Field reports on paper
Crews fill in forms at the yard, the site or the wellhead, and someone retypes them at the office days later. Invoices wait on that retyping.
Calgary software and app development
Custom software development for Calgary operations, built and demoed weekly
Ojastra does custom software development for Calgary businesses, from energy service and industrial contractors to agribusiness, logistics and construction. You get a fixed price before work starts, you own the code, and every week you click through a working version.
We're based in Toronto, which for Calgary clients means video calls, a demo each week and a trip out for kickoff when it pays off. Calgary runs two hours behind us, so we book your 9 a.m. at 11 a.m. our time.
Fixed price. You own the code. A working demo every week.
Where Calgary crews and offices lose hours
Safety and compliance records scattered across folders
Inspections, certificates and equipment logs live in email and shared drives, so an audit turns into a week of searching.
Industry software that fits half your process
Packages built for the whole sector charge a lot and still miss how your crews bill. You end up running a spreadsheet beside them.
App quotes from $15K to $100K with no explanation
Three quotes can describe three different products. Ours comes after a one-week blueprint, with the scope in writing.
What we build for Calgary businesses
Field service and dispatch for energy and industrial contractors
Work orders, crew scheduling, time and materials captured on a phone, and an invoice drafted from the finished job.
Inspection, safety and compliance records
Digital forms with photos and signatures, expiry reminders for certificates and equipment, and one searchable record when an auditor asks.
Equipment and asset tracking
Where each unit is, when it was last serviced and who has it, for rental yards, service companies and equipment dealers.
Order and delivery tools for agribusiness
Order desks, delivery scheduling and inventory for feed suppliers, equipment dealers and processors serving Alberta's farms and ranches.
Booking and ticketing for peak-season operators
Event, hospitality and tour businesses that surge around the Stampede and the summer drive to Banff, with systems built to take the load.
AI for daily reports and estimates
Field notes turned into draft reports, quotes built from your price sheet, with a person approving before anything goes to a customer.
Software for Alberta's working economy
Calgary's economy has long been tied to energy: oil and gas producers, pipeline and utility operators, and the engineering, fabrication and service firms that support them. Those businesses carry heavy documentation, strict safety and regulatory paperwork, and crews spread across remote sites, which is where mobile forms, dispatch tools and clean reporting save the most hours.
Agriculture surrounds the city, from cattle ranching to grain, along with the equipment dealers, feed suppliers and processors that serve it. Calgary also sits on major road and rail routes, which makes it a logistics base for western Canada. Seasons drive both worlds, so software has to cope with harvest, calving and winter shutdowns.
Calgary is a gateway to Banff and the Rockies, and the Stampede fills the city every July. Short, sharp peaks like these are why a booking or ticketing system needs testing for the busy week, not just an average Tuesday.
What it costs
Fixed prices in Canadian dollars. The blueprint fee is credited in full when you go ahead with the build.
| What you get | Price (CAD) | Typical time |
|---|---|---|
| BlueprintWorkflow map, key screens, fixed quote and build schedule. 100% credited to the build. | $1,500 | About 1 week |
| Internal tool that replaces spreadsheetsOps dashboard, job tracker, CRM, inventory or scheduling. | $12K–$40K | 4–10 weeks |
| Customer-facing web or mobile appBooking, ordering, client portal or marketplace. | $20K–$60K | 6–12 weeks |
| Rescue an AI-built or broken appAudit, fix, secure, deploy and hand over. | $5K–$20K | 2–6 weeks |
| Care planHosting, monitoring, fixes and small changes. | From $500/month | Monthly |
Field tool, asset tracker or customer app: the blueprint produces one fixed price, and changes to scope are priced in writing before they start. See all prices.
How we work
1. Plan
A free written plan within 48 hours, then a one-week blueprint ($1,500, credited to the build) that ends in one fixed price and a schedule.
2. Build
A working link to click every week. Milestone payments, no hourly surprises. Scope changes are priced in writing before we build them.
3. Care
You own the code and accounts from day one. Optional care plan from $500 a month for hosting, fixes and small changes.
Software we built and run
pickup.kitchen
Our own live ordering and meal-plan platform for food businesses.
- Each kitchen gets its own storefront on a subdomain or custom domain
- Stripe payments and a Shopify POS integration
- Live order tracking, delivery routes and a driver app
Naina
An AI coaching app we took from idea to paid MVP.
- Upload screenshots, get a score and the top fixes
- Email one-time-code sign-in and a paid pass
- AI output checked by its own test suite
Questions owners ask us
How much does custom software development cost in Calgary?
Most projects fall between $5K and $60K CAD. A single automation or integration is $5K–$12K, an internal tool such as field service or asset tracking is $12K–$40K, and a customer-facing app is $20K–$60K. The one-week $1,500 blueprint comes off the build price.
Why choose a Toronto software company for a Calgary project?
We run the project by video with a demo every week, so you see progress without anyone travelling. We can fly out for the kickoff when it helps, and meetings are booked around Mountain Time.
Can the software work at remote sites with no cell signal?
Yes. Field screens can save forms, photos and signatures on the phone and send them when a connection returns. We test that behaviour deliberately, with the phone in airplane mode.
Do you build mobile apps, or should we look for an app developer in Calgary?
We build both: iPhone and Android apps and web apps, usually $20K–$60K for a customer-facing one. Anything that is only a $1,000 template falls outside our work, so if you're comparing us with a web design company, expect a conversation about what the site must do.
Do you offer IT consulting in Calgary?
We advise on business systems: what to buy, what to connect, what to custom-build, with prices. Day-to-day IT support, device management and network monitoring are not services we provide.
Could our project qualify for SR&ED, IRAP or BDC funding?
Possibly, if the work is technically new. SR&ED tax credits and NRC IRAP funding look for technical uncertainty, and BDC LIFT lending is for companies with revenue above $1M. We prepare the documentation, and your accountant, NRC or BDC decides.
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