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Bambo: swipe dating, chat rooms and video calls
By Mei-Lin Chua
Contributing editor, apps and storefronts
- Swipe through potential matches near you
- Chat rooms, direct messages and casual chat
- Video chat and calls with other members
- Dating options from casual and hookup to marriage
- Communities listed include Korean, Asian and over-40 singles
- Verification the developer describes as strict
What Bambo is and who it is for
If you want to meet people nearby, whether for a date, a longer relationship or just a new friend, Bambo is built around that. The developer describes it as a dating app for local singles who also want to make friends. The listing shows a 19+ age rating, so it is aimed at adults.
The app brings several ways of meeting into one place. You can swipe through potential matches, join chat rooms, send messages, and move on to video chat or calls. The listing names these as the main ways people connect.
The range of dating types on the listing is wide. It names senior dating, marriage, mature and international dating, casual dating, hookups, and plain friendly chat. It also lists American, European and Asian dating among the options. The listing shows 100,000+ installs.
Finding matches by location and shared interests
Swiping is the main way to find someone. You go through potential matches and choose who to talk to. The developer says the matches are local people, and that the app pairs you with singles who share your passions and interests.
The listing says Bambo serves several communities at once. It names women, Asian and Korean members, European and American members, and singles over 40. The developer also calls it the best dating app for over 50, which is the developer's own description and not something the listing backs with detail.
Because the listing covers both romantic and friendship goals, a person looking for a partner and a person looking for company would be using the same swiping and matching features. What they do with a match differs, as the next section explains.
Chatting through rooms, messages, video and calls
Chat rooms are for open conversation with other members, and the listing also mentions a casual chat and a fun chat as separate ways to talk. Direct messages are for one-to-one talk once you have made contact.
When text is not enough, the app offers video chat and voice calls. The listing names both, so a conversation can move from messages to a call inside the same app.
The developer says connecting with others is free, and that sending messages and video chat are part of that. The listing describes the service in those terms.
The developer's verification and safety claims
The developer says it uses strict verification processes and that these help keep the environment safe. These are the developer's own words, and the listing presents them as a core part of the service.
Verification is one of the points the listing puts most weight on, alongside the matching and chat features. If you are weighing the app, the verification claim is the developer's statement and should be read as that.
About this APK
The build we hold is Bambo - Dating, Chat & Meet! 1.5.2 (APKS split bundle) for Android 10 and up.
- Version
- 1.5.2
- 44
- Requires Android
- 10+
- Size
- 49 MB
- Target Android
- 17
- Package ID
- bamboo.dating.social
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Clean on 66 engines
- Permissions
- 27 declared · 7 sensitive
- Approximate location
- Camera
- Microphone
- Precise location
- Read files on your device
- Read your photos
- Read your videos
- Signed by
- CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
- Certificate SHA-256
- b647994540086c1987107aae56e605d6f9f3b6496460b146aaf264687f51d324
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