# Recon - Gay Fetish App — user reviews > 558 indexed App Store user reviews of Recon by T101 Limited, rated 2.20/5 from 475 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recon-gay-fetish-app/id346152901/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recon-gay-fetish-app/id346152901.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 93 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 29 · 2★ 42 · 1★ 285 ## What do users think of Recon? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great app for finding like-minded people - 👍 Useful for the BDSM community - 😊 Good for conversations and potential meetups **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 💰 Overly restrictive free version, forcing subscription - 🤖 Lack of customer support and unresponsive to issues - 📵 Unreliable notifications and messaging issues - 🚫 Accounts suspended without explanation - 🚫 Strict content moderation, blocking even mild photos **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch or during use - GPS/location tracking not working properly - Subscription issues, unable to access premium features - Profiles not loading or displaying correctly **Most requested features** - Add video chat functionality - Improve search and filtering options - Allow users to post status updates - Optimize app for larger screens like iPad - Provide better privacy and security controls ## Newest reviews (20 of 558) ### 2/5 — … *2026-08-12* La nouvelle mise à jour est catastrophique… dommage de base c’est un super concept de faire une appli fetish mais la … revenez à l’ancienne version qui était 100 fois mieux !!! On a même perdu des fonctionnalités sur cette nouvelle version bref nul je vais me désabonner … ### 1/5 — IOS app is completely worthless *2026-08-06, version 3.0.6* Don’t bother even downloading the iOS app. It is truly worthless. Just go to the website through Your internet browser. At least that works reasonably well. Literally the only thing that works about the iOS app is that it notifies You when You get a message. I love Recon. I wish this app worked. Hopefully it will get fixed. ### 1/5 — From mediocre to abysmal *2026-08-01, version 3.0.5* The old app was clearly dated but the UX on the new version isn’t designed for mobile. Way too little information on the page; too much empty space; fonts too small; too much scrolling; too many taps to get somewhere… Why bother having an app if you’re just replicating the web interface? ### 4/5 — It's functional and improved! *2026-08-01, version 3.0.5* Ok it's not perfect, but the app is far less clunky than it used to be and it deserves a better rating than it has now. ### 1/5 — Terrible new app *2026-07-31, version 3.0.5* I think I have lost all interest in the app. Finding somebody sharing the same interest is now difficult and the design of the new app is such a drawback ! ### 1/5 — Ruined *2026-07-30, version 3.0.5* A decent app has been ruined by a re design. It doesn’t work. Crashes. And a waste of time. ### 1/5 — Fire who did the redesign *2026-07-30, version 3.0.5* This sucks. I would buy a subscription once or twice a year while I was traveling and now that I’m about to again I signed on and none of this is user friendly. Paywall for regular public pics. Stats box is gone. None of it is intuitive and the search function (whole point) is shot to hell. It used to be a great app. I may even uninstall because it just doesn’t work in the first place. ### 1/5 — Terrible Upgrade *2026-07-30, version 3.0.5* Since the upgrade you can no longer search for people by keywords etc. an error message constantly pops up at bottom of screen. When I contacted you with this and requested a refund for membership you simply referred me to Apple and never acknowledged or apologised for the issues. Take ownership for the problem, you have ruined what used to be a great app. No one I have spoken to likes the new site. ### 1/5 — Search by keyword & info in feed *2026-07-29, version 3.0.5* The new version took away the search by keyword functionality. Bring it back. I do not like my followers seeing changes I make to my profile. Having every bio edit or minor photo change broadcast to people in an activity feed feels unnecessary and exposed, especially compared to how quietly Recon used to handle account updates. It’s too Facebookish. Recon should add a global toggle to opt out of broadcast feed updates altogether (so followers aren't notified when one edits their bio/photos). ### 1/5 — Unusable *2026-07-25, version 3.0.4* This app is unusable because if the new update, super laggy, it signs you out for no reason and the message take a loong time to appear so you can’t really have a fluent conversation, at least add the option to reply to an specific message, that would be great ### 2/5 — Do some customer research *2026-07-23, version 3.0.4* I’ve been using Recon almost since its inception. This latest update is a disaster. Whoever provided the strategy failed. Do some customer research and build in some new features. It’s so sad to feel that this once beloved app may become redundant. :( ### 1/5 — Self-destructed *2026-07-20* I’ve been a paid member of this app for many years, but have stopped this since the latest refresh. Hard to believe that an app can go backwards in terms of usability and functionality, but Recon managed it in spectacular fashion. The new version demonstrates a complete lack of understand of what fetish users want. We don’t care who is located immediately within our vicinity. We want a quick way of knowing who is online and who shares our kicks in our neighbourhood or in the place we will be visiting soon. The new version is t consistent with these desires. The desktop version doesn’t even work on my computer! I submitted negative feedback and even asked for a partial refund on my subscription because the new product was not what I signed up for, but didn’t get an acknowledgment, let alone a useful response. ### 1/5 — How many ways are there to saw awful *2026-07-19, version 3.0.4* This is what folks consider an upgrade? This is what was years in the making? Recon gets my thanks for supporting gay kink events. The best way to do that would be an App that works. Annm App worth paying for. It seems my paid subscription simply gives me a crappier version of the free app. Seriously? It’s like ordering a great piece of gear and when it arrives finding out it’s just cheap junk. ### 1/5 — New version is horrible *2026-07-17* What is this version of Recon you’ve rolled out? It’s terrible: you can no longer filter by guys' body types; you can’t save preset filters (though that’s been an issue for a long time); and you can’t see when a guy was last online or when he created his profile. The old version was far more efficient. You’ve given us a site and an app that are awful to use. On top of that, there are tons of bugs. It’s unacceptable given the cost of the subscription. Please restore the old version—the one where we could save searches with filters. ### 1/5 — Guys, honestly… what have you done *2026-07-15, version 3.0.4* Hugely disappointed with the new update (both app and website) I’ve been a long-time user, but this new rollout is a massive step backward. First, you removed the Travel Search. This was an essential feature for planning trips and connecting with guys who were going to be in the same area at the same time. I tried to overlook that loss, but the latest update made things worse. Now, you’ve also removed Keyword Searches. On a niche platform like Recon, keyword filtering is vital for finding compatible matches. Stripping away these core functional features while keeping the membership price exactly the same feels incredibly unfair to paying members. We are paying the same money for a significantly downgraded product. I’ve spoken to many other guys in the community about the new layout, and the consensus is entirely negative. Nobody is happy with these changes. Please listen to your user base and bring back the search tools that made this platform worth paying for. ### 2/5 — Laggy, buggy, unintuitive, poor mobile experience *2026-07-15, version 3.0.4* The antiquated, clumsy UX of the old version was replaced with this duplicate of the web interface that’s a navigation nightmare. This is what you get when you don’t design for a mobile experience. The tab bar wastes space on “Feed” and “The Scene” - i’m not sure which one is more useless. And, the account/profile button in the tab bar? Really? How often does a guy look at his own profile? And then to make any changes, you’ve gotta hit the edit button or the gear menu; 2 buttons to make changes and more buttons afterwards. Of course, when you eventually find your way to the profile list, you have a nav bar at the top eating up real estate. The profile pix are bigger now (nice) but then you use tiny fonts with empty whitespace. And, you couldn’t figure out how to combine “Nearby” and “Explore”? Oh, and look, there’s a nice search/filter line eating up space on the top of the page? And what do you end up with? Wow, a few profile pix per page! Have you even looked at any of the other cruising apps? You really should credit the open source components in the app somewhere. ### 1/5 — Sad demise of Recon. *2026-07-15* The latest app refresh has been a terrible terrible downgrade. It’s slow, clunky and clearly poorly designed. No user feedback has been taken onboard. I wish I could roll back to the old app. It wasn’t great, but it was a hell of a lot better than this trash. ### 2/5 — Ads for Paid Members *2026-07-15, version 3.0.4* How dare you force ads on me when I pay $100/yr for your app. Subscription cancelled. ### 1/5 — Schlechter als vorher *2026-07-13* Unübersichtlich und Favoriten nicht mehr verfügbar. ### 1/5 — New Updates is a mess *2026-07-12* Since the last update, the app has been a total disaster. It's a shame—it used to work just fine. Also I gave Feedback as beta tester, seems all had been ignored ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Awful! *2026-09-03, version 3.0.7* Pathetic. App unstable. Have to keep updating my location every time I use it. I open a message and can’t reply. App freezes. I have to go to my desktop and sign in to use the site. Truly awful experience and not worth the one star. It’s a good contraceptive though. ### 1/5 — Bugs! *2026-09-02, version 3.0.7* Fix the bugs don’t create more … so just now when the app shows a message exists and I click on the message notice, nothing shows up. I’ve rebooted and signed out and it’s definitely a problem. I’ve sent messages to your team and zero response so decided a review might get your interest . Definitely need to do more work here ! ### 1/5 — No keyword search *2026-08-29, version 3.0.6* I’ve been a Recon premium member for many years. Cannot actually believe what the owners of this site did. but the biggest thing missing is the keyword search from profiles. If Recon is trying to encourage the start of a new site for gay male kink they are well in their way to helping the competition. ### 1/5 — Impossible to use *2026-08-27* Since the update impossible to use ### 1/5 — Bad update *2026-08-26, version 3.0.6* The last update, besides the various points made by others, has wiped some of my conversations with specific individuals. And today it disappeared some - but not all - messages in a conversation. This level of bug means that it is getting nearer to being unusable. I have just cancelled my newly renewed subscription. Should the problems continue I will have no choice but to walk away completely. ### 1/5 — Absolutely rubbish in every conceivable way *2026-08-26, version 3.0.6* Not sure how the powers that be could screw the app and platform experience up so drastically, but congratulations if that was the intent behind the upgrades. Sure the old site was outdated, but now any functionality is completely gone. All distances are metric for us USA members… why? We use freedom units in this country, searching for partners is almost nonexistent, aside from picking random locations to search. Why only show me the closest members to me? Why can’t I just see members who are online like before? Why can’t I see x rated photos even in the web version of the app? What’s the point in that? I had a friend in the site that was removed because his profile was too detailed about what he was looking for, like really? So yeah they apparently are starting to censor what we say now. Complete waste of time of a company. ### 1/5 — Lousy new Recon *2026-08-19, version 3.0.6* Horrible new Recon app. Does not work well on an Apple IPad. The former app was much better. I will not be renewing my subscription after many years on Recon. The nearby feature Does Not Work. Plus doesn’t indicate who is online. Doesnt seem that the list of guys online is updated . Keeps showing the same people and yet Scruff and Grinder are constantly updated. Big disappointment here. ### 1/5 — Worse and worse *2026-08-16, version 3.0.6* Just keeps going backwards ### 1/5 — Shocked how bad *2026-08-16, version 3.0.6* This is no doubt the worst app I’ve ever used. The old one was ok and useable but the new version is truly shocking. Some of the features just don’t work and you can’t even upload photos to your albums anymore. The people who coded this need fired. It’s a hack job at best. Claude code can actually do much better ### 1/5 — It wasn’t perfect but now it’s awful *2026-08-11, version 3.0.6* The new version is unusable. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Nice Idea… *2026-06-11* Nobody is ever online and now that you have to pay for literally everything you can’t even see the three people who are. This is one of those apps that’s waiting to be replaced. ### 5/5 — Best Kink App *2025-08-02, version 2.31.1* I’ve been a member since they launched. This is the best and fastest way to find like-minded people near home or when traveling. Unlike other apps, I’ve made real connections and friendships from this app. Just keep conversations on-app and avoid the random scammer. ### 5/5 — Super fetyszowo *2024-08-13, version 2.30.5* Polecam można znaleźć chętnych na fist i kolegów w klimacie dominacji, posłuszeństwa 😚 ### 5/5 — Hello *2024-03-28, version 2.30.4* So I’ve used the app and it’s been great with conversations and getting possible meetups in the near future….. but I don’t understand why when I logged in today that the screen went to your account got suspended I don’t know why exactly I did send an email to customer support anyway just figured I’d say it ### 5/5 — Perfect app *2023-12-02, version 2.30.1* Very useful & nice app for the social networking. ### 5/5 — Works great, does the job. *2023-06-04* I have had zero issues with the app since 2012, and have been very happy with it❤️. Does the job it advertised to do, and nothing more. Everyone else complaining about “issues” or it being “outdated” clearly have never used it on a computer desktop. They fail to realize this is a mobile extension of their existing website infrastructure. (Bonus points for that since it means the app doesn’t BLOAT and take up space). It’s not an app like Grindr that was built ground-up only for mobile like all the kiddies on here are complaining about. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your review. We always appreciate when our members take the time to leave constructive feedback and its always a bonus if its positive. We’re working behind the scenes on a new Recon and have a test group you can ask to join if that might be something of interest? Contact support@recon.com for more information. ### 5/5 — Can’t login through the app *2022-06-29* Why can’t I log in through app been like this for months ### 5/5 — Hi *2022-05-13, version 2.29.2* I like the app but I don’t like the you’ve reached your daily limit of viewing and that you have to pay I think you stop the daily limit thing pls sone of us can’t pay at least for the nearby feature ### 5/5 — Photos *2020-12-08, version 2.29* I totally understand the ban on photos. I wonder if there’s a way to, instead of just greyed out, have them be able to link to the website when you click and have it open in the browser? I know nothing about appmaking or the way the restriction works so forgive me if that’s a dumb question ### 5/5 — Increíble *2020-07-25, version 2.29* Es fantástico el mundo de nuevas personas y prácticas que puedes encontrar en Recon, sin embargo falta darle más difusión en América Latina --- *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 2026-09-12.*