UX Pattern Anti-Pattern Checker
Flag the dark patterns eroding trust — and your long-term conversion.
3 dark patterns is a trust liability — and increasingly a legal one under consumer-protection rules. Short-term conversions bought this way cost more in refunds, churn and brand damage than they earn.
Dark patterns inflate the metric you optimise and degrade the ones you don't measure — trust, retention and word of mouth. They're also increasingly regulated.
About this calculator
Check your experience for manipulative dark patterns like hidden costs, confirmshaming and forced continuity, and get an integrity score plus the trust risk they carry.
Everything runs in your browser — nothing you type is sent anywhere or stored. Use it to sanity-check a plan, pressure-test a channel, or brief a team before you commit budget.