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Mau Baron
- App Developer (PrayerLock)
Mau Baron built PrayerLock, a Christian prayer app, in just 3 days.
Simple concept: it locks your phone until you complete a prayer session. The tagline – “Do you have 1 minute for God?”
💬 Mau writes on X…
our little mobile app just hit 13,000 reviews with a 4.9 star rating on the app store
i always had delusional belief that i would make it but i’d be lying if i said i expected it to reach this many reviews and scale. prayer lock completely changed my life
Revenue: $25K+/month, bootstrapped, all from subscriptions 🤑
His backstory 👇
last year i was posting daily with zero traction so i stopped for 8 months and just obsessed over building a successful product. by the time i came back i was at $20k/month
Mau’s not a developer either – he describes himself as “a finance bro” who used AI tools to build PrayerLock. He published a complete guide on scaling the app – 1.5 million views, 14,000 bookmarks.
Simple utility apps for passionate communities can do serious numbers. Religious groups, hobbyists, fitness subcultures – pick a devoted audience, solve one small problem, charge a subscription 🤔
