Fewer than 15% of entries submitted to the Webby Award committee that year received the Official Honoree distinction, which recognizes the best in Internet content, services, and commerce. In May 2012, the 2012 Webby Awards named Grindr an Official Honoree in its 'Social (Handheld Devices)' category. In April 2012, Grindr won the Readers' Choice Award for Best Dating App, after 74 percent of readers chose Grindr over Zoosk, SKOUT, Tagged, Tingle, and Are You Interested. In January 2012, Grindr won TechCrunch's Crunchies Award for Best Location Application and two iDate Awards for Best Mobile Dating App and Best New Technology. Grindr subsequently commenced legal action and made software changes that blocked the site responsible. In January 2012, a vulnerability in the app's security software enabled hackers to change the profile picture of a small number of primarily Australian Grindr users to explicit images. In May 2011, Vanity Fair dubbed Grindr the 'World's Biggest, Scariest Gay Bar'. Along with a free version, users could pay $4.97 for a premium version called Grindr XTRA that featured no banner ads, more profiles to choose from, more 'favorites,' and push notifications of messages received while the app is running in the background. On March 7, 2011, Grindr launched the app for Android devices. In January 2011, Grindr won the iDate Award for Best Mobile Dating App. įor its first anniversary on March 25, 2010, Grindr released the app for BlackBerry devices. By August 2009, there were 200,000 total users in Grindr's network. Cautious but generally positive reviews of the app circulated through the gay blogosphere on sites such as Queerty and Joe My God. The free version displayed 100 profiles of nearby men, while a premium version ($2.99 plus a monthly fee) contained no advertising and broadened the dating pool to 200 guys. Grindr was launched as an iOS mobile app on March 25, 2009, by tech entrepreneur Joel Simkhai in Los Angeles, California.

Selecting a profile photo in the grid view will display that member's full profile and photos, as well as the option to chat, send a 'tap,' send pictures, video call, and share one's precise location. The app allows members to create a personal profile and use their GPS position to place them on a cascade, where they can browse other profiles sorted by distance and be viewed by nearby and faraway members depending on one's filter settings. It is available on iOS and Android devices in both free and premium versions (the latter called Grindr XTRA and Grindr Unlimited). It was one of the first geosocial apps for gay men when it launched in March 2009 and has since become the largest and most popular gay mobile app in the world. Grindr is a location-based social networking and online dating application for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, and men who have sex with men.

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