Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat
Description
Grindr is the world’s #1 free dating app serving the LGBTQ community. If you’re gay, bi, trans, queer, or even just curious, Grindr is the best and easiest way to meet new people for friendships, dates, and whatever else you’re looking for. On a trip? Grindr is an indispensable tool for LGBTQ travelers—log in to meet locals and get recommendations for bars, restaurants, events, and more. With Grindr in your pocket, you’ll always be connected to other LGBTQ people around you and have your finger on the pulse of what’s happening. Ready to get started? Creating your profile is easy, and you can share as much or little about yourself as you like. Within minutes you’ll be ready to connect, chat, and meet up with people near you. Grindr is faster and better than ever: • See people nearby based on your location • Chat and share private photos • Add tags to share your interests • Search tags to find others based on their interests • Create private albums to share (and unshare) multiple photos at once • Filter your search to find what you want • Star your favorites and block others • Report people easily and safely Looking for even more? Upgrade your Grindr experience to XTRA for more features, more control, and more fun: • No 3rd party ads • See up to 600 profiles at once • View only people who are online now • View only profiles with a photo • Filter by position, relationship status, and more Want the ultimate Grindr experience? Upgrade to Grindr Unlimited for our most premium features: • Unlimited profiles • Full access to your Viewed Me list • Incognito mode - browse profiles without being seen • Unsend messages and photos • All XTRA features Need help? If you are experiencing any issues, you can get support by contacting us through https://help.grindr.com Grindr Ads: Grindr (excluding XTRA and Unlimited accounts) includes third-party advertising, which involves the sharing of limited data with our Ad/Marketing partners as described in our privacy policy. Grindr does not share any of your Grindr profile information with Advertising or Marketing partners. You can adjust your third-party advertising privacy settings within the app at any time. Grindr Subscriptions: Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the renewal price within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period unless you change your subscription preferences in your App Store account settings. You can manage your subscriptions at any time through your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when making a purchase of an auto-renewing subscription. Grindr, Grindr XTRA & Grindr Unlimited are for adults 18 years and older only. Profile photos depicting nudity or sex acts are strictly prohibited. Terms of Service: www.grindr.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: www.grindr.com/privacy-policy/
What's New
We’ve improved the app to make it even better: less bugs, more connection. To make sure you never miss out on new features, keep your automatic updates turned on.
Details
- Developer
- Grindr LLC
- Main Category
- Social Networking
- Version
- 26.9.2
- Version Release
- 2026-06-04
- Initial Release
- 2009-06-25
- Size
- 632 MB
- Age Rating
- 17+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO and 4 more
- Bundle ID
- com.grindrguy.grindrx
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.45 (382,980)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-06-16
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
Free Rankings
Paid Rankings
No rankings
Competitive Benchmark — Social-Networking Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 5 | Telegram Messenger | Free | ★ 4.01 | 271,413 | 19 | 2026-06-09 |
| 6 | Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out | Free | ★ 4.70 | 3,459,321 | 1 | 2026-06-15 |
| 7 | Google Meet | Free | ★ 4.76 | 2,332,324 | 54 | 2026-06-15 |
| 8 | GroupMe | Free | ★ 4.72 | 1,559,051 | 14 | 2026-06-16 |
| 9 | Messenger | Free | ★ 4.66 | 12,721,856 | 29 | 2026-06-10 |
| 10 | TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited | Free | ★ 4.79 | 905,353 | 3 | 2026-06-15 |
| 39 | Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat | Free | ★ 4.45 | 382,980 | 10 | 2026-06-04 |
User Reviews
Forced things are annoying. You’re making me want to avoid you, not listen to you.
Until I started receiving spam 3 months ago everything was ok. I have continuously had problems with contacting Grindr for help because they say thank you for reporting issues. Now I have been a premium member for 8 months. The current problem that I have is that I am only showing up in a foreign country and not my location in the USA. If anyone on here is a attorney please feel free to contact me as to how I can successfully get this problem solved and taken care of.
Every time they update this app it gets worse. Now all the people are 50-200 miles away. Worthless really.
This app is almost $300 USD per year for “unlimited” and you’re still littered with ads for ED meds, Madonna, and other junk. The unlimited membership is junk. Oh and don’t forget the bots. You’ll be so frustrated with bots trying to solicit you for money and subscribing to their personal sites. Total junk overpriced extortion. Paying $300 is a waste. Take your money elsewhere.
Grindr's operating philosophy can be summed up - in reality not in their own words because their words are meaningless - as: frustrate users with obfuscating ads, create an environment that divides the LGBT community by age and appearance, pit gays against bis and straights, foment bad behaviors and bias, and do all of this on an app that fails in almost every single aspect except that of making its owners wealthy. ANY other app but this one!
Cancelling. Seriously money grab is just exploiting the community. Will migrate to other apps.
app forcefully changes their nice black yellow icon to disgusting rosè icon
Of all the dating apps, this one is the most toxic. Awful invasive ads, endless spam, ENDLESS spam. Having Madonna shoved down my throat in a pandering effort to support her new album is the last straw. Nope. Deleting. There are other and much better options.
They are pushing so hard to monetize that you can barely use it for the ads. And why are they forcing Madonna so heavy? She was washed up before I was born, no matter how much she pays to have grindr force her onto people it wont bring her back 🤷🏻. Grindr— Do better. Acting like you’re ran by all straight men who don’t have a clue what the app is.
No one wanted the app icon forcibly changed. No one with a paid subscription wants ads that are disguised to look like a profile. The app is getting worse with every update. It’s really sad.
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