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Grindr!? - OOOOONF! - Do better!!
You know what made me not want to pay for premium on this app? It was the fact that when I had it, still I would get the “boost” notifications for no actual benefit other than just a pat on the back for the CEOs who own this app 🙄. I used to love this app and it sometimes still has its benefits, but I just don’t understand why it ever would cost as much as they are charging when the cons far outweigh the pros of this app 💸. The CEOs aren’t even a part of the community, 🤡 they just claim they hire people from the LGBT community, suresure 💅🏼. Let’s see them bump that money they are charging for subscriptions down to a reasonable amount and Grindr will finally be seen as a useful app for the LGBT community, instead of a leech on it. But the CEOs don’t actually care. I can see this application go way of the dodo 🦤 very soon if good changes aren’t made in full-jest. People will pay only for so long before they question the true value of what it is they are paying for, once that happens everyone will realize they are overpaying for something that should essentially be free with how many ads play on a near per-second basis. If you ask me it is relentless price gouging and isn’t that technically illegal and exploitative? Hmmm 🤔Show lessCody.Cakes
My thoughts on Grindr
I was 23 when I was first introduced to Grindr. I still keep up with him till this day, but still back then grinder was still new, but it was OK. Had issues with people, scamming and tricking people into sending pictures or asking for money and not all of the suspects were caught in innocent people end up losing their accounts like I did, and even though I was warned only once they still didn’t let me back into my account from what ever the person that falsely reported me, said even though he is the one at fault 😞 and let’s not forget about what’s happening in Egypt which grinder the police are using Grindr to arrest people that use the app basically discriminating gay people so they need to be careful😢 but nowadays the app seem to be getting better because I guess they moved on to different more popular apps. They are still people here but it’s not as bad and the only thing I have issue with is all the ads that keep popping up and having to spend so much money just to do something simple, especially with all these new features they added it’s ridiculous but times are tough now so we’re all doing our best. I just wish some people would stay humble. This app is supposed to be used to find quick or long lasting romance. You should remember that everyone.Show lessashwing25
Please stop pushing “boost” down our throats
If we pay for a membership one of the “benefits” is no ads. So why is Grindr hitting us with popups, chat messages, and even ads in the grid view of people online? Its spam. You’re spamming your own customers! And dont get me started on “taps” which is not working correctly and hasnt for some time. Someone taps you and you get a notification yet when you go the “tapa” tab there is nothing there so you don’t know who tapped you. Sometimes it will show up days later. So grindr can work on creating new ways to spam us with “boost” messages but cannot fix issues with their app. One makes money, one costs money. I’m all done when my membership expire. Update: Today, after an update, I tried s to open grindr and the grindr icon appears and a yellow stripe spins around it. Finally it says “please reinstall the grindr app from the app store”. Are u kidding me? So lose all my favorites, chats, blocks, and i dont even remember my email and password because its been years since ive had to put all that in. This app should be banned for how criminally broken and useless it is. I have to laugh because the update notes for grindr said the update was to fix bugs and more connections”. They cant even write a proper sentence and this update has TOTALLY broken the app!! Its unusable!Show lessJu388303
Do not subscribe
Update: April 8 “update” is a miserable failure (am I surprised? Nope!). All I’m getting is a black screen.
DO NOT PAY FOR THIS APP. The band of incompetents that runs this garbage should be ashamed of itself. FIFTEEN YEARS later and they still can’t get it right! It is truly stupefying! So you fixed some of the recent notification bugs in the last update—congratulations? It only took you several updates over several months to fix what every other app in the universe gets right in version 1.0. Many of my messages STILL get stuck in Sent status and never delivered, blocking STILL does not work, I STILL can’t see taps until I force quit the app, and the app STILL often can’t find my location even when every other location based app on my phone has no issues at. It angers me to think about how many missed connections I might have due to the bugs on this app. Not to mention that it’s wildly expensive and it’s not for gay men anymore. I pre-paid for a year’s subscription for a service that just gets worse, while still showing me ads. Apple needs to adjust their ratings system because I don’t know how an app that gets so trashed in reviews can still have an overall rating close to 5 stars. Once my subscription is over I will never pay for this app again because THESE PEOPLE DO NOT CARE. Listen to their recent earnings call. All these people are about is monetization at every opportunity, while offering robotic empty words about providing value to customers.Show lesstotawy
Do not subscribe
DO NOT PAY FOR THIS APP. The band of incompetents that runs this garbage should be ashamed of itself. FIFTEEN YEARS later and they still can’t get it right! It is truly stupefying! So you fixed some of the recent notification bugs in the last update—congratulations? It only took you several updates over several months to fix what every other app in the universe gets right in version 1.0. Many of my messages STILL get stuck in Sent status and never delivered, blocking STILL does not work, I STILL can’t see taps until I force quit the app, and the app STILL often can’t find my location even when every other location based app on my phone has no issues at. It angers me to think about how many missed connections I might have due to the bugs on this app. Not to mention that it’s wildly expensive and it’s not for gay men anymore. I pre-paid for a year’s subscription for a service that just gets worse, while still showing me ads. Apple needs to adjust their ratings system because I don’t know how an app that gets so trashed in reviews can still have an overall rating close to 5 stars. Once my subscription is over I will never pay for this app again because THESE PEOPLE DO NOT CARE. Listen to their recent earnings call. All these people are about is monetization at every opportunity, while offering robotic empty words about providing value to customers.Show lessWhat’s going on? It’s gotten so bad.
When I log in, messages don’t refresh unless u force close the app and restart. I get notifications of taps even though I turned off this feature within the app. Sometimes my filters e.g. age, online now, tags etc disappear. I might have one or two available to me but must force close and restart to get them back. Frequently not being notified of new messages despite the thread not being muted. Frequently getting notifications for threads that ARE muted. The ability to search messages is missing. Blocked accounts show up in the cascade minutes after I’ve blocked them. Messages hang in sending status. I can’t delete them. They don’t timeout. And I can’t force them to try again. I have to retype it or send a screenshot. Clicking a notification that brings me into the app will take me to the conversation. But the conversation never updates (seems to hang) and the users status is unclear. I have to leave the message and reenter the message to see the reply and reply myself. And the latest update screwed up the Bitmoji keyboard. I can no longer send Bitmojis in the app because Grindr appears to have disabled the keyboard. And if that isn’t enough, every time I log in now I’m met with a message telling me to turn on my location before forwarding me to my settings…. Where it IS turned on. I go back to the app and that warning is gone. Makes no sense.Show lessWombatmatty
Joke.
I’ve been on Grindr for a long time now, probably for 8 years now, and I’ve seen the fluctuations with the user interface and the development of it being a subscription app. With said development, I can understand the desire for the company to make a profit, however the current state of the app is the worst it’s ever been. Messages won’t load, and even if they do load, there would be three notifications letting me know “DTFDOMDADDY tapped you”. (I made sure to double check all settings to see if I made an error for this too but no). It’s hard for an app to rely on conversations and it’s the most tedious aspect of it. But even before you message, the free version of the app keeps getting limiting and limiting with how many people you can see on the grid. Then when you see someone on the limited grid to message them, an advertisement (for me it’s those stupid mobile game ads) that completely distracts me from that conversation I wanted to have. One might argue that hey, maybe you just need to buy premium! Or I think in terms of this app, XTRA. But I’m sorry, I’m not paying money to be able to hold a conversation, I can just go to any social media for that. It’s just really sad to see the state of such an iconic gay dating app not be elevated to the status it should be.Show lessAloy the Machine Hunter
Do not subscribe
DO NOT PAY FOR THIS APP. The band of incompetents that runs this garbage should be ashamed of itself. FIFTEEN YEARS later and they still can’t get it right! It is truly stupefying! So you fixed some of the recent notification bugs in the last update—congratulations? It only took you several updates over several months to fix what every other app in the universe gets right in version 1.0. Many of my messages STILL get stuck in Sent status and never delivered, blocking STILL does not work, I STILL can’t see taps until I force quit the app, and the app STILL often can’t find my location even when every other location based app on my phone has no issues at. It angers me to think about how many missed connections I might have due to the bugs on this app. Not to mention that it’s wildly expensive and it’s not for gay men anymore. I pre-paid for a year’s subscription for a service that just gets worse, while still showing me ads. Apple needs to adjust their ratings system because I don’t know how an app that gets so trashed in reviews can still have an overall rating close to 5 stars. Once my subscription is over I will never pay for this app again because THESE PEOPLE DO NOT CARE. Listen to their recent earnings call. All these people are about is monetization at every opportunity, while offering robotic empty words about providing value to customers.Show lessAre the Xtra and Unlimited worth the monthly costs?
The cost of Xtra and Unlimited use to be fairly reasonable. It has noticeably increased and some may say has even increased significantly. The options to choose from were one week, one month, six months or one year for subscriptions to the Xtra and Unlimited add on options. Additionally and without additional charges or needing purchasing add ons, I was able to see at least the profile pic and view the profiles of those who viewed my profile. Seeing that isn’t allowed unless an add on is purchased. This takes some of the nostalgia and fun out of the app for those of us that may not use it on a consistent basis. Please help me understand the benefits of the Xtra and Unlimited options beyond the displayed descriptors describing them and the associated costs of those add on options that make it worthy of the monthly cost of which a six month membership subscription use to cost. I’d appreciate an explanation easy to understand because as of now, it makes no sense, I don’t see any significant improvements except for the costs for Xtra and Unlimited rising significantly.Show lessEnjoyed Skepticly
Do not pay for this app
This app is so glitchy even if you pay for it. I am not out and live in a small city. I pay $40 a month for Unlimited so I am able to use the “Incognito” mode and not be seen. Two days ago the app stopped letting me use any of the Unlimited functions so everyone was able to see my profile when I logged on. By the time I deleted my picture it was too late. The grindr developers need to fix this, it is not only unacceptable but it’s dangerous. Grindr is outing people with these glitches. The developers need to ensure that this doesn’t happen. It’s unacceptable when they’re charging almost $500 a year to use the additional “features”. Another other thing that happens even if you pay is Grindr STILL has pop-ups. $500 a year is not enough. They keep begging you for $8 for a “boost” and your inbox is full is “sponsored” messages. GRINDR IS GREEDY. They don’t care if they out you or if you already pay $500 a year for the app. They only care about your money. No matter how much they charge for it they are still going to have pop ups and want more money for a “boost” or some other gimmick. Absolute garbage. “Ad free” is a scam. *Edit* I stopped paying for the app to see what the free version was like. The answer is… absolutely unusable. Ads every 10 seconds. If you set certain filters you can only see 4 people. Trash. I hope everyone jumps ship to something better. Sniffies from here on out. ✌🏼Show lessGpnuser
Developer Response
Hi there, We're so sorry that you weren't able to stay in Incognito mode! Please reach out to us right away at hello@grindr.com so we can look into this and assist.
