Cave: Bear Dating Community
Meet husky & hairy guys nearby
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
CAVE — Ignite Your Flame
Find the connection you've been searching for. Step into CAVE, the premier
community for gay bears, cubs, and the men who love them — built for genuine
chemistry, not endless swiping.
CAVE is more than a dating app. It's a curated community for those who value
authenticity and real connection over mindless scrolling.
■ Why CAVE
● Real connections
Not casual flings — meaningful bonds with men who share your values.
● Verified members
Connect with confidence. Members pass profile verification for a safer space.
● Real-time chat & voice calls
Chat with the men you click with, and get closer over voice calls.
● Cave Explore
Embark on a journey to find your match — a signature CAVE experience.
● Clans & meetups
Join interest-based groups and meetups, and grow your circle naturally.
● 11 languages & real-time translation
Language is no barrier. Messages are auto-translated so you can connect with
bears worldwide.
■ CAVE is for you if you
· Are looking for something real
· Want a partner who shares your values
· Value a safe, trustworthy community
Meet your match in the Cave today.
It's time to ignite your flame.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://thecaveapp.com/terms/en
Privacy Policy: https://thecaveapp.com/privacy/en
more • Fixed the iPhone gallery and camera not opening in chat, and nothing happening after picking an iCloud video.
• Fixed "Save Photo" to your phone failing.
• On the Map, the venue menu and the registered venues / events buttons are tidied up, and grouped badges now expand when tapped.
• In Nearby, members who haven't been active for a long time now appear further down.
• You can now add a partner with relationship statuses such as dating, couple or open relationship, not only married or partnered, and Partner settings is no longer hidden by the keyboard.
• This Week's Question now tells you when your answer is too short, and the logo on the opening screen is sharper.
1.0.79 13h ago
• You can now send a heart to other members' travel highlight photos.
• React to a TMI, and tap "Answer this one too" to answer the same question yourself.
• The MY screen is tidied up around My QR and My Story, and My Cave's fire level is now easier to see at a glance.
• Changing someone you set to "Later" in Match to a like or pass is now free.
• Ranking now explains how it's calculated (last 7 days, updated hourly).
• Fixed the "+" button in chat Quick Photo and the Signal tab count not clearing.
1.0.78 4d ago
• Find City events more easily by searching or picking a nearby city, post one simply with an Instagram or Facebook link, and browse past events.
• You can now edit trips you've registered.
• Translate received messages in 1:1 chats with the Translate button.
• Venue owners can send invitations and coupons to their Regulars.
• Sign-up has fewer steps so you can get started faster.
• My Cave is now arranged by what you use most, and Vietnam and Hong Kong passports are now open. Plus other stability improvements.
1.0.77 Oct 14
• In Compatibility, choose between Mild and Spicy before you view.
• Clan home now shows Moments, ongoing votes and the latest Free Board posts, and regular members can now create votes. Large clans can switch the member view between cards, list and grid.
• You can now suggest sharing albums with each other when you receive a Private Album request.
• Translate nicknames and introductions into your language right from match details.
• After signing up, a welcome screen lets you finish your profile right away.
• Fixed a long black screen on first launch, and improved overall stability and security.
1.0.76 Oct 11
• Uploading photos during sign-up now shows a progress bar and percentage.
• Fixed flickering and a brief black screen when logging back in.
• Fixed the start screen briefly reappearing and the screen shaking when returning from Kakao sign-up.
• The profile setup guide now appears right after you sign up.
• Moving between stories is now faster and smoother.
1.0.75 Oct 1
• Join a venue's WiFi in one tap: if a venue you checked in to or whose table QR you scanned has registered guest WiFi, connect right away without typing the password. Owners can add their WiFi in venue settings.
• Private clans you can't open are now marked with a lock icon in a profile's clan list, with a short notice when tapped.
• Clan event times now follow your language's format (e.g. 8:00 PM).
• "Home" in the Travel hub is now "Nearby city", so it's no longer confusing.
• Corrected the video retention period shown in your chat archive to match your membership, and improved translations and overall stability.
1.0.74 Sep 30
• Travel now lives in the Explore tab: your trips, travelers visiting your area and local guides together on one Travel hub screen.
• Discover tab tidied up: only the sections you need, with "More" moved next to each title.
• Suggest an expedition right from a profile's menu (⋮), and people you've traveled with appear first among expedition candidates.
• New "Check for updates" in Settings: we point you to a new App Store version right away, and app updates apply without closing the app.
• Fixed being unable to leave a private or deleted clan's page, and added a "Go back" button.
• Travel cards and local guide photos now follow the verified-members-only photo blur. The Fan Gallery shortcut and My TMI count are fixed too.
• Fixed screens opening twice, smoothed out back navigation, and improved overall stability.
1.0.73 Sep 29
• Travel: "My Footprints" and "My Passport" are rolling out. Stamp footprints where you travel, collect landmark stamps in a passport for each country, and keep the connections you made there.
• MY redesigned: theme card on top, two-column activity menu, My Pocket card, Favorites, Likes and Profile Visitors on one screen, people I liked and who liked me, a dedicated My Moments screen, and a responsive profile QR.
• My Cave now opens with a hero view showing your fire status card, garlic, mugwort and storage at a glance.
• Today's Deep Cave is picked from your learned preferences, with the reason shown.
• Chat: hearts now pop with a burst animation. Photos and videos past the 30-day retention leave the media gallery with a notice. "Delete for me" on received messages is saved again, and view-once photos can be recalled until opened.
• Installing and signing up via a friend's QR now counts toward that friend's referrals. Referral bonus wording now matches what is actually paid, and a pass-grant notification was added.
• Notifications: first-impression tag alerts are back, and challenge completion alerts show the real coins and EXP in your language.
• One unified back button across the app, a soft fade at the end of the Discover story rail, and clan schedule dates in your app language.
• Closed every path where a blocked user could briefly appear, plus broad server-side security hardening.
1.0.72 Sep 29
• The Profile tab is now the MY hub: activity menus, QR and Guide move to MY, and My Cave focuses on your cave. Simple mode has 4 tabs.
• Profile screen reordered and redesigned: "Connect as a fan" under Partner, plus "Activity & links" (Clan, Insight, Travel, Guide). The top gear is now a notification bell, and Settings moved to the action bar.
• Tap your own card in Nearby to preview your profile as others see it.
• Weekly Question: see a preview of popular answers right after answering, react to them, and read the top 10 auto-translated into your language.
• Map: the Travel button is now a gold capsule at the right of the tab row, and the bottom bar for Move Location and Browse Other Areas is unified into one row.
• Travel registration and management redesigned: collapsible dates, country/city picker, map preview, upcoming and past trip counts. A "My Footprints" menu is coming soon.
• Public photos now show received hearts, and Favorites are free.
• Hidden users disappear from Home, Nearby and Discover right away, and leaks of hidden online status and Ghost mode are closed.
• Fixed the app closing after the Rewards screen loaded and the Square back-navigation path, plus broad server-side security hardening.
1.0.71 Sep 26
• Clan tab redesigned: Today and Pending cards for your clans, Discover, and a dedicated Clan News screen.
• Creating a clan costs 30 coins, fully refunded if 20 members join within 14 days. Default capacity is 20 and the join limit is gone.
• Clan invite links now work for multiple people and stay valid for 14 days. The invite carries over after installing the app, and existing members go straight to the clan home.
• Swipe left or right on Home to switch tabs. Swipe all the way to the map for a full-screen map.
• Get main-photo review notices in-app and by push, and clear them instantly by verifying. Deleting your main photo suggests a photo with your face.
• Added Vero to profile social accounts, and "share on request" social IDs now display correctly once accepted.
• Store ordering, guest view refreshed: recommended home, category lists, search, details, order confirmation and today's deals.
• Fixed the app freezing on first launch after a device restore, the light-mode logo background, and switch colors in Settings.
1.0.70 Sep 24
• Fixed the confirmation dialog not appearing when changing your nickname or birth date in Edit Profile.
• Verification: restore your verified status from your existing reference photo — no new selfie needed.
• Main-photo replacement notices now update in real time, and you can pick from photos you already uploaded.
• AI suggestions for your intro, ideal type and about-me.
• Travel: city guide recruiting and city introductions.
• Change distance units (km/mi) right from Settings.
• Post your invite card straight to Instagram and Facebook Stories — the link now appears on the card.
• Fixed a payment error alert appearing without a purchase.
1.0.69 Sep 23
• Fixed an issue where the app closed immediately on launch on the latest version of iOS. We're sorry for the trouble.
1.0.67 Sep 17
• The Map tab is now full screen. Change your location, explore other areas, and find travelers all in one place.
• Photos load much faster. Images in chats, fan galleries, and private albums are no longer re-downloaded every time you open them.
• Fixed main photos disappearing from grids, and photo order breaking after a deletion.
• Added an unmute button to videos.
• Weekly Best and fan galleries now refresh every time you open the app.
• Fixed theme music continuing to play after you leave a profile.
• Various speed and stability improvements.
1.0.66 Sep 16
• Long chat messages now open full screen, where you can copy, save, or share them. Pasting no longer cuts off at 1,000 characters.
• A new persona quiz at sign-up suggests your best-matching types from 10 questions.
• Fixed profile changes appearing to hang without a response when saving.
• Fixed the home feed shaking and cards jumping after pull-to-refresh.
• Added "Expand all" to compatibility results, plus wording and stability improvements.
1.0.65 Sep 15
• Stories are here. Share a photo that disappears after 24 hours and see who viewed it.
• Support requests now accept up to 5 photos, and you can follow up after a reply.
• Weekly Best and rankings no longer include deactivated or suspended members.
• Fixed an issue where you could be signed out when reopening the app.
• Other stability improvements.
1.0.64 Sep 13
• Fixed messages appearing to vanish from a chat. A failed message bubble was holding the bottom spot, pushing new messages off screen.
• Improved sending several messages in quick succession — some were being marked as failed.
• People more than 500 km away now show "Far away" instead of a distance number.
• Profile restrictions now lift as soon as you have at least one public photo.
• Code redemption now shows the correct notice when you need to sign in.
• Tidied up spacing and the default type selection on the CAVE Partner application screen.
1.0.62 Sep 8
• Fixed an issue where the app could quit during in-app purchases.
• You can now drag anywhere on a bottom sheet to close it. Also fixed the close (X) button not responding.
• The popular Clan feed now shows the post text, likes and comments right away.
• Fixed the list of people who liked a photo failing to open.
• Fixed the search hint being hidden behind the keyboard.
• Fixed clipped category labels in the Clan list.
• Improved the Report screen.
• Tidied up how coin history is shown.
• Added CAVE Partner.
1.0.61 Sep 7
- Fixed the add-photo button disappearing when you had not uploaded any photos yet.
- A CAVE Partner banner now appears at the top of Discover, and you can apply without linking a social account.
- The partner dashboard now shows your settlement history.
- Opener suggestions now use more natural forms of address for each language.
1.0.60 Sep 5
- Expand a panel under the chat header to see the other person's details, including distance and a quick summary.
- Declined private album requests are now kept as a history, and you can reopen them anytime.
- Delete a declined request or jump to that person's profile straight from the history.
- Fixed a wrong message shown when the other person had closed their album.
- Partner program rates now also show in your local currency.
1.0.59 Sep 4
- Openers are now available in every conversation, with better suggestions.
- Fixed openers not appearing for matches made through quiet swipes.
- Fixed the Super Like badge disappearing from received likes.
- Opening the app from a notification now lands on the right screen more reliably.
- Fixed the same screen stacking up more than once.
1.0.58 Sep 3
- Get an opener in matched chats. Tap a line you like, edit it, and send.
- Compatibility Result now includes a card that explains the two of you in words.
- See whether someone checked your compatibility from your received likes.
- Your cave exploration title now appears on your profile.
- Locked expedition rewards now show how to unlock them.
- Fixed sheets that would not close when dragged down from the body.
- Fixed the mutual reveal request status in private albums.
1.0.57 Sep 2
• Tap a companion's thumbnail on the expedition result to open their profile directly.
• Fixed finds being swapped on the expedition result screen.
• The Matches menu now opens even before you have any matches.
• Fixed purchase confirmations being delivered to the wrong screen.
1.0.56 Aug 31
• Expeditions can now start without picking anyone — join the queue and you'll be matched with a companion automatically.
• Once your free uses run out, we now ask for confirmation before any coins are spent.
• Fixed photos appearing as blank space in chat.
• Added a 3-month Honey Member card.
• You can now enter partner events directly from inside the app.
1.0.55 Aug 27
• You can now vote for members directly from the Ranking screen, and you'll get a notification when someone votes for you.
• Make the weekly best list and you'll receive a shareable award card, plus a celebration popup at login.
• Ranking metrics have been redefined, and each week's standings are now finalized and saved.
• Cave exploration widens its search radius step by step when there are few members nearby.
1.0.54 Aug 25
• Fixed buttons shifting position when viewing a cave with no first impression or owner details.
• Members who join through a partner bar poster now also receive the sign-up confirmation reward.
• Clarified who receives the shared goal rewards in the friend invite event.
1.0.53 Aug 24
• Fixed the iPhone gallery and camera not opening in chat, and nothing happening after picking an iCloud video.
• Fixed "Save Photo" to your phone failing.
• On the Map, the venue menu and the registered venues / events buttons are tidied up, and grouped badges now expand when tapped.
• In Nearby, members who haven't been active for a long time now appear further down.
• You can now add a partner with relationship statuses such as dating, couple or open relationship, not only married or partnered, and Partner settings is no longer hidden by the keyboard.
• This Week's Question now tells you when your answer is too short, and the logo on the opening screen is sharper.
more Version 1.0.79 13h ago
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