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Booking system development

Booking systems, built for how you take bookings.

A custom booking system for your appointments, equipment, rooms, vehicles or shifts, with live availability, reminders and a dashboard your team actually likes using.

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Fixed prices from £4,995
Live availability
Live in 5–10 weeks

Booking and scheduling dashboard built by Appro

New bookingConfirmed ✓ReminderSent to customer

Why bespoke

Why a custom booking system?

Off-the-shelf booking tools work until your bookings don’t fit their boxes. A custom system handles the way you actually book, from shifts and packages to equipment and staff.

Fits how you bookSlots, days, shifts, packages or resources, exactly as your business works.
No more double bookingsLive availability across your team, equipment or rooms.
Less adminConfirmations, reminders and invoices go out automatically.

What’s included

Bookings, without the back-and-forth.

Designed in your brand and built to work on any computer, tablet or phone.

Live availabilityBy time slot, day, shift or resource, always up to date.
Online bookingCustomers book themselves through their own portal (Business Platform).
Packages & pricingSet your own services, packages and rates, and change them yourself.
RemindersAutomatic confirmations and reminders to cut no-shows.
Team & resourcesAssign staff, vehicles, rooms or equipment to every booking.
Calendar & reportsSee everything that’s booked and how the business is doing.

Day to day

How your booking system works

A booking comes inOnline from a customer, or added by your team.
Availability updates instantlyNo double bookings, whoever books it.
Everyone is kept informedConfirmations, reminders and job sheets go out automatically.

Built by Appro

Software we’ve designed and built.

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Pricing

Fixed prices. Published, not hidden.

Every system is a fixed price agreed before we start, with 50% to book your build and 50% on handover. UK agencies typically charge £15,000 or more for this kind of work.

Best for getting organised

Business System

Core system

£4,995one-off

One system for your office: customers, jobs and your team in one place, instead of spreadsheets and WhatsApp.

Live in about 5–8 weeks

What’s included

CRM and customer records
Jobs, bookings or orders
Live dashboard
Team logins and roles
Reports and email notifications
Design preview to approve before we build
Works on any computer, tablet or phone
30 days of support after launch

Best forBusinesses ready to replace spreadsheets with one system their team uses every day.

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Business Platform

With portal

£7,995one-off

Everything in a Business System, plus a portal where your customers log in, book and manage things themselves.

Live in about 8–10 weeks

Everything in Business System, plus

Customer portal with its own logins
Online booking and live availability
Automatic invoices and reminders
Document uploads and sharing
More user roles and permissions
Activity history for every customer

Best forBusinesses whose customers book, order or manage accounts with them.

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Best for larger or complex systems

Custom Platform

Custom scope

from£9,995one-off

A platform built around complex workflows, several portals or a software product you sell to others.

Scoped on a free call

Everything in Business Platform, plus

Links to Xero, Stripe or your existing tools
Several portals and user types
Subscriptions and SaaS features
Moving data from your old systems
Advanced automation and AI features

Best forGrowing businesses and software products with bigger ambitions.

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Hosting, monitoring, bug fixes and support are covered by Appro Care for software at £195 a month.

How we work

From first call to handover.

Step 1Free callWe talk through how your business runs today and what the system needs to do.
Step 2Plan and designWe map every screen and workflow in your brand, and you approve it before we build.
Step 3Fixed-price buildWe build your system with regular previews you can click through.
Step 4Launch and handoverWe set up your team and customers, then hand everything over.

Good questions

Booking systems, answered.

How much does a custom booking system cost?

An internal booking system for your team starts with our Business System at £4,995. Online booking for customers through their own portal is part of our Business Platform at £7,995, and larger systems start from £9,995.

Can customers book online themselves?

Yes. Our Business Platform includes a customer portal where customers book and manage their bookings with live availability.

Can it book equipment, vehicles or rooms as well as people?

Yes. We build booking systems around whatever you take bookings for, including staff, equipment, vehicles, rooms and shifts.

Can it take payments or deposits?

Yes. Payments and deposits through Stripe are part of our Custom Platform, and we can confirm the best set-up on a free call.

Why not use an off-the-shelf booking tool?

Off-the-shelf tools suit simple appointments. If your bookings involve packages, shifts, equipment or several steps, a custom system fits far better and has no per-user fees.

Do you also build booking apps?

Yes. If you want an app on the App Store and Google Play, see our booking app development.

Do we own the booking system?

Yes. You own the software and its code, with a full handover.