Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat 17+

Best App to Meet Transgender Women

I am a transgender gender woman and Grindr has helped me link up with like-minded people more so than any other dating app has. And ive tried them all. I also like all of the safe guards in place to help keep me safe from being harassed. There’s a diverse group of all different kinds of people so there’s definitely a good chance that theres someone for almost everyone. I love the live-video chat feature which is available right there in the app to verify what each other looks like, it’s impossible to get cat-fished that way , i hate being cat-fished! The premium subscription options are affordable and offer a great value for the price. With the “Extra” subscription the grid of users is greatly increased beyond the cap of 600 people and you get the option to be incognito. The “unlimited” subscription is pretty much Unlimited in terms of the distance the app will display users. My favorite unlimited feature is the ability to un-send messages and to be able to see if the message u sent has been read by the recipient.
All in all i love Grindr, I used it every day for chatting, exchanging pics and videos with people im interested in meeting and then actually setting up a meet.

On its way out it seems

All good things must end I suppose but Grindr didn’t *have* to end like this. The free version of this app is so limited and full of invasive ads that it is actually difficult to use it and when I have only the free version I use the app much less frequently. Well who cares I’m not paying for it the developers surely assume. Wrong, I ordinarily pay for a unlimited subscription but I am reconsidering that now because it feels like there are just less fresh faces on the app now and discrete dl people who won’t pay for a subscription because it’s so unpleasant to use. It’s just the same old people who pay for a subscription use the app 24/7 and who I’ve already met or I am not interested in. It seems like they know that their business doesn’t profit in the short term from people finding other people they like because then those two customers may not need to use the app anymore or use it less. Sounds profitable but they failed to realize that by doing the wrong thing and steering short term profits in terms of not focusing on customers getting what they want and instead being paying customers month after month, that they would ultimately destroy the who thing when the ripple effect of their greed slowly alienated the occasional or infrequent users. The same users are most sensitive to the poor user experience they thoughtlessly deliver. On top of that it’s hard to know the app is secure they don’t even have two factor authentication.

Horrible

I have been using this app for several years for what this app is used for. Then on the day I decide to purchase a one month membership to get the Xtra features I was banned without notice. I thought it to be a technical glitch so I reached out to the support for them and asked for reasons on the ban and they said all I have todo is appeal the ban. I went a week without word back, and reached out again and again. Then I received a email back that only said that I now have a lifetime ban and that I’m screwed because I purchased it, but better cancel my subscription or they will keep billing me. The only thing they said why I was banned was because of community guidelines. I asked for clarification on what I violated because I had no nudity, no foul language, no in appropriate speech, and as a person I don’t talk bad about other people.
This is a horrible app, if you are doing what you are supposed to be doing. And they are no help in trying to rectify the situation. The language that they used in there correspondence with me makes me feel like I am a bad person, and being punished for something that never happened. I have been warned about random people getting banned for no reason then get excommunicated for absolutely no reason. Shame on the company Grindr, Inc. same on what you do to loyal customers and I hope this prevents you from marking any money off of your next victim. The essential stole from me and now won’t tell me why. ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!!!!

Developer Response ,

Hi there,

We do not ban users for no reason. It would be counter-productive for us to do.

We are happy to take a final look at your account to ensure we did not make an error. Please reach out to us at hello@grindr.com with the email address associated with your banned account.