Services · Mobile app development · Self-storage apps
Codeeo handles self-storage booking app development in Riyadh for facility owners, warehouse landlords who are converting space into rentable units, and moving firms adding storage to their service. Renters pick a unit size, see live availability, sign the agreement, pay and receive their access code without visiting a front desk, while your staff manage every site from one admin system.
Riyadh renters book on their phones in the evening and expect an answer before they hire a van. An app that shows real availability and confirms the unit on the spot keeps that booking with you rather than with the next listing they find.
200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer
What the app can include
Most storage operators in Riyadh still take bookings by phone and WhatsApp, then type the details into a spreadsheet. That works until a second site opens or a busy month arrives, when double bookings and missed renewals start to cost real money. The app replaces that chain with one record per unit, per renter and per payment.
Every feature below can be switched on per site, so a small location does not carry screens it never uses. Riyadh demand has a particular shape. Families moving between apartments in the northern districts need short stays, government and corporate staff relocating to the capital need somewhere to hold furniture while housing is arranged, and online sellers need a small room close to their customers. Warehouse stock is concentrated in industrial areas such as Al Sulay, so many new operators are landlords subdividing larger buildings. We design the first release around whichever of these groups fills your units, then add the rest in later releases.
Renters describe what they need to store, such as a studio, a three bedroom villa or a pallet of stock, and the app suggests a unit size. Availability comes straight from your unit register, so a room shown as free is genuinely free at that site today.
Renters choose the right unit first time and staff stop answering size questions.
Individuals confirm their identity through Nafath before the agreement is issued, and company renters add their commercial registration. Identity details are stored once, encrypted, and shown only to staff roles that need them.
Verified renters on every unit without photocopying ID cards at the counter.
Your agreement, in Arabic and English, is generated with the unit, term and access rules filled in. The renter reads and signs inside the app, and both sides keep a dated copy in their account.
Signed contracts on file before the renter reaches the gate.
First month and deposit are paid at booking through a Saudi payment gateway. Monthly or quarterly renewals can be charged to a saved card, with reminders sent ahead of each due date and receipts issued automatically.
Rent collected on time without chasing renters by phone.
Where your site uses keypad gates or Bluetooth smart locks, the app issues a personal code or key on payment and withdraws it when an account falls overdue. Access logs show who entered and when.
No keys to hand over and a clear record of every visit.
Online shops and small distributors can add team members, record what is stored in each unit and authorise couriers to collect on their behalf. Invoices carry the company details they need for their own books. Access can be limited to named staff and set hours.
Commercial renters stay longer because the unit works as a small stockroom.
If you run trucks or partner with a removal firm, renters add a pickup slot, the address from their national address record and the number of items. Drivers see the job in their own app.
Storage and transport sold together in one booking.
Many Riyadh households leave the city for long stretches in the summer or rent out a furnished flat while abroad. The app offers fixed term plans with a start date, an end date and an optional collection and return, so renters book the whole period in one step and receive a reminder before the plan ends.
Seasonal demand booked weeks ahead instead of arriving all at once.
Managers walk the site with a phone: move-in and move-out inspections with photos, overlocks on overdue units, maintenance notes and cleaning checks, all tied to the unit record.
Each unit's condition is documented when tenancies change.
Owners see occupancy, upcoming move-outs, overdue accounts and enquiry sources across every Riyadh location, and can change unit rates or promotions without a developer.
Pricing and marketing decisions based on what is actually let.
Who this is for
Self-storage in Riyadh is still a young sector compared with older markets in the Gulf, and the businesses offering it come from different starting points. A purpose built facility needs different screens from a landlord letting part of a warehouse. These are the four situations we see most, and how the first version changes for each. Each version shares the same unit register underneath, so moving from one model to another later does not mean starting again.
You have units, gates and staff ready, and you want online bookings from day one. We build the full renter flow, the agreement and payment steps, and the staff app, and we connect the gate system if it offers an interface. Launch marketing pages can share the same unit data so prices and availability match everywhere. We also set up the price rules per unit size and term, so a three month booking and a twelve month booking each show the correct rate.
The unit register is the first thing we model.
Owners in Riyadh's industrial districts sometimes partition a large building into lockable rooms for smaller tenants. The app gives those tenants a self service booking and payment route, while you keep a light dashboard. Business accounts and longer terms usually matter more here than consumer features. Rent is often quarterly or annual, so the payment flow supports longer terms and bank transfer confirmation as well as card payments.
Longer business terms shape the payment flow.
Moving firms already meet customers who need somewhere to keep furniture between homes. We add storage as a step in the moving booking, with the truck, the crew and the unit confirmed together, and the storage invoice running monthly after the move is finished. Your crews can photograph and list items as they are loaded, so the renter sees exactly what went into the unit and what came back out.
Storage becomes a recurring line after a one off move.
You already have renters and a waiting list, but bookings live in chats and a shared sheet. We import your existing units and tenancies, migrate payment history where it exists, and switch renters over with a guided first login so nobody has to sign a new agreement. Renters who preferred WhatsApp still get a link to the app, and staff can create bookings on their behalf during the changeover.
Migration is planned before any screen is designed.
How we work together
Riyadh clients can meet our team in person, which helps when the scope involves several sites and several managers. Most storage operators begin with a fixed scope first release covering booking, payment and access, then keep a monthly retainer for improvements. Groups opening several facilities across the city sometimes prefer a dedicated team that stays with the product while new sites are added. Whichever route you choose, the scope, the people on your project and the order of releases are written down and reviewed with you before work starts.
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
We pick the stack around your gate hardware, your payment gateway and the team who will maintain the app, usually a cross platform mobile app with a web dashboard and a cloud backend hosted in a region you approve. Everything is documented so another team could take it over.
01Mobile
02Data and cloud
03Marketing and tracking
It depends on the number of sites and the hardware you need to connect.
A single site with online booking, payment and a staff app is a much smaller build than a multi-site group with smart locks, van booking and business accounts. We agree the first release scope in the workshop and write the dates down before design begins. Integrations are the usual variable, because gate systems and payment gateways each have their own approval steps, so we start those conversations in the first week. A trial at one site comes before the wider rollout, and its length is agreed with you rather than fixed in advance.
Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.
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