Recon is a location-based online dating application and service specifically for gay men interested in fetish and kink.

[5] The broad categories include bondage,[7] fisting,[8] leather,[9] rubber, bears,[8] bikers, chastity, suits,[10] feet, gunge,[8] watersports,[8] and sports gear.

[11][12] Recon produces a number of fetish events for members and non-members, in cities including London[13] and Paris.

Recon has produced two issues of a magazine, with high-quality photography and articles from the fetish community, which is distributed for free at gay venues.

[14][15] Some have claimed that gay dating apps have a negative impact on local businesses such as gay bars, and that Recon's widespread usage[16][17] by fetishmen has reduced business in leather bars, sex clubs and saunas.