Archer User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience20.4% of reviews
Neutral13.9% of reviews
Negative experience65.7% of reviews

~ Based on 309 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Archer Safe?

Archer: Gay Dating & Chat appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Archer is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 21,735 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

89.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 21,531 App Store ratings for Archer.

Is Archer Legit?

Archer: Gay Dating & Chat is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Archer is 35/100.

Based on 35 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Score capped because this app is no longer listed.

Top reviews

Grady

Every guy who is close enough to be with me isn’t in Archer’s in Clayton NC 27527.

Amazing gay dating app for guys.

Amazing app I would recommend it.

All Bots, no bros

Archer seemed really promising at first. I loved the idea of being able to see the location of the people I was chatting with, making sure they were actually in my city, and being able to see their face upfront. All of that felt exciting—especially for a free app—and it gave the impression that Archer was trying to bring more transparency and safety to gay dating. At launch, it honestly felt like it could be something different and refreshing.
Unfortunately, that excitement didn’t last long. Every single match I’ve made has either been a bot or someone who clearly wasn’t located anywhere near me, despite what the app claimed. I’ve run into multiple situations where people used fake photos, chatted with me briefly, then blocked me—only to reappear later with the same picture, a new name, a different age, and a different location. This keeps happening, which makes it feel like there’s zero real verification or accountability. That’s incredibly frustrating and, more importantly, concerning from a safety and security standpoint.
This app was marketed as something that would revolutionize gay dating and hookups, but over the past few months I honestly haven’t reaped a single benefit from using it. Ironically, I’ve had better luck on Facebook Dating, which says a lot. Maybe Archer will improve in the future if they add real verification and crack down on fake accounts, but as it stands right now, it feels like a waste of time—and quite frankly, a potential breach of user security and safety. One star.
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Good app

This is a good app to meet people, chat and make friends. I rely on my filters to keep the less desirables at bay.

Scammers and unclear purpose

This app can’t seem to decide if it’s for dating (language in prior ads) or hookups (current language in app). And almost everyone who reaches out is a remote scammer posing as a local.

Stopped working

The latest update rendered this app
Unusable. It present an instruction screen telling you to swipe except it won’t go away whatever you do….please fix this!

Just another Grindr

They got rid of the old layout and changed it with the map. Now it’s just another hookup app. When are we going to be held to a higher standard?

Usage by people who are blind

I have heard lots of great things about this app and hopeful that one day I’ll get to use it. I am totally blind and use a screen reader to access apps like this on my phone. The. Profile verification feature that everyone loves is a great idea, but unfortunately, the features added to it to enable people who are blind to use it still do not work and when reaching out to customer service for assistance, I have not. Received any type of reply in over two weeks. Hoping someone at some point will reach out to me so we can figure out how I can verify my profile. I even had a sighted person to assist me and we were unable to get the AI to recognize me. Looking forward to maybe one day using this app and improving my rating.
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Was decent

Until it prompts you to swipe to view but won’t let you swipe. Talk about basic fundamental app problem.

Unique

Guys.. get on this app fr

Loving

I’m loving my experience on here, overall meet more my types. I’ve been on a few coffee dates. Looking for a friendship first.

Gold profile I didn't sign up for

I'm somehow a gold member and frightened I'll be charged for this app which is so terribly unpopulated with members that it serves no use. I don't understand as it's not listed in my subscriptions, and there's no way to manage my status of subscriptions in the app. Is this a desperate way the app is trying to get members to stay on?
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Map grid

There’s no option to get rid of the map grid and return to the old layout of the app. It’s either your visible on map grid or invisible. Don’t feel comfortable sharing my location to a bunch of strangers.

Keyboard issue

Every time I type something I can't see it, I have to click on the scene again to show what I typed! Annoying but the people are good

Terrible App and waste of time.

My account was closed out for violating terms but I wasn’t even given a warning. They never told me what I did. If I would’ve guessed, I would say that posting a status letting people know that I’m a tarot reader and I do soulmate readings was violating their term but instead of sending me a message and letting me know this is not OK you need to remove that. They just go ahead and close out the entire account. Nice app. LOL It’s so glitchy and does not work well on the iPhone. I have NO idea what I did that got my account shut down. Oh well. It wasn’t a good app anyway. See ya, Archer. It wasn’t nice knowing ya. Good luck to all the lonely guys out there.
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Too many glitches!

This app is OK, but there are too many glitches… It’s just not working right on my iPhone 11 max Pro. When I try to type in messages, my keyboard blocks the message box so I can’t see what I’m typing. It’s hard to get to people’s profiles and scroll up and down. The map doesn’t work right. It’s just not user-friendly at all.
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Bot heavy

By far the most fake profiles I have ever seen on a gay dating app, 80% of the profiles I talk to are not real.

Log on

Every time I try to sign in it days Try Again. What is the log in problem?

Wrongful ban

Made the account, 5 min later my account gets banned

Map view?

The map view is insane. People being able to see exactly where you are is so unsafe. Downloaded it 2 minutes ago and I’m already deleting it