# Hornet - Gay Dating & Chat — user reviews > 479 indexed App Store user reviews of Hornet by Queer Networks Inc., rated 3.80/5 from 3,165 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hornet-gay-dating-and-chat/id462678375/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hornet-gay-dating-and-chat/id462678375.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,883 · 4★ 313 · 3★ 191 · 2★ 148 · 1★ 630 ## What do users think of Hornet? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Fun - 🚀 Great for socializing - 💡 Excellent application - 👍 Nice app - 👍 Smooth app - 👍 Refreshing - 👍 Awesome - 👍 Good app **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and slow - 🐛 Sluggish and unreliable - 🚫 Filled with fake profiles and scammers - 💸 Too many ads - 💸 Expensive premium features - 🚫 Restricted free version - 🚫 Not user-friendly - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🚫 Terrible app - 🚫 Unusable - 🚫 Spam-filled **Commonly reported bugs** - Massive storage consumption - Notifications not working properly - Inconsistent user interface - Login and account issues - Crashing on launch **Most requested features** - Add hashtag search and categorization - Implement user verification system - Add dark mode - Improve location accuracy and filtering - Reduce ads and improve monetization model ## Newest reviews (11 of 479) ### 3/5 — Trop de pub *2026-08-06* Bien, mais tout est payant et plein de pub… ### 1/5 — Социальная сеть для мошенников *2026-05-01, version 9.44.0* Бл&ть,пришел туда,познакомиться,добавил,свои настоящие фото,и началось,меня нашли в телеграмм,и начали качать на деньги,что мы знаем что ты был в hornet.Крч,не какой модерации над аккаунтами,для безопасности самих пользователей. ### 1/5 — Реклама *2026-05-01, version 9.44.0* Безмерно надоедливая реклама. ### 1/5 — Kötü *2026-04-23, version 9.43.0* Yalan dolan ### 1/5 — There are a lot of fake profiles. *2026-04-20, version 9.43.0* I’m extremely disappointed with this app. Hornet Live is full of fake profiles and obvious scammers, and it feels like the platform does little to nothing to regulate this. Moderation is either ineffective or practically nonexistent. What’s even more concerning is how many users try to extract personal information — from social media accounts to more sensitive details. In some cases, that information can later be misused or even exposed. This can be especially dangerous for guys living in Russia and nearby countries. Overall, the level of safety on this platform is very low, and using it just doesn’t feel secure. I would not recommend it. ### 2/5 — Live stream issue *2026-04-07* Most of the time app doesn’t work well it always shows something went wrong and live stream doesn’t work well. Get this issue resolved. ### 1/5 — Корпорация Аппел должна проверить машинным зрением на вредоносный код!! *2026-03-26* Огромное количество рекламы, и троянов на которые приводит эта реклама!! Аппел поддержка обратите внимание и проведите аудит ### 1/5 — Не прилично много рекламы!!! Ты менеджер релиза - убавь рекламу! Не возможно общаться ! *2026-03-02, version 9.39.0* Убрать срочно не прилично большое количество рекламы!! Вы там нормальные люди вообще? Это не достаточно объявлений же а поиск знакомств!! ### 3/5 — Persian language *2026-02-27, version 9.37.0* You have a lot of Iranian members you should add Persian language ### 1/5 — Super annoying ads *2026-02-17, version 9.37.0* What an annoying app by exactly every 15 seconds ads , making new campaign to boycott this app and moving to other sophisticated apps like scruff, badoo… ### 1/5 — unbelievably greedy *2026-02-05* tons of ads, lots of unnecessary content such as “featured” guys and lives, lots of unnecessary notifications. also with recent update they only let you see like 15 guys nearby. what do i do if i’m poor? they’re just exploiting queer community, pure evil ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Unusable app due to adverts *2026-08-03* You can’t use this app anymore. You spend longer on adverts than using the app. It used to be a good app. Not anymore. I used to subscribe and maybe they think it’s a way of me subscribing again. But it’s more a case of not using it ever again ### 1/5 — Says no internet connection *2026-08-02, version 9.50.0* It won’t open. Just keeps popping saying no internet connection. ### 1/5 — Много рекламы *2026-07-18, version 9.49.1* Невозможно пользоваться, куда не зайдешь реклама ### 1/5 — Spam *2026-07-13, version 9.49.0* Delete this app, full of spam ### 1/5 — Забагованное жёстко *2026-06-20, version 9.47.0* Уберите, пожалуйста, рекламу. ### 1/5 — I got banned for no reason *2026-06-18, version 9.47.0* 2 stars ### 1/5 — Вымогательство *2026-06-10, version 9.47.0* Без платной подписки через каждые два действия, например ответ на сообщение и просмотр анкеты, нужно долго смотреть 2-4 рекламы. Чтобу убрать каждую рекламу, нужно несколько раз нажать на разные кнопки. Без платной подписки очень сложно пользоваться приложением. Понимаю надо смотреть рекламу раз не платишь за пользование приложением, ну не так много же рекламы. Это просто вымогательство ### 1/5 — Super annoying ads *2026-06-03, version 9.46.0* ❌❌ATTENTION❌❌ New campaign to report for this app and annoying ads policy! Abusing users for ADS that comes up every 10 SECONDS! UPDATES will be announced SOON! ### 1/5 — too much ads *2026-05-15, version 9.45.0* awful ### 1/5 — Useless *2026-05-09, version 9.44.0* Totally not recommending ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Nice app but ads *2026-07-10, version 9.49.0* It s a great app but consecutive ads are really annoying, wished they could care of it😕 ### 5/5 — Топ приложения *2026-07-01, version 9.48.0* Супер!! ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2026-06-02, version 9.46.0* Would be better to add a translation of languages ### 5/5 — Excited *2026-05-12, version 9.44.0* 10/10 ### 5/5 — Hornet Review *2026-04-11, version 9.42.0* Love all of the new updates and how much the platform has advanced since it's early days. ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-04-07* Fun ### 5/5 — Топ приложения *2026-03-25, version 9.39.0* Супер!! ### 5/5 — Much better than G *2026-03-18* The aspect of versatility and ability to change things how and how they are is truly incredible. It’s simply showing much more care for our community and attempts to connect people through live videos through allowing yourself to have your albums way before even Grindr had that option. There’s so much more privacy seemingly induced into this app. I wish it was more popular out in the west but Grindr so the major Chinese guy dating a supplier. ### 5/5 — Good *2026-02-14, version 9.37.0* Ok ### 5/5 — Ahh *2026-02-01, version 9.37.0* Ahh --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*