A TikTok viral makes this App the most downloaded on iOS

The power of TikTok to influence us with its viral videos, and make us fools along the way, seems to have no limits. However, at least this time it has served for a curious and interesting application to be crowned the most downloaded in the Apple iOS store . In fact, it has been placed for some time above the two apps that have always dominated that podium lately, WhatsApp and TikTok itself. We tell you what the application is about and why it has become famous , because, surely, you will also want to download it.

A TikTok viral makes this App the most downloaded on iOS

TikTok, the trendy Chinese social network, is helping to shape our society, mainly through silly videos and meaningless or downright dangerous challenges.

But, for once, it seems that he has contributed to the success of something good . In this case, an interesting app for iOS that has been placed, thanks to the viral videos of TikTok, at number 1 of the most downloaded free applications in the Apple store.

Locket, the app to put a photo of your friends as a screen widget

La app Locket para iOS

The application in question is called Locket and it couldn’t be simpler and more ingenious at the same time. What it does is allow you to place a widget on your iPhone screen with changing photos of your friends , or live photos , as its creator says.

That seems silly, but it becomes a kind of mini private social network, where you can share those photos with your loved ones. In fact, if you keep putting and changing those photos, your friends and those you love can see what you are doing directly on the screen of their iPhone, or know about you and be a little closer.

The curious origin of Locket, the fashion application for iPhone

The idea for the app came from Matt Moss , a former Apple Worldwide Developers Conference fellow.

Locket, who just graduated from college, admits that it was a personal project and he didn’t intend for it to become an app for everyone. In fact, he made it as a birthday present for his girlfriend , who was going to study abroad and they were going to be separated.

Moss thought having a photo of himself on the screen would be nice, and so have the thousands of users who are downloading it en masse. The couple used the app extensively for months, exchanging about five photos a day, which they could see just by looking at the screen of their iPhone and knowing about each other.

Since Locket also stores sent and received photos in its history section, the app also became a fun way to look back through photos.

Number 1 in downloads thanks to TikTok

@locketcamera

It’s been so much fun seeing everyone use Locket 💛 We can’t wait to keep making the app with your help. #locket #locketwidget #locketapp #widget

♬ original sound – Locket

Without Moss intending or planning, the app, which officially launched on the iOS store at the start of the year , began to be seen and shared on TikTok videos. And thanks to that, he began his rise to dethrone the usual titans, WhatsApp, TikTok and Facebook. Some of those videos, like the one from an English user, have reached more than 5 million views in a very short time.

As we can see, and for once, TikTok has served as something useful. We will see if this positive trend continues, although I would not bet money, really.