Use case
How to make a delivery tracking app with AI
A delivery tracking app connects three people: you assign the order, the rider updates its status, and the customer checks it without calling. GrowApps builds it from a description of how your deliveries work, as a native iPhone and Android app for riders and a web link for customers. Status updates are simple to build. A map with the rider moving on it is a bigger job, explained below.
The problem
What goes wrong without an app.
Customers call to ask where their order is, and you call the rider to ask the same thing. Riders write addresses on paper and forget which orders were cash. At the end of the day nobody agrees how much cash came back. You want every order assigned to a rider, a status the customer can check without calling, and a record of what was delivered and paid.
What to include
The screens a delivery tracking app needs.
- A dispatch board: new orders, assign a rider, every order's status
- A rider app: today's deliveries, address, a navigation link, call the customer
- Picked up and delivered buttons, with a photo and the cash collected
- A customer tracking page from a link: received, on the way, delivered
- An end of day summary per rider: deliveries and cash to hand over
Try it yourself
A prompt you can paste into GrowApps.
This is a realistic starting prompt, not a placeholder. Change the names, numbers and details to your own before you use it.
Build a delivery app for my pharmacy delivery service, QuickMed, in Giza. The dispatcher creates an order with customer name, phone, address, items and whether it is cash on delivery or prepaid, then assigns it to one of 5 riders. Riders sign in on their phones, see their deliveries in order, tap the address to open Google Maps, and mark each order picked up and delivered, with a photo and the cash collected in Egyptian pounds. Customers get a tracking link that shows the status. Give me an end of day cash summary per rider.
What GrowApps sets up
The parts you would otherwise wire up by hand.
Rider and dispatcher accounts
Riders and dispatchers sign in with email and password. Customers only need the tracking link.
An orders database
Orders, statuses, photos and cash amounts are stored in the cloud, and the dispatch board changes the moment a rider taps Delivered.
Navigation
Tapping an address opens Google Maps or Apple Maps on the rider's phone, which works from the first build.
Payments
Cash on delivery is recorded per order. Prepaid orders can go through a Stripe payment link you connect, where Stripe is available.
Honest limits
What a first build will not get right.
Orders, rider assignment, status updates, delivery photos and a cash summary are a normal first build. A live map with the rider moving needs location tracking in the background, which uses battery, needs permission on every rider's phone and takes several follow ups to get right. Route planning across many stops and automatic SMS updates are separate jobs. Run it with one rider for a few days before you move the whole team.
Cost
How long it takes and what it costs.
Expect about 4 credits and usually 10 to 20 minutes for the first build, after you approve the design. A new status or a field on the order is a small change, usually a fraction of a credit. A live rider map is one of the biggest additions in this guide: it needs location work on the phone and careful testing, so plan it as its own project once the basics run well.
The free plan gives 1 credit a day, up to 10 a month, with no card, which suits small changes. Standard is 20 US dollars a month for 20 credits, with a 7 day free trial (card required) and a first month of 15 dollars; a first build runs on that trial. Pro is 200 a month for 300 credits.
Frequently asked questions
What people ask before building a delivery tracking app.
Can customers watch the rider move on a map?
Not in a first build. Status updates (received, on the way, delivered) are simple and reliable. A live map is possible but needs location permission on the rider's phone and more work.
Can riders record cash on delivery?
Yes. The rider enters the amount when marking an order delivered, and the end of day summary adds it up per rider.
Do riders need iPhones?
No. The app runs natively on Android and iPhone from the same code, so riders use the phone they already have.
Can orders come in from my online store automatically?
In the first version the dispatcher types orders in. Pulling them in from another system is a separate integration.
Describe your delivery tracking app and see it built.
GrowApps plans it, builds it and gives you a live preview the same day.