Top 10 Gay Apps Ranked by Customer Satisfaction Ratings

Once you've decided to use a gay dating or hookup app it can be tough to figure out which ones to use. Typically, most guys ask their friends or do a little bit of research. The problem with getting advice from friends or online critiques is that they basically amount to anecdotes.
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Once you've decided to use a gay dating or hookup app it can be tough to figure out which ones to use. Typically, most guys ask their friends or do a little bit of research. The problem with getting advice from friends or online critiques is that they basically amount to anecdotes.

Is there a better way? Yes. Go to each app's page on the IOS or Android platforms and see what actual customers have to say. The only problem with this approach is that it's REALLY time consuming. And you could go cross-eyed trying to keep the data straight. That's why our team put together the first list of gay apps ranked by the millions of people who've rated them on IOS and Android.

Our methodology: We went to each app's page on the IOS and Android platforms and got two pieces of data--average ratings and the # of reviews. Then we developed a weighted average between the two platforms (there are WAY more gay app users on Android than IOS and the differences in opinion were sometimes startling).

The result? The first Top 10 List Of Gay Apps Ranked By Customer Satisfaction Reviews. Take a look:

App                     Weighted Average Ratings                         # of Reviews
#1 Jack'd                    4.1                                                           127,856

#2 Hornet                     4.1                                                           96,585

#3 Scruff                     4.1                                                            68,458

#4 Growlr                     4.1                                                            32,112

#5 Tinder                    4.0                                                           1,522,854

#6 Mr X                    3.8                                                           4,218

#7 Gay.com                     3.8                                                           2,669

#8 Daddyhunt                     3.7                                                           996

#9 GrindR                     3.6                                                           252,765

#10 Adam4Adam                     2.4                                                           3,058

Notice that there is actually a 4-way tie for first place, but we subscribe to the "theory of large numbers" which states that data stability can only be achieved with large numbers. Hence, the 4.1 average rating that Jack'd got is more "stable" than the 4.1 that GrowlR got because it has triple the number of reviews. Therefore, we ranked it accordingly.

What you see on this page is the total number of reviews and the weighted average between IOS and Android. Click on our gay dating apps reviews page to see the ratings differences between iPhone and Android users.

Michael Alvear is the founder of grabhim.net and the mindful eating blog, Eat It Later.

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