Recon

Recon is a location-based online dating application and service specifically for gay men interested in fetish and kink. It launched as a website in 1999, and as an iOS app in 2010. It has 189,000 active users as of 2018. Like many other gay dating apps, such as Grindr and Scruff, Recon allows users to create a profile, communicate with other members through private messages, and filters members by location and interests. Unlike those apps, Recon started as a website, with some features, such as the ability to view a user's public x-rated photos, are solely available on the website due to Apple's policy on adult content. One notable feature is the ability to filter members by their declared fetishes and kinks. The broad categories include bondage, fisting, leather, rubber, bears, bikers, chastity, suits, feet, gunge, watersports, and sports gear. Recon is owned and operated by T101, the company who also produce Fetish Week London.