# Cash App 12 Hacker News commenters recommended Cash App and 31 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended for simple payments and easy signup; critics say weak identity checks let scams through and victims get poor support. ## Why people recommend it - Good software, innovative early on (2 comments): "Square and Cash App were pretty innovative when they came out" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47639675)) "Venmo and Cashapp are good at software." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928921)) - Used for sending money to family (2 comments): "I will be giving a greeting card with cash or just cash app family members." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314384)) "they can't use venmo\cashapp, then the OS is dead in the water from day 1" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46175428)) ## What people warn about - Weak verification enables scams (6 comments): "cashapp is designed in such a way that when I hear people want to use it I bail immediately because it's a strong signal a scam is about to happen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50210164)) "If Cash App had run some sort of bank-level verification, I doubt a garden-variety scammer could've "stolen her identity" like this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50195588)) "creating a system with so few checks that it appears to be designed to facilitate fraud and theft" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50196595)) - Poor help for scam victims (5 comments): "Cash App who facilitated the scam and actually cost the buyer actual money... walks away with no repercussions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50195974)) "CashApp failed to investigate and provide vital information to victim while she was being investigated" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50203910)) "CashApp stonewalled the victim and prevented proper investigation before charges were formally filed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50203813)) - Settlement amounts favor the company (2 comments): "Cash App's stock transfer records in the app vs their backend reports and bank transfer amounts don't reconcile and always in their favor." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50202866)) "Their app and backend reports report different settlement amounts always in their favor" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50202852)) - Phone number account linking problems (2 comments): "they're obsessed with phone numbers there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761932)) "they're obsessed with phone numbers there, so adding the phone to the second account pulls it off the other account" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46737787)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Wero](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wero.md): 84 recommend - [Apple Pay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-pay.md): 73 recommend - [Google Pay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-pay.md): 26 recommend - [Google Wallet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-wallet.md): 22 recommend - [Curve Pay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/curve.md): 22 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://cash.app/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Cash App", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cash-app/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).