If you’ve been using Sniffies to cruise your local area, but you’re tired of using the web-based version (RIP to the Sniffies app), I have some news: Squirt just launched its very own iOS app.
This is coming at a pretty opportune time because I recently added Squirt (which has been around for more than two decades, making it literally older than Grindr) to our roundup of the best gay dating apps. One of my only qualms was that iPhone users were stuck using their mobile browsers. Given how notoriously strict Apple is about adult content, I basically assumed a native iOS app would never happen.
A much more streamlined way to browse the grid without getting banned by Apple.
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“One of the biggest challenges in getting here was modernizing a platform built over 26 years, with layers of infrastructure and evolving technologies,” Andrew Nolan, Head of Dating Businesses at Squirt’s parent company, Pink Triangle Press, tells Mashable. “At the same time, the landscape is shifting quickly, with new state-level regulations and increasing requirements around age and ID verification, so having a more flexible, up-to-date foundation means we can move faster and adapt as those changes continue.”
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The new app is officially called SQ Dating — Gay Chat & Meet. If you’re familiar with Squirt, you already know it’s a go-to, unapologetically “cruising-first” platform. It’s a local directory built for gay, bi, and curious men looking for casual, no-strings-attached encounters. (And it definitely works: according to the brand’s 2025 member survey, 80 percent of members have successfully hooked up through the platform.)
You can finally browse, chat, and set up casual meet-ups straight from your home screen.
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If you’re wondering how a platform that one Reddit user described as “very sleezy and slutty” made it onto the Apple App Store, it was through some very strategic planning.
“Getting SQ Dating into the iOS and Android stores is a big moment for us,” says Nolan. “The app is a more streamlined (with more features on the way), PG way to connect, chat, and date, and it’s still connected to the full Squirt experience on the web, where things are a lot more open and expressive.”
