I’m a long-time Premium subscriber, and I expect a smooth, well-designed, and logical app experience in return for the amount I pay. Unfortunately, Grindr continues to fall short in multiple ways. These are serious pain points that need immediate attention:

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1. Favourites Section Moved to Filters – Makes No Sense

Favourites used to exist as a separate, accessible grid—clean and user-friendly. Now, it has been moved into the Filters menu, which is confusing and inefficient. To view my favourite profiles, I need to clear all active filters. This completely defeats the purpose of saving favourites for quick access. It’s poor design and needs to be reversed. Please restore the Favourites grid as a dedicated, one-tap-access feature.

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1. Expiring Photos Still Glitch and Crash the App

Sending an expiring photo regularly causes the app to freeze, lag, or crash altogether. This has been a persistent bug for a long time, yet remains unaddressed. It’s unacceptable that a core interactive feature causes such major disruption—especially when it’s part of the Premium offering. This should have been resolved long ago.

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1. Message Delivery System is Misleading

Previously, if a user was offline and I sent them a message, it would show as “Sent.” This small feature helped users understand someone’s availability. Now, all messages show “Delivered,” regardless of whether the user is online or not. This removes a valuable cue, reducing communication clarity. For a Premium experience, there must be better visibility into real-time interaction.

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1. ‘Hide Profile’ Feature is Buggy and Unreliable

The new “Hide Profile” feature does not function properly. Profiles that are hidden often reappear within seconds, and I sometimes need to open and close a profile multiple times before it finally hides or allows blocking. This inconsistency creates a frustrating user experience and should not exist in a professionally maintained app.

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1. Profiles Seeking Women or Couples Don’t Belong Here

Grindr is a space designed for gay and queer men. Yet, there are numerous profiles stating “looking for women,” “girls only,” or “interested in couples.” These profiles are misaligned with the platform’s purpose and degrade the experience for those using the app as intended. If these users want such connections, they should be using other platforms—not Grindr. These profiles should be actively moderated and removed.

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1. Premium Filters Are Too Rigid to Be Useful

Even after paying for Premium access and applying filters, the app often shows “No profiles nearby” after just using two or three filters. That’s frustrating and makes the filter system feel like a trap. Filters are supposed to narrow results—but not to the point of leaving users with nothing to view. The algorithm needs serious refinement so that filters give realistic, usable results, not a blank screen.

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1. Essential Filter Options Still Missing

The current set of filters is far too basic. It’s time for Grindr to evolve and provide smarter, modern filter tools that match user behavior and preferences. Here are essential filters and features that should already exist:
• Chatted Today: Not just “Haven’t chatted”—add the reverse too
• Online Now Toggle: Separate from “Recently online”
• Combo Filters: (e.g., “Top + Muscular” or “Bottom + Slim”)
• Verified Profiles Only: Filter by voice/photo/video verified users
• Kink/Fetish Filters: (BDSM, dom/sub, feet, etc.)
• Availability: “Free now,” “Later,” or “This weekend”
• Lifestyle Preferences: Smoking / drinking filters
• Custom Distance Input: Type exact km or miles
• Language or Ethnicity: Optional filters for cultural comfort
• Filter by Photo Type: (Face-only, NSFW, album shared)
• Sorting Options: Distance, Age, Last Seen, etc.

These filters would drastically improve search accuracy and user satisfaction, especially for those paying for Premium access.

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Final Words:

Grindr has the potential to be the best platform in its category, but instead of improving functionality, each update seems to break something new. Valuable features are removed, long-standing bugs go unfixed, and essential tools like filters are underdeveloped or unreliable.

It’s time for Grindr to listen to serious users, especially those paying for Premium. Focus on delivering logic, stability, and features that actually work—because right now, this doesn’t feel like a Premium experience at all.