Food Delivery AppConceptLadle
Food delivery from local kitchens: ordering, live tracking and partner tools.
A food delivery app for customers and restaurants: menus, cart and UPI payments, live rider tracking and a partner app for accepting orders.
- Category
- Food Delivery · Mobile App
- Designed for
- iOS & Android
Why Ladle exists
The problem
Local restaurants pay high marketplace commissions and juggle tablets from several delivery platforms, while customers want speed and live tracking.
The product
Ladle gives customers fast ordering and live tracking, and gives restaurants one partner app for orders, prep times, sales and payouts.
Built for: Food delivery startups, restaurant groups and cloud kitchens.
- Restaurant discovery and menus with dietary labels
- Cart, offers and UPI or card payments
- Live rider tracking and ETAs
- Partner app for accepting and preparing orders
- Prep-time and sales insights for restaurants
- Ratings, reorders and support in-app
Walkthrough
Hungry Users, Busy Kitchens
Two apps designed for two very different moments: deciding what to eat and cooking it fast.
- 01
Discover
Search, categories, offers and top-rated kitchens nearby.
- 02
Menu & Cart
Clear veg and non-veg labels, bestsellers and a one-tap cart.
- 03
Live Tracking
Order stages, rider details and a live map with ETA.
- 04
Partner Orders
New, preparing and ready orders with prep timers and sales.
Every screen
The full experience.
What makes it different
Real-Time From Kitchen To Door
Orders, kitchen status and rider location stream live to every party, with dispatch that balances distance and prep time.
Fast Discovery
Nearby kitchens, menus and offers.
Live Tracking
Rider location and accurate ETAs.
Partner App
Accept, prepare and hand over orders.
Payments
UPI, cards and weekly payouts.
How it’s built
The technology stack.
The architecture we would build this on today, and why each piece earns its place.
- Mobile app
React Native with Expo · TypeScript
One codebase for iOS and Android with native performance
- Offline data
SQLite on device with background sync
The app keeps working with a weak or no signal
- API
NestJS on Node.js · PostgreSQL
Shared business rules with the web platform
- Notifications
APNs and FCM via Expo push
Timely alerts without a third-party marketing SDK
- Real-time
WebSockets · Redis pub/sub
Order and rider updates in under a second
- Dispatch & maps
Routing API with a custom assignment service
Riders matched by distance and prep time
- Payments
Razorpay (UPI, cards) with split settlements
Local payment methods and automatic restaurant payouts
- Release
EAS Build, over-the-air updates, staged store rollouts
Fixes reach users in hours, not store-review days
More inside
Order, Cook, Deliver.
Customer and restaurant journeys, end to end.
Ratings & Reorder
Quick ratings and one-tap reorders of past meals.
Payouts
Daily sales, commissions and weekly settlement for restaurants.
What comes next
On the roadmap.
What a second release would add once the first one is in real users’ hands.
- 01Rider app with batching
- 02Scheduled orders and subscriptions
- 03Group orders
- 04Kitchen display system
- 05Loyalty and referrals
Related
Services and industries behind this work.
Concept project
Need Something Like This?
This is concept work: the product design, screens and architecture we would start from. If your business needs food delivery or on-demand apps, we can scope a first release with you, usually within a week.
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