Growlr App Reviews

Pretty good

How many times can you block the same person seriously you need a better policy and If someone deletes there account they are locked out for 30 or 60 days!loke some other apps before they can create a new profile and if they use a different email then you might need to go by the picture or something but this is annoying that people can do this esp when you don’t offer unlimited blocks because if they delete the profile you don’t remove them. OK CAN WE work on the sound effects now clearly you can either have the sound on or off whether my phone volume is up all the way or on mute so how about you fix that so that if i turn my volume down the app goes down with it instead of on and off that would be fantastic

Y’all need to do something about this nonsense. It’s ridiculous.

I’ll change my review if they can fix it but the entire app has been down for hours.

GROWLr will randomly send you a notification saying you got a message, when you go to check it no matter how quickly you do it there is no message. They are using that to get you to open the app and see ads.

Now it's $9.99 a month?! I love paying for missing messages, notifications that are delayed and a very antiquated platform. Time to cancel.. And I've been a member since 2009. Other apps have at least slapped a fresh coat of paint on theirs. Growlr is the same u*** color too. Time to give up and go elsewhere.

This app has afforded me wonderful opportunities to meet hundreds of quality men, a transman, and even one woman for fantastic s** all over the World. The downside is that if you don’t want to pay for the pro version, you’re forced to sit through numerous repetitive and annoying ads.

I don't like the pop up ads for games. I don't like pop up ads at all. I don't want them. Thanks for auto-filling that. But there’s more! Why can’t you create a filter that allows single men, like myself, to w*** out the guys that are in open relationships, or in a relationship in general?? I don’t want to see there profiles. I only want to view single men. Why is this so difficult???

Many users that are not active even Grindr has more active users

Great app. It would be much better if the location were optional in the search instead of mandatory.

Chat doesn't work universally between devices. Terrible! Older: Adds holding you hostage until they show the x. Back on the day when someone unlocked, you saw all pics. Now you have to have a paid version to see. Taking away feature is never a plus. Old review: Back in the day this app was a sigh of relief for those is us who did feel like we fit in, in those young jock, smooth t**** apps. Now this app has become exclusive plus and plus plus size men only. Even if your not a bear. As long as you are big. Otters are out. Otters and their appreciators have little to no representation any more. Squeezed out by the chubs. And Crazy expensive fees now! :(

Stupid app. Way too many games popping up all the time. As bad as Grindr.

App is fine. But I wish it would remove people from your nearby screen when they aren’t active. Some guys show active but haven’t been on for 5 hours.

Great way to find guys

A lot of sex-addicted, self-destructive, lacking in morals people on here.

It is unacceptable that this app's ads play out loud when the phone is on silent. One of many examples of the developers' evident belief they own this demographic and can take their customers for granted.

And you will too! Especially when we get down and nasty piggy together. I’m a total 💯% ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️😜😜😜😜 and all that that entails or think

Why do I have to remind them to renew my account? I authorize them to do it. Apple tells me it’s going to happen and every year my account reverts back to normal and not upgrade.

Growlr use to be a great place to meet guys for conversation, friendship, hook ups, LTR etc... in my opinion you’ll now find yourself in a forest of sleeping bears. Or baby cubs looking for daddy bears to take care and raise them (not happening). You’ll have a better chance finding that growling bear in your own backyard. I thought hibernating season was over? Growlr is still pushing the same ol boring version from the early 2000s. With very, very little change. This app is in need of a major facelift. Moving on... of course after I delete this app.🐻 🏳️‍🌈🙅🏽‍♂️ I will check back in a year or two and hopefully I’ll be faced with some exciting changes? Probably not.

When you send a message the app hide your keyboard and that’s is really annoying, they have to fix that and also the app is slow

Haven’t had it long enough to Write a Review....

Ads that open up with full sound are going to get me fired. My sound is usually near silent, then pop-op blasts the entire room.

It’s been 5 months settling at my home in Los Angeles and to be part of the local Bear Organization there was great. Friendly people to interact at the Pool Parties and my closest friends there were very supportive of me. I’ve finally learned that using GROWLr for Relationships isn’t working for me, but casual hook ups and dates are doing well. Keep up the good works GROWLr. Bear hugs, Woof and Grrr!!!

Too many racist people on here

Ads are incredibly intrusive. Sound and video that blocks out everything else. Wonky interface. Same guys every time you log on. A lame waste of time.

New pop up ads that last 25 seconds & have loud volume greatly erode the user experience.

Really g** so......yeah

good

Pro: It does exactly what it does. Talk to amazing people and if your lucky enough you can hook up. Con: the only thing I don’t like that needs to be fixed is my matches. They need to bee in the same state and at least 5-10 miles away not 1256 miles away. Other than that it’s great and easy to use. Can’t wait to see the next update.

Pretty fun app with not enough emphasis on the technology behind it. Glitchy at times. I only really works if you pay. Just like all other apps of its kind. Gets old and stale quickly as you see the same guys over and over.

Nobody is communicating with me. I can’t find deaf or hard of hearing dating. There lot rude app here.

...the advertisements STILL PLAY AT FULL VOLUME. This should be unacceptable to anyone. Srsly guys, when you're in bed and your husband is sleeping next to you, mute means mute!!

What used to be the front runner of the g** dating apps in 2013, is now coming off as one of the waning and most desperate, annoying apps on my iPhone. The constant barrage of pop-up ads is beyond annoying, and leaving me to consider dumping this thing & going somewhere else. $9.99/month for “Pro” and you STILL get annoying pop-up ads? I think not.

it’s the best site

This is the only app I use for all of my bear needs. The bar information, event information, a seemingly endless stream of handsome guys, I'm very pleased and it just keeps getting better. Edit: Six years later and it’s still the app I use the most.

Great site/app but I still do not know how to revise my searches by city/Country. My profile was deleted without my permission, & now I am not getting any logical customer support after paying twice for a pro membership.

This site would be a lot more tolerable without all the ridiculous shout outs. I’ve tried to turn them off but it doesn’t work. How about a button in the settings to shut off shout outs?!

I’ve been paying for the GROWLr Pro since February . This morning I counted all the profiles I could view. 200!!! This app has the lowest number of profiles available with upgraded subscription!!!! You can bet I won’t be renewing my subscription!!!!!

App needs some work! What happened to growlr? It used to be such a great app wayyy better than the others, now its just like the others. Why are people who havent been online in more then one hour showing up as active in the local grid? Hopefully the owner of the app will do some improvements on the app. Doubt it but at least i wont pay for it anymore.

It’s taking forever to load up. Even on WiFi or my cell data. Idk what’s wrong. :(

Constantly losing messages and freezing on loading screen. No way to contact them to let them know the app I’m paying for isn’t working.

keep getting your errors today, you cant keep up with the demand

Can there be an option to lock a users pictures after they unlock for you?

Miles above and beyond that ‘Grindr’ app... At least the guys on here are realistic and not prone to head games and ignorance. Sorry for venting but would still recommend this over that any day!

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The app is an ok app. It gets the job done. However the non paid features are extremely annoying and the limited blocks you get, I think, can even be dangerous. If someone is harassing you online and you can't block them, then the only option is to remove the app from your device and I do that think they hats what you would want, right growler?

They should have the same Facebook messenger texting system like when someone seen the message or read the message or the person is typing..

Things are working out, especially after my move back to Los Angeles, California from Macon, Georgia. The guys in the Eastern part of our country were too reserved and biased and I wished GROWLr could offer more. Now that I’m back in Los Angeles and soon to join the Bear Organization there, the network is unimaginably great. Keep it up GROWLr, and I’ll let you know of suggestions. Bear hugs and Woof!!!

What’s the point of reporting someone for harassment and bullying and stealing pictures of their profile doesn’t get removed? That kind of defeats the purpose of the feature, don’t you think? I’ve had to delete and redo my profile a few times because the same crazy person continues to bother me...

I understand that you need to make money. But stop annoying me with your stupid, irrelevant ads.

Best way to destroy your self-esteem.

I was a full paying member but had decided not to renew. I have sent in info before to support. I am using an IPad and when I push in the thumbnail to open a profile, the entire program crashes and shuts down. And it still continues. So, I have chosen to not renew and may end up deleting if the pop up get to be too much.

My biggest complaint about using this app is that when trying to use it on multiple devices, messages do not cross over. They only stay on that particular device. I assume it’s an easy thing to fix. Seeing that it’s the same account on two phones. Both should be able to see the same activity.

Oh I think I know the answer. Get the Pro version for $75 and all your troubles will be over

Suddenly, there are now commercials playing when the app is opened. This definitely minimizes my time spent on here. Do I need to turn off the phones volume every time I go to open this? Seems like they’re trying to remove all of the non-premium paying members.

This app has been unstable for years. I’ve been a user since 2011. Same problems always. First, the interface is awful. You have to go in deep to do things then backtrack. Why can’t they update it? Stability is a mess. If they gave me a penny for each time it says I have a message and then it’s lost somehow, I’d be a millionaire. I understand some lay person by some miracle stuck out and became the owner, but can’t you hire professionals? App crashes all the time. Anyways. Praying for an alternative for bears. That’s the only reason you are around, there’s no one else.

The free version is decent. The pro version gives you more, though. I just have the free version installed and it seems to work well. Search function isn’t pretty... tends to return nonsensical results (eg, I use the “contains” function to search for “Trucker” and I get 1 result (literally someone who has that as their screen name). But if I use the “Begins with” function that person doesn’t come up)! Also the location function is very poor when searching.

Seriously.. Goes down, won't connect and then messages are lost. Very, very frustrating for premium paying members.

The purpose of the app is great but the app is not functional on iPhone 8, Plus, or X. It seems the app is not working well with iOS 11. I am constantly having to refresh the “Bears” page because it won’t let me search different cities continuously. The app also has been freezing and/or crashing unexpectedly, it always takes forever to load and sometimes my messages or the messages from other users are lost once the page finally loads or even after I’ve closed the app and restarted it. I still receive “Shouts” even after I’ve opted out of them. The app is great in terms of meeting guys but the interface and the functionality is not up to date with current software versions of smartphones.

What c*** servers are being used? The app never works. Constantly failing. This is an ongoing issue since the app was released. Never a fix in sight. Yet you ask for a monthly subscription for basic features.

This is the most dysfunctional app ever. It constantly eats messages and has loading issues on a continuous basis. Charging $10 a month is criminal since the app functions so poorly much of the time. I’ve been a member since 2012 and the price for pro membership keeps going up with little or no improvement on its functionality. The concept is great. But it fails to deliver quality for an app that charges money for pro membership. Please do something about it!

This app frequently does not respond, or just plain doesn’t work

I came to Growlr for men that aren’t afraid to let their hair grow out or who aren’t shamed of having a few extra pounds. It has certainly delivered.

This could be a super app but has irritating features. On the plus side, it accommodates a lot of space to say what you're looking for (unlike Grr) and doesn't censor what you say (at least my experience). Unfortunately, a lot of guys don't bother to fill that in or say very little what they are looking for. The choice of "auto" messages to let guys know that you're interested (like Woof, Grr, Hey Handsome, etc) is extensive, which seems unique to GROWLr (although a few choices are, frankly, a bit nellie or inappropriate). The free version only lets you see three photos. And if one of these three is a video, you can't see that either. The search function is fatally flawed --- if you put in more than one or two criteria, it often comes up with very few or no matches nearby (even in San Francisco!). Apparently the search is set up to use AND instead of OR, so the more criteria you put in, the less likely there will be a match with ALL the criteria. Example, if you want guys who are Top or Versatile, you have to do two searches. Otherwise, you get only those who listed themselves as Top AND versatile. If you put in, say, 5 characteristics (and there are a lot of choices), chances are you will get zero matches. Other apps don't do searches this way -- for good reason. The travel function is mysterious. It will show you're new to an area but only for 48 hour hours. If I'm visiting somewhere for a week, I might want guys to know that, not just for 2 days. It should just let users set if they are traveling or not and if it detects they are back at home, then it could automatically turn off. The popup ads in the free version are kind of s***** for most Bears -- typically silly app games for teens. On purpose?

Where is my block list. ??supposed to go in block but can’t get A list this site is becoming worse tha b411 and a few others.

This program has very loud noise alerts do every one in you area will hear you ate on a hook up app.

I’ve been paying for pro for a little bit. This month my card number changed and I wasn’t able to pay even after I fixed the card number. Now, it shows I’ve paid two months worth. It shows that I’m not Pro yet. Idk what’s going on.

Limited number of profiles even for premium subscription. Much fewer than other apps. Free account limits just about everything. Premium provides decent functionality but nothing impressive. Could and should be much better.

no way to adjust notifications

I paid to upgrade but it’s still the same and keep telling my to upgrade so... is this a scam or is there a trick to it that I’m unaware of

Using a local dns proxy one can view the myriad of tracking scripts and advertising nonsense that this app loads. To make matters worse the pop up advertising is among the most intrusive ads I’ve ever seen. They play awful annoying sounds and use shady tactics to force users to click, such as moving the close button to hidden areas. Use at your own risk.

I have been gone off this website for about a year. I logged on for the first time yesterday June 12, 2018 only to find everyone’s profile looks the same as it did five and 10 years ago you would think people would have updated their profiles. I don’t understand what the problem is with updating pictures online

Ok app, works good, nice features, but they should require all users to have a face pic In their profile.

Any app that puts a "blocking" feature behind a paywall is not interested in the safety of its community members. Blocks should always be unlimited so that members know they have an option to stop unwanted harassment.

The Blocked feature still needs some kind of proper implementation. It is recommended to go back to the profile of the person you blocked to unblock and free up spaces, but that doesn't work when the person has deleted their profile YEARS ago.

I was already paying for a membership and out of nowhere my subscription was down graded. Now, in order to "enjoy" the features I thought were premium, I have to pay more. Not that I'm cheap, but some notice would've been nice. Another lame thing is that in order to cancel your subscription, it is an involved process. Almost like they're hoping you won't bother with it.

Why would someone pay for this app? You can’t have chats across multiple devices. On an iPad you can’t scale your picture to fit in a thumbnail. At least once per week I’m contacted by a brand new profile where that someone so wonderful ends up being in the military, and looking for money. Any attempt to ask the creators of this app is met with a response of, “It’s Apples fault, hopefully when they update the iOS, it’ll resolve the problem.” Last time I checked, Apple doesn’t update their software to cater to Growlr...

I had bought growlr pro and for some reason it didn’t work, but I got charged for it. I contacted customer service 4 times and still haven’t heard anything back from them!!!!!!!

It was amazing

Between devices messages show up days late if at all

This app is one big trash can! There are thousands and I mean thousands of fake ads that all say the same thing and hundreds of new ones spring up every week and the owners do nothing to stop it ... it might even be them doing it. It’s not worth 10 dollars a month unless you wanna sift through hundreds of land mines.

Adds holding you hostage until they show the x. Back on the day when someone unlocked, you saw all pics. Now you have to have a paid version to see. Taking away feature is never a plus. Old review: Back in the day this app was a sigh of relief for those is us who did feel like we fit in, in those young jock, smooth t**** apps. Now this app has become exclusive plus and plus plus size men only. Even if your not a bear. As long as you are big. Otters are out. Otters and their appreciators have little to no representation any more. Squeezed out by the chubs. And Crazy expensive fees now! :(

It is entirely UNACCEPTABLE that I have my phone on silent and your ads blast at full volume regardless. My 1 star review is based entirely on that and I will not change it until you silence your ads.

I don't know what and who doesn't look at this pic but I'm sick of loosing all my friends cause of this bull c*** all I had was a clear pic of my face with all my clothes on and I keep getting deleted

Should be able to swipe to the next profile. Like scruff

Wonderful app to meet people like you Thanks

in the next update please make a filter that hides guys who are in relationships. it’s like half of the app is filled with taken guys

It’s slow and idk why it looks like it has not been updated in YEARS

Awesome application to meet Bears around the world!! I found the nicest bears in the world in this app! I am a s*** bear always looking for bears and chasers! I recommend this app to all the bears looking for dates!

One minute advertising in shouts is ok and then the next I get a threatening message saying people abuse it and if I advertise again I would have my profile deleted. That I was disobeying their rules. Yet I only advertise my business no more than every 3 months. We pay u and yet still get threatened. Not really fair.

If you’re not white don’t waste your time on this app.

I just joined this app today. Because the visual limitations I have to use voice over with my iPhone. I have a little bit of trouble with other apps but I’m having a whole lot of trouble using this one with it. I’m very frustrate.

I am having trouble getting the app to acknowledge the fact that I just paid for an upgrade. So I’ve paid but I don’t have the features I’m going to dispute this with my credit card company

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I’m a fat fluffy man and this app gives me lots of mussy with other fat fluffy men!!! It makes my extra large man meat feel good!!!

I really don't understand why there is a limit to how many people you can block. Primarily it's a question of safety. Second, my local grid is full of guys I have ZERO interest in. Also, too many pop up ads that interrupt my music play and take 30 seconds.

I bought pro service and it blocked me. Not worth that

Waste of money ...just buy a game app

...is too much to ask for? Ok for my phone, but def not for my ipad which i keep on a usb keyboard case that doesn’t go portrait mode.

That’s what I get four or fiver times PER DAY! What’s that? You wish to retrieve your old account that you shouldn’t have deleted just three days ago? No. Not happening. Your screwed. Someone’s using your picture as their profile picture? You know you can just block them, right?

You know what would be awesome? If I had to click close on 4 ads before I could use the app. Apparently my wish was granted. Yay me

I’m no longer using this app. The ads are loud and hijack my phone

I am so upset. I can’t get my profile pic public. Does it take time? Does it have to go through review?

You guys should create a new app for twinks that wanna hook up. Just an idea.

Every time I log in and check the free version, an advertisement for another downloadable game comes up. It’s annoying.

Basic app. Look and feel could be better and more features.

Too many obnoxiously loud ads.

Aside from the dated interface, message delivery is really spotty on GROWLr. And you won’t receive any indication of the problem. There is often a delay in messages or they never get to the intended person. At this point, the ads that hijack your entire screen are the least of their worries. Since the core functionality (to connect with guys near you) doesn’t work, growlr is useless.

Sad, so many white guys not into black guys

If you open Growl, good luck signing off. Your profile stays on the grid for as long as they need it. I prefer more control over my profile and when it is showing as online, I should actually be on the app. Yes, the members are often very handsome men. It’s like any site, at first it seems so great. The conversations can be fun, the men are usually kind, sometimes funny, and rarely looking for anything in person.

Meet new friends,,, hook ups and networking

Regularly crashes on my iPhone. And regularly is an understatement!!

This app is user friendly and fun, when it works, however 50% of the time, I send a message and get the following "Alert, the GROWLR service is temporarily unavailable". The message doesn't send and I have to retype the whole message. This is a pain. Especially if the message is lengthy. I have to waste time and copy and save messages before trying to send. I even pay for the premium service and still get this error. Typing messages from a cell phone isn't as easy as on a keyboard. It's time consuming and to have to retype it....it's unacceptable. Not a happy user of this app. Now I find out they are charging me twice...what the fu@c????

Just joined but meeting and chatting with some Awesome People. Men my age didn’t have all this we had to Go Out and chase.This definitely saves time and when you meet up all the “IN TO” and other preferences have already been discussed.

Growlr has this Hotel.com ad. That ad is so long I’ll never use that company. The Pro renew won’t accept my cc. Bad. Growlr needs to stop being greedy.

Lots of nice people. Great chats.

It’s an app where people judge each other’s appearance and meeting or dating is the last thing on their mind. People create fake profiles so you can pursue a “not person” and then delete that profile so the idiot who made the fake profile thinks they have a chance with you. It’s a joke.

I used to really like this app, but being unable to use the grid view now makes it cumbersome. At least give us the option.

The title speaks for itself

Kinda would bear much better if the app support rotation. Especially if you use a keyboard on the iPad Pro.

This app is so far behind the times. I’ve decided to stop paying for pro because the developers clearly don’t care enough to update the app. It needs a complete redesign. The interface is unbelievably ugly. The bear community should have a beautiful app we can be proud of. Quit it with the brown and yellow color scheme. And quit focusing on features no one uses! I’ve used this app for years and have never heard of anyone using the “meets” feature. And the “my feed” feature benefits no one. Just simplify the app, and make it more user friendly. If this continues, I’m considering leaving the app all together. Other apps are regularly improved. So should growlr.

I like the user base of the app but it looks like dirt, the ads are just annoying and sometimes don’t even work (meaning you can’t close them even when they allow it) and for some dumb reason you can’t rotate the app on the iPad. I’ve spent about a grand total of 17 hours in XCode and I’ve made 7 apps that can rotate on the iPad AND the Plus/Max model phones. It takes hardly anything to do.

I don’t understand an app that states these are your “matches” and the majority of those matches are people that are already in a relationship! Ugh!!!! My profile specifically state no polyamory or attached guys.

There are so few users of this app.

Not happy about this at all. Was charged last week for one month of service and again today for the same month. Would appreciate a response.

I bought a month subscription for the Pro membership, they charged me, and I never received the pro membership. Thanks so much for taking my money and not giving me what I paid for!

Thank you for helping me find the love of my life. We are married now. 6 years and counting!

More than half of the guys are in relationships or married! They need to make a version only for single guys to meet other single guys!

I get it that you use Ads for people who do not play for the service, but now those Ads make noise that can’t be gotten around or quickly shut off. This is a fantastic way to stop people from using the app. Mute the Ads, it makes it impossible to use discretely.

It’s not an intuitive and easy to use app. The crowd is the same on all the others (they can’t control that). The interface is not appealing.

This used to be one of the more respectful apps. Of course the status quo eventually reared it’s u*** head.

Used to great, until they started installing ads that ignore whether you have your phone on silent mode or not. I really want weird 70’s p*** music playing for an ad for a straight dating app (really??) when I’m in the middle of my office.

The extremely intrusive ads play loud music even when a phone is set to silent mode.

I think there is a problem in this application, If you wanna block someone you can do it perfectly ...there is just block bottom but it doesn’t work

I have met more people that like me for my body image than any other Male services online outlet ever!

Ads that open up with full sound are going to get me fired. My sound is usually near silent, then pop-op blasts the entire room. Once again, ad opened with full sound. Once again checking mail at work. Totally unnecessary.

The UI is very poorly designed. Clicking on a thumbnail brings up a page in which the top half is reserved for the profile main image, which rarely shows the entire image. You have to tap the image yet again to get a full screen view. The profile page should present the same image as the thumbnail only bigger. Beneath the profile image is a horizontal bar of thumbnails, one of which is for the image currently occupying the top half of the profile page. It’s not space efficient and it’s redundant. Those repetitive icons should be replaced by a button with an ellipsis, thus freeing up valuable screen real estate. Also, the icon placed at the lower right corner of the main profile image suggests editing when in fact tapping it brings up the profile’s feed entries. Additionally, this icon usually fails to work. Instead of displaying the feed it brings up the full screen main profile image unless tapped with a forefinger. And the feed includes items for when a user has added a private photo, which is pretty useless to know unless that user has unlocked his photos for you. The toggle controls are too wide and too close together vertically such that you have to be very carefully to select the correct one. The UI is outdated, cumbersome and in desperate need of an update.

Poor and boring site ,worst customer care ever!! Now trying to cancel and move on and site is hanging on to me like a rapid tick trying to keep feeding!!! I hate this site sorry I ever signed up! And hopeful I can stop paying for it soon! Camel my acct !!! Would give 0 stars but it didn’t take !

Probably the whitest crowd on any of the Gay dating apps. It's really sad that there is such a tiny representation of anything other than white guys. The location search function usually doesn't work. Randomly launches full screen ads or pops up with spam where the only way to get out of it is to close the app. Obnoxious "features" are rapidly making the app not worthwhile.

This app is the greatest I’ve ever used, and the primary reason is because most of the profiles are people just like me instead of just a handful, and it’s NOT dominated by twinks and people looking for a fit and trim body. I’m a large guy. And I’m finding that most of the guys messaging me are looking for just that. I was practically ignored on every other social app I tried bc I didn’t look like a ken doll, and that takes a toll on your self esteem after a while. With Growlr, I had several people messaging and chatting with me within just a few hours after making a profile. I can’t believe the response. If you’re a guy with a few extra pounds (or you like them that way), and you’re sick and tired of the attitudes from the people looking for the perfect athletic body, I highly suggest you try this app. I think you’ll be surprised.

4 pop ups and a video ad every time I start the app. Why bother

There’s a lot of guys, however a lot of the app is pointless if you don’t pay.

...ever since you force advertising on your users, the app has become the most hated on my phone. About to delete it because it is so irritating. This won’t make me become a subscriber. It just wants me to remove the app. Bad policy. Goodbye.

So easy to use. Super easy navigation! Rarely have problems.