Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm the founder of Locksy — and I've been building mobile apps for over 17 years. Locksy is the most ambitious thing I've ever shipped. Here's the idea that started it all: every social app in existence starts your countdown the moment the recipient opens the message. We flipped that. On Locksy, the timer starts the second you hit send — whether they've opened the app or not. Both sides are racing the same clock simultaneously. Miss it and it's gone forever. No replays. No second chances. That one architectural decision changes everything about how a message feels. It's not a notification sitting in an inbox. It's a live event between two people. What's in the current build: Secret Drops — locked photos, clips, voice notes and messages with a live dual-sided countdown timer. Your friends don't even need the app — drop something to anyone and the clock starts instantly. Backroom — private, ephemeral group rooms for your real circle. No randoms, no algorithm, no audience. Set the room to vanish in days, months, years — or keep it forever. Pulled in. Locked in. No outsiders. Locksy's Smart Camera — a single-tap, convertible multimedia camera that switches between photo, video, voice and text in one tap. No lenses, no filters, no friction. Built different from the ground up. Locksy AI Remix — in restricted beta right now, rolling out soon. Prompt-based photo and clip transformation built natively into the Drop flow. Type what you want, watch it cook, drop it before time runs out. No presets. No limits. Locksy is available exclusively in the US on the App Store. Free always. Would love to hear what you think — especially from anyone who's tried building something for the teen social space. It's a harder problem than it looks. 🔒

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4d ago

The countdown pressure actually works, made me way more intentional about what I send. Surprised the AI remix turned my blurry rooftop shot into something that actually looked cinematic before the timer hit zero.

2h ago

Locksy

Only app where the countdown starts the moment you hit send!

Only app where the countdown starts the moment you hit send!