Appworthy

W | Bear

Gay Bear Community & Friends

gNetLabs, Inc.
Download on theApp Store
App Store rating4.5★2.6K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $12.99–$79.99
Age17+Store age rating
Size83 MBiPhone download
CategorySocial
DevelopergNetLabs, Inc.

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • Free to download · in-app purchases $12.99–$79.99 (3 listed). Monthly plan $12.99 (about $156 a year); 3-month plan $28.99 (about $116 a year); yearly plan $79.99.
  • If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 2.11.0, updated 2026-10-20.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Discover W | Bear, the social networking app designed by bears, for the gay bear community. Build meaningful connections, share your world, chat with friends, and explore events – all in one inclusive space.

Meet & Connect

• Find friendly faces nearby or around the world.

• Explore profiles with shared interests and values.

• Start conversations and build lasting connections.

Share & Explore

• Share photos and videos that reflect who you are.

• Interact with posts by liking and commenting.

• Use tags to connect with others who share your identity and interests.

Stay in the Loop

• Discover local and global bear events – from casual meetups to big celebrations.

• Find out who’s attending and connect before the fun begins.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.

What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

4 measured · 4 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Not yet tested

Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 2.11.0 · 2026-10-20
Hey bears! Here's what's new in 2.11.0: iPhone Duo W | Bear now feels right at home on iPhone Duo: every screen fits both displays, and the big one gives you even more bears per row. Improvements: - Chat now catches up on its own after you lose the connection, without restarting the app - The unread badge goes away when you read a conversation on another device - Follower and following counts no longer drop to 0 after you open a chat with someone - Private album requests: accept and decline respond to a single tap, and you get a message if a request could not be processed - The back button on the log in and sign up screens works like everywhere else in the app - Your personal data is now…

Shortened here; the full notes are on the store listing.

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
w
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
4.54 ★ · 2,555 ratings
Version
2.11.0
Updated
20 Oct 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
17+
Size
83 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
gNetLabs, Inc.
Category
Social
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells

From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.

Subscriptions3
1 MonthMonthly$12.99
3 MonthsEvery 3 months$28.99
1 YearYearly$79.99

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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