400+ downloads. Still fully free. Here's where things stand.
ATLOCK crossed 400 downloads recently — no ad spend, no PR, just word slowly spreading. That's genuinely more validation than I expected this early.
The honest state of things
I'm not running this as a business yet, not really. There's no pricing tier, no premium version, no paywall anywhere. Everything — System Lockdown, File Guard, the encrypted vault, Intruder Ops — is fully free, and that's not changing anytime soon.
Building solo means every hour spent on this is an hour not spent on something else, and right now this runs entirely on personal time — no funding, no team, no revenue engine behind it.
Why I'm not rushing to monetize
A few reasons:
- I'm 13, and setting up proper payment infrastructure (Stripe, Razorpay, etc.) needs an adult account holder — that's a "later, with my parents" conversation, not a "right now" one
- I'd rather earn trust first than ask for money before the product has proven itself
- A security tool asking for payment before it's established trust just feels backwards to me
The one thing that exists right now
The only way to support the project currently is a direct UPI tip on the website — genuinely optional, no features locked behind it, nothing changes if you don't. It's just there for anyone who wants to say "this was useful, here's something back."
Heads up: UPI only works for people banking in India, so this isn't something most of this community can actually use — that's just a limitation of where I'm starting from, not a choice to exclude anyone. If you're not in India, the best "support" is honestly just using the tool, starring the repo, or telling someone else about it.
What's next
Keep building, keep it free, keep listening to feedback. If a proper Pro tier or sponsorship model ever makes sense, it'll happen properly — with my parents involved in the business side of it, not as a rushed side feature.
🔗Website 👉 https://akhouri-anmol-kumar.github.io/Akhouri-systems/
🔗GitHub 👉 https://github.com/Akhouri-Anmol-Kumar
Curious how other solo/young builders here have thought about monetization timing — too early vs. too late is a real tension.
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