ForumTelegram botMini App
Internet Safety School 4.0
A 5-day forum: a bot and a Mini App for participants and organizers.
- 3 access levels
- Schedule and participant ranking
- User account and feedback
- Mass mailings
- Admin panel
Telegram Mini App Development for Stores, Booking and Loyalty
We build a Mini App in Telegram: prototype, design, back end, payments, launch and handover of the source code to you. Customers open the app right in Telegram, download nothing, sign in without registering and pay without leaving the chat. We fix the price and timeline in the contract.
- from $1,700 price
- 3–5 weeks for a catalog and requests
- No sign-up sign-in through Telegram
- 3 months of free fixes after launch
Goals
What a Telegram Mini App does: store, booking, loyalty
A Mini App is a website or service that opens inside a messenger. Your customers already use Telegram, so they do not need to search for anything or install anything.
- Online store in Telegram
Catalog, cart and payment inside the chat. The buyer picks a product, places an order and pays without leaving Telegram.
- Appointments and reservations
The customer picks a time and confirms the booking on their own. For a billiards restaurant in Moscow we built a booking Mini App.
- Loyalty card in Telegram
Bonuses, personal offers and QR code scanning. The guest needs no plastic card and no separate app.
- Events and forums
Schedule, registration, a participant's user account and a ranking. We built these features for two forums, covered below in the cases.
- Clubs and communities
Member profiles, member search, booking and payment. Members find each other, book and pay in one place.
- Catalog and requests
If online payment is not needed, the app shows products or services, and the customer leaves a request.
In plain words
Mini App, bot and regular app: what is the difference
Telegram Mini App is sometimes called Telegram Web App. It is a screen that opens in a window over the chat and works like a familiar app.
- Bot
Works as a conversation: the person taps buttons and reads replies. It suits mailings, simple requests and notifications. A catalog with photos or a booking calendar is awkward in a chat.
- Mini App
Opens in a window with full screens: catalog, cart, calendar, user account. We design the look and the screens for your task.
- Regular app
You have to find it in an app store, download it, install it and register. For a one-off purchase or booking, these are extra steps.
What your customer gets
- No download. The app opens from a chat, from the bot menu or from a link. No app store needed.
- Sign-in without registration. Telegram tells the app who has arrived, so logins and passwords are not needed.
- Payment in the chat. The customer picks a product, taps “Pay” and confirms the payment without leaving Telegram.
The bot and the Mini App work together. The bot sends mailings, and the Mini App shows the catalog, schedule and user account. This is how the project for the Internet Safety School 4.0 forum is built.
Prices and timelines
Telegram Mini App cost: prices and timelines
Three typical formats. We give the price and timeline for your project after the brief (a description of your task) and fix them in the contract.
| What we build | Price | Timeline | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalog and requests | from $1,700 | 3–5 weeks | A catalog of products or services and taking customer requests right in Telegram. |
| Store with payments | from $3,100 | 5–8 weeks | Catalog, cart, order and payment inside Telegram. Payment methods: YooKassa, CloudPayments, SBP (Russia's instant payment system) or Telegram Stars. |
| Service with a user account | from $5,000 | 8–12 weeks | A user account with, for example, a profile, booking, payment and a ranking. It suits clubs, forums and services with regular customers. |
A rush build costs about 25% more, and the timeline is about 20% shorter. The final price is fixed in the contract after the brief and does not grow after that. Dollar amounts are approximate: our prices are set in rubles.
What the Mini App cost depends on
- Set of features. Cart, booking, bonuses, ranking, user account: the more screens and rules, the more work.
- Payments. We connect a payment service and the payment methods you choose.
- Admin panel. A page for you, where you change products and schedules and view requests yourself.
- Integrations. Data exchange with 1C (an accounting program) and a CRM (a system for working with customers): amoCRM or Bitrix24.
- Timeline. A rush launch costs about 25% more.
We break a loyalty card with a QR code, a booking or an event down into screens and features at the prototype and estimate stage. This stage takes 3–5 days.
How we work
How we build a Mini App: stages and guarantees
You see a result every 1–2 weeks, pay by stages and receive the source code.
Six steps from idea to launch
- Intro · 1 day
A chat in Telegram or a 30-minute call. We write the technical specification (a description of what needs to be done) ourselves.
- Prototype and estimate · 3–5 days
We draw rough screens with no styling and calculate the price. You see how a customer will go from start to an order or booking.
- Design · 1–3 weeks
We style the screens. Two rounds of revisions are included in the price.
- Development · stages of 1–2 weeks
We build the app in parts. After each stage we show a working build (a demo).
- Testing and launch · about 1 week
We test on real devices and under load, then publish in Telegram.
- Support and growth
By agreement. 24/7 monitoring, failure alerts in Telegram, a monthly report.
Guarantees and terms
- NDA before we discuss your idea
We sign a non-disclosure agreement first, and then you tell us what you want to build.
- Price and timelines do not grow
They are fixed in the contract after the brief.
- Staged payment
The next stage starts after you accept the previous one.
- Code and access are yours
We hand over the source code, access and documentation. The rights are set out in the contract.
- 3 months of free fixes
We fix bugs found after launch at no extra charge.
- Demo and prototype
We show a working build every 1–2 weeks. If you stop after the prototype, you keep it.
Cases
Cases: Mini Apps for forums, a club and a restaurant
Four projects with a Mini App. In total, the studio built more than 50 projects in its first year.
ClubMini App
Business club
A Mini App for club members: booking, meeting other members and payment.
- Booking
- Member search
- Profiles
- Payment
ForumMini App
Legal forum in Moscow
A Mini App with a schedule, registration and a user account. It includes a game module with a ranking.
- Schedule
- Registration
- User account
- Game module with a ranking
RestaurantWebsiteMini App
Billiards restaurant in Moscow
A website and a booking Mini App with a loyalty card.
- Bonuses
- Personal offers
- QR scanning
- Booking
See how it looks
On the home page, in the phone window, you will find a demo Mini App for Grain, a coffee shop: order-ahead coffee with payment and a loyalty card. This is a demo built by the studio. It is not a client project. See how a Mini App looks and behaves inside Telegram.
Technology
What a Telegram Web App runs on: technology and integrations
We choose technology for the task. We take into account the number of users, the payment methods and the integrations you need.
- Telegram Mini Apps
- Telegram Bot API
- Telegram Stars
- TON Connect
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Vue
- Nuxt
- Svelte
- Node.js
- Go
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Docker
- YooKassa
- CloudPayments
- SBP
- 1C
- amoCRM
- Bitrix24
- YandexGPT
- GigaChat
We write the screens the customer sees in TypeScript with React, Vue or Svelte. The server side, where orders, users and bonuses are stored, runs on Go, Python or Node.js.
Telegram Stars is Telegram's internal currency for payments. TON Connect links a crypto wallet. 1C (the most common accounting system in Russia), amoCRM and Bitrix24 are accounting and CRM (customer management) programs, and the app exchanges data with them. YandexGPT and GigaChat are Russian AI models. We connect them if the app needs a smart assistant.
Reliability
Speed and reliability in plain words
The Mini App opens in your customer's chat, so it has to load fast and work without failures.
- Fast screens
Pages and screens open in under a second.
- 24/7 monitoring
Failure alerts come to Telegram, and a monthly report shows the state of the app.
- Daily backups
Every day we back up orders, customers and bonuses.
- Load testing before launch
Before launch we check how the app behaves when many people open it at once, for example on the day of an event.
- Data under 152-FZ
We store personal data in line with 152-FZ, Russia's personal data law. We host the app in the Russian clouds Yandex Cloud, Selectel and Timeweb Cloud, or on your servers.
- One-minute rollback
Code goes through code review and automated tests. If something breaks after an update, we bring back the previous version in a minute.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Didn't find the answer? Message us on Telegram and we'll figure it out together.
How much does Telegram Mini App development cost?
A Mini App with a catalog and requests costs from $1,700, a store with payments from $3,100, and a service with a user account from $5,000. These are starting prices: the final cost depends on the set of features, payment methods, admin panel and integrations.
We give the exact price after the brief and fix it in the contract. It does not grow after that. You can get a rough estimate in the calculator on the home page.
How long does development take, and can it go faster?
We build a catalog and requests in 3–5 weeks, a store with payments in 5–8 weeks, and a service with a user account in 8–12 weeks. The prototype and estimate take 3–5 days.
If you need it faster, a rush build is possible: about 25% more on the price, and the timeline is about 20% shorter. We show a working build every 1–2 weeks, so you see progress as the work goes.
How is a Mini App different from a bot, and do I need both?
A bot talks in a chat format: buttons, replies, mailings. A Mini App opens in a window with screens, like a website or an app, but inside Telegram and without installation. You do not need to publish it in the App Store or Google Play.
Often a combination works best. The bot sends reminders and mailings, and the Mini App shows the catalog, schedule and user account. This is how the project for the Internet Safety School 4.0 forum works. We will tell you what fits you at the intro.
How does work on a Mini App start?
With an intro. It takes 1 day: a chat in Telegram or a 30-minute call. It is enough to say what problem you want to solve. We write the technical specification ourselves.
If you have a logo, a product list or examples of apps you like, send them over. We sign an NDA (a non-disclosure agreement) before we discuss your idea.
Who owns the Mini App and who supports it?
We hand over the source code, access and documentation to you, and the rights are set out in the contract. After launch we fix bugs for free for 3 months.
After that, you can agree on support and development: 24/7 monitoring, failure alerts in Telegram and a monthly report.
Can you connect payments, a loyalty card and 1C or a CRM?
Yes. We connect payments through YooKassa, CloudPayments, SBP (Russia's instant payment system) or Telegram Stars. We built a loyalty card with bonuses, personal offers and QR scanning for a billiards restaurant in Moscow.
The Mini App exchanges data with 1C (the most common accounting system in Russia), amoCRM and Bitrix24. Customers' personal data is stored under 152-FZ (Russia's personal data law) in Russian clouds or on your servers.
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Let's talk
Tell us about your idea. Within one business day we will send a plan and an estimate
Keep it short, in your own words. We'll ask a few questions and suggest two or three options for different budgets.