Lockin Club

Lockin Club started from a habit I never expected other people to adopt.

I began posting timelapses of myself working on Twitter, mostly as a way to keep myself accountable. To my surprise, they started reaching a lot of people. It turned out that recording a timelapse while working was already a simple but effective productivity technique many people used to stay focused. My friend Vidit and I thought this experience deserved to be a product, so we opened a waitlist that grew to more than 500 people before eventually launching Lockin Club on iOS.

At its core, Lockin Club turns timelapses into a productivity tracker. You start recording yourself before you begin working, and because your phone is busy recording, it naturally stops being a source of distraction. Instead of reaching for social media every few minutes, you stay present with the task in front of you and slip into a flow state much more easily.

I still use Lockin Club almost every day while reading, writing, or building things. By the time the recording ends, there's something incredibly satisfying about watching a two-hour timelapse and knowing you stayed committed to one thing without constantly checking your phone.

In a world where our attention is pulled in every direction, this has become one of the simplest systems that consistently works for me. It doesn't force productivity. It simply removes the temptation to get distracted.

Beyond the app, we also built a Discord community where people share their timelapses, stay accountable, and motivate each other to keep showing up. Watching hundreds of people use a habit that started as something so personal has been one of the most rewarding parts of building Lockin Club.