrom $15,0008 to 12 weeks
Quick-commerce platformQuotedStarts with a paid scoping sprint
Hosting, maps and SMSUnder $100 a month to startGrows with orders
Payment gatewayAbout 2% per orderRazorpay standard rate

Five promises you can hold us to

The same terms on every project, written into your quote.

Isometric illustration of a developer workstation with code on screen
A fixed price in writingOne number before we start, never hourly. If you ask for something new, we price it first and you decide.
A price range in 24 hoursSend a short brief and get a price range the next day. Your fixed quote follows within 2 to 5 working days. Big builds start with a paid 1 to 2 week scoping sprint, credited to the build.
Pay in two halves50% to start. The other 50% only after you have seen and approved the finished work.
Two rounds of changesBuilt into every stage, so feedback never turns into a surprise bill.
You own all of itCode, designs, accounts and data are handed over in full. No lock-in and no licence fees to us.

A typical 12 week plan

Most stores pilot with regular customers first.

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10W11W12
Scope and quote
Fixed quote
Design
Catalogue import
Customer app
Picker and rider apps
Pilot with regulars
Store launch
Live

What it is built with

Proven tools for catalogues, maps and payments.

Apps
FlutterReact NativeAndroidiOS
Backend
Node.jsPostgresRealtime updatesSupabase
Services
RazorpayGoogle MapsWhatsApp APISMS OTP

Questions

Straight answers. Ask anything else in your brief and we reply within 24 hours.

An ordering website is ₹90K. A grocery app with customer, picker and rider apps starts at ₹5L. Multi-store or quick-commerce platforms are quoted after a paid scoping sprint.

Yes. Products, variants and stock import from your billing software or a spreadsheet, with search and categories that stay fast.

Yes. Scheduled slots, express delivery within a radius, or both, with limits per slot so you never overbook.

The picker app suggests substitutes, the customer approves in the app, and the bill adjusts automatically.

Where your POS or billing software has an API, stock and prices sync automatically. Otherwise we sync from a daily export.

Yes. UPI, cards and COD, with COD limits by area or order value.

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