“Too many features are locked behind a paywall and the membership is too expensive.”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 504 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
SCRUFF
Perry Street SoftwareSCRUFF is the top-rated and most reliable app for gay, bi, trans, and queer p…
4.0 ★119,299 ratings
10M+Downloads
17+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
SCRUFF is the top-rated and most reliable app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people to connect with each other.
SCRUFF is an independent, LGBTQ+ owned and operated company, and we use the app that we build. We give users a private and secure experience, a friendly and diverse community, and more features than any other gay dating app. We’re dedicated to protecting our members’ data and improving user experience, so you’ll never see banner ads on SCRUFF, and we won’t sell your data to shady 3rd party companies.
MAKE REAL CONNECTIONS ★ 30+ million users, no spambots ★ Find exactly the people you like with search and filters ★ View, Woof, and chat with people from around the world ★ SCRUFF Match connects you with the people you like ★ Click "I'm Interested" on a profile and SCRUFF will let you know if there's a mutual attraction…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 8.16.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.16.1, updated 2026-09-21.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 8.16.1, scanned 2026-10-06.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
6 or more requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
None found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 504 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“some of the best features are locked behind a pay wall. I'm not paying to find romance”
“too many features locked behind a paywall”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 8.16.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.