Services · Mobile app development · Security guard management apps
Codeeo handles security guard management app development in Riyadh for licensed private security companies and the facility teams that hire them. Guards get one Arabic first app for clocking on at their post, patrol checkpoints, incident photos and handovers. Supervisors see who is standing where across the city in real time, and clients get proof of coverage without waiting for a spreadsheet at the end of the month.
Our Riyadh team can sit with your operations room and walk a live post before anything is designed. That matters, because the gap between what a roster says and what happens at a gate on King Fahd Road at three in the morning is exactly what the app has to close. It is also where most guarding software bought off the shelf falls short.
200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer
What the app can include
A guarding contract in the capital rarely looks like one building with one gate. A single company might cover office floors in Olaya, a compound in the north of the city, a construction yard on the eastern edge and extra gates during Riyadh Season, all in the same week. Each of those posts has different post orders, different client contacts and different evidence the client expects to see.
So we start from the post, not the guard. Every location gets its own instructions, checkpoints, visitor rules and reporting format, and the guard app simply shows whoever is on shift what that post needs from them. Supervisors work from a live map and a queue of exceptions. Managers get the attendance and incident history they need for invoices and contract reviews. Nothing here is mandatory; we choose the set that fits your contracts and leave the rest for later releases. These are the parts Riyadh operators ask for most often.
Guards clock on only when the phone is inside the boundary of their assigned post, with a selfie check if you want one. Late arrivals and empty posts raise an alert to the duty supervisor straight away, instead of surfacing when a client calls to complain.
Every post shows who is actually there, minute by minute.
For office towers in districts such as Olaya and the King Abdullah Financial District, the lobby guard registers visitors, scans ID, prints or sends a pass and notifies the host. Contractors and delivery riders get their own faster lanes with time limits.
Front desks stop relying on paper visitor books.
Tags fixed at plant rooms, car park levels and fence lines prove each round was walked in order. Missed or rushed checkpoints are flagged, and the route can change by time of day without reprinting anything.
Patrol claims backed by timestamps, not signatures.
When an operator takes on gates for a Boulevard concert or a season venue, the app builds a temporary roster, briefs each guard on their gate and bag search rules, and tracks headcount per entrance during the night.
Large temporary teams briefed and accounted for in one place.
Riyadh summers are hard on guards standing at outdoor gates and construction perimeters. Supervisors can set rest and rotation reminders for exposed posts, and guards can request relief from the app if they feel unwell.
Welfare built into the roster rather than left to chance.
Guards request a swap or report sickness from the app, and the supervisor sees qualified, available colleagues nearby before approving. Long cross city drives at rush hour are a real cost in Riyadh, so the suggestion list favours guards already close to the post that needs cover.
Gaps filled faster, with less overtime and less driving.
Guards log an incident with photos, short video, voice notes in Arabic and a location stamp. The report follows a set template per client, goes to the supervisor for review and can be shared with the client in a clean format.
Clients receive consistent reports they can act on.
Malls, hospitals and venues with family or women's areas need female guards at specific posts. Rosters can tag those posts so they are only filled by suitably assigned staff, and replacements follow the same rule.
Sensitive posts never filled by the wrong person in a rush.
A web dashboard for the operations room shows live posts across the city, open incidents, missed patrols and guards who have not checked in. Supervisors can reassign cover and message a post directly.
One screen for the whole city instead of a wall of phone calls.
Facility managers log in to see attendance, patrol completion and incidents for their own sites only, and to download monthly summaries. This is often what wins a renewal when a procurement team compares guarding suppliers.
Clients see the service they pay for.
Who this is for
Guarding in the capital is a Saudi-only profession under the private security rules, and that shapes the people using the app: young Saudi guards comfortable on smartphones, supervisors who grew up in the field, and clients who increasingly ask for digital proof. The right first release depends on which of these situations you are in. Many companies fit more than one, and the app can grow to cover each in turn.
Most growing operators in Riyadh still run shifts through group chats, phone calls and handwritten books at each gate. We replace that with a focused first version covering clock in, patrols and incident reports, then add rostering and the client portal once your supervisors trust the basics. Our team can train supervisors in person at your Riyadh office, and supervisors then onboard their own guards, which keeps adoption in the hands of people the guards already know and listen to.
Start with attendance; it pays for the rest.
Companies running towers and compounds often subcontract or employ guards alongside cleaning and maintenance staff. The guard module can sit next to your existing work order system, sharing sites, buildings and client records, so your facility managers see security alongside everything else they already track for each property. Security incidents can also raise maintenance tickets automatically, for example a broken barrier or a failed light at a Riyadh compound gate.
Riyadh Season and the city's growing calendar of concerts, exhibitions and sports bring surges of temporary staff. You need fast onboarding, gate briefings, headcount and incident capture for a few nights, then a clean record afterwards. We design for that rhythm rather than for a permanent post, with event templates you can copy for the next booking, so a venue you secured last winter takes minutes to set up again rather than a full day of spreadsheets.
Offline mode matters at crowded venues where signal drops.
Perimeter patrols, vehicle gates, material deliveries and night lighting checks on major projects around the capital generate a lot of evidence. The app records each gate movement with plate photos and patrol times, and produces the daily security log the main contractor or developer asks for. When a delivery goes missing or a fence is cut, you can show exactly who passed which point and when, which protects both your guards and your contract.
How we work together
Most guarding companies begin with a fixed scope first version covering attendance, patrols and incidents, and then keep a monthly retainer for new sites and features. Larger operators with several contracts sometimes take a dedicated team that sits close to their operations room. Because part of our team is based in Riyadh, workshops, supervisor training and pilot reviews can happen face to face. Cost depends on the number of post types, how many systems we connect to, whether you need a client portal in the first release and how much offline capability the sites demand.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
Cross platform mobile apps for Android and iPhone, a web dashboard for the operations room, and cloud hosting chosen with you so that data residency and NCA control expectations are met for the Riyadh clients you serve, including ministries and listed companies with strict vendor reviews.
01Mobile
02Data and cloud
03Marketing and tracking
It depends on how many post types and integrations go into the first release.
A first version with clock in, patrols and incident reporting is the quickest route, because the logic is shared across most posts. Rostering engines, payroll exports and a client portal add time, as do any special rules for events or construction sites. We agree the scope and the dates in writing after the discovery visit in Riyadh, and we pilot on live posts before the full rollout so timing reflects real conditions. Operators who already have clean site lists and rosters usually move faster than those who are still assembling them.
Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.
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