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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people found the app unusable due to an overwhelming number of intrusive ads, often popping up mid-message or during basic functions. Customers also reported the app was filled with non-genuine profiles and automated accounts, making it difficult to connect with genuine users. The user experience was further hampered by glitches, frequent crashes, and issues with features like GPS and profile refreshing. Reviewers consistently criticized the pricing structure, finding the subscriptions expensive and the value for money poor, especially as features were removed or moved to higher-priced tiers. Some people also experienced random account bans without clear reasons, and found the customer support unresponsive to their inquiries.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely awful. I wad bullied, abused, threatened ion a daily basis. Reporting it often ended up with no action taken. Grindr is allowing not just bad behaviour, but criminal behaviour. I had to rep... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

the app is unuseable, being filled with bots, scam accounts, Obvious onlyfans Ad-accounts, and very very intrusive Ads, ads pop up in the middle of writing a message, which opens the storefront to... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Crazy experience with Grindr: I let a friend use my phone 3 days, my account got permanently banned, then my twin’s — neither of us broke rules. They won’t explain why and apparently keep all your pho... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Almost every single tap in the app pops up an advertisement. You get multiple spam links every day. If you are somehow still able to use this app you will get banned randomly without a single reason a... See more


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible app

Horrible app. Lots of threatening weirdos who go around harassing or scamming others with no moderation- yet they ban my profile for no reason shortly after paying for an xtra subscription (with no way of a refund fyi). I read (and re-read) their private policy/terms and conditions, and saw no violations on my end. Surely some offended guy I ignored reported me for being a fake account, and no actual investigation was done on my behalf. Im sure they’ve implemented AI in their account suspension program, which is doing an awful job. Contacted them days ago about getting my account back- but I highly doubt I’ll ever hear back. In short- this app (and many of the people who use it) are garbage, both will waste your time and money.

December 12, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

These guys are straight up thieves

These guys are straight up thieves. They take your money, ban your account for no reason, give you no recourse, support is practically non-existent. I am going to try a charge back on my card. Paid for a year and now can't even use the damn app.

December 11, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Was great but then started with lots of…

Was great but then started with lots of spam and unwanted messages Grindr doesn't seem to do anything about the spam messages fake profiles are worse underage users I don't understand why there is no verification system on there to stop fake profiles spam messages and underage users Grindr don't care about users anymore it's just profits with ad after ad after ad

December 5, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fake profile reports not taken down

Fake profile reports not taken down, who are these people hiding behind these pictures and why. You people put people at risk no interest In safety. Report a profile daily I know the person and that person is in Thailand not sitting in Oxford with a fake name. Id should be uploaded to create a profile

December 3, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very bad

Constant adverts the app doesn't load properly. Not worth having. Even the paid version is just as bad. This time I won't be re installing again. Nothing changes or gets better, the developers of the app don't care anyway

November 30, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’ve removed myself several times

I’ve removed myself several times, the last one was for good, no more. THIS APP DOESNT WORK! Hook ups are few, head games and BS are the thing here. If you’re on here it’s for one purpose follow through!

November 1, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’ve been scammed on grinder by a fake…

I’ve been scammed on grinder by a fake profile , I’m always careful but this guy / profile got me good

Grindr don’t have any safety systems in place to support it’s customers, but they do have huge amounts of information about each customer, including birth dates , email , bank , health etc.

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT

November 27, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Grindr has gotten greedy with too many women on there as well What is wrong with Grindr what a silly…

What is wrong with Grindr what a silly question to ask first off the ads keep popping up and the features keep getting smaller and smaller second off I refuse to pay for a site with a bunch of stuck-up people not to mention a bunch of women on there it's disgusting and even if I was willing to pay I wouldn't pay what you're asking for that's ridiculous as well if you want this site to succeed open up a little bit more futures like who viewed me at least let us look at one person or three you even went as far as Explorer used to be three people you can hit up now one by doing this you think we're going to pay for a site that is as pathetic as yours is think again we do not want women on there it was meant for us the gay community gay men if women want their sight make Miss Grindr or some crap like that but keep them off of our site like I said Grindr is pathetic another thing is when you ban somebody you should let them have a good recourse of why you did it not just say your band permanently that's a load of crap too yeah some people may deserve it but some don't first off you can start Banning some of these Bots that get on there with there fake profiles

November 22, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I paid £34.99 for membership and I…

I paid £34.99 for membership and I didn’t get it, Grindr blamed Apple, they blamed Grindr, no customer service whatsoever; Grindr take 2 days at least to fire off an generic response, totally useless, Grindr customer service is not fit for purpose, shameless corporation.

November 18, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What is Grindr exactly?… It’s an…

What is Grindr exactly?… It’s an exploitative, greedy, totally corrupt, homophobic, fascist controlling, autocratic entity is what it is..

It’s way past time the admin and managers were serving jail time for this human rights disgrace ….

October 25, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Grindr banned me for a second time for…

Grindr banned me for a second time for doing nothing wrong. I am sick of the crap anyway. Many of the people are professional prostitutes who use the site to make money. Others are there just to pay them. Many are underage, so, you take a HUGE chance when you meet them. Many are paid to get you to join other dating sites that charge money. The pictures of most of the people who have joined are not theirs. You find out that when you do a meet. Many are into hard core drugs. I found that out the hard way. Many are married. Some admit to it. Most don't. Stay away from this site under all circumsatances or you will regret it.

October 24, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

STOP all the SPAM messages

I've been subscribing to Grindr for over 2 years now , mainly to make positive connections and hopefully a few decent friends along the way .
And I've now messaged Grindr and requested that they no longer hold my banking details and attempt to withdraw any more funds from my bank account .
The Unwanted, Messages which have been entering my message box which are purely telling me to go to another website which looks entirely suspicious and more than likely a place to pick up nasty viruses has turned me off and made me angry while I signed up to chat to guys , I signed my consent to this but never to Unwanted , unsolicited messages , but it appears to me that these are internal messages deliberately sent out to direct thier paying customers .
Whether I approve or not .
It gives me the sense or feelings that they seek to profit from your pockets and exploit you for as much as they can.
I do wonder who it is that's getting all the benefits of the site because it's certainly not me .

October 23, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why can’t gay men have a gay dating site just for men

Gay men are getting banned in a gay dating site for not wanting to meet women, Transmen and transwomen

I got sent disgusting pictures of a woman with a dildo up here asking if I wanted a MMF session , so contravenes their policy

Reported to Grindr who said it was fine . So I deleted my account

Can’t gay men have anything to themselves anymore

October 3, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I got banned from Grindr because a…

I got banned from Grindr because a young male reported me for not addressing him with his preferred pronoun. I had no idea he had a preference and when he told me he said he was reporting me. And of course Grindr ignored my reason and just banned me. I thought it was a toxic site anyway but they proved to be horribly managed as well.

July 7, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Grindr is not worth your time!

Grindr is now full of married men, open relationships, committed, engaged, drug users, drunks, pedophile hunters, anti disability guys, opposition political guys, people selling Vs and now Grindr is warning and banning actual gay men who send or have nude photos who get reported for "Cyber Flashing" and now Grindr has lost about 80 percent of gay men worldwide they made their app for. It's been sold multiple times and they can ban you for no reason because they get bored and want you to do an appeal which is most cases what you say in an appeal insults Grindr so they ban you anyway. If you are a gay male Grindr is no longer for gay men because it's changed for the worse. If your a female looking for your husband then Grindr is for you because you will probably find your cheating husband meeting feminine men for BB action! In fact Grindr have failed gay men that bad married men etc are causing actual gay men chronic loneliness as they meet gay men themselves and cause chaos in the gay society. It is the ultimate "gay but no longer gay" dating app where if you don't want to intercourse meet your accused of meandering by other users who then report you for been a fake! It's a circus show and it's not worth your money and the adverts? Every few minutes they pop up. It's now a app for CHEATS and don't forget married men - your the cause of HPV spreading to women causing cancer and ovary cancer. Grindr where gay men are preyed upon by straights with big things.

October 20, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible ad overload

Horrible ad overload
They cheat next level in showing the people you can chat with with payment features, they show them as “check people close to you”, once you paid you realize those people are around 500 km away.
Thieves, they take advantage of minorities trying to meet people, so many other good apps like Planetromeo will eat you alive, just a matter of time, are the research people from your team blind? There are horrible reviews all over the place and you just keep charging more and more and reducing the features, its just bad business

October 19, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waste of an app…

You can't even creat an account without getting registered error I've tried with several emails and get the same error pop up the app and website is complete trash I don't understand what could possibly be wrong but is so not worth the time a complete waste

October 19, 2024
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