Gay London Life | September '26 Edition - Magazine - Page 4
means nothing if the same app is charging you
£24.99 to see who's nearby. Apparently, their "real
connection" has a price tag.
The small stuff matters
When you write to us, we answer.
We're gay owned and operated, and Brodar is
moderated by real people, not AI. If you're stuck,
have an issue or think something could be better, tell
us. The guys using Brodar help shape what Brodar
becomes.
We're still growing, and right now we're busiest
in London and Manchester. That's changing as
more people join, and we'd rather be upfront about it
than pretend otherwise.
Brodar is made in Europe for the UK first by a
small team, not a division of some enormous American
company with a growth target to hit by Thursday.
We want Brodar to get bigger. We just don't
want to become everything we disliked about the
apps that were already big.
Try the other app, not another app
We're not telling you to delete anything. You weren't
going to anyway. Just put Brodar next to it.
Open it on the nights when your usual app
feels like work. Twenty minutes of scrolling, two
adverts and nothing resembling a conversation that
The
Other
App
turns you on, connects you to someone or leads
anywhere interesting.
On a smaller app, you're also more noticeable.
Brodar lets you show off properly, with photos,
videos and profiles that can go as spicy as you like.
We can't promise someone will reply. That's human
nature, and no app can fix that.
But if he doesn't reply, at least it won't be
because an advert for a mobile game interrupted
him halfway through your conversation.
One extra icon. A bit of curiosity. Try the other app.
Brodar is free at app.brodar.com.
Available on iOS and Android
for gay and bi men aged 18+.
You're ten minutes into a conversation that's actually
No adverts
going somewhere. He's funny. He's 400 metres
Not "fewer adverts". None. Ever.
away. You've quietly rewritten your last message
Free account or paid, you will never see an advert
twice. You're having to engage, but it feels good.
on Brodar. Not between profiles, not over a chat
Then the screen becomes an advert. Nothing
and not disguised as something useful. We'd love
useful. Some stupid idle game. By the time you've
to tell you this was a difficult ethical stand. It wasn't.
waited for the tiny X to appear, deliberately the size
Adverts are terrible and everyone knows it.
of a grain of rice, the moment has gone somewhere
else, and so has he.
You scroll. You hit profile number 100 and the
One price. That's it.
Brodar PRO is £7.99 a month.
app informs you that the rest of the men in your city
There's no bronze, silver or gold. This isn't the
are available for £13.99, £19.99 or £24.99 a month.
Olympics, and you shouldn't need a comparison table
Sometimes, outrageously, per week. You close it.
to work out which category of customer you are.
You open it again forty minutes later. Obviously.
Messaging and unlimited scrolling are free
Eventually you start wondering: maybe it's me?
because they aren't premium features. They're the
Maybe my profile's rubbish. Maybe nobody wants
point of the app. PRO is for extras. The essentials
to talk to me. Hello. We're Brodar. First thing: it's not
stay essential.
you. It's those apps.
So we built a gay app that doesn't do any of that.
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Any app can put "we believe in real human
connection" on its website. It costs nothing and
