With the popularity of mobile dating applications, different uses of the applications emerged. This ethnographic study focuses on the diversity of use of Tinder and Grindr by international homosexual male students who moved to Copenhagen, Denmark. This diversity of use shows how students influence also the apps and not only how students are affected and forced to use the apps as the designers intended to do.This target group has a diverse background and diverse experience. In addition, this target group has experienced users on these mobile dating apps and newcomers to the city. Moreover, the experiences can differ compared to the local users. By exploring the different uses of these two mobile dating applications three empirical concepts have emerged. The uses of different apps have opened practices that are not intended by the designers of the apps on Tinder and Grindr. These practices can be described into two main categories such as expected and unexpected practices by the designers of the apps. It starts with expected practices but gradually it moves towards the unexpected ones. The first empirical concept Browsing silently describes that international students may have used Grindr in different ways than intended by the designers of the apps. The other empirical concept The loop that never ends describes how international students are so dependent on Tinder and Grindr to get in contact with other males. Moreover, international students used the mobile dating apps in unexpected ways than what the designers of the apps intended. This led into another empirical concept Adapt to a new life. The last empirical concept explores how Tinder is used as a social and logistical tool. The use of Tinder has opened different practices such as to learn the local language (Danish), to look for a local guide or even to get a job.