$800 Spent on Replit (In One Month)... And I Don't Regret It.

I've been working on my app for over a month, and I finally feel that it is a full, finished product, ready to release to the app store. However, I still wanted to share it with everyone so I could get some feedback before I published. (Skip to TL;DR at the bottom if you don't want to read it all)

I started building this app a little over a month ago. I'm getting into window cleaning as a business (Also created a website for that business with replit; clearedge-usa.com), and I've been using the door to door approach to get customers. I hired a few sales reps on indeed and I was looking for a good way to assign territories to sales reps, track all the doors knocked, and have the sales get booked directly into my calendar, and sent straight to my workers as well.

I did some searching for an app that could do all of this for me, but every app that already existed fell short of what I really looked for in an app like this, looked outdated, and was very expensive. I saw this and immediately thought, I would just build my own app. With my competitors with apps that were subpar to my expectations already making $3 Million+ per month, I knew I had to get into this. (Yes per MONTH, and the app only had 1k reviews).

The feature that separates my app the most from any other app is that it automatically identifies every single house and address in the territory you select. Salesmen don't have to worry about adding each and every house to the map, which on every other app could take an entire minute per house. The app also has worker integration where you don't just add your sales reps, you can add your workers too, and they get notified when they're assigned a job, can clock in and out from the app, and the app rates their efficiency based on revenue per hour worked.

Even if this app weren't to be successful (which I would really doubt), I still have a product that I can always use for free from now on. I would have spent $800 either way over time if I had chosen to use someone else's app, so I'm glad I made my own.

I'm pretty proud of the app so far but it's for sure not done yet. I plan on adding some AI features in the future and I'm going to focus on perfecting the UI first since I feel like it looks a little too "vibecoded" right now. There's 3 different pricing plans, a 14 day free trial on every plan, and a free tier with 1 territory forever.

Visit my app HERE: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/repgrid/id6764744345

I attached my app screenshots below so you guys can get an idea of what it looks like on the App Store. Feel free to leave a review if you'd like to help me out and drop any suggestions or critics in the comments below, I'll take a look at all of them. 🫡

I'm publishing to Google Play Store today or tomorrow, I'll update you guys whenever that happens.

TL;DR: I built a door to door sales/territory management app for my window cleaning business after every existing app fell short. It auto-detects every house in a territory, manages reps and workers, handles clock-in/out, and tracks worker efficiency. Just launched on the App Store, would really appreciate feedback.

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