Quick verdict
- What it is
- Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
- At a glance
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- From $7.49/mo
- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Social Networking
- Lifestyle
AppCorpus categories
Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
Screens
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Pricing & paywalls
App Store
- 365 day membership — $89.99/year ($7.49/mo)
- 90 day membership — $29.99/quarter
- 30 day membership — $12.99/month
- 180 day membership — $49.99
- Premium — $13.99
- Premium — $32.99
- Premium — $54.99
- Premium — $99.99
Ratings & reviews
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1/5Disappointed but not surprised.
It seems that this app only works for European men. I constantly get messages and “cruises” from men in Berlin, London, Sweden and pretty much everywhere but on the continent that I live. I’ve made it clear in my profile what I’m looking for and the guys in this app do not care. I got scammed by these 2 dudes and it’s scary how bad at communicating grown men are. This is a BDSM app and if you cannot communicate then the potential of anything stops right there. Communication is essential in the world of BDSM because of safety issues. I messaged a guy I had been chatting with for awhile and told him that the communication between us was not good and that I felt like I was the one who was carrying the conversations. I was very nice (nicer than I should’ve been) when I told him I was no longer interested due to his inability to communicate, his response was, “ok bye”. I wish I hadn’t spent money on the membership for this app because I’ve had it since 2020 and I have not met a single person. No one is serious about making any kind of connections on this app.
Dignity2007 · 7 Aug 2026
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1/5You know there are gay men who are blind, who might like to use this app
I have enabled VoiceOver the screen reader on my iPhone, so I can use apps, even though I can’t see the screen when I touch places on the screen it speaks them, but in this app when I try and access the menu to navigate around the app, it won’t let me open the menu. It prevents me from using the app the only way to access the menu is to turn off the screen reader and have a friend tap the menu to open it. It’s ridiculous. I don’t know why Apple even allows apps to be submitted and approved when a basic function like the navigation menu is inaccessible to people who use the screen reader that’s part of the operating system. It’s not Apple‘s fault the way this app was coded outside their environment, but they could prevent it from being approved in the App Store until the developer makes it accessible.
Teleted · 7 Aug 2026
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2/5I don’t hate change, just bad design
First solid black makes the app look sterile and cheap. Second I’m not thrilled that now I can only see two members that cruised me and if I want to see more I have to pay. Not happening. In fact I’m more likely to delete my profile and app when features which used to be free are placed behind a paywall. Third it keeps asking me to manually enter in my location every time I open the app because I have location services turned off. It should remember the last one I entered. There’s needs to be an option to select multiple messages to delete because this update also added the fun feature of merging sent and received messages (which why it wasn’t done in the first place is idiotic, but there you go). Finally I’m not wild about how the profiles look, images take up a large amount of space while the basic information in the profile is cut off requiring a tab to be pressed and usually causing errors because now more information has to be loaded in.
Gaming artist · 7 Aug 2026
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1/5Something once great is trash now
I was a long time member since the beginning and loved the site and this app. It did what it said and worked beautifully. Little by little things were restricted if you weren’t a paid member and i get that. They need to make a profit. I eventually became a paid member and enjoyed what was restricted. But now with this latest revamp it pure trash. Features were removed such as favorites which now became followers. The purpose of favorites was so you can go back to profiles you liked but not necessarily wanted to be friends with. Now that is gone and if you want it back you need to convert them to Followers and those profiles get notified that you follow them. This feels like they are trying to be something like facebook, twitter, and bluesky. We all know how much garbage is on those platforms. I cancelled my subscription back to basic free for now and hope the developers rethink the mistake they made by changing this once great app/site. If they make it great again then i might go back to paid subscription. Note to developers: you should ask your members what they want in the app, what experience they would like to have using your app, what they hate about your app. Take a survey or reach out to your customers. We are your lifeline to success. Don’t ignore us and think your decisions and ideas are all that matter. You still have time to make things right, make things great. But if you wait too long, you will lose all of your members and put the nail in your coffin. Please don’t disappoint us. I’m already in the process in looking for a better app to switch to.
Ray NYC · 7 Aug 2026
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2/5Laggy, buggy, unintuitive, poor mobile experience
The antiquated, clumsy UX of the old version was replaced with this duplicate of the web interface that’s a navigation nightmare. This is what you get when you don’t design for a mobile experience. The tab bar wastes space on “Feed” and “The Scene” - i’m not sure which one is more useless. And, the account/profile button in the tab bar? Really? How often does a guy look at his own profile? And then to make any changes, you’ve gotta hit the edit button or the gear menu; 2 buttons to make changes and more buttons afterwards. Of course, when you eventually find your way to the profile list, you have a nav bar at the top eating up real estate. The profile pix are bigger now (nice) but then you use tiny fonts with empty whitespace. And, you couldn’t figure out how to combine “Nearby” and “Explore”? Oh, and look, there’s a nice search/filter line eating up space on the top of the page? And what do you end up with? Wow, a few profile pix per page! Have you even looked at any of the other cruising apps? You really should credit the open source components in the app somewhere.
OthatRH · 7 Aug 2026
Privacy & accessibility
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Privacy
- Data Linked to You — Analytics — Purchases — Purchase History Developer declared
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Accessibility
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Versions
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2.29
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality.
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2.29.1
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here's what's new in this update: Performance and stability improvements.
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2.29.2
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: • Fixed a bug with Date Pickers on iOS 14.5.
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2.30
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: • Redesigned Membership options and details. • Improvements to Membership payments.
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2.30.1
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: - Fixed a bug with Membership options.
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2.30.2
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: - Fixed a bug with member messages being truncated. - New background images on login screens.
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2.30.3
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: - Fixed a bug with member messages being truncated.
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2.30.4
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: • Fixed a bug with date of birth.
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2.30.5
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: - Take a Break: We understand that sometimes you might need a break. With our new account deactivation feature, you can now temporarily deactivate your account whenever you wish.
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2.30.6
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: - Corrected typos on the Update Profile Name screen. - Added missing Spanish and German translations when adding a travel plan.
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2.30.7
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability, and functionality. The following bugs were fixed in this update: • Tapping a push notification for a new message now takes you to the conversation instead of just opening the app • Members were unable to access external links in event listings • Reports of the app crashing during registration • Incorrect message displayed when you try to cruise a guy you’ve cruised before
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2.31.0
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability, and functionality. The following bugs were fixed in this update: • Members who live in a region where local laws require them to prove they’re of legal age to view certain content on Recon can now verify their age in the app.
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2.31.1
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: • Performance and stability improvements.
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2.31.2
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: • Performance and stability improvements.
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2.31.4
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: • Performance and stability improvements.
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2.31.5
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: • Member photo alerts now display correctly.
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2.31.6
In this release, we’ve made updates that help us move closer to launching the new version of Recon. As part of that process, we’ve retired the Travel Plans feature. We understand this may be frustrating if you relied on it, and we appreciate your patience as we focus on building a better long-term experience for the whole community. Thanks for being part of the journey.
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2.31.7
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. New in this update: New in menu - You can now access the Recon Podcast alongside Recon Videos from the scene, events, member interviews, discussions and promo videos. 'The Issue' magazines 1 - 3, have been archived
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3.0.0
We’ve been hard at work refining Recon to make it better than ever. This update introduces powerful new features, improved performance, and a fresh, modern experience—while staying true to what you already love. Update now to enjoy a faster, smoother, and more intuitive Recon.
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3.0.1
We are constantly improving your Recon experience by updating our app regularly with improvements to speed, reliability and functionality. Here’s what’s new in this update: Performance and stability improvements.
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3.0.2
At Recon, our developers have been busy fixing some bugs reported by you, as well as adding some new enhancements and improving performance and stability. Here’s what’s new in this release: • Updates on the Following panel via your profile - Import all your favourites • Password Reset Link fix • Notifications badge count fix There are more updates to come... Thanks for helping to build a better Recon!
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3.0.3
At Recon, our developers have been busy fixing some bugs reported by you, as well as adding some new enhancements and improving performance and stability. Here’s what’s new in this release: • On your Feed you can now see new events and articles added • Under the Scene you can see now see past events and any photos added • Improvements to the message centre - better performance • Under Settings - Help, you can access various help articles and also report a bug by submitting a request to our Support team There are more updates to come... Thanks for helping to build a better Recon!
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3.0.4
At Recon, our developers have been busy fixing some bugs reported by you, as well as adding some new enhancements and improving performance and stability. Here’s what’s new in this release: - Added a photo count to the list of past events so you can easily find past events that contain photos There are more updates to come... Thanks for helping to build a better Recon!
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3.0.5
At Recon, our developers have been busy fixing some bugs reported by you, as well as adding some new enhancements and improving performance and stability. Here’s what’s new in this release: - Event Attendance alerts - see who’s going to the next event on your Feed - Enhanced performance & bug fixes There is more to come soon.. Thanks for helping us build a better Recon!
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3.0.6
· 5 Aug 2026
At Recon, our developers have been busy fixing some bugs reported by you, as well as adding some new enhancements and improving performance and stability. Here’s what’s new in this release: - Ability to remove a photo sent in a conversation - Bug fixes & performance enhancements There is more to come.. Thanks for helping us build a better Recon!
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- Last verified
- 7 Aug 2026
- Sources
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