Vikarabad man makes it ‘app’en after TikTok ban

Vikarabad man makes it ‘app’en after TikTok ban

Sushil.Rao@timesgroup.com

Hyderabad: 02.07.2020

Banking on the void created by the ban on Chinese social networking platform TikTok, a 29-year-old man from Vikarabad has developed a similar video sharing app.

‘ChatPat’, which was put up on Google Playstore on June 28, already has 15,000 downloads and been given 4.2 stars out of five. The app specifically mentions that it is made in India.

The developer of the app, Naskanti Srinivas, said that the ban on TikTok incidentally coincided with the release of ‘ChatPat’. “I was working on the app for the last 15 days because I felt an Indian app should be available to people instead of a Chinese one. Incidentally, with the ban on TikTok, my app started getting huge traffic,” Srinivas of Nawabpet village in Vikarabad told TOI.

Srinivas studied B.Com (computers) and has so far created six apps, including an online shopping platform. While the rest of his creations did not get adequate attention, ‘ChatPat’ was an instant success. He has said that he learnt everything about app development from YouTube. “I now have to increase the server capacity so that many people will be able to download and work on it,” Srinivas said.

Chevella MP Ranjith Reddy has congratulated Srinivas. “What Srinivas has come up with is commendable and I have assured him to give any support that he needs,” said Reddy.

One of the first users of the app is one Shiva of Vikarabad. He has identified himself on his ‘ChatPat’ account with the name @Madapathi814744276. “Naskanti Srinivas you did a great job. All the best for your furture,” he said while appreciating the developer of the app.

Some of the users have also posted their old TikTok videos on the new platform.


I was working on the app for the last 15 days because I felt an Indian app should be available to people instead of a Chinese one. Incidentally, the ban on TikTok came at the time when I put up ‘ChatPat’ on Google Playstore and my app started getting huge traffic

Naskanti Srinivas| APP DEVELOPER