Dating apps

Best Gay Dating Apps Of 2014

There’s now a number of gay dating apps available for gays to use to find love, a date, or just some casual fun.

rukkle reviews the best gay dating apps of 2014 and provides their key features.

Whether you’re looking for a lover, friend, or a friend with benefits, there’s an app for that! rukkle lists our best gay dating apps along with each applications key features.

Grindr

Grindr was initially launched in 2009 and quickly became the most popular gay dating app. Presently, they boast that they have over 4 million gays in 192 countries. As well, there’s 10,000 new users downloading each day.

Its latest update introduces ‘tribes’ which allows you to choose the group that you most connect to. As well, filter features that let you remove those guys that don’t interest you.

Scruff

Scruff states that over 50 million messages are exchanged every week on their gay dating app. A quick visit to their app’s Facebook page and it shows that over 385,000 people like them.

SCRUFF tends to attract the bears and jocks crowd, but there’s still plenty of regular gays on there too.

Hornet

Hornet refers to itself as the gay dating app that Grindr should have been. Which could be why Grindr recently adopted some of its filter features.

Hornet allows you to have both private and public photos. Plus, it lets you scope out guys wherever they are in the world. This helps with planning future business or pleasure trips ahead instead of last minute browsing upon arrival.

GROWLr

GROWLr is one of our best gay dating apps, as it focuses on finding gay bears near you. It claims to have over 2 million gay bears and their admirers awaiting you.

Like other apps, you can send private messages and pictures; however, they also feature voice memos too. Plus, it has up-to-date bear bar listings in your local neighbourhood.

Manhunt

Take the best of Manhunt’s popular website in your pocket with their gay dating app. The app lets you browse through Manhunt’s over 4 million gay/bi/curious men. You can find guys close to you and have access to your buddy list.

This app allows you to easily transition from their website to app and back, which is why it’s one of our best gay dating apps.

Bender

Bender allows you to find gay, bi, or curious guys nearby. Bender bills itself as the #1 dating app in Spain and has over 200,000 downloads a month worldwide.

Presently, used in over 160 countries and it differentiates itself by allowing you to send video messages, have up to 10 profile photos, and the ability to lock the app with a pin code. Plus, there’s even a built in translator allowing you to chat with guys in different languages.

Guy Spy

Guy Spy claim to be second to none when it comes to gay dating apps. Guy Spy allows you to upload multiple photos at a time. Plus, you can even offer a personal voice greeting to visitors to your profile.

Plus, with their buddy and favourites lists, you can keep track of all those that you’ve enjoyed chatting with or want to chat with in the future too.

Distinc. tt

For those looking for something a less risque than other apps, Distinc. tt may be the gay dating app for you.

It’s states that it’s the only gay dating app on iTunes approved for those 12 and up. Which clearly differentiates it from our other best gay dating apps and focuses more on socializing.

What’s your best gay dating app? Which one’s have you used before? Which gay dating app gives you the most success? Leave your comment below or tweet us @rukkle.

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Top 10 Best Dating Apps for iPhone & Android: These Apps Will Help You Find Love on Valentine’s Day

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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and if you’re still looking for your Valentine, you may want to check out our list of the best dating apps for iPhone & Android. If you want somebody warm to snuggle up against during these cold winter months, check out the following five dating apps. Just make sure you bring an appropriate Valentine’s Day gift to your romantic date!

1. OKCupid iPhone | Android

OkCupid is a social networking dating app from Okcupid. com. Browse profiles of members who are looking to get something started, whether it be hooking up or finding a solid relationship. Feeling risky? Try out OkCupid’s crazy blind date feature and you could get hooked up as soon as tonight. This app is great for people looking for serious romance, casual flirting, and is open to people of all sexual orientations.

Top 5 Best Hookup Dating Apps for iPhone & Android

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Whether you’re looking for a booty call, a hookup, a casual date, or a friends-with-benefits situation, these dating apps are ideal for no-strings-attached romance. Read on to see our top five picks for apps that will help you find a date tonight.

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1. Down

Down’s original incarnation (Bang With Friends) gets a mention in the video above, which outlines some of the most popular hookup apps for straight people, as well as people in the gay and lesbian communities.

Also featured on our list of the best sex apps. Down may be more familiar to you under its original name: Bang With Friends. After changing their name. the puritanical App Store finally let Down stay on its listings.

Down lets you anonymously express an interest in hooking up with your Facebook friends. If they reciprocate, you’ll be notified and can plan a meet-up. If not, they’ll never even know you have the hots for them. Think of it as Tinder for people who want to be more direct about their intentions. You can check out testimonials from Down users who got their “happy endings” at the Down blog .

Download Down for iPhone here .

Download Down for Android here .

Easy Facebook login

Sexy design

Simple to use

By default, you do not show up as a Down user in any searches on Facebook

Free Cons:

Facebook-based system may bore those who have already tapped their social circle

Some users have complained of lack of people on the app

Some reviewers find the app to be “a bad idea”

Down does collect some personal info

Limited foreign language support may make it hard to find international hotties

Best dating apps for iPhone: Plenty of Fish, Coffee Meets Bagel, Tinder, and more!

Need a date and don't like the bar scene? These are the best dating apps for iPhone!

Part of being human is making connections and having relationships, especially romantic ones. And romantic relationships have to start somewhere. That's where dating comes in and more specifically, dating apps for your iPhone. Sure, there are bars and gyms, school and work, but we have our phones with us all the time, why not use them to help us meet someone great? There are lot dating apps available for iPhone. But if you're looking for love, which are the absolute best ones?

Plenty of Fish

Plenty of Fish is not only a dating app for iPhone, but one of the largest online dating communities in the world. There are already over 50 million members so finding someone that is somewhat local to you shouldn't be too much of a challenge. The app itself is also well designed and offers push notifications to keep you up to date on who's viewing your profile and messages from potential matches.

If you want the largest pool of potential matches to pick from, check out Plenty of Fish.

Coffee Meets Bagel

Coffee Meets Bagel makes finding a potential date a little more personal and a little less cold. You are required to link Coffee Meets Bagel to your Facebook account and your matches only extend so far out of your friends group so you can verify someone is actually real. You are served up one potential candidate, or bagel, a day. If you mutually like each other, you can swap info via a private number Coffee Meets Bagel serves up for you.

If online dating makes you nervous, Coffee Meets Bagel is a sure fire way for you to make sure someone is legit.

Tinder

Tinder is a unique dating app for iPhone that lets you browse locals it thinks you may be interested in anonymously. Only if the two of you both like each other will Tinder attempt to make an introduction and reveal your identities. Once you've made a match you can chat back and forth or continue looking for other people. Aside from the anonymity portion, the app itself is one of the most well designed dating apps available on any platform.

If you want to keep things personal and anonymous until you've found a match, look no further than Tinder.

OkCupid

OkCupid has been around a long time and has a huge community. The unique broadcast feature lets you tell other potential interests when you're free and what you'd like to do. They can then answer or suggest something. It's then up to you whether or not you'd like to meet up.

If you are spur of the moment and want to easily find people to hang out with, OkCupid is a great choice.

Grindr

Grindr is the largest online dating community for gay, bisexual, and bi-curious men. Whether you're looking for a date, someone to talk to, or more — you'll more than likely find it on Grindr. Better yet, Grindr doesn't cost you a dime.

If you're a gay or bi male, you don't need to download any dating app other than Grindr.

Brenda

Brenda is a casual dating app for lesbians and bisexual women. Whether you're looking locally for something serious or want to find other gay women to hang out with before you travel, Brenda can help you find them. The app is well designed and has features such as face lock so you can control who sees your face. You can also set up push notifications for potential matches as well as see what other women think of your profile.