What’s that for?

Silverobama

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Joined
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Student or Learner
Native Language
Chinese
Home Country
China
Current Location
China
Tonight I went to an English club. I sat next to a college student. She noticed that I was looking at her browsing at her phone (She was browsing on the phone.) and she asked me if I was single. I said “Yes”. The she pointed to the app. Perhaps because her spoken English wasn’t good she just pointing at the app. I then said:

What’s the name of the app? What’s it for?

She then told me in Chinese that it is an app for dating men and women.

Is my question natural?
 
Tonight I went to an English club no full stop here I and sat next to a college student. She noticed that I was looking at watching her browsing at on her phone. (She was browsing on the phone.) and She asked me if I was single and I said “Yes”, then she pointed to the app. Perhaps she pointed because her spoken English wasn’t good. she just pointing at the app. I then said:

What’s the name of the app? What’s it for?

She then told me (in Chinese) that it is an app for heterosexual/straight dating. men and women.

Is
Are my questions natural?
Note my corrections above.

Your questions are both grammatically correct and natural for the context.
 

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