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Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat earns about
$14.13M/month
range $7.77M – $20.48M · $169.53M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$470.9K
$259.0K – $682.8K
Per Week
$3.30M
$1.81M – $4.78M
Per Month
$14.13M
$7.77M – $20.48M
Per Year
$169.53M
$93.24M – $245.81M
Lifetime
$423.82M
$233.10M – $614.53M
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($14.13M/month · $169.53M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
59/100
Opportunity
5/100
Cloneability
$8
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$9.99/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $9.99/mo - undercut by 30-50% to win price-sensitive users
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat is at $9.99/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
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- "I tried Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
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Monetization
Subscription (~$9.99/mo, dating) · calibrated by US grossing rank #31Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
50.0M installs · 34.3% active · 5.9% pay
Profile: Dating
In-App Purchases 6
- Monthlyest. Unlimited Day Pass $9.99 /month
- Monthly 1 MONTH $24.99 /month
- Monthly 1 MONTH $27.99 /month
- Subscription XTRA2 tiers $14.99 – $22.99 range
- Subscription Unlimited2 tiers $27.99 – $44.99 range
- One-time Boost $11.99 one-time
6 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 26.8.1
- Released
- Jun 25, 2009
- Last Updated
- May 7, 2026
- File Size
- 640.7 MB
- Required OS
- 15
- Content Rating
- 17+
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, Chinese
- Developer
- Grindr LLC
What's new in v26.8.1
We’ve improved the app to make it even better: less bugs, more connection. To make sure you never miss out on new features, keep your automatic updates turned on.
Fun Numbers - share these
$5
every second
$327
every minute
$19.6K
every hour
$470.9K
every day
- ☕ Buys 94K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 942 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 4K Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 1 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Estimated Installs
50.0M
floor from #31 grossing rank (rating count under-counts mega-apps)
Active Users (MAU est.)
17.1M
34.3% of installs · dating profile benchmark
US Grossing Rank
#31
Live from App Store top-grossing chart
Monetization
Subscription (~$9.99/mo, dating) · calibrated by US grossing rank #31
Rating Distribution
5★
289K
4★
38K
3★
20K
2★
7K
1★
27K
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