Apps

[forky123]

Can anyone advise which are the most popular apps this year in Patts? I normally use Hornet/Romeo, but both seem to be locking things down to fewer and fewer guys to see without paying premium.  

[Guest]

I prefer to use Planet Romeo which has by far the best features for a free app, but unfortunately it is necessary to go where the boys are.

Therefore, I used Grindr and Hornet.     Most of my offs were with Grindr in Pattaya.     However, if you head off into Isan, using Hornet will be necessary.

I despise the way Hornet run noisy video ads every 2 minutes. I know they have to make money, but there is zero targeting of the ads, so they are advertising crap that I shall never buy.   Looking at how this market is evolving, I try to use Planet Romeo a little, as I think it's better for us if we keep it alive.

Tips (for Grindr & Hornet): 

1  You can increase the number of boys you see for free by adjusting the age filters.    So search 18~22 years, then 22~26 years for example.

2  You can do the same with a fake GPS app.   Search, then move your location by a couple of miles & repeat.     Both apps have a "Travel" feature, but I consider this to be compromised, as:  (i) You cannot talk to anyone using this feature    and   (ii) In the case of Grindr, they show boys "near" your target city.   So if you search Phnom Penh, it will also include boys in Saigon, which is considered "near" PP.    Good luck trying to persuade a Saigon boy to visit you in PP.

 

I have finally decided to set up completely different accounts for home and holidaying.   My home account has private pictures sent upon request.   My holiday account has profile pics and text specifying what kind of guys I like.  On Planet Romeo, Grindr and Hornet it is possible to log out of the app & register a new account.  I do that using a different e-mail address.

With some of the wierdos on line at home, I don't want those chatting to me at home, then following my activities on holiday.  

One example:  Someone contacts me on Grindr at home.   Profile says 20 years old, no pic and he's living 1 mile away (I narrowed it down to ~6 houses).  Anyway, after a while, it seems he wants to offer a BJ for cash.   So I ask how old he is and he says 17, just a few months short of 18.  [The age of consent in the UK is 16, but paying for it is 18 min].    Naturally, I reject this.   Anyway, over a year later, I get the same story from a new profile.  Same location, but his claimed age is unchanged.    Who knows what age he really is, but I don't want people like that figuring out where I live then tracking my holidays.

 

 

 

[Boy69]

Grindr & Hornet are very popular in Pattaya certainly no shortage of boys there. I understood that Blued is very popular in Thailand but never tried it.

[gerefan]

I’ve tried Blued in Thailand but it’s crap. I don’t think many boys use it.

same with Jackd.

For me it’s Hornet and Planet Romeo.

Can anyone tell me how to get more out of Grindr? All I see in one pic of each guy and very few at that. My rule is I must see several, good, pics before I contact a guy.

I won’t pay for any of these apps (or porn).

[Guest]

If you tap on the right or left side of the profile pic, Grindr will scroll though a guy's public pics, if there is  more than one.

Unfortunately, on Grindr, most only have one public pic.

[Boy69]

Or when using Grindr you can ask the boy to send more pictures on PM .

[williewillie]

On 5/6/2019 at 1:21 PM, forky123 said:

Can anyone advise which are the most popular apps this year in Patts? I normally use Hornet/Romeo, but both seem to be locking things down to fewer and fewer guys to see without paying premium.  

Romeo severely reduced number of guys on the free app. It’s almost useless now.  

Grindr the best free app imho.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, williewillie said:

Romeo severely reduced number of guys on the free app. It’s almost useless now.  

Grindr the best free app imho.

You must have a completely different Planet Romeo app to me.  

The number of profiles I can see is:

Planet Romeo:   >>200      I stopped counting after 200 and there are many more.    At least everyone within >500km radius

Grindr:    100

Hornet:  110

 

The only problem is different apps are popular in different areas & hence the number of guys who actually use the app might be low.   Planet Romeo is very popular in Germany for example, but has lost market share in other countries.      Grindr is popular in the UK.

 

[ggobkk]

When I use Planet Romeo, I look at the activity tag page.  I don't use the traveler page as it seems to have algo-limitations.  I do use the activity page and what I've noticed is the number of accounts that appear depends on the time of day.  I checked last night in preparation for my visit next week and found hundreds of Bangkok active romeos, most with multiple photos.

[ChristianPFC]

I'm quite happy with blued in Thailand.

(The various apps have been compared recently. See my comments there fore details.)

[forky123]

On 5/8/2019 at 10:27 AM, ChristianPFC said:

I'm quite happy with blued in Thailand.

(The various apps have been compared recently. See my comments there fore details.)

Where?

[Brummbaer]

I'm a romeo plus member (have been for 15years or more) and use their "uncut" app, so I have no restrictions whatsoever. In Bangkok and Pattaya romeo shows quite a few members online, outside BKK/Pattaya not so much, depending of course on your filters.

blued I believe to have users everywhere in Thailand.

grindr, hornet and jack'd were frequented as well.

As I said in a different thread, I've been in Thailand for two weeks now, but spent most the time in and around Nakhon Ratchasima. I've had dozens of boys contact me on blued, hornet, jack'd and grindr (in that order). 

[ChristianPFC]

On 5/9/2019 at 2:52 PM, forky123 said:

Where?

Everywhere in Thailand.

Or if you refer to (The various apps have been compared recently. See my comments there fore details.)  I don't remember if it was this forum or another.

[Guest]

WARNING:   I was recently updating my Hornet profile and found a minor, but potentially awkward bug with the photo cropping.

Now, as lads sometimes ask for body pics, I include some in the private folder.  You will be pleased to know I have some standards & always wear at least underwear.

Anyhow, I put a picture in a T-shirt & underpants in the private folder, amongst others.   It crops the bottom off, so the underpants are hidden.    I then decide this cropped shot would be OK as the main profile picture.  So put it in as the main profile pic.  Then checked through all my profile pics & confirmed all was OK.

A short while later, I logged back onto Hornet and at the top of the home page, it shows all the recently edited profile pics from members in the region.   EXCEPT THEY ARE UNCROPPED  !  So showing more than intended & more than is visible on the profile page.  

I have reported this to Hornet, who confirmed that they reproduced the problem and are working on a fix.  

[vinapu]

7 hours ago, z909 said:

 I was recently updating my Hornet profile .........

 

getting ready to be released into wilderness or what?

[Guest]

When leaving, today's delightful Grindr lad tells me I can contact him any time on Hornet.    Well, I haven't seen him on Hornet & he doesn't pop up that frequently on Grindr, where I found him.

Anyway, after various tests, I turn off the Hornet age filter and there he is !  

Since my 21 year old lad has his age hidden, the filter excludes him, despite being comfortably within my limits.  There are quite a few other interesting candidates hidden by exactly the same issue.

 

[Huncsaba]

In Thailand used the Blued, was very good with a lot of boys. But this app don't works in Europa, I don't know why?

 

[Guest]

Blued sent out an email last year saying they were closing all EU and UK accounts.   I had to open a new account once back in Thailand.  I must remember to log out of that before returning home.

I imagine it's due to some interpretation of GDPR.  I think Grindr were fined for some infringement of that.

Despite having Blued, I've not actually met anyone with it for over a year. The last might have been in Myanmar or Chiang Mai early in 2020. There's no need to use it in Pattaya.

Advertising has become more intrusive on Blued.  It often launches into loud 30 second video ads, before I even spend any significant time browsing. The app usually gets shut down at that point.  Grindr and Planet Romeo have much more restraint with adverts and even Hornet is slightly better.

[Travellerdave]

Over the years of my visits to Pattaya as a gay tourist, I have used both Grindr and Romeo to good effect, but with the latter it is important to upgrade by paying the small subscription to more easily get in contact with the more attractive boys. I occasionally logon to Romeo whilst at home but just now I was not impressed by the display. There was only two boys available in the 18-24 bracket and they were outnumbered by ladyboys, which are of no interest to me. I did recognise one of the older expat farangs and had a good online conversation with him. Romeo is of course suffering like everything else from the lack of high spending tourists. Gay Expats tend to have their regular boyfriends. It remains to be seen what contribution the dating apps make when and if things return to “normal”

[Guest]

I haven't met a boy via Planet Romeo or Blued for over a year.

Most of my hookups are via Grindr, Hornet or bars.  

Subjectively, Planet Romeo is losing market share in Thailand and is not used much at all outside Pattaya or Bangkok.   My next Planet Romeo hookup will probably be on a summer trip to Germany, where it was still popular when I last visited. 

Hornet has the most boys in Pattaya at present.   Just switch the age filter off, so as not to make the same error as me!

 

[Boy69]

On my resent trips I found Grinder the best option so didn't bother to use other apps.

[dellboy]

On 2/22/2021 at 10:23 AM, z909 said:

I haven't met a boy via Planet Romeo or Blued for over a year.

Most of my hookups are via Grindr, Hornet or bars.  

Subjectively, Planet Romeo is losing market share in Thailand and is not used much at all outside Pattaya or Bangkok.   My next Planet Romeo hookup will probably be on a summer trip to Germany, where it was still popular when I last visited. 

Hornet has the most boys in Pattaya at present.   Just switch the age filter off, so as not to make the same error as me!

 

hi z909

can you tell a little more about getting boys in berlin , both short time and overnight  . 

thanks in advance , i hope to go in the summer . 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, dellboy said:

hi z909

can you tell a little more about getting boys in berlin , both short time and overnight  .

There are a small number of lads from Thailand and Cambodia on the Planet Romeo escorts section in Berlin.   Available short time for somewhere around 60 Euros.  Easy to discuss details on the app.   

There are lads from Europe as well, but very few that are my type.  

[Jamey]

Recommend Grindr, it has a large population of members to search for every city.

[dellboy]

if i book a hotel for two , is it acceptable to bring a boy back to stay overnight ?