Our story
Built by a developer who got tired of Googling mystery bank charges and landing on outdated Reddit threads.
Every month, millions of people check their bank statements and see charges they don't recognize. They Google the charge descriptor — something like "RECURLY*NETFLIX 866-555-8024" — and land on a 3-year-old Reddit thread with 2 replies, or a government website from 2009.
We built WhatIsThisCharge.net to fix that. One search bar. Instant answers. Works for any charge in any country in any language.
It's completely free and always will be.
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We never charge users. We never sell user data. Ads keep the lights on.
Next.js 15
Web framework
Supabase
Database
Claude AI
Charge identification
Vercel
Hosting
Cloudflare
Security & geo detection
TypeScript
Language
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