12 apps your agency can build and sell to local businesses

Short answer: the apps local service businesses pay for center on daily operations. Alori ships CRM, quotes, scheduling, jobs, invoices, and settings today. Agencies often add review follow-up, maintenance tracking, checklists, portals, and reporting on the same client data as the app grows. Within one client project, every screen you add can reuse the same customers, jobs, and invoices.

1. Service CRM

For: every service business. Replaces: spreadsheets, generic CRMs. Pitch: "All your customers, properties, and job history in one place your whole team can use."

2. Quote and estimate builder

For: contractors, roofers, landscapers, HVAC. Replaces: Word templates, separate quoting tools. Pitch: "Send a professional quote from the driveway and track what is still open."

3. Scheduling and dispatch board

For: any company with crews or techs. Replaces: whiteboards, shared calendars. Pitch: "See every tech's day and move jobs in one click."

4. Invoicing

For: everyone. Replaces: separate invoicing tools. Pitch: "Create invoices from finished jobs and track what is still owed." (Online card payments aren't built in today; clients can still collect payment however they already do.)

5. Follow-up reminders (build over time)

For: cleaning, beauty, home services. Replaces: sticky notes and ad hoc texting. Pitch: "Fewer no-shows and clearer handoffs." Texts, calls and automatic reminders are built in today, all in one thread on the customer record.

6. Review request system (build over time)

For: businesses that live on Google reviews. Replaces: paid review tools. Pitch: "Every finished job can trigger a review request when you build that workflow."

7. Client portal (build over time)

For: property managers, commercial clients, recurring services. Replaces: email back-and-forth. Pitch: "Give clients a place to see quotes, invoices, visit history, and photos when you add a portal to their app."

8. Maintenance plan tracker (build over time)

For: HVAC, pool service, pest control, lawn care. Replaces: spreadsheets. Pitch: "Never miss a renewal or a scheduled visit once you model plans and visits in the app."

9. Technician checklist app (build over time)

For: HVAC, inspections, cleaning. Replaces: paper forms. Pitch: "Every visit documented with photos, the same way every time, when you add a checklist to the job flow."

10. Online booking

For: salons, auto shops, cleaning. Replaces: booking widgets. Pitch: "Let customers pick a time that matches your real hours: each team member shares a link per kind of appointment, and both sides get an email."

11. Owner dashboard and chat

For: owners who want numbers without opening five tools. Pitch: "Ask questions about quotes, jobs, and revenue in the Alori workspace instead of exporting spreadsheets."

12. Job costing and profitability report (build over time)

For: contractors and project-based businesses. Replaces: end-of-month spreadsheets. Pitch: "Know which jobs and which services actually make money once you add the reports you care about."

How to bundle them

Start each client with CRM plus one of quotes, scheduling, or invoicing (all live today). Add items 5–12 as expansions you build on the same data.

FAQ

Can one client have several apps? Yes, and they all share the same customers, jobs, and invoices within that client's project.

Do I need to build each app from scratch for every client? No. Start from your own demo for the vertical and adapt it to each client.