Reviews for GROWLR: Gay Bears Near You

If I could give 0 stars I would. This is the second time it's dropped and given me an error. I haven't been able to log in for days and yet i get notifications for it, when I click on them it pulls up menues but they are all blank and repeat the "growlr has experienced an Error" Fix this, it's absolutely horrible and for an unknown amount of time, no updates or announcements on when this will be fixed. Get it together Growlr.

Has always had lots of glitches and interface issues. It's getting slightly better, but I still have dropped messages and lag. The worst part is that there is absolutely no way to back up messages when switching to a new phone - I used to be able to use Helium, not even that works now. Please add a way to back up conversations! 275 favorites is also not enough and is an annoyingly arbitrary number. Please increase this. This still applies 12/1/21. More recently there are a ton of spam bots.

Ever since the update this app has gotten worse! It lags terribly and often won't send messages because "Growlr is experiencing an error. Please try back again later". This happens multiple times through the day. Even though I have my profile set to "play sounds" rarely do I get a sound when a message comes through. What happened Growlr? How did y'all go from being one of the best to one of the most unreliable???

This app has slowly become awful over the years. There has always been an issue with messages going through, but has only gotten worse. Constantly get error messages where the app has to be completely restarted. Profiles won't load. Hardly ever get notifications when you get a message. Messages won't load when you happen to get a notification. Now, when you try to view a profile it auto closes multiple times. Takes trying to view several times before it will final stay up and load.

Before Growlr was sold to new owners, it worked perfectly fine. The occasional error, yes, but it functioned. Now when you launch the app, 1 of 3 things happens: 1. It gets stuck in a loading loop. 2. It loads, then crashes. 3. It loads but you can't view profiles or send/receive messages. Clearing cache, force stop, reinstall doesn't help. This app has gone down the gutter!

WHY DO YOU LET BOTS OVERTAKE THE APP?!?!? I've reported easily a dozen! Server errors don't need to be happening. This app has been around for enough years now that you should have overcome that issue by now. You still can't zoom in on pictures, why is that? I don't want to touch the screen and save the picture, if I really need to save somebody's picture, I'll do a screenshot. There is still no incentive for me to buy a pro subscription when basic issues still elude your ability to fix. 🙄

It seems that several issues with message sending and delivery that have plagued this app have been resolved. Though there are times when some typed messages dissappear as soon as you hit send. I think this mainly has to do with network connectivity. Update: the app was better for a while, but in the last year or so it's never been worse. Seriously thinking about canceling my subscription. The number of lost send messages and unnotified messages has gotten crazy. Stupid to continue paying.

I agree with others; help is nonexistent. I keep getting the "Growlr experienced an error. Try again later" message... five weeks. I emailed with all info and they replied to make sure I try all the things I just told them I already tried. They did not respond to my second or third request for help. I've been a (mostly) paying member since the get-go. It appears they just don't care. It's a bigger bummer because I was just starting to connect with one bear.

Messaging is glitchy and unreliable. I get message notifications of my messages, but they aren't downloading. No way to check for updates. And not much in the way of support. When it's working it's decent, but a long ways from being a leading choice in app selection. Ads are currently locking up the app and making it hard to navigate. I reported a problem but got no response. I deleted account and app. Only wish I could rate lower than 1 star. *Update! Still sucks!!! Update made it even worse!!!

You can't easily report spam. They have the fewest number of viewable thumbnails compared to other popular social apps. There's no way to add outside social sites like Instagram. Furthermore, their TOS make this like a gay version of Christian Mingle. It's very sanitized. Being able to zoom in on pics would be nice. In my opinion, they have the least bang for the buck for free users compared to other gay social apps.

I love the idea! I do like the app once in a while, BUT I am constantly getting these "we miss you" and "to keep your account active" messages. So then I login and instantly get 3 messages from scammers asking me to go to their website. No wonder why I don't login all the time! There seems to be more fake than real! And I have not been able to send or upload pictures for some time and tech support was no help!

I'm having a continuous error pop up every time I try to make my profile, I've tried all the troubleshooting paths I know and nothing seems to work. it keeps saying that growlr is experiencing an error and to try again later. I've had the app before and wish to be able to log back on, however this error message happens even when I open up the galleries and who's nearby. please remedy this!! :(

Only a limited number of nearby Bears visible unless you're a paid user. Limited number of blocks unless you're a paid user. Invasive advertising that is loud in volume and ruins any chance of privacy. The app is currently being taken over by "bot" profiles. I've had the paid version in the past and it isn't much better. Uninstalling today. a Don't waste your time! the

I've used this app on and off for several years. Unfortunately, lately one if the biggest annoyances are the bots, sending me messages to invite me to their site. Of course I don't click, but block and report them, but unfortunately they keep coming back. This is becoming annoying as hell. Update 7/31: Reduced to one star. Using in-app reporting and blocking feature and bots still happening. Am paying for monthly subscription. Surely that should account for something.

My chats seem to be down. It says I'm getting message notifications but the chat windows are blank, even when I try to send messages. They are not even appearing in my read messages or unread messages lists. Not sure what happened as it worked up until the past few days. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app with no change. :( I hope this gets fixed soon!

I enjoying the app...but I just got to experience myself what I read from others. I just got a new device and I lost all my messages... today's day that should be something that shouldn't happen... I'm sure that it can be easily addressed by your technical team... it's honestly frustrating... when there's no way to connect again...just cross your fingers and wait... please address that issue.... thanks

It's ridiculous that this is the app that has the most expensive premium amount. People are actually paying for this app? You lose all your messages switching to a new phone. and then you have so many blank profiles in your nearby.. LOL. Definitely not paying for this there are better apps for free and even come with mobile/ websites sites for those that want it on computer. Not sure what people are paying for. Someone unlocks pictures they want you to pay to see unlocked pictures. Never!!

The navigation of Growlr is very user friendly and all the features that are available with the free membership are great. My criticism would have to be all the fake profiles that have overrun the app. I would say the majority of users I receive messages from turn out to be either bots or catfish. I really don't like that the distance isn't required to be revealed, and there always seems to be profiles showing up in the nearby grid view that end up being on the opposite coast, or like Beirute.

My experience with this app has been frustrating and the support team seems nonexistent. Initially it would tell me I was not allowed to make an account for unknown reasons I could not figure out. I emailed support, no response. I was then able to make an account suddenly so I did. Didnt get a chance to interact with a single person on the app because next time I tried to log in I was told my account was suspended. I emailed support because I believe this is in error. No response. I give up.

Only one photo viewable without Pro subscription. App is rife with fake profiles who try to entice you to questionable websites. This has been a problem for over a year. Also limiting things like "bookmarks" (formerly Favorites) that used to be unlimited, just so they can give you more if you pay them. They're not as limiting as Scruff but that's not really saying much. Also, their ad provider has some really sketchy clients. Update: No longer better than Scruff.