Apps · Built in Widnes

Your own app. Your name on it.

Job sheets, safety checks, rotas, quotes. All in one app, built around how your team actually works. It runs on any phone, tablet or computer. No app store. No faff.

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Example screens of a Think Mad app on a laptop, a tablet and a phone: a sales dashboard, a staff rota and an engineer's list of today's jobs

Example screens

Already in the van, on site and at the nursery door.

Local firms we build apps for, swapping paper and spreadsheets for something with their own name on it.

  • H&S Electrical Wholesalers
  • Polycon
  • PolyChannel
  • Aztec Communications
  • Little Dragonfly Day Nursery
  • MAE Landscapes
  • Firesafe Installations

The short version

Think Mad builds web apps for businesses across Merseyside, Cheshire and the North West, from our office in Widnes. Job sheets, safety checks, rotas, quotes, dashboards and client portals, in one app with your name and logo on it. It works on any phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to download from an app store. And you get to see your app, and have a proper go on it, before you pay a penny.

Written by Luke Hilditch, director at Think Mad·Checked by a person·Updated

Sound familiar?

Brilliant at the job. Buried in the paperwork.

You didn’t start a business to chase paperwork. Off-the-shelf software does a hundred things, and none of them the way you work.

Job sheets come back crumpled, coffee-stained or not at all.

Safety checks get done. Probably. Nobody can prove it.

The rota lives in a WhatsApp group with 47 unread messages.

Quotes are in Word, prices in a spreadsheet, and the latest version is… somewhere.

Think MadRight. Let’s build you an app. Brew?

The kind of thing we hear every week. Not real quotes, just the gist.

What it does

One app. Built for the way you work.

Find your trade and have a nosy. If you do it on paper or in a spreadsheet now, it can probably live in your app.

Example screen: an engineer's list of today's jobs on a phone, with times, addresses and status
Electrical contractors

Job sheets

Photos, notes and customer sign-off, done on site. No more paper in the footwell.

Example screen: a pre-job safety checklist on a phone, four of six checks done, with photos and a sign-and-submit button
Trades & engineers

Safety checks

Nothing starts until the checks are ticked and the photos are in. Proof, not “probably”.

Example screen: a nursery rota on a tablet showing staff on shift and the ratio for each room
Nurseries

Rotas & ratios

Staff rotas that check your ratios for you, room by room, before anyone has to count.

Example screen: a QR sign-in screen on a phone with a list of who is in the building
Any building

QR sign-in

Staff and visitors scan in at the door, so you always know who’s in.

Example screen: a landscaping quote on a laptop with line items, VAT and a total
Landscapers

Quotes

Price the job in the garden and send it before you’re back in the van. VAT worked out for you.

Example screen: a drainage tank size calculator on a laptop with a recommended size and a download PDF button
Manufacturers

Calculators & PDF reports

Customers put in their numbers and get a tidy PDF report, with your name on it.

Example screen: a sales and debtors dashboard on a laptop with figures, a chart and top customers
Owners & managers

Sales & debtors dashboards

Sales, margin and who owes you what, at a glance. No more finding out from the bank balance.

Example screen: a client portal on a laptop listing sites, inspection dates and certificates to download
Fire protection & compliance

Client portals

Certificates, reports and next inspection dates in one place, so customers stop ringing to ask.

Phones Tablets Laptops & desktops Sits on your home screen

All screens on this page are examples, with made-up businesses and figures.

How it works

See your app before you pay a penny.

No sales pitch, no leap of faith. Here’s how it goes.

Step 1Have a chat

Tell us how your day really runs: the paperwork, the faff and the bits that drive you mad. Plain English, no tech talk.

You: show us the forms, sheets and spreadsheets you use now.

Step 2We build your app

Built around how your team works, with your name, logo and colours on it.

You: carry on running your business. We’ll do the building.

Step 3Have a proper go

Try it on your phone. Poke it. Show the team and the office. Tell us what to change. You haven’t paid a penny yet.

You: break it, if you can. Then tell us.

Step 4Go live

Happy? Your team pops it on their home screen and cracks on. We’re on the end of the phone if anything needs a tweak.

You: bin the paper. Or keep it for the brews.

Show me my app

What you get

Your app, done properly.

Every app is different, but this is what you can expect from us, every time.

1Built around you

  • Your name on it. Your logo, your colours and your way of doing things. Your team won’t be logging into someone else’s software.
  • Only the bits you need. No hundred-button menus. Just the jobs your team actually does, in the order they do them.

2Easy for the team

  • If they can text, they’re fine. Big buttons, plain words, made for thumbs on site.
  • No app store. It runs in the browser on any phone, tablet or computer, and sits on the home screen like any other app.

3Sorted in the office

  • Everything in one place. Jobs, checks, photos, signatures and records, searchable instead of in a filing cabinet.
  • Reports that write themselves. Tidy PDFs and dashboards with your name on them.

4After it goes live

  • Grows with you. Start with what you need now and add more when you take on staff, sites or customers.
  • A real person to ring. We’re in Widnes, on 0151 316 0110, not a ticket queue.

FAQ

App questions, answered.

Can’t see yours? Call 0151 316 0110 and ask a real person.

Do we need to download it from the App Store?

Nope. It runs in the browser on phones, tablets and computers. Add it to your home screen and it opens like any other app. There’s nothing to download.

Do I really get to see it before I pay?

Yes, really. We build it, you try it on your own phone, and you tell us what you think. You don’t pay a penny until you’re happy with it.

How much does it cost?

It depends on what your app needs to do. We’ll talk numbers once you’ve seen your app, and you won’t pay a penny before then.

Is it really our app?

It’s built for you, with your name on it: your logo, your colours and your way of doing things. Your team won’t be logging into someone else’s software.

What can it actually do?

Engineer job sheets with photos and sign-off. Safety checks before each job. Quotes. Staff rotas and ratio checks. QR sign-in. Training records. Dashboards for sales and debtors. Client portals. Calculators that produce PDF reports. If you do it on paper or in a spreadsheet now, ask us.

My team aren’t techy. Will they get on with it?

If they can send a text, they’ll be fine. We build it around the jobs they already do, so there’s nothing new to learn except where to tap.

How’s this different from off-the-shelf job software?

Off-the-shelf tools are built for everyone, so you end up working their way. Yours is built around your business, with only the bits you need and your name on the front.

Can it grow with us?

Yes. Start with what you need now. When you take on more staff, sites or customers, we add to it.

Need a website too?Back up every good word.

Your app runs the business. Your website wins the work. We build both, in Widnes, and they look like they belong together.

Your app

Fancy seeing yours?

Tell us how your business runs and we’ll show you your app, before you pay a penny. One of the team will reply within one working day, and there’s no obligation.

Show me my app 0151 316 0110

YouHiya, we’re drowning in job sheets. Could an app sort it?

Within one working day

Think MadAlright? Course it could. Want to see what yours would look like?