Bumble For Friends: Meet IRL

Contains adsIn-app purchases
3.9
4.87K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
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About this app

Bumble For Friends is the new dedicated friendship app from Bumble, made to help you create new, meaningful friendships in your city.

What do we have special from other chat apps?
With Bumble For Friends, you can chat, meet new people, and make friends in a community focused on kindness and safety. Whether you’re new to a city or just looking to expand your circle, Bumble For Friends is the easiest way to make new friends and find community.

Who We Are



If you love BFF mode within the Bumble app, then Bumble For Friends is for you! Bumble For Friends is an app where people in all stages of life can intentionally make new friends and create meaningful friendships. Bumble For Friends is not just an app that provides easy ways to help people connect and make friends with people nearby, it’s also an app that prioritizes:

👯‍♀️ Genuine connections: We include app features like profile prompts and lifestyle badges, to make it easy for people to show up in a way that's true to themselves. Allowing you to find real, genuine friendships in your city. Meet people and find friends today!

Kindness: We want you to feel good about chatting and meeting friends locally, so we’re creating a community centered around kindness. By committing to our kindness pledge, you are helping to make Bumble For Friends a welcoming and inclusive space for everyone who wants to meet new people.

Trust and safety: We empower our community with safety features like Photo Verification, Reporting and Blocking, and our Safety Center, so that all members can feel safe to meet people and make new friends.


Get it all with Premium and expand your circle quicker!

- Liked you: See who's already swiped right on you to make friends instantly and have more chats
- Unlimited likes: More chances to find friends
- Unlimited Backtrack: Swiped left accidentally? Undo it!
- Unlimited Rematch: A second chance to find your best friends
- Unlimited Extends: Get an extra 24 hours to more chats and meet people
- Advanced filters: Find what really matters to you in a friend
- 5 SuperSwipes every week: SuperSwipes says you really like their vibe
- 1 Spotlight every week: Be seen by more people for 30 mins
- Travel mode: Planning a trip? Have chats and find friends before you get there
- Incognito mode: Only people you swipe right on can see you

Download Bumble For Friends

Bumble For Friends is free to download and use. However, we also offer an optional subscription package (Bumble For Friends Premium) and single or multiple-use paid services for which no subscription is required (including Spotlights and SuperSwipes).

We offer weekly, monthly, 3-month and 6-month subscriptions, with discounts given on the weekly price. Prices may vary per country and are subject to change without notice. Prices are clearly displayed in the app.

* Payment will be charged to your Google Play account at confirmation of purchase.
* Your subscription will automatically renew itself, unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
* Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period.
* You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings in the Google Play Store.
* If you choose to use our free trial, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
* If you don’t choose to purchase Bumble For Friends Premium, you can simply continue using and enjoying Bumble For Friends for free.

Your personal data is securely stored on Bumble For Friends—be sure to read our privacy policy and terms and conditions:
bumble.com/bff/privacy
bumble.com/bff/terms

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble for Friends, along with Bumble, Badoo and Fruitz.
Updated on
May 19, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info and 5 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 8 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.9
4.79K reviews
Mathew W
April 2, 2025
Some good features, but can be frustrating. Swiping needs to be harder - the amount of times I'm SCROLLING a profile and it swipes instead is ridiculous, you can undo No swipes if you've got premium, but you can't undo Yes swipes, then you have to explain to the person you've yes swiped them by accident. :( (I'm writing this review on the back of my 3rd accidental scrolling swipe in about as many days) But the feature for arranging group events is pretty cool, as is the concept in general.
6 people found this review helpful
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Bumble Holding Limited
April 3, 2025
We appreciate your feedback, Mathew. We'll make sure to pass your input along to our Product Team. We always look for ways to improve our members’ experience and truly appreciate your opinion. 💛
Vikki M
May 19, 2025
why split the apps? Don't know why they're making you download another app to access BFF now. It doesn't say anything about keeping your matches from regular bumble, and just annoying having to lose more space on your phone. Downloaded because of a link over of my bff matches sent, but waste of time since it'll disconnect me on the main app and risk losing my other matches. Should have left it at one integrated app
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Bumble Holding Limited
May 20, 2025
Hi Vikki. We appreciate you sharing your feedback with us. We are always looking for ways to improve our members' experience on the app so we will make sure to pass your input along to our Product Team.
Valeriex lee
February 12, 2025
This app is useless if you're trying to make friends. As you swipe, you can view the other persons picture and bio, but once you swipe left or right on them, that person is gone with no way to actually connect with them without paying. The only way around it is to message that person right away before swiping, or I noticed a lot of people put their IG or Snap in their bio. If not, it's a hefty pay wall.
321 people found this review helpful
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Bumble Holding Limited
February 13, 2025
We're sorry to hear about that, Valeriex! Yes, once you swipe on a profile, it will disappear from your 'Swipe Deck'! Don't worry, though. If you both swipe 'right' on each other, you will be able to chat with the member. I hope that helps! 💛