# Curve Pay

22 Hacker News commenters recommended Curve Pay and 11 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a tap-to-pay card that works on GrapheneOS and other de-Googled phones. The most common caveat is poor support and account verification problems.

## Why people recommend it

- Works on GrapheneOS and de-Googled phones (6 comments): "According to a few sources, Curve Pay works fine on rooted / non-attested Android devices." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49117166)) "I paid for my lunch with Curve Pay on GrapheneOS today." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224786)) "There's Curve Pay which works on GrapheneOS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49143151))
- Works for tap-to-pay (4 comments): "Curve works and you can set that up as a replacement for Google Pay." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47245760)) "I paid for my lunch with Curve Pay on GrapheneOS today." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224786)) "you can use curve pay which can tap to pay" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48570283))
- Works across Europe (4 comments): "Curve worked for me everywhere in Poland, Czechia, Germany, Austria, Romania and Sweden." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49807176)) "there are other providers which work fine (Curve Pay I think works in all of EU)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045833)) "It seems to be European too which is another big plus." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47215880))
- Reliable in everyday use (4 comments): "I use the Curve "proxy card" and it works fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47229354)) "Curve works on GrapheneOS. I use it weekly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47215473)) "Curve currently works great for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49809770))

## What people warn about

- Poor support and verification problems (3 comments): "I had a very weird (bad) experience with Curve support so I couldn't recommend it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48570164)) "wasn't able to get through curve verification process. No reasonoble support." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374172)) "I had plenty of troubles with curve" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49364929))
- Privacy and biometric data concerns (2 comments): "the problem I had with Curve is that this privacy policy is a bit trash, and their DPO was unresponsive when I tried to exercise some of my GDPR rights" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50223605)) "I've never been comfortable with sending companies such biometric data." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48567637))
- Requires Google services on some phones (2 comments): "It requires Google Play services but with limited permissions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47215425)) "Curve has been requiring Google Services for months now it seems. Tried to get the thing working on my GrapheneOS the app won't start without them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50220997))

## 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
- [Swish payment app](https://hackerapproved.com/p/swish.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.curve.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Curve Pay", https://hackerapproved.com/p/curve/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).