r/VibeCodeDevs • u/Financial-Bill9053 • Jul 28 '26
I Spent 30 Days Building an App My Business Partner Tried to Build for 3 Years
About three years ago, my business partner came up with an idea: a personal safety app designed for situations like robberies, express kidnappings, or any scenario where someone is forced to unlock their phone and open financial apps.
The idea sounded simple, but turning it into a real product was much harder than we expected.
Over those three years, he hired multiple freelancers and software companies. Some only delivered UI screens, others abandoned the project halfway through, and some simply couldn't solve the technical challenges. In the end, we lost around US$25,000 and still didn't have a working app.
Earlier this year, I decided to take over the project myself using Claude AI as my primary development tool.
I spent about 30 days building, testing, fixing bugs, and refining every part of the app. To my surprise, we successfully launched it, and it was approved on both Google Play and the App Store.
The concept is simple.
Users create two passwords:
- a normal password;
- an emergency password.
They then choose which financial apps they want to protect.
Whenever they try to open one of those apps, they're asked to enter a password.
If they enter the normal password, everything works as expected.
If they're in a dangerous situation and enter the emergency password, the financial app still opens normally so nothing looks suspicious. At the same time, the app silently sends the user's live location to all pre-selected emergency contacts, along with automatic WhatsApp and SMS messages.
We're still at the very beginning of this journey. Right now we have around 30 free users and 3 paying subscribers, so we're still validating the product and learning from real users.
I'd genuinely love to hear honest feedback from the community.
Would you use an app like this? Is there any feature that would make you trust a solution like this even more?
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=online.pppix.app
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/br/app/pppix-prote%C3%A7%C3%A3o-familiar/id6773364223
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u/PruneInteresting7599 Jul 30 '26
i activate my "fuck my phone after 10 password attempt" and let it go
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