Delivery

Food Delivery App Development

Launch your own food delivery business, with apps for customers, restaurants and riders and the portals to run it, designed and built new for you, with the price and the launch date agreed before we start. We have built food delivery apps many times, so most first releases go live in about 30 days.

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Price: Fixed upfront
Launch date: In writing
First release: About 30 days
You get: 6 apps and portals

Why own it

Launch the delivery app your city orders from.

People in your city already order food on their phones. Your own delivery platform lets you run that business: the restaurants you sign up, the customers who order, and a fee on every order that goes through.

Own the market
Sign up local restaurants and become the name your city orders from.
Earn on every order
Commission from restaurants, fees from customers, at rates you set.
Own the data
Every customer, order and restaurant sits in your system, not someone else's.
Grow on your terms
New zones, new cities, groceries or pharmacy next, when you are ready.

Hiring a team yourself

Price: Open-ended, paid by the month
Launch date: Moves as the team learns
First release: After months of hiring and building
Team: You recruit and manage it
After launch: Yours to maintain
Experience: Often new to delivery apps

Building with Appkodes

Price: Fixed before we start
Launch date: Agreed in writing
First release: Most go live in about 30 days
Team: One in-house team, managed for you
After launch: We keep it fixed and current
Experience: Food delivery apps built many times

What you get

Six apps and portals, built new for your business.

Everyone in the order gets an app or portal designed for their part of it, all connected to one system you own and control. Pick one to see what it does.

App 01 of 06

Customer app

The app your customers keep on their home screen. It has one job: make ordering quick and make the wait feel short.

Home and discoveryNearby restaurants, cuisines, offers and reorders on the first screen.
Menus with add-onsSizes, extras, notes and dietary tags, priced as they choose.
Simple checkoutCard, wallet or cash on delivery, with saved addresses and tips.
Live trackingThe rider on the map, with an arrival time that updates itself.
Reorder and favouritesLast week's order is one tap away.
Ratings and helpRate the food and the rider, or chat to support in the app.

App 02 of 06

Restaurant app

Built for a busy kitchen: loud alerts, big buttons and nothing to learn on a Friday night.

Order alertsA new order rings until someone answers it.
Accept and set prep timeConfirm, decline or set how long the kitchen needs.
Menu and stockSwitch dishes off when they run out, change prices any time.
Hours and busy modePause orders when the kitchen is full.
Sales and payoutsToday's orders, earnings and what is due to them.
Their own offersDiscounts and featured dishes, inside your rules.

App 03 of 06

Restaurant portal

The web side of the restaurant app, for the owner or manager at a desk: the menu, the numbers and the money, on a big screen.

Menu builderCategories, dishes, photos, add-ons and prices, edited in bulk.
BranchesEach location with its own menu, hours and delivery area.
Sales reportsOrders, best sellers and busy hours, by day, week or month.
Payouts and invoicesWhat was earned, what was paid and when, ready to download.
OffersDiscounts, combos and featured dishes, scheduled ahead.
Staff loginsSeparate access for managers and kitchen staff.

App 04 of 06

Rider app

Everything a rider needs to take a job and finish it, one handed and on the move.

Job alertsNearby pickups with distance and earnings shown up front.
Accept or passRiders choose jobs, or you assign them automatically.
NavigationDirections to the restaurant, then to the customer.
Proof of deliveryPhoto, signature or code at the door.
EarningsPer job, per day and per week, with tips.
Online and offlineRiders set when they are working.

App 05 of 06

Fleet portal

For whoever runs the riders: see every rider and every delivery live, and keep the fleet moving at the busiest hour.

Live fleet mapEvery rider on one map, with status: free, picking up or delivering.
DispatchAutomatic assignment, with manual reassignment when needed.
Rider onboardingDocuments, vehicle details and approval before a first job.
Shifts and zonesWho works when and where, so busy areas stay covered.
PerformanceDelivery times, acceptance rates and ratings per rider.
Rider payPer-job rates, peak bonuses, tips and weekly settlements.

App 06 of 06

Admin dashboard

One web dashboard for the whole operation, from onboarding a restaurant to paying a rider.

Live ordersEvery order and its status, with alerts when one stalls.
RestaurantsOnboarding, menus, commission rates and approvals.
Riders and zonesDelivery areas, rider availability and assignment rules.
Fees and payoutsCommissions, delivery fees and settlements to everyone.
PromotionsBanners, coupons and featured restaurants.
ReportsSales, orders, ratings and growth by day, week and zone.

Open slot · built to order

Your own portal

Your business may need something no one else has. Tell us what it is, and we design and build it into the same platform, on the same fixed price and date. Some of what clients have asked for:

Corporate ordering portalCompany accounts, staff allowances and monthly invoices.
Franchise portalEach franchisee runs their area, and you see the whole network.
Kitchen display screenOrders on a screen in the kitchen, in the order to cook them.
Call-centre orderingStaff take phone orders into the same system.
Partner and affiliate portalReferral codes, tracking and commission for partners.
Support deskCustomer tickets, refunds and order history in one place.

How it works

How an order moves.

Seven steps from a hungry customer to a rating, and every one is visible to the people who need it.

01
Customer
Placed
The customer orders and pays.
02
Restaurant
Accepted
The restaurant confirms and sets a prep time.
03
System
Assigned
The nearest available rider gets the job.
04
Restaurant
Prepared
The kitchen marks the order ready.
05
Rider
Picked up
The rider collects it and heads out.
06
Rider
Delivered
Proof of delivery closes the order.
07
Customer
Rated
The customer rates the food and the delivery.

Features

The features people expect from a food app.

Your costed plan lists which of these go into your first release, and which follow after it.

Detailed menusPrices, portions, discounts and distance, shown before anyone orders.
Fast searchCategories and filters, so a customer finds a dish in seconds.
Live trackingStatus and arrival time from the kitchen to the door.
Smart cartNotes, changes and a clear total before checkout.
SubscriptionsMonthly plans with free delivery or member prices.
Ratings and reviewsCustomers rate the food and the delivery.
PromotionsBanners, featured dishes and limited-time offers.
Loyalty and couponsPoints and codes that bring customers back.
Saved favouritesPast orders and favourite places one tap away.
In-app chatCustomers reach support or the rider without leaving the app.

Ways to earn

Earn the way your business works.

Use one of these or combine them. The admin dashboard handles the numbers.

Commission per orderA percentage from restaurants on each order they receive.
Delivery feesFlat, distance-based or peak-time fees paid by the customer.
SubscriptionsMembers pay monthly for free delivery or lower prices.
Featured listingsRestaurants pay to appear first in search and on the home screen.
Service feesA small fee per order, shown clearly at checkout.
Your own fleet, theirs, or bothDeliver with your riders, the restaurant's, or a mix.

Example order #2041

2 × Margherita, 1 × Garlic bread

Food total: $24.00
Delivery fee: $2.99
Service fee: $0.99
Commission from the restaurant, 15%: $3.60

Your platform earns$7.58

Plus subscriptions and featured listings, billed monthly. Figures are an example: you set every rate.

Who it is for

Built for your kind of food business.

No two food businesses run the same way, so no two of our apps do either. Tell us how you work today, and the app is designed around it: your menu, your delivery rules, your way of getting paid.

Delivery startups and marketplaces
Your own multi-restaurant delivery platform, with a fee on every order.
Built to fit
- Restaurant sign-up and approval, with your commission rates
- Rider onboarding, zones and automatic job assignment
- Weekly payouts to every restaurant and rider
Restaurants and chains
Your own ordering app, so you stop paying marketplace commission on every order.
Built to fit
- One app for every branch, with menus and prices per location
- Loyalty points and offers that bring regulars back
- Pickup, dine-in or delivery, as you choose
Cloud kitchens
Several brands from one kitchen, each with its own menu.
Built to fit
- Separate brands and menus, one kitchen screen
- Orders from every brand in one queue, with prep timers
- Stock shared across brands, so nothing oversells
Food trucks
Customers see where you are today and order ahead.
Built to fit
- Today's location and hours on a live map
- Order ahead with a pickup time, no queue
- Alerts to followers when you park nearby
Corporate lunch
Bulk and scheduled orders, invoiced to the company.
Built to fit
- Company accounts with staff allowances
- Scheduled daily or weekly group orders
- Monthly invoices instead of card payments
Meal kits
Subscriptions, weekly boxes and delivery slots.
Built to fit
- Weekly plans customers can pause or skip
- Menu picks by a cut-off day, then delivery slots
- Recurring billing and box-size choices
Catering and home delivery
Large orders with dates, deposits and routes.
Built to fit
- Orders booked for a date, with a deposit up front
- Quotes for custom menus and guest counts
- Delivery routes planned for large drops
Farm to table
Fresh produce from local growers, delivered the same day.
Built to fit
- Produce priced by weight, with what is in season
- Grower profiles and pickup from several farms
- Same-day delivery windows
Specialty and gourmet
Premium menus with the detail that sells them.
Built to fit
- Rich dish pages with photos, origin and pairings
- Gift orders with messages and scheduled delivery
- Members-only menus and early access

How it works

A price and a date you can plan around.

01 · Before we start
Free costed plan
Tell us the idea. You get the scope, a fixed price and a launch date in writing, free, whether you go ahead or not.
02 · Week 1
Design and prototype
Your screens in your brand. You click through a working prototype before any code is written.
03 · Weeks 2 to 4
Build and test
Our team builds your app and tests every screen. A new build reaches your phone each week.
04 · From about day 30
Launch and support
We publish to the App Store and Google Play, then keep the apps fixed, current and running.

Most first releases go live in about 30 days. Larger apps take longer, and your costed plan fixes the scope and the exact date.

What goes live first, and what follows.

Your costed plan splits the build into releases, each with its own fixed price and date. The first one is what your customers need on day one.

About 30 days
First release
- Ordering and payments
- The apps your launch needs
- Live order tracking
- Admin basics: orders, restaurants, payouts
After launch
Second release
- Subscriptions and loyalty
- Promotions and featured listings
- Ratings and review moderation
- Richer reports
When you need it
As you grow
- More cities and zones
- More languages and currencies
- Point of sale or accounting links
- Performance tuning for volume

Store launch

We publish your apps. It is in the price.

Every build ends with your apps live on the App Store and Google Play. Submission is part of the job, never an extra: we prepare everything, handle the review and fix whatever the stores ask for.

Included in every build

Store listings. Name, description, keywords, screenshots and preview images.
Privacy and compliance. Privacy details, data forms and content ratings each store requires.
Signed release builds. Built, signed and uploaded for iOS and Android.
Review and approval. We answer the reviewers and resubmit if anything is flagged.
Updates after launch. Every new version goes through the same process.

The one cost that is yours

Apple and Google charge for a developer account. It is opened in your company's name, so the apps and their listings always belong to you.

Apple App StoreUS$99 a yearApple Developer Program
Google PlayUS$25 onceGoogle Play Console

Submission, listings and reviewIncluded

Store fees are set by Apple and Google and may change.

Tech

Payments, maps and the tech behind it.

Set up for the markets you launch in. Your costed plan lists exactly which of these your first release uses.

Payments

Stripe
Razorpay
PayPal
Cash on delivery

Maps and location

Google Maps
Live GPS tracking
Delivery zones

Messages

Push notifications
SMS
Email
In-app chat

Built with

Flutter
Swift
Kotlin
Node.js
Laravel
MySQL

Price

What sets the price.

There is no price list, because no two businesses need the same app. Your fixed price comes from the scope in your costed plan, and these are the things that move it.

Get your fixed price

How many apps
Customer, restaurant, rider and admin, or fewer to start.
First-release features
What must be there on day one, and what can follow.
Payments and integrations
Each gateway, map service or outside system you connect.
Languages and currencies
One market, or several from launch.
Design depth
A clean standard design, or a fully custom look.
Launch markets
Store listings, local payment rules and tax setup.

Why the date holds

We have built food delivery apps many times.

Your app is designed and built new for your business. What we bring is experience: we already know how ordering, payments, live tracking and payouts should work, and where these apps go wrong. None of it is learned on your time, so the scope, the price and the date can be fixed.

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After launch

After launch, we stay.

Launch day is not the finish line. Phones update, stores change their rules and your business grows.

Store updates
Apple and Google release new versions of iOS and Android every year, and change their store rules more often than that. We test your apps against each new version before it reaches your customers, update what needs updating and resubmit, so nothing breaks on the day a phone updates.
Fixes
When something goes wrong, you tell us once and we take it from there. Every issue is logged, fixed, tested and released, and you know where it stands at each step. Urgent problems that stop orders come first, ahead of everything else.
Monitoring
We watch the servers, the payments and the flow of orders around the clock. If something slows down or stops, we see it first and start on it, often before a customer or a restaurant notices anything at all.
New features
Your business will grow and change, and the apps should keep up. Each new feature is scoped, priced and dated in writing before we start, exactly like your first release, so there are no open-ended bills and no surprises.
Security
Payments go through certified gateways, so card details never touch your servers. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access is limited to the people who need it, and we review and update the security of your platform regularly.
Handover
The platform is yours, and so is the knowledge. Your team gets training on the portals and dashboards, plus documentation for the code and the servers, so you can run it day to day or bring in your own developers whenever you choose.

Clients

What our clients say.

Just went live

Weeze

Brazil

A food delivery business in Brazil came to us with an idea and a date. Weeze is now live on iOS and Android, taking orders from local restaurants.

Questions

Asked before most builds.

Not here? The costed plan answers the rest, for your app.

Your idea stays yours. We can sign an NDA before you share the details, and you hear from us within 24 hours.

How much does a food delivery app cost?

It depends on the scope: which apps, features, languages, payment gateways and integrations you need. You get a fixed price in a free costed plan before any work starts, and it does not move unless you change the scope.

How long does it take to build?

Most first releases go live in about 30 days. A full system with every app and custom features takes longer, and your costed plan fixes the scope and the exact date.

Which apps do I get?

A customer app, a restaurant app and a rider app for iOS and Android, plus three web portals: one for restaurants, one for your delivery fleet and an admin dashboard to run the business.

Can it work like Uber Eats or DoorDash?

Yes. We build the same core flow: customers order from many restaurants, riders deliver, and you earn a commission or fee on each order. It is your own app, built new, with your brand and your business rules.

Do you publish the apps to the App Store and Google Play?

Yes, and it is included in your price. We prepare the store listings, submit the apps and handle the review for both stores. The only cost that is yours is the store developer accounts: US$99 a year for Apple and a one-off US$25 for Google, opened in your company's name.

Can it support several languages and currencies?

Yes. Languages, currencies and local payment gateways are set up for the markets you launch in.

Can I add subscriptions or a loyalty programme?

Yes. Membership plans, loyalty points and coupons can be in the first release or added later.

What happens after launch?

We keep the apps running: bug fixes, store updates and new features when you need them, with a short monthly report.

Will it handle growth?

Yes. It is built for thousands of restaurants, riders and orders, and we tune it as your volume grows.

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Next step

Your first release could be live
next month.

Tell us about the app you want to build. We send back a costed plan with a fixed price and a launch date, free and yours to keep.

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