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After seven years as a browser-only cruising platform, Sniffies officially launched an iOS version March 3. As an app, it joins the ranks of competitors like Grindr and Scruff. But unlike those, with ...

Tinder and Hinge parent company Match Group invested $100 million into the queer cruising app Sniffies. The move has left users feeling uneasy about what happens next. Tinder and Hinge parent company ...

Match Group Inc., whose dating app portfolio includes brands like Hinge, Tinder and Match.com, is investing $100 million in Sniffies, a platform for queer men, paving the way for a possible ...

One night this past February, over drinks and moody bar lighting, Eric Green and his friends were swapping stories of their recent hookups when one mentioned they’d used the app Sniffies to have ...

“Cruising has gotten a bad rap, especially through movies, through history, through depictions of the practice as dangerous,” says Eli Martin, chief marketing officer at Sniffies, an app designed ...

Less than one-third of Sniffies users identified as gay in 2025, with bisexual men narrowly outnumbering gay men on the popular cruising app, according to the platform’s annual “Sniffies Download” ...

Chronicling the Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup scene. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on Apr 28, 2026 at 7:36 am April 28, 2026 at 9:23 am Sniffies, a Seattle-based meetup platform for gay, bisexual ...

The New Yorker has published an article about the cruising website, Sniffies… to the horror of many gay guys. For many, Sniffies was a gay secret that straight people had no need to know about. As ...

In the literature about cruising from the late twentieth century, what stands out is the physical choreography of it. David Wojnarowicz, in his 1991 memoir, “Close to the Knives,” describes walking ...

It's like Grindr, but for more adventurous gay and queer folks. Until now, Sniffies was only available on web browsers, but the company has just announced the launch of its first-ever iOS app. So, ...