• Another dating surveillance app is climbing Apple's App Store.
• TeaOnHer is essentially a gender flip of the original Tea app.
• The app lets men post anonymously about women.

The viral Tea app, which lets women post anonymously about men, has a new rival: TeaOnHer. In a gender flip, the new app is for men.

TeaOnHer is largely a copy of the original, but for men instead of women. Its description in Apple's App Store is nearly identical to that of the other Tea app, which is officially called Tea Dating Advice.

TeaOnHer has climbed up Apple's App Store chart for free apps this week. As of Friday, it's the No. 3 spot. That's right behind Tea, which is at No. 2. (ChatGPT is at the top.)

The app describes itself as an "essential safety companion" and touts features like "verified reports about dating experiences to help you identify red flags." According to its app store listing, TeaOnHer users are also allowed to post anonymously or with pseudonyms.

Sensor Tower, a marketing intelligence firm, estimated that the TeaOnHer app had been downloaded over 165,000 times as of Thursday since the app launched earlier this month.

TeaOnHer has not gotten as positive a reception from app users as the original so far. The new one has an average rating of 2.0 in the App Store, while the old one has 4.6.

The new app has already been facing security concerns, much like the Tea app it's replicating.

Business Insider spoke with security researcher Kasra Rahjerdi, who spotted a flaw in the TeaOnHer app's security that revealed content from users' posts, including reviews men had posted and images of women posted to the feed. Rahjerdi was able to view this information via TeaOnHer's publicly accessible API, he said.

TechCrunch reporters also found a "security flaw that allows anyone access to data belonging to TeaOnHer app users," the outlet reported on Wednesday. The data included users' verification selfies and driver's licenses, usernames, and email addresses, according to TechCrunch. Business Insider was unable to independently verify this flaw.

TeaOnHer did not respond to requests for comments. Business Insider also contacted Xavier Lampkin, whose name appears in TeaOnHer's API and is listed on LinkedIn as the CEO of TeaOnHer's developer, Newville Media Corporation. Lampkin did not respond.

Last week, the Tea app (officially called Tea Dating Advice) experienced a data breach that exposed about 72,000 images, which similarly exposed users' selfies and driver's licenses. Tea confirmed the breach and later confirmed that private messages were also exposed.

Lawsuits filed by users of the Tea app quickly followed.

"We are working to identify any users whose personal information was involved and will be offering free identity protection services to those individuals," a Tea spokesperson previously told Business Insider.

"Every single one of these apps promise privacy, promise anonymity, promise secrecy, and so forth, but they're ultimately still applications — they still have to authenticate users," Tom Tovar, CEO of app security company Appdome. "Anonymity does not equal security."

• Bumble is gearing up to launch a new version of its friend-making app, Bumble For Friends.
• Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd said BFF is a "long-term growth" opportunity for the company.
• The dating app company also outlined its plan to "return to growth."

Bumble isn't giving up on helping people find and make new friends.

In fact, it's doubling down on Bumble For Friends (BFF) and gearing up to launch a new version of the app in August, the company announced during its second quarter earnings call.

Bumble's CEO, Whitney Wolfe Herd, said the BFF app is "one of our most exciting long-term growth opportunities, especially as demand for friendship, real-world connection, and belonging continues to grow."

The new version of the BFF app is built on Geneva, a community-focused social platform Bumble acquired in 2024, as well as Bumble's safety infrastructure, Wolfe Herd said. She added that this version will combine "one-on-one matching and events, with community features to quickly follow, designed to help people build real friendships offline."

Bumble acquired Geneva for about $17 million, according to an 8-K filing from July 2024.

Wolfe Herd said BFF is a "big priority" for Bumble Inc., which is primarily known for its dating app.

"I cannot tell you how excited and how convicted we are in this future," she said. "The organic demand for Bumble For Friends, particularly from Gen Z women and younger millennial women, is extremely exciting."

Friend-making apps have been having a moment, too. Startups like 222, Pie, and Timeleft are trying to corner the in-real-life (IRL) market by setting people up with strangers or connecting them with communities in their city.

"We are a leading friendship app in the space, and frankly, we're the only one in the dating space that has a friend finding feature at scale, so this gives us a real competitive edge," Wolfe Herd said.

Meanwhile, Wolfe Herd got real about Gen Z on Bumble's earnings call.

"I think there's a bit of a misconception that Gen Z is some completely different species that doesn't think about love and connection the same way most of humanity does," she said.

But the qualms Gen Z feels toward dating apps (such as swiping fatigue, feeling judged, fears of rejection, or safety concerns) are "the same issues that everyone has struggled with online love," Wolfe Herd added.

Getting Bumble back on track for 'growth'

Bumble reported a 7.6% year-over-year decline in total revenue, with second-quarter revenue decreasing from $268.6 million in 2024 to $248.2 million in 2025. Total paying users declined 8.7% YoY, the company reported.

"Four months ago, I returned as CEO of Bumble and reset our strategy for quality over quantity across the whole business," Wolfe Herd said. "We've taken decisive actions over the last quarter. We've removed over $100 million from our cost base by streamlining operations, restructuring headcount, and shifting to a more efficient organic marketing engine."

Bumble in June announced plans to lay off 30% of its staff.

The company's changes outlined during Wednesday's earnings call are part of Wolfe Herd's plan to position Bumble for "a return to growth."

Bumble also announced the appointment of Kevin Cook as CFO, who was previously CFO at data software company Cloudera.

Meanwhile, Match Group, which owns Tinder and Hinge, reported earnings on Tuesday, shining a light on the latter app.

"Simply put, Hinge is crushing it," Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff said on the company's earnings call. "Hinge's success should put to rest any doubts about whether the online dating category is out of favor among users."