GROWLR
For gay men identifying as bears or chasers seeking community, dating, and live-streamed content.
Known forGROWLR: Gay Bears Near You
GROWLR: Gay Bears Near YouFor gay men identifying as bears or chasers seeking community, dating, and live-streamed content.
GROWLR: Gay Bears Near YouConnecting the global gay bear community through location-based discovery, live streaming, and social networking.
Target audience
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GROWLR: Gay Bears Near You
v16.48.1
3mo ago
Primary focus
Social networking for the gay bear community
Scale
indie
Target audience
Gay men identifying as bears or chasers seeking community, dating, and live-streamed content.
Origin
Launched in 2011 to serve a specific sub-segment of the gay community.
Actively maintaining its flagship title with 3 updates in the last 6 months and a major release within the last 10 days.
1 app analysed
More bears in more places... GROWLR is the complete mobile app for gay bears.
Live-streaming gifting creates direct revenue share
Single-market publisher — every app ships only to United States.
Based on 1 of 1 app with localized market data · last scanned .
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Neutral / mixed
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Negative apps
20/100
Avg sentiment score
SCRUFF is the direct market leader for the bear/hairy-focused demographic, maintaining a high release cadence to defend its niche against GROWLR.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
A massive global competitor that leverages live-streaming as a primary engagement hook to retain users.
Positions itself as a comprehensive LGBTQ+ social network rather than just a dating app, capturing a broader audience.
Demonstrates the success of a hyper-niche identity-based dating app, serving as a model for community-focused growth.
A broad-market social networking app that competes for the same 'meet people nearby' intent.
Rapidly iterating with 15 releases in six months, showing strong intent to capture the international dating market.
