Bespoke apps for small UK businesses

Your business has better things to do than paperwork.

I build simple, bespoke apps that take the repetitive work off your hands. Booking systems, job trackers and tools built around how your business actually works.

  • One fixed price, from £495
  • No monthly fee to me
  • Yours to keep
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Customer's viewBook at Fade Lab
Pick a time
Booked for 11:0013:1515:30

Try it. Pick a time on the phone and watch it land in the diary.

Sound familiar?

The work is fine. It's the admin around the work.

  • Bookings lost in messages

    Texts, DMs and missed calls, and you're the diary.

  • Quotes buried in spreadsheets

    Which version went out, and did they ever reply?

  • Staff on paper checklists

    No way to know it was done without ringing round.

  • No idea who still owes you

    Jobs done, money somewhere between sent and forgotten.

  • Evenings eaten by admin

    The same repetitive jobs, done by hand, every week.

None of this needs a big system. It needs one small tool that fits.

What I build

Small tools, made to measure.

Each one works in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer, and is built around the way you already do things.

Booking systems

Customers pick a time and book themselves, day or night. You see it all in one place.

Fewer missed bookings, less phone tag

Job and quote trackers

Every job, quote, photo and payment in one list, instead of scattered across texts and notebooks.

Quotes out faster, nothing slips

Staff checklists and rotas

Opening checks, onboarding, timesheets. Your team uses them on their phones.

Know it's done without asking

Simple dashboards

Your numbers on one screen, so you're not digging through spreadsheets at 11pm.

The week at a glance

Customer forms and portals

Order forms, enquiry forms, loyalty cards. The small things that make you easier to deal with.

Easier to buy from

Something else?

If it's a job you do the same way every week, it can probably be an app.

Ask me about it

Recent builds

Three builds, three different problems.

These are demo builds for made-up businesses, to show the kind of thing I make. Want to try one yourself? Email me and I'll send you a live version.

Booking app · barber shop

Fade Lab

ProblemA barber can't answer the phone mid-fade, so bookings get missed or scribbled down wrong.
SolutionCustomers choose a service, a barber and a free slot themselves. The shop sees the whole day in one list.
  • Booked in under a minute
  • Only free slots shown
  • Choose your barber
  • Owner dashboard
  • Add to calendar
Fade Lab home screen with opening hours and a Book now button
Choosing a day and a free time slot
Booking summary with service, barber, date and total

Job and quote tracker · plumber

Reed Plumbing & Heating

ProblemQuotes in a notebook, jobs in texts, and no quick way to see who still owes money.
SolutionEvery job, quote and payment in one place, built to use with one hand on site.
  • One-tap quote items
  • VAT and totals worked out
  • Quote to paid, tracked
  • Money owed at a glance
  • Job calendar
Dashboard with jobs this week, quotes waiting, money owed and earned
New quote with one-tap items for call-out and labour
Jobs list filtered by status with prices and dates

Team app · cleaning company

Brightway Cleaning

ProblemRotas over WhatsApp, and no way to know a job was done properly without ringing round.
SolutionEach cleaner gets their day and a room-by-room checklist. The owner sees progress as it happens.
  • Daily job list per cleaner
  • Room-by-room checklists
  • Photo proof
  • Flag an issue
  • Weekly rota with hours
A cleaner's day with progress and today's jobs
Room-by-room cleaning checklist with tasks ticked
The cleaner's week laid out day by day

How it works

Four steps. No tech talk.

  1. Tell me what's slowing you down

    An email or a quick message, in plain English. No need for calls.

  2. Get a clear fixed price

    That's the price. It doesn't creep up halfway through.

  3. I build it, you try it

    Usually within days. We tweak it until it's right.

  4. It's handed over to you

    It runs on accounts in your name, and you get every login.

  • You don't need to be technical
  • You deal with one person throughout
  • Nothing for your customers to download

Prices

One price, agreed before I start.

No hourly rates and no monthly fee to me. Pick the size that sounds like your problem.

A single tool

£495

One job done well. For when a single task keeps eating your time.

Such as a booking form, a quote calculator or a checklist.

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A full app

£1,495

Logins, a dashboard and your branding. Something your whole business runs on.

Such as a booking system with an owner's view, or a job and quote tracker.

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Something bigger

from£3,000

Several tools working together, or a larger system. We talk it through first.

Such as a team app with rotas, checklists and an owner's live board.

Ask about this
  • Fixed price agreed up front
  • Works on phone, tablet and computer
  • Set up in your name, yours to keep
  • Small tweaks after launch included

Questions

Things people ask.

Not covered here? Just ask me.

I'm not techy. Is that a problem?

Not at all. Most people I work with aren't. You explain how your business runs in plain English, I handle the rest and show you how to use it.

How long does it take?

A single tool is usually ready to try within a few days. A full app takes a bit longer. You'll get a clear timeline with your price.

Who owns it once it's done?

You do. It's set up on accounts in your name and I hand over every login. No lock-in, no ongoing fee to me.

Do my customers need to download anything?

No. It works in the browser on any phone, tablet or computer. You just share a link.

What if I want changes later?

Small tweaks straight after launch are included. If you want something new down the line, I'll quote a fixed price for it, same as the first time.

Do I have to get on a call?

No. Everything can be sorted over email or message, so you can reply whenever suits you. I can send a short video walkthrough if that's easier than reading.

Get in touch

Got a job you're sick of doing by hand?

Tell me a little about your business and what's slowing you down. I'll come back with an idea and a fixed price.

hello@hewnly.co.uk
  • — A reply within a day
  • — No obligation, no sales call
  • — A fixed price before anything starts

Just email me

No forms, no calls. Send a few lines and I'll come back with an idea and a fixed price.

  • 01Your name and your business
  • 02What you do and roughly how you do it now
  • 03The job you're sick of doing by hand
Email hello@hewnly.co.uk

Opens your email app with those questions ready to fill in. A few lines is plenty.