{"id":23127,"date":"2021-08-23T13:47:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T21:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/?p=23127"},"modified":"2024-06-25T14:23:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T22:23:07","slug":"most-common-cheating-apps-used-for-infidelity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/most-common-cheating-apps-used-for-infidelity\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Common Cheating Apps \u2013 and Much More \u2013 to Look for on Your Partner\u2019s Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some people couldn\u2019t tell a lie to save their lives \u2013 and there\u2019s a case to be made that maybe those people make the most low-key partners \u2013 while others have no problem keeping romantic relationships and side pieces on the sly, with nary a breadcrumb for their partners to pick up on.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have good reason to suspect that your better half has, well, another<\/em> half that you\u2019re not aware of, it can be tough figuring out the first steps to take to confirm those suspicions<\/a> (especially while navigating the messy stew of emotions you\u2019re dealing with).\u00a0 Like anything else, it all starts with a first step, and in a constantly connected world, investigating the apps installed on your partner\u2019s phone is a solid first course of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheating Apps and Cheating Websites: The Breakdown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Regain<\/a>, about 25 percent of men and 15 percent of women admit to infidelity in their relationships.\u00a0 If you suspect your partner is cheating, run-of-the-mill dating apps are of course a massive red flag, and even spicier hook-up apps or bespoke cheating apps and cheating websites (they exist), as well as stealth cheating apps, are a five-alarm, blood-red banner.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But here\u2019s the thing: most cheaters will be a lot trickier than that, so you shouldn\u2019t overlook less obvious examples.\u00a0 While anyone can cheat with Facebook Messenger or DMs on Insta and X, cheaters know the apps that\u2019ll make them obvious and they\u2019ll want a little plausible deniability in their corner, so many cheats will stick to less suspicious apps.\u00a0 The truth is, any messaging app can be used to manage an ongoing affair or a quick hookup, but clever cheaters will often choose messaging apps and platforms with built-in privacy features to cover their trail.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s exactly why these are some of the most common cheating apps out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snapchat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Snapchat<\/a> falls into that sort of gray area between regular social media apps and \u201cred flag\u201d secure-communications tools that might just be cheating apps.\u00a0 In fact, the original purpose of Snapchat was to enable often-racy, short-lived communications that would then self-destruct.\u00a0 So at the end of the day, Snapchat cheating is just a question of using those default abilities the way they were intended.\u00a0 That puts it squarely on our list of potential eyebrow-raisers.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viber<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Viber<\/a> is a messaging app with some cloak-and-dagger features like disappearing messages that delete themselves after just a few minutes.\u00a0 Cheaters can use Viber to send intimate images, videos, and messages without a record of their incriminating behavior.\u00a0 Viber\u2019s Hidden Chats stay invisible until a PIN is entered that causes them to appear in the chat list, so at the very least you may be able to recover some evidence if your (soon-to-be-former) partner fesses up.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Per Sensor Tower<\/a>, Viber usually floats around the top 30 iPhone apps, and has over 2 million Android and nearly 1 million iOS downloads, making it a top-level cheating app du jour.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Like Viber, Signal<\/a> features automatically disappearing messages that are deleted after a set amount of time.\u00a0 Signal\u2019s use of end-to-end encryption means that only the intended recipient is able to decrypt the message \u2014 and that means no one else<\/em>, not even the app\u2019s maker.\u00a0 Straight from the horse\u2019s mouth, Signal\u2019s marketing says, \u201cPrivacy isn\u2019t an optional mode \u2013 it\u2019s just the way that Signal works.\u00a0 Every message, every call, every time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as cheating apps go, that\u2019s a pretty alluring prospect, isn\u2019t it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telegram<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With more than 800 million ac<\/a>tive users, Telegram is one of the most downloaded apps on the planet, making it a less obvious but still widely popular tool used by cheaters.\u00a0 Just like Signal and Viber, the latest version of Telegram has an auto-destruct feature for messages as well as secret chats that are visible only after a PIN is entered.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensing a trend yet? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WhatsApp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your partner might be using the popular chat app WhatsApp<\/a> to communicate with a secret lover.\u00a0 This app doesn\u2019t feature secret conversations, per se, but a cheating partner does have the option to manually delete incriminating text conversations from their chat history so you\u2019re less likely to find out about them.\u00a0 And at approximately 2 billion users, WhatsApp definitely has ubiquity in its corner.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Usual Suspects\u2026 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It goes without saying that if your supposedly exclusive partner has dating apps installed on their phone, you\u2019re in serious trouble.  Each dating app has its own focus, from finding \u201cthe one\u201d to finding a quick hookup, but none bode well when you\u2019re already in a committed relationship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do yourself a favor and learn the names of the most popular dating apps<\/a>.\u00a0 Some of the usual suspects still top the charts, making them common culprits for use as cheating apps.\u00a0 The most used dating apps and websites include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n