Gay social network SCRUFF now available for Windows Phone 8

A little over a month ago we told you guys about SCRUFF, a gay social network that was currently looking for beta testers for their first Windows Phone app. Looks like it popped into the Store yesterday, the free app is now available for download.

If you grab SCRUFF for your Windows Phone, these are some features you can expect to find and play around with:

Post your picture and profile details
Browse profiles of guys near you
Search for profiles near any global location
Rate guys you'd like to meet (We'll tell you if they'd like to meet you too!)
Woof at other SCRUFFers who catch your eye
Track who has Woofed and Viewed you
Add guys to your Friends list
Exchange text and picture messages
Receive push notification of new Woofs and messages
Check-in to your favorite place (and see who else is there!)

I’m not sure how SCRUFF stacks up against the other social networks in the gay community, but from the comments in the last post it seemed like it would be a welcomed addition to the Store. Let us and others know in the comments what you think of the app.

Looks like the app is currently only for Windows Phone 8. Which you can download here in the Windows Phone Store, use the QR code below, or swipe to the right in our app.

QR: Logo Scruff

Thanks for the tip James!

P.S. Play nice in the comments. We welcome all fans and users of Windows Phone.

232 Comments

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Might not be ur cuppa tea, but welcome to WP guys .. eh gays (and I say that with the best intentions and the utmost respect to fellow human beings..) We can use some party people here.. :D

Oh and don't mind the narrow minded that will try and put this down.. Some just do not know better, or how to behave..
+1 man, lol at the party people though.
Yeah we have always been around either out or closeted but we've been everywhere and we're here too ^_+ Dude are right about narrow mindedness but I'm ME. So, i don't care much... ^_~
Agree. Well done Lads.
Well said :D
Why is this post here?!? Do you realize kids read this blog?? Clearly, an reasonable and prudent person understands kids reads this blog; so then why is the site encouraging pediphilia?!? Is the gay community creating apps like this to troll for kids? Good grief folks, use some sence.
This is just sick and irresponsible.
Being gay (or lesbian) doesn't make you a pedophile. The truth of the matter is that pedophilia is a psychosexual disorder and more properly is termed a Paraphilia. It is NOT a sexual orientation, but a sexual disorder. Please, if you're serious - educate yourself. :)
Are you that ignorant? Being gay and being a pedophile are so different I dont know whether you were hit in the head or just refuse to let your brain function for you.
And so what if kids read these posts? Its 2013! Not the 1800's dude. "Good grief guy, use some sence."
At no point did I say gays are bad people or gays are pedophiles. I only question the wisdom of having this app or any other app encouraging hook-ups. Instead of an intelligent response, I'm met with the typical bullies who question my intelligence. My reference to pedophilia is because there are predators out there whether you want to admit it or not and some of them troll comments looking for their next mark. Isn't the bartender responsible to a point for someone leaving the bar drunk and getting in a wreck? Why enable it? What's homophobic about wanting to protect children?
Fire away with your inane retorts but at least try to answer the concern instead of hurling insults. It's harder because it requires a base of knowledge vs. emotion.
"Is the gay community creating apps like this to troll for kids?"
Looks to me like that's exactly what you said, and you deserve to be called on it.
If your 'concern' was based in any way on reality rather than the homophobic myth that gay people are pedophiles, it could be addressed.
If you don't want to appear homophobic, don't post homophobic comments.
Homophobic advice there.
I can see your concern. However, in my opinion, I don't think this blog should be accountable. Kids read contents which are not appropriate for them all the time on the internet. It is their parents' responsibilities to control what their kids can view. Moreover, this is not "encouraging hook-ups" app. The main purpose of this app is allow the gays to communicate and connect with each other because unlike our straight brothers and sisters, we get discriminated. The fact that people use these dating app to hook up is not a gay issue, it is a societal issue so don't give us all the credits.
This app doesn't not encourage pedophilia. It's pedophiles who take advanatage of these type of apps. Again, it is the parents' responsibilities to take care of their kids, and teach them how to care care of themselves. And don't give them smartphones if they are not mature enough to use...
Hahahahaha.....intelligent posts! From people who see creepy people when they look outside (or in their mirror).
Looks like a nice app, but I prefer ( o Y o )
Lol
I like the V
HAHAHA
You prefer owls? You, my friend, are a strange, strange individual.
Cool. I have a boyfriend already so I'm not in the target market for this app. But this is fantastic news, as the lack of an app like this makes windows phone a no sell for some of my friends.
Dude, Same here already in relationship... *♡* But it maybe still of use to get some timepass friends.. ^_+
Lucky guys.. i still single lol so its great for me :)
Can you just socialize when you are single?its not like Facebook would be just used by singles
It's an app that's all inclusive, really. Whether you're single or in a relationship, looking for a boyfriend or just looking for friends and chat, it's not just strictly for dating. It's the same with any other social network site or app. It is what you make of it.
I also already have a bf but I will stilll give it a try. I like chatting with others :P and well I wanna see how this app does in WP
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This app seems to have it all. Is there an equivalent app for heteros?
Meetic?
I'm hoping OK Cupid or similiar hop on board soon. It would make a nice addition to the platform and help attrack those young twenty somethings.
I'm not gay but OK Cupid is awesome!! It's a dating community for everyone and its free.. Actually, I found my girlfriend on OK Cupid and she is the most wonderful person I've ever met. It's like one if those fairytale success stories!! I do hope OKC comes to WP for others that are trying to find someone special.
Actually, I found my girlfriend on OK Cupid and she is the most wonderful person I've ever met. Hey! Same here!
I tweet @okcupid about it and post in their forums. I hope more people do so. They got bought by Match, so they know people that can code for the platform.
There is a match.com app, though the reviews aren't good.
Yeah like we've have 'Grindr' on iOS & Android there was this same kinda app 'Blendr'(pls cross check as i didn't care to know much about it) its too from the same brand as 'Grindr'.
Is there a lesbian app?
I've heard of one in that was in development, but part of the problem had been keeping straight men from making fake profiles for it.
WNM and tagged are for anyone
The Home Depot app was just updated...
what ??
A dating social network for gay people. You know, like hetro ones, Christian, Jewish, and so on. What's not to understand?
Great news, with Scruff and Bender on board and this kind of apps are well covered. The most famous is Grindr but at the end everyone is in everything
Is there really a gay social app called 'Bender'?
Yes...don't know why the name...maybe is for the Futurama robot lol XD
'Bent' is old slang for 'gay'.
I guess one for gays is 'Bender'(never liked it) & 'Blendr' for lesbians.
"but at the end everyone is in everything"
I'm all for these apps but this is too much information.
if you go to the website you can ad your interest on a WP App, i did it already even i am not a big fan of Grindr
How so?
You can in fact see a lot of the same faces on scruff as on growlr (and for that matter on bear411, whose mobile site is just as horrible on WP as it is on every other platform; no app for it). The bear and chaser community is suprisingly small. I have no idea about grindr.
I laughed
Yeah even I'm awaiting 'Grindr'... As its UI is best of all such apps...
if you go to the website you can ad your interest on a WP App, i did it already even i am not a big fan of Grindr
Lol even i sent my vote from 3 fake ids to get Grindr asap but I'm already in relationship *♡*
I'm all for bringing Grindr to WP, but I respectfully disagree about it having the best UI of all of the apps. And the majority of people on there in my city are sleazy. So I actually like Scruff much better. Just can't wait for them to bring it up to par feature-wise with their iOS and Android counterparts.
And hopefully it will have better performance than the iOS and Android versions. Even on the newest hardware it's laggy and seriously hard on your battery.
If only I was gay, cause that is one sexy looking app.. anyway, good to have networking addition to the store!
WP is becoming mainstream now .. :3
Don't tell me you really believe WP is mainstream cause it now has one gay official app in the market?!
Make that at least 3
Yeah, there's more than one fool!! Lol!
There is?! I haven't really looked but then again I figured being Canadian AND on WP there'd probably be not much out there.
Dear they wanna sell more n more phones n get their pockets full either from homosexuals or from homophobes understand the marketing here.. ;) And tons of thanks that I'll cherish this app... For me till now WP8 was hollow..
True, Homophobes are a dying market, literally. The people who actually buy smartphones are generally not going to have an issue with the existence of gay people.
Not really mainstream yet. It's just coming out of the closet.
Cool, but still prefer Grindr anyway - also they could make it for 7.X either :(
allways when I see there's a new app for windows phone I try to get no excitement for it won't be available for my Lumia 800 :(
same here :( hope they will release 7.8 version
if you go to the website you can ad your interest on a WP App, i did it already even i am not a big fan of Grindr
I've done that. Like AGES ago. Hope they can hear us, or better, they care of what they hear :)
Strange; I've got the beta and I didn't get any kind of notification about this. This version isn't too far ahead of the beta version (1.026 to 1.028) and actually still has the work-in-progress notice. Still has ads even if you have a Pro subscription; you'd think they'd've fixed that.
Oh, well; it's still better than nothing. Growlr would be nice, though.
I got an email from them today alerting me.
if you go to the website you can ad your interest on a WP App, i did it already even i am not a big fan of Grindr
The app is not an update to the beta version. You have to go to the Store and download it.
I've actually met a few guys at gay bars with windows phones :) we are "out" there :p
Lol nice!
Lol man nice one Hi5!! ^_*
We are!!! And I follow you on twitter (@jeansibelius)
I just came back from a large bear run, and I met 4 other guys with Lumias....but they were all Canadian. >___>. And this was in Texas!
Great! WP is a minority in the mobile space, and WP-wielding gays are even more minority-y-ish ... So yeah... this is great news!! Grindr was supposed to make an WP app, but nothing has materialized yet on that front.
I'll just say "Bravo!" and see who gets the joke.
I dint need a JDate App either but the mote the merrier. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Windows Phone!
(now searching back thru WPCentral for all the Apps Daniel said were "Fabulous!)
Nice to see that WP is expanding. The app images look quite polished. I wonder if we'll see an equivalent app for females.
Well, something is better than nothing. As long as they're official ones. Lolzz! Now if we could get Wells Fargo... I know, its annoying of me.
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Its a great feel to see friendly & warm welcoming straight ppl towards homosexuality more than homophobes exist... :P
Yep! People are people.. Its these CEOs and politicians we hate. Its funny because they really screw up peoples lives and nobody ever pulls scriptures from the Bible saying what they are doing is wrong...
If this app is not your cup of tea, why waste time opening this article and commenting?
Where is the straight male social network?
That would be funny. A network of a whole bunch of straight guys with no women.
Lol...i want equality damnit!! Tired of being ostracized for being a anglo, hetero-sexual male
if you go to the website you can ad your interest on a WP App, i did it already even i am not a big fan of Grindr
can't stop laughing ))))
It's called "Bars"..."Discos"..."Beaches"..."Trains"..."Malls"...comme on bro, we don't really need an App to find a girl. Gays are part of a minority group, it's normal they develop this kind of Apps to get connected with each other.
We heterosexuals have an easier life in this aspect. But I do get your point.
Dude then i guess since you don't need such apps better leave Facebook, Twitter n WPCentral & head over to a bar and we've had those too but these apps are for tech savy gay guys :P
Funny...I wasn't aware Facebook, Twitter and WPCentral's objective was to find dates/mates.
The more you know...
Lol hilarious.
WNM is filled with breeders
At first I thought of your comment as being rude, but now that I think about it its kind of funny as long as its not mocking anyone. Lol! If you think about it isn't WPC a heterosexual male community for the most part?? Lol.. Yeah, I think we're covered for now.. Lol!!!!
This sounds like the question about why isn't there a WET (White Entertainment Television) when there is a BET (Black Entertainment Television).
Lol. Its cause W.E.T. is basically all the other networks.
I'm down for WET!!.
I prefer Eros. :-D
Hey i am happy for my LGBT brothers and sisters.
+1
I assume match.com and ok cupid require a paid subscription. Scruff if free, right?
Match = paid
OKC = free, but no WP app
Scruff is free, but they do have a Pro subscription that adds more features (unlimited block lists, ad free browsing, etc.), although these features are not yet available on Windows Phone as they are on iOS and Android.
I couldn't find you on there, Sam.
Sorry, I'm straight. But happy to highlight an app you guys might like.
Coulda fooled me.

I'm just kidding. About everything. I'm straight as well. :P
Is it my scruff? lol
That must be it. heh
Can you find girls on the Box app?
I'm sure many gay men would gladly send you a "Woof!" if you did bat for the other team, Sam ;-)
Why do they need separate social network app? Good lord! But anyways, welcome to WP
Lol... Smh!
Because gay guys love to hookup? (Seriously, that is why gay social apps are so popular.) Geolocation based social wouldn't really work heterosexuals since you can't hook up without any women. They tried the experiment with Blendr and it failed.
ElliotWP said it pretty well down below http://www.wpcentral.com/comment/338178#comment-338178

Basically, homophobia is still out there, so it's not easy for many gay guys to openly let others know they're gay, let alone ask other guys if they're also gay. Keeping such a secret breeds the need to find kindred spirits to try to share other interests with. It's not all about hooking up (yeah, it happens, but that's because a lot of guys (whether gay or straight) are just horndogs).
I'm surprised it's not Nokia exclusive.
Hahahahah lmbo, yeah me too
Lmao, (fabulous voice) they get allllll the exclusives!
Lmao
Lol..
Maybe this app will get my brother to switch to WP.
Wow finally, i got SCRUFF after PR BROWSER & GUYSPY... Now awaiting best of all "Grindr".. Else i was literally about to throw my Lumia 820 n get a iPhone 4 (out of funds)... ♡.♡
As i read The headline of this article the tea I was sipping went the wrong way uhhff
Lmao sorry i pictured that in my head was funny XD
not available for 7.8 devices :'(
good news - they have a pretty big user base (around 3rd from Grindr and Jack'd). I don't think WP has any of the popular gay chat apps so this would be the first
Okay
I just got onto the app and it looks like everyone that I would see on grindr on my iPod touch is on scruff lol. I'm glad to see it on wp8
Straight male logic: on an app directed towards gay males almost half if not more of the comments are from straight males. Lol
Exactly hahah.
Human logic:
Comment on what ever you want to comment on. (ie - phones you may not like, games that aren't your cup of tea, apps that aren't for you, etc)
Lol there is a difference in commenting on an app you don't like based on use and commenting on apps you dislike because it is gay related which some of these people are doing. Good try though.
Regardless of what someone feels about an app (positive or negative)(and whether you agree with their reasoning or not) isn't it ok to share an opinion? I'll answer. Unless you are in communist China, yes.. It is ok. ;)
Loving the social commentary after this post. But hats off to everyone for being adults.
Thanks for posting this guys!
I expected a bunch of trolls and flamethrowers in here. Another reason I love Windows Phone, the community. Glad to see this app come out even though I'm straight as an arrow lol
But arrows do bend in flight when you shoot em :)
LMAO
There has been. The mod is on top of it. Been some nasty things posted like gay people should be shipped off to their own island. I hope the mod blocks him @corn13read said some awful things.
Oh, he's very banned. We don't need scum like that here.
i welcome all apps, the more the merrier.
Hope it's better than that other app in the store that requires $ and doesn't even have that many guys.
Woof Woof!!!
People not agreeing about apps. LOL. I think most homophobes are gays in denial. Why so much fear? Gay guys are not on the lookout to rape all the men around them or anything. Grow up!
Kinda off topic, sorta, but if MS can make a kids only area in the OS, why can't they make an adults only area as well and allow adults to have adult apps available, and apps such as this ( for anyone of any sexual persuasion ), apps of a sexual nature, the things a parent might not what their kid exposed to, could be in that area of the store and only accessible if the user is in ADULT mode on the phone and looking for adult apps, which most social networking apps would probably be. Just wondering...
Something like a "Porn" Corner?
Lmao man
Well, I'm sure it would become that rather quickly, but it could be broken down into categories like pictures, videos, social networking, blahblahblah, and if the app producer, say Facebook for instance, wanted to be listed in both the general and the adult store, great, but putting Facebook or any other potentially adult app in the kids store would be a no no. It would give MS greater control over what apps show up where and who can access them.
Just download whatever you like on your phone and don't give it to your kids. Problem solved :)
Kids and life aren't that simple. In many ways your child is smarter than you about tech...but they're not more mature, we hope.
I absolutely agree kids are smarter about technology these days. But that doesn't mean you can't prevent a child from using something if you don't want them to. I'm not a parent yet. But I will be soon. If I don't want my child touching my phone, they won't touch my phone and I won't put my phone in a position to be touched.
Exactly. If YOUR child sees something on YOUR phone that you didn't want them to... Its YOUR fault. Its ok to say no people. They'll be ok.
I never had a problem saying no. Still don't, though the overly sensitive cry when I say no I don't have to accept what you're telling me I have to accept. So I like finding acceptable alternatives when possible.
Kids corner doesn't allow access to the store...
Really? That's interesting. My kids are adults so I have no need for it myself. Another change to the store to consider. Let the kids shop for kids apps but purchasing has to be done by the adult, and let adults have whatever they want...what's wrong with a little free market liberty?
An adult section would be great. This, however, doesn't imply adult anymore than okcupid.
:) yay!
Another wp8 only app...looks like a growing trend. A real reason for me to upgrade I guess, if more and more apps are going to need WP8, especially games. And, yay for scruff!
Lots of 'roid rage douchebags in the WP world, I see. I can imagine them with their jacked-up pickup trucks, sideways hats, and Oakley sunglasses, typing away madly about how much they hate gays. Pathetic.
They support us whether they like it or not, see my later comment :)
I'm not sure how labeling everyone is much better.
Happy to see apps like Scruff available to WP users. Being that WP is my first experience of