Build the app your business actually needs
Booking systems, customer portals, ordering tools, internal dashboards. Describe it in plain words and our team plans it, builds it and keeps it running.
Idea Lab
Most apps start with "I wish I could just..."
Off-the-shelf software makes you work its way. A custom app works your way: your steps, your words, your customers. That used to mean a big project. Now it starts with a few sentences.
- You describe it, we do the technical thinking
- A clear plan and quote before anything is built
- Hosted, updated and supported by the same team
- Connected to BonusFlow, so customers, bookings and messages sit in one place
Try an example:
Got it. Your idea is with us.
A person reads it and replies by email, normally within one working day.
Want to start shaping it now? Open a free workspace with Idea Lab. It asks a few simple questions and turns your idea into a clear plan. Nothing else switched on, nothing to set up.
Open my free workspaceHow it works
Four steps. You decide at every one of them.
Describe it
Send your idea here, or open a free workspace and let Idea Lab ask you the questions.
Get a plan
Screens, users, what it connects to, and what it takes to build and run. In plain English.
We build it
You see it working early and tell us what to change before it goes live.
It runs, we look after it
Hosted on our servers, kept up to date, and extended when your business needs more.
What people build
Ideas we hear every week
Customer portals
Clients log in to see their jobs, documents, invoices and messages, instead of emailing you for updates.
Booking and scheduling
Online booking with deposits, reminders and a clear day view for you and your team.
Ordering for trade customers
Regular customers reorder in a few taps, with their own prices and order history.
Replacing spreadsheets
The sheet the whole business runs on, turned into a proper tool with users, history and no broken formulas.
Forms that do something
Quotes, applications and intake forms that create the job, the customer and the task automatically.
Something new
A product idea of your own you want to offer to others? Tell us about it. Some of the best ones start there.
Questions about apps
Do I need to know anything technical?
No. Describe what you want the way you would explain it to a colleague. We ask follow-up questions if we need them.
How much does an app cost?
It depends on what it needs to do. We give you a clear quote after the plan, before anything is built. Sending an idea is free.
Who owns what?
Your idea, your brand and your data are yours. We build, host and maintain the software, so it keeps working and keeps up with updates.
How long does it take?
Small tools can be ready in days, bigger systems take weeks. The plan tells you before you decide.
What is Idea Lab?
Idea Lab is part of BonusFlow, our business app. It asks a few simple questions about your idea and turns the answers into a plan we can build from.
Your idea, built and looked after.
Send it now, or open a free workspace and shape it with Idea Lab.