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Grindr

Who runs Grindr, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest online dating app alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Scruff

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Grindr

Grindr grindr.com

Grindr is the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. Download Grindr today to discover, connect to, and explore the queer world around you.

Wikidata: smartphone dating/hookup application

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Grindr tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

9 of the 17 alternatives below have fewer, 4 have more.

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Cookie banner
OneTrust
US company
2 tools
  • Tag manager

    Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Grindr

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Grindr, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than GrindrNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

19 of the 60 sites closest to Grindr match.

  1. 01
    Hornet hornet.com English No trackers

    Hornet | Hornet, the Queer Social Network

    Meet, chat and connect with 100 million+ queer men worldwide

    Compare Hornet with Grindr →
  2. 02
    Tinder tinder.com English No trackers

    Tinder | Dating, Make Friends & Meet New People

    With 55 billion matches to date, Tinder® is the world’s most popular dating app, making it the place to meet new people.

    Compare Tinder with Grindr →
  3. 03
    Feeld feeld.co English No trackers

    Feeld: The Dating App for Open-Minded Individuals

    Feeld connects open-minded people exploring love, desire, and alternative relationships in a safe, inclusive space.

    Compare Feeld with Grindr →
  4. 04
    Adam4Adam adam4adam.com English No trackers

    Adam4Adam - Free online dating & hookup, gay, chat, cam

    Adam4Adam is the free gay dating site with chat, cams and millions of guys near you. Join the biggest LGBTQ+ dating community and find your Adam today!

    Compare Adam4Adam with Grindr →
  5. 05
    Hinge hinge.co English No trackers

    Download Hinge, the dating app designed to be deleted | Hinge

    Hinge is built on the belief that anyone looking for love should be able to find it. It’s also built on an acclaimed Nobel-Prize-winning algorithm, so we can succeed in getting you out on promising dates, not keeping you on the app.

    Compare Hinge with Grindr →
  6. 06
    eHarmony eharmony.com English No trackers

    Dating site to meet singles & find real love!

    eharmony is a dating site with over 20 year's experience. Our matching helps you to find real love. Sign up for free and meet thousands of like-minded singles.

    Compare eHarmony with Grindr →
  7. 07
    Locket locketcamera.com English No trackers

    Locket - Best friends first

    Add your friends to your Home Screen, share weekly recaps, and keep your people close. Locket is for best friends first.

    Compare Locket with Grindr →
  8. 08
    Komoot komoot.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Komoot | Find, plan and share your adventures

    Turn your next ride, hike, or run into an adventure with komoot. Get inspired by tapping into shared community knowledge and recommendations, then bring your adventures to life with the easy route planner.

    Compare Komoot with Grindr →
  9. 09
    WhatsApp whatsapp.com Top 100 English No trackers

    WhatsApp | Secure and Reliable Free Private Messaging and Calling

    Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.

    Compare WhatsApp with Grindr →
  10. 10
    Airbridge airbridge.io Top 10K English No trackers

    Attribution for Subscription Apps | Airbridge

    See which ads and content drive installs, trials, subscriptions, and revenue. Compare results with ad spend. Try Airbridge free for 30 days.

    Compare Airbridge with Grindr →
  11. 11
    PubNub pubnub.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Build, manage, & optimize real-time apps at scale | PubNub

    Power your real-time app with PubNub - the world's largest pub/sub network. Scale to 3 trillion API calls/month, with <30ms global delivery. Start building now!

    Compare PubNub with Grindr →
  12. 12
    Wolt wolt.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Wolt Delivery | Food, Groceries and more in 30 minutes | Germany

    When people try Wolt, they love it! The joy of food, groceries and more from local stores and restaurants, delivered in 30 minutes. Try the most-loved delivery app now.

    Compare Wolt with Grindr →
  13. 13
    Pusher pusher.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Pusher | Leader In Realtime Technologies

    Simple, scalable and reliable. Hosted realtime APIs loved by developers and trusted by giants. Build live dashboards, notifications, geotracking, chat and more.

    Compare Pusher with Grindr →
  14. 14
    stats.fm English No trackers

    stats.fm (Formerly Spotistats for Spotify)

    Your music, your stats, your story. Enter a new dimension of music by getting unique insights into your music taste.

    Compare stats.fm with Grindr →
  15. 15
    TradingView tradingview.com Top 1K English No trackers

    TradingView — Track All Markets

    Where the world charts, chats, and trades markets. We're a supercharged super-charting platform and social network for traders and investors. Free to sign up.

    Compare TradingView with Grindr →
  16. 16
    Venmo venmo.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Pay Friends | Payments App | Venmo

    Welcome to Venmo! Manage your account balance, send/receive money, split bills, pay friends, and stay connected with your network all in one place.

    Compare Venmo with Grindr →
  17. 17
    Patreon patreon.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Where Creator Communities Thrive — Patreon

    Build a community, share exclusive work, and turn your passion into a thriving business with Patreon. Get started today!

    Compare Patreon with Grindr →
  18. 18
    GroupMe groupme.com English No trackers

    GroupMe | Group chat app

    Group text messaging to every phone. The easy way to connect with all the groups in your life, big and small.

    Compare GroupMe with Grindr →
  19. 19
    Mintegral mintegral.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Mintegral | Turn Engagement Into Growth With AI

    Advertise, monetize, and grow your business with Mintegral's AI-powered marketing solutions. Access global traffic on the open internet with Mintegral.

    Compare Mintegral with Grindr →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Grindr’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Grindr uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Grindr adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 20 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,214
Vector
384-d
Query
38 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Grindr’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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