# BFF: Make friends & meet up

> Friendship app by Bumble

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1478573199](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1478573199)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1478573199`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Geneva Technologies, Inc.
- **Category:** Social Networking
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (8,268 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.2.26
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2020-03-16
- **Size:** 550 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bff-make-friends-meet-up/id1478573199)
- **Website:** [https://bumble.com/bff](https://bumble.com/bff)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.notion.so/genevahq/Terms-of-Service-Privacy-Policy-152564f305ca4bb4a21059a525cb8be0](https://www.notion.so/genevahq/Terms-of-Service-Privacy-Policy-152564f305ca4bb4a21059a525cb8be0)

## Description

**Bumble BFF** is a friendship app designed to help you connect with people who share your interests, lifestyle, and goals. Create a profile with bios, Interest Tags, and Photo Prompts, then discover potential friends in your city or at a similar stage of life.

Start one-on-one chats or join Groups to connect through posts, messaging, video calls, and plans for real-life meetups. Every match is selfie-verified, and all features—including Groups and event planning—are free with no paywalls or locked upgrades.

## Rankings

- #20,992 — Overall
- #5 — Meet People, Make Plans
- #4 — friend
- #66 — interface
- #69 — meeting

## Review summary

Reviews praise the concept of BFF for making friends and the local groups feature, with some users meeting friends. However, frequent bugs, verification problems, privacy concerns, a confusing UX due to feature changes, and update/support issues dominate user's experiences.

### Pros

- Concept for making friends is appreciated
- Local groups browsing feature is appreciated
- Some users have successfully met friends through the app

### Cons

- Widespread bugs and crashes including profile viewing failures, message upload failures, and app crashes
- Account creation/verification errors (text code issues, 'something went wrong')
- Privacy concerns around mandatory phone number and AI-powered facial/voice/video data collection
- UX changes and confusing navigation (unclear matches vs waves, radius issues, limited daily swipes)
- OS compatibility and support issues (forced updates, iOS lockouts, AI-only support)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1478573199)