Independent UX ethics review
Partner with us to make your brand consumer-sensitive and ethical.
Dark Patterns Audit is an independent review practice for product teams who want proof, not opinion. We audit your app and website for manipulative UX, document every finding with evidence, and help you design experiences people can trust — before regulators take an interest.
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Section 01
A dark pattern is a choice your user never made.
A dark pattern is an interface that nudges people into actions against their own interest — a buried cancel button, a pre-checked subscription, a countdown that never ends. Individually they feel like small frictions. Together they erode trust, drive churn, and increasingly carry legal weight.
Consumer-protection rules in the EU, UK, and US now treat manipulative UX as a compliance risk. An audit turns a vague concern into a documented, defensible record — so your brand can say, with evidence, that it puts consumers first.
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What the audit examines
Rogues
Misleading consent, hidden fees, fake urgency timers, and confirmation-hoax buttons.
Obfuscation
Confusing layouts, jargon-walled terms, and pricing that hides the real cost.
Privacy Zuckers
Dark patterns around data collection, consent, and third-party sharing.
Retention traps
Cancel flows, auto-renewals, and account-closure steps designed to frustrate.
Surfaces & flow
Onboarding, paywalls, and subscription tiers reviewed for honest framing.
Compliance mapping
Each finding cross-referenced to the regulation it could touch.
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How a partnership works
Intake
We scope your product, audience, and the markets where you operate.
Investigation
Trained reviewers walk every screen and flow, logging each pattern.
Findings report
A sealed report with evidence, severity, and the rule it implicates.
Remediation
We work with your team to redesign flagged flows and re-verify.
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Request an audit, or start a partnership.
Tell us about your product and where you operate. We reply within two business days with a scoping call and a fixed-fee quote.
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