Scruff was released in July 2010 by Johnny Skandros and Eric Silverberg, homosexual New Yorkers. It gives a plethora of services your newer Grindr application is just catching up to. If one desires have pleasure in stereotypes (and we gays do, don’t we?) Grindr is actually western Hollywood and Scruff try gold pond. Proof this is certainly in Scruff’s profile research, which allows you to choose guys by amount of human body hair together with top, fat and union reputation (your options tend to be Smooth, Some Hair, Hairy, Very Hairy).

When Scruff opens up on the cell phone first thing you’ll see try an array of men from around the world, which really does absolutely nothing or even bolster the widely conducted idea that right guy obtainable is always on the other hand worldwide. But a click on Nearby guides you to guys within shooting array. The premium type ($12.99 per month) delivers no more than 310 men, all within a two-mile selection our very own West Hollywood researcher’s apartment.

Scruff also allows you to query farther out. Entering “Silver Lake Los Angeles CA” when you look at the browse club shows you dudes because throat with the gay forest, and typing “Downtown L. A. CA” takes you here. Whenever you’ve finished packing for the trip to Bangkok, you can type in that urban area and arrange a meet with a Thai guy when you board your airplane. You also can query by display screen title if, eg, you’ve lost their connection with TuffStuff and wonder if he left area without stating goodbye.

A current upgrade lets Scruff consumers lookup by 13 additional “communities.” These are typically Father, Bear, Leather, Discreet, Army, Strength, Jock, Bear Chaser, Daddy Chaser, Poz, College, Transgender and Twink. (more…)