How top hookup apps appear on your bank statement

Hookup apps raise real privacy concerns, from data collection to sharing your face broadly on platforms built for short-term connections. If you use a shared bank account or someone else might see your card statement, it helps to know how these services bill you and how charges may appear to a third party.

Here are the billing practices for four common hookup platforms: AdultFriendFinder, Tinder, Pure and Grindr. AdultFriendFinder is web-based, so it can’t route payments through an app store and will show up directly on your bank or card statement. Fortunately, it uses a relatively discreet descriptor: charges appear as FFNHelp.com*FRIENDF.

If that still feels too revealing, there are ways to bypass the billing statement entirely if you’re clever about it. Tinder runs primarily as an app, so subscription and in-app charges are processed through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

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