What we’ve built, month by month
Everything that has reached TailorSync shops since the app was rebuilt in November 2025, newest first. The list comes from the app’s own change history, and each entry is dated by the day its work started landing. It ends where it started, with Order Taker, our first ERP, built in Microsoft Access in 2018.
November so far is about the workshop, with a tailor on each order, reference photos, trial fittings and job cards.
3 releases
Workshop job cards and boardExpansion & Enterprise
MakeOrders get job cards that move through your workshop stages, with a board, each tailor's workload and work sent out to other workshops.
Reference photos and trial fittings
MakeAdd reference photos to each garment, book a trial fitting that prints on the order form, and add or remove lines when editing.
Give each order to a tailor
MakePick a tailor for each order from your Team list and filter orders by tailor, and tailors don't need their own login.
October rebuilt the till around tailoring orders and money at the counter, filled in the VAT return, and let AI apps like Claude and ChatGPT work with the shop.
18 releases
Staff controls
RunSet a discount limit that needs a manager above it, keep staff to their own branch and hide measurements from roles that don't need them.
AI apps that take orders
AIIf you allow it, a connected AI app can add customers, save measurements, take orders and record payments, all shown in Activity.
Connect AI apps to your shop
AIConnect an AI app such as Claude or ChatGPT and ask about your orders, customers, stock and money, seeing only what you're allowed to.
Expense receipts and repeating expenses
MoneyAttach a photo or PDF of the receipt to an expense, and set regular bills to repeat anywhere from weekly to yearly.
Pay-outs from the till
MoneyPay cash out of the till, logged as an expense if you pick a category, and closing the shift posts any over or short to your cash account.
Reverse charge and zero-rated invoices
MoneyMark a purchase or expense as reverse charge so its VAT is self-assessed, and mark sales invoices as standard, zero-rated or exempt.
VAT201 return ready to download
MoneyThe VAT201 return fills in from your sales, purchases and expenses for your VAT quarter, and downloads as a PDF or CSV.
Stock follows purchases and invoices
StockReceiving a linked purchase order adds the stock and updates the cost, and invoices can take stock out if you switch it on.
Registers and parked sales
SellSet up registers at each location and park one customer's sale to serve the next, even if the page is refreshed.
Cancel an order after a deposit
MakeCancel an order that has been paid toward and choose to refund, give credit or keep the money, with unused stock going back.
Refunds, exchanges and customer credit
SellRefund items from a receipt, swap them for something else, or keep the value as credit the customer spends next time.
Payment methods, split bills and change
SellChoose the payment methods your shop takes and where each one lands, split a payment across them, and the till works out the change.
Manager approval with a PIN
RunA manager can approve things at the till, like a refund or a short pickup, by typing their own PIN without signing the cashier out.
Garments with measurements and fabric
MakeEach garment on an order keeps its own measurements and fabric taken from stock by the metre, and a workshop copy prints without prices.
Order desk at the till
SellFind any order from the till, take the balance, mark it ready or send it back for alteration, and hand over some or all garments.
Smaller changes
- 27 OctInvoices and purchase orders on WhatsApp
- 25 OctPaid from account on bills and expenses
- 19 OctMeasurement forms for kandura and abaya
July went into VAT and the daily running of the shop, with FTA tax invoices, credit notes, GCC tax rules, cash and bank accounts, WhatsApp tracking, barcodes and a help assistant.
19 releases
VAT report by emirate
MoneyThe VAT report splits your sales by emirate for the VAT201 return and counts each order's VAT in the right period.
Tax & Compliance profile
MoneyA Tax & Compliance page checks your details are ready for UAE e-invoicing, with TRN and emirate on customers and emirate on branches.
Support tickets
RunRaise a support ticket from inside the app, attach files and follow our replies in one thread, with an email when we answer.
Barcodes, labels and scanning
StockPrint barcode labels for items and order packages, then scan at the till with a barcode scanner or the phone camera.
Activity log
RunSee who changed what and when across the shop, plus every sign-in, on the Activity page.
One phone number per customer
SellEvery customer has a phone number with its country code, and if a number is already on file you're offered that customer instead.
Order tracking link on WhatsApp
SellSend an order on WhatsApp with a private link where the customer confirms their number, sees their orders and downloads the invoice.
In-app help assistant
AIAsk how to do something by typing, speaking or sharing a screenshot, and the assistant answers in your language from the Help Center.
Services alongside products
StockAdd services to your catalogue with no stock to count, and type the price at the till when you ring one up.
Cash and bank accounts
MoneySales, payments and expenses post to the cash or bank account you choose, with transfers, statements and bank reconciliation.
Help Center inside the app
RunOver 120 step-by-step articles with screenshots cover every part of the app, and you can search them from Cmd+K.
VAT rules for every GCC country
MoneyPick your GCC country and invoices follow its tax rules and currency, with Arabic titles where needed and a ZATCA QR code in Saudi.
A tap-friendly POS counter
SellThe till got a category rail, quick-sale favourites and a sheet for size, colour, fabric and measurements you can tap through.
Tax credit notes for returns and cancels
MoneyEvery till return, cancelled invoice and cancelled order gets a numbered tax credit note that reverses the VAT, with a PDF copy.
FTA tax invoices and numbering
MoneyTax invoices show the details the FTA requires, such as TRNs and the date of supply, and each branch numbers its own invoices.
Install the app on a phone or tablet
FoundationsAdd TailorSync to your home screen and it opens like an app, picking up new versions without a hard refresh.
Quick search with Cmd+K
RunPress Cmd+K or Ctrl+K anywhere to find a customer, order, invoice or item, or jump straight to a page.
A new look for the whole app
FoundationsEvery screen moved to a new design with ledger-style lists and pages, and printed documents got the same look.
Smaller changes
- 16 JulPrinter calibration
December added branches, screens that update live, customer import from Excel, phone-friendly layouts and permissions for each role.
5 releases
Permissions for each role
RunEach role only opens the pages it's allowed to, and managers and staff get a dashboard made for their job.
Works on phones and tablets
FoundationsThe menu, the POS and the main lists now fit a phone screen, so you can check on the shop away from the counter.
Import customers from Excel
SellBring your existing customer list in from an Excel sheet, with duplicates flagged before anything is saved.
Live updates between screens
FoundationsOrders, sales, purchases and the POS refresh on their own when someone else in the shop makes a change.
Multiple branches
RunRun several branches from one account, choose which staff work where, and decide if branches share stock and customers.
Most of the core app was built this month, including customers and measurements, tailoring orders, the POS, stock, purchases, expenses, invoices and finance reports.
12 releases
Printed receipts, invoices and order forms
SellPrint receipts, invoices and order forms with your logo and TRN, on A4, A5 or a thermal receipt printer.
Finance reports
MoneySee what customers owe you, what you owe suppliers, cash flow, and profit and loss, worked out from your own sales and bills.
VAT and business settings
MoneyEnter your TRN, VAT rate and registration status once, and VAT is worked out on POS sales, purchases and supplier bills.
Dashboard and analytics
RunSign in to a dashboard of sales, revenue, orders, stock and expenses, and dig into each one on the Analytics page.
Expense tracking
MoneyRecord shop expenses by category, approve them before they count and compare spending with a monthly budget.
Sales invoices
SellRaise invoices for customers who pay later, set a due date and record payments until the balance is cleared.
Suppliers and purchase orders
StockKeep a supplier list, raise purchase orders and receive the goods against each order.
Inventory and stock history
StockList everything you stock by category, adjust quantities and see every movement, with sales at the till taking stock down.
Point of sale for the counter
SellOpen a till session, sell from your catalogue, take a deposit on custom work and close the drawer at the end of the shift.
Tailoring orders
MakeTake made-to-measure orders with a delivery date, move each one through its stages and record the advance and later payments.
Customers and their measurements
SellKeep each customer's details, saved measurement sets and order history in one place.
Shop accounts, staff logins and roles
FoundationsEach shop gets its own private account, invites staff by email and gives each person a role.
Before the app you use today: Order Taker from 2018, a first web version, and a starter.
The groundwork
Sign-in, staff roles and permissions, and live notifications were built as a separate starter between May and October, and became the base of the rebuild on 1 November.
From the starter repositories: 65 commits
The first web version
TailorSync's first web version came together in under two weeks. It had customers with their measurements, orders, payments with receipts, expenses, stock, reports and branches, a POS screen, and a page where customers could track their order. In November we rebuilt it on the foundation the app runs on today.
From the first TailorSync repository: 16 commits and 57 database changes
Order Taker
Our first ERP, built in Microsoft Access in January 2018. Its screens covered orders, measurements, tax invoices and delivery, the daily report, payment summaries and the X report. It stayed in use until 2026. In July 2026 its records moved into TailorSync: 13,495 customers and 29,417 orders.
Redrawn below from photos of the shop screen, taken in 2018 and 2020
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| ORDER N | CUSTOM | MOBILE NO | SALESMA | BILL DATE | DELIVERY DA | SUPP | MODEL | QTY | PRICE | SUBTOTAL | ORDE | ORDE | READY | DELI | ALTEI |
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| 20266 | 050 ••• •••• | KHALID | 28/01/2018 | 31/01/2018 | ZIY | 0 | 1 | AED130.00 | AED130.00 | ||||||
| 20266 | 050 ••• •••• | KHALID | 28/01/2018 | 31/01/2018 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20267 | 050 ••• •••• | KHALID | 28/01/2018 | 31/01/2018 | ZIY | 0 | 1 | AED130.00 | AED130.00 | ||||||
| 20268 | 056 ••• •••• | KHALID | 28/01/2018 | 31/01/2018 | ZIY | 0 | 1 | AED145.00 | AED145.00 | ||||||
| 20269 | 050 ••• •••• | KHALID | 28/01/2018 | 31/01/2018 | ZIY | 0 | 1 | AED120.00 | AED120.00 | ||||||
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Before Order Taker, the family’s tailoring company ran for years on generic retail POS and ERP systems. That story is on Our story.