Pure Taboo vs. Adult Time
Same trap, different storefront — here's the honest comparison, plus the option most people overlook.
Pure Taboo
Better of the two on balance — but read on for the third option.
Adult Time
Same recurring model — you own nothing when you stop.
The real difference.
How Pure Taboo works
Pure Taboo is a story-driven studio (part of the Adult Time family) specialising in taboo roleplay and dramatic scenes.
A recurring membership that auto-renews; often bundled with or upsold alongside a larger network subscription.
How Adult Time works
Adult Time is a studio subscription service — a large, Netflix-style library of scenes and series behind a recurring membership.
A recurring monthly or annual subscription that auto-renews; the streaming-style framing encourages you to keep it running indefinitely.
The day-to-day differs, but they share the thing that matters: both keep billing you, and with both you own nothing once you stop. So the honest comparison isn't really Pure Taboo vs Adult Time — it's recurring versus owned.
Side by side.
| Pure Taboo | Adult Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing model | Recurring site membership | Recurring site membership |
| What you actually pay for | Recurring membership (often a trial) | Recurring membership (often a trial) |
| Where the cost really goes | Trial converts to full price; monthly for occasional use | Trial converts to full price; monthly for occasional use |
| Cancellation route | Cancel in the billing settings; access runs to the end of the period. | Cancel in your account settings; access runs to the end of the billing period. |
| Editorial score | 6.9/10 | 6.6/10 |
Why people leave each.
Leaving Pure Taboo
Narrow in focus, priced as a full membership, and the upsell to the wider network adds cost — with no ownership.
Leaving Adult Time
It is the streaming model applied to adult content: you rent access and lose it all on cancellation.
How to cancel each.
Cancelling Pure Taboo
Cancel in the billing settings; access runs to the end of the period. Check whether a bundled network sub is also billing you.
Cancelling Adult Time
Cancel in your account settings; access runs to the end of the billing period. Simple enough, but an annual plan locks you in for the year unless you catch the renewal.
Note that cancelling one does nothing to the other, and neither cancellation refunds the term you have already paid for — it stops the next charge. That is the practical cost of running both at once, and the reason a single fixed payment is the only version of this with no diary entry attached.
Skip the monthly meter. Own the library instead.
Selected Content is a one-time payment for lifetime access — downloads you keep, nothing to cancel, 30-day money-back guarantee.
See the pay-once option that beats both →Frequently asked.
Is Pure Taboo or Adult Time better?
They run the same billing model, so the honest answer is that neither structurally beats the other — it comes down to catalogue preference. On our rubric Pure Taboo scores higher on billing transparency, cost predictability and cancellation ease.
Which is cheaper, Pure Taboo or Adult Time?
Neither has a single comparable price — one is recurring site membership and the other recurring site membership, so the cheaper option depends entirely on how much you use it. Over a year, any recurring plan loses to a single one-time payment.
Can I cancel Pure Taboo and Adult Time the same way?
Cancel in the billing settings; access runs to the end of the period. Cancel in your account settings; access runs to the end of the billing period. So no — check each separately, because a cancellation on one does nothing to the other.
Do I keep anything if I stop paying?
No. Both are rented access — everything you were paying for disappears when the subscription ends.