With Government of India banning 69 Chinese apps over concerns of national security and in the aftermath of the Galwan Vally clash, a group of young graduates from Tamil Nadu have come out with a new app called Chill5, meant to serve as an alternative to TikTok.
Harish Kumar (26), Soundara Kumar (28), Sandeep (25), Gokul (25) and Venkatesh (25) from Tiruppur have designed Chill5 app together which is said to have all functions similar to TikTok. The app has seen more than 50,000 downloads so far. It is said that the app uses a secure server and protects the privacy of the user.
In an interview to a Tamil news outlet Vikatan, Gokul said that most Indians are currently using apps that are made in other countries which has security concerns. “We wanted to come out with an app for the people that is secure app and Made-in-India”, Gokul reportedly said.
Gokul and other members of the team who run a web design company have already designed more than 50 websites for different clients.
“This is the first time we are making an app”, he said.
It was reported that the team started working on the app in January 2020 and registered the app in Google Playstore on June 4.
The team is clear that the app will not be a place for vulgar and violent content and the app has a report button for the same. They are designing an algorithm that will automatically delete such reported content.
The app also shows how many people have viewed a particular content.
The team will also be putting education related content for the benefit of students and teachers.
They said that their app did not have reach before the ban as many users preferred TikTok. “We were excited when the ban on Chinese apps were announced. We believe that people will support us by choosing our alternative”, Gokul says.
Source: Vikatan