Blendr

Blendr
Developer(s)Blendr LLC
Initial releaseSeptember 8, 2011 (2011-09-08)
Final release(s)
Android5.111.4 / April 2, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-02)
iOS5.6.0 / May 12, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-12)
Operating systemiOS, Android
SizeAndroid: 28.21 MB
iOS: 166MB
TypeOnline Dating
Websiteblendr.com

Blendr was an online dating application based on geosocial networking for Android, iOS and Facebook. It is designed to connect like-minded people near to each other. It was created by Joel Simkhai and patterned after his previous app Grindr[1] which is instead aimed at gay men.[2] Blendr claims to be "powered by" Badoo[3] but largely appears to be the same service. As of 2022, it had 200 million users worldwide and requires users to be over the age of 18.[4]

On 31 October 2022, Blendr ceased activity in all territories worldwide. A statement on the Blendr website stated that all user data would be deleted by 30 November 2022 and the website would go offline from 7 December 2022.

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  3. ^ "Badoo's Privacy Policy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  4. ^ "Blendr - Chat, Flirt & Meet". App Store. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2023.