Your new friendship journey starts here. Introducing the new dedicated friendship app - Bumble For Friends. Make genuine, IRL connections in a kind space.
Bumble For Friends is the new dedicated friendship app from Bumble, made to help you create new, meaningful friendships near you.
With Bumble For Friends you can chat, meet new people, and make friends in a community focused on kindness and safety. Whether you’re new to your area or just looking to expand your circle, Bumble For Friends is the easiest way to make new friends and find community.
Who We Are
If you love BFF mode within the Bumble app, then Bumble For Friends is for you! Bumble For Friends is an app where people in all stages of life can intentionally meet new friends and create meaningful connections. Bumble For Friends is not just an app that provides easy ways to help people connect and make friends with people nearby, it’s also an app that prioritizes:
Genuine connections: We include app features like profile prompts and lifestyle badges, to make it easy for people to show up in a way that's true to themselves. Allowing you to find real, genuine friendships near you.
Kindness: We want you to feel good about meeting new people locally, so we’re creating a community centered around kindness. By committing to our kindness pledge, you are helping to make Bumble For Friends a welcoming and inclusive space for everyone.
Trust and safety: We empower our community with safety features like Account Verification, Reporting and Blocking, and our Safety Center, so that all members can feel safe to make new friends.
Download Bumble For Friends
Bumble For Friends is free to download and use. We also offer an optional subscription package (Bumble For Friends Premium) and single or multiple-use paid services for which no subscription is required (including Spotlights and SuperSwipes).
We offer weekly, monthly, 3-month, and 6-month subscriptions, with discounts given to the weekly price. Prices may vary per country and are subject to change without notice. Prices are clearly displayed in the app.
* Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase.
* Your subscription will automatically renew itself, unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
* Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period.
* You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings in the iTunes Store.
* If you choose to use our free trial, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
* If you don’t choose to purchase Bumble For Friends Premium, you can simply continue using and enjoying Bumble For Friends for free.
Your personal data is securely stored on Bumble For Friends—be sure to read our privacy policy and terms and conditions:
bumble.com/bff/privacy
bumble.com/bff/terms
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, along with Badoo and Fruitz.
It definitely is more effective if you pay for it, but the price is pretty low so I don’t mind that. The trouble is, you can ‘undo’ if you accidentally swipe left on someone, but you can’t undo if you accidentally swipe right. I think that’s a flaw and sets people up for disappointment, because if they become a match as a result of an accidental swipe, someone is going to get let down. Awkward. Such a simple feature I don’t understand why it only works one way. Also I understand why it only pairs you with the same gender, no issue with that, but some men are clearly lying about their gender to get paired with women and I’m not sure how that’s getting through the cracks. Another issue is it constantly tracks your location so when I’m at work it will show matches nearby, but I drive 40 minutes to get to work, and I want to find local friends. It should have the option to fix your location to your home suburb because I keep getting suggestions who unfortunately just live too far away for it to be practical.
Decent app but major flaw
Ralphmat
I think it’s a decent app and it seems to work well. The only big issue is that it only shows you people of the same gender as you. I tend to get on better with women, but it only shows me men and there’s no way of changing it. Quite a big flaw I think, which is a shame.
Developer Response
We're so sorry to hear this! Currently, members on Bumble For Friends can only have a match with people of the same gender, but we'll share your feedback with our Product Team to advocate for this update in the future. Thanks for taking the time to let us know that this is important to you. 💛
SCAM ALERT!
Pandii3
I apparently have 22 likes but can't see any of them until i get a subscription. It keeps telling me to change my filters (which i have none) and it keeps offering me the monthly subscription for 1.40/wk. I think you'll be better off getting on an app like meet up or simply just finding events to meet people. Money doesn't guarantee anything in this case and I'm not even getting an outing out of it. Spend your dollars somewhere else. Don't pay to chat online. Get the meet up app instead and go to an event that resonates with you. You'll surely find people to chat there and get a chance to get out of the house. A lot of events are free if you're on a budget.Edit (in response to developer): Thank you for providing evidence of your deceitful ways. I checked the app again to give you the benefit of the doubt. 1. I clicked "chat" function (at the bottom of the app) - and it took me to chat screen which is empty at the moment but at the top of the screen it shows two blurry stacked photos with the number 37 in a yellow square (which I expect is the number of people who have liked my account). Next to that is written "people here want to be your friend" and right below that it says "check who they are".2. So, I clicked on "check who they are" which is underlined and hyperlinked. This action took me to the "liked you" function and now I see a screen that has a love heart at the top, followed by text that say "Liked you" and below it, it says "Upgrade to Premium to see who liked you!". And finally from 2/3 of the screen i can see blurred images in a tile layout but can't see anyone's account if I click on it. The all immediately starts offering me a subscription.So, please tell me again which part of this is a free service. If you claim that the swiping is free then I agree, indeed it is. But if you're claiming that the chatting is also free then you'll have to check again. It seems you haven't read your company's latest memo. I originally said that this was a bit of a scam, I'm changing that to definitely a scam! Call it what it is and we don't have an issue.
Developer Response
We're sorry to hear Bumble For Friends isn't meeting your expectations. Bumble For Friends is free use and you don't need to buy any features to connect with others or send messages. We do offer paid features for those that want to enhance their experience. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us at bumble.com/contact. 💌
You get nothing for free
_Jack_C_
I signed up because they said you can use it for free, and a subscription is optional and gets you premium features. Apparently seeing who you matched with is a premium feature! It won’t show you any matches without a subscription. Also, they only allow women to search for female friends not male friends. This was brought up in reviews over a year ago and it hasn’t been remedied. I will be deleting this app.
To be honest, everything is kinda new here. Say hello to our new dedicated friendship app - Bumble For Friends. It’s a bit like Bumble, but for finding friends and creating meaningful connections with people near you. We’ve got fun new profile features and important safety features to make it easy for people to show up in a way that’s genuine and true to themselves. We’re also creating a community centered around kindness, because kindness is kinda what we do. So, whether you’re looking for new friends to hit the town with, or to try that new workout class with, Bumble For Friends is here to help. Start a chat, meet up IRL, and find your kinda people.
Version 5.431.0
The developer, Bumble Holding Limited, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
Location
Contact Info
Identifiers
Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Health & Fitness
Purchases
Location
Contact Info
Contacts
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Sensitive Info
Diagnostics
Other Data
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Accessibility
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