Custom inventory apps for small businesses.
A custom inventory app tracks what you have, where it is, what it costs, and when to reorder, in the shape your business actually works, not the shape a SaaS forces. For a small business whose inventory lives across spreadsheets, paper notes, and "ask Mike," a custom app is the difference between "I think we have three left" and "we have three left, two committed, one on order."
buyers often compare to: Cin7 · Fishbowl · Zoho Inventory · Sortly · inFlow
What it actually does
- Authoritative inventory database with locations, lots, serials, attributes you actually track.
- Receive / consume / transfer / count workflows on mobile-first UI (tap, scan, done).
- Reorder thresholds + auto-PO drafts when stock crosses a line.
- Integration with your purchase orders, your sales orders, your job costing, so consumption updates automatically when work happens.
- Reports that match how you actually report, by job, by customer, by category, by aging.
Who this is for
- Manufacturing or fab shops with mixed make-to-stock + make-to-order inventory.
- Service businesses with truck stock plus warehouse stock (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, pest control).
- Small distributors / wholesalers serving B2B buyers.
- Any business that's outgrown spreadsheets but for whom NetSuite / SAP B1 is overkill.
What we'd build
Truck stock inventory
Mobile-first inventory app for service techs. Receive parts onto truck, consume parts on jobs, count truck stock weekly. Updates the central system; flags trucks that are short. Build time ~3–4 weeks.
Job-costed shop inventory
Receive, consume, transfer, count. Every consumption ties to a job. Reports show inventory committed to open jobs vs free stock. Reorders trigger when free stock falls under threshold. Build time ~5–6 weeks.
Need a inventory app that fits how you actually work?
Send a short note. We’ll write back within two business days with a rough shape of the build and a price band. We can have a related rebuilt website live in 24 hours; the app itself is a 2–6 week build depending on scope.
Tell us what you needCommon questions about inventory apps.
Why not Cin7 / Fishbowl / Zoho Inventory?
For commodity inventory shapes those work well. For non-standard shapes, lot tracking specific to your industry, custom attributes, integration with niche shop ERPs, they force compromises. The custom build gives you the inventory shape your business actually works in.
Will it integrate with QuickBooks?
Yes: QuickBooks integrations are well-trodden. Inventory adjustments and POs sync; the dollars stay in QuickBooks, the operational detail stays in the inventory app.