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Switzerland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The app was nice in the beginning, then they started to make money - it's fair as no service is for free.
Then they wanted more money - ok advertisements and paid accounts with more functionalities... now they became unlimited greedy. Paying for Xtra account (subscription for a whole year) and they changing rules during the game, removing existing and basic functionalities which I pay for. And forcing to buy the highly overpriced unlimited version. Not gonna extend my subscription as I pay money and receive not much more than in a free account.
Not mentioning they they have no control over age verification and daily spams, and aggressive escort profiles.
They should be suied for using the LGBT+ community as they became main app for us and they're using the situation in very inappropriate and greedy way.
Very bad strategy. I hope their position will be taken over by new app which os not only looking to get money from us.

Date of experience: November 26, 2022
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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No reason I got banned and haven't used for 3 months it's a scam let's hope they shutdown soon
They are rude judge and jury won't tell you why keep taking subscriptions too

Date of experience: June 15, 2021
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I CONSTANTLY receive the following "Grindr has stopped working" - providing feedback is pointless - and it's never ending ability to randomly disconnect/reconnect (with no option other than to wait) is ridiculous

Date of experience: January 11, 2019
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have used grindr for several years and it has been a good safe source for hooking up with random men - HOWEVER the useless and annoying ads and games.are it difficult to enjoy the site. Can someone PLEASE help with the endless ads my gosh I'm on here for fun not to see your endless freaking ads that all or most of your viewers have no interest in - please for God sakes end the ads!

Date of experience: April 19, 2023
Ohio
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Grindr is awful
October 24, 2020

If the countless fake profiles and scammers don't frustrate you, Grindr will just ban you for no reason and keep your prepaid annual subscription. It's a criminal enterprise.

Date of experience: October 24, 2020
Nevada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Tranny App - GrindHER
November 19, 2019

To each their own. I'm gay and like Men as Men. Beards, body hair -including happy trails, chest hair, arm pits, and pubes. Can't believe how many times I have to delete the trannies from messaging me, some coming back to tell me that I'm to discriminating against them, just cause I told them I'm not interested in getting to know guys that wears women's panties, stockings, bras, etc. One chick-$#*! reports me as being rude and discriminating. Grinder bans me for Zero Tolerance... and keeps my money for yearly subscription. Are they judging me for what I like and dont like? I'm so glad there are so many other gay Apps that I've discovered are for men meeting men. Guys4guys. Adam4adam... steve4steve... scuff. GrindHER wasn't for me.

Date of experience: November 19, 2019
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have been banned so many times on grinder that I now realize it's not worth the effort to convince the gods of gay hookup sex site that they allow to many customers to be blackmailed or blackballed
For the most trivial reasons and if ur pictures are more attractive than some old crows that get jealous you will be banned.
$#*! GRINDER

Date of experience: February 14, 2022
Spain
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Falsely banned
September 1, 2019

My account got banned from Grindr after an accusation of being harassing or bullying people without any proof, since there is none because I didn't harass or bully anybody. I have being a paying member for years and after contacting the support team they deny to provide me evidence and refer to their terms and conditions:

Please review our Terms of Service, under section "Our Refusal Or Suspension Of Your Service":
11.3 Grindr reserves the right to refuse or suspend access to any user, for any reason or no reason, and without any notice.

11.4 Grindr may terminate any User Account You have with the Grindr Services or Your use of the Grindr Services or any portion thereof, if Grindr believes that you have breached this Agreement, or for any other reason, in its sole discretion.

Date of experience: September 1, 2019
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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During my time on this site, I have had the worst experience that I couldve imagined. I was mugged by a guy and his gang, and when I tried to warn others in the area, by writing on my profile, I was permanently banned, with no explanation. His profile was allowed to remain and he met others (probably to groom them. They came and told me). When I tried to complain and get a refund for my annual subscription, all my emails and messages were flat ignored. They had obviously banned my home IP and my phone IPs. There are drug dealers, muggers, con artists, prostitutes, violent people, hidden profiles, no security measures, terrible customer service, it is the most expensive, you get stood up a lot, people are rude, nearly everyone is practicing unsafe sex. I was a victim of crime twice through this site, and they offered absolutely no support or advice, they just banned me for posting a warning statement to my community. It's a terrible site and the owners do not care enough to even explain why you get banned, even when you point out that you are entitled to information under Data Protection laws. They do not deserve their licenses. They should not be trusted with public safety.

Date of experience: April 18, 2021
Australia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I have been banned few times because I state very clear my view about PrEP. I have read the latest research conducted in Australia (VicPrEP) and published in a reputable journal. I put on my profile the findings that PrEP is increasing unsafe sex and STIs and then, I get banned with no explanation. Are these gay activist are getting paid for every pill stupid queens take instead of adhering to condom usage?

Date of experience: September 14, 2017

Overview

Grindr has a rating of 1.5 stars from 177 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Grindr most frequently mention customer service, drug dealers and fake profiles. Grindr ranks 21st among Gay Dating sites.

service
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value
46
shipping
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returns
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quality
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