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Reece Charles Wynne, 18, of Mold, threatened the man with a broken beer bottle, tried to strangle him and demanded money.
The victim, 58, thought he was going to die, Mold Crown Court heard.
Wynne was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in youth custody after admitting robbery.
After agreeing to meet his victim via the app, the pair spent time drinking together at his house before Wynne attacked him as he was being dropped home, the court heard.
The driver felt a sharp pain to the back of his neck before the men started to fight as the victim defended himself.
Wynne demanded money and pushed the victim against the car window where he tried to strangle him.
"He was terrified. He thought he was going to die," Kim Halsall, prosecuting, said.
The man accidently locked the car during the struggle and Wynne smashed a passenger window and climbed out, stealing some keys.
The victim suffered cuts and bruises and told police the attack was "the most frightening experience in his life".
Michael Davies, defending, said Wynne had a difficult upbringing and had mental health problems.

The Ministry of Defence said the former dictator's complex in Mosul, north Iraq, was a "major" IS HQ and training centre for foreign recruits.
RAF Tornados used guided bombs in what Defence Secretary Michael Fallon called "emphatic" airstrikes on Monday.
Mosul, Iraq's second city, has been under IS control since June 2014.
The UK is part of a US-led international coalition conducting airstrikes on IS targets in Syria and Iraq.
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The Ministry of Defence has released details of a series of operations over the past week - including the bombing of a "safe house" for foreign fighters in Iraq, and IS "terrorist strongpoints" close to Syria's border with Turkey.
Two Tornado jets dropped the largest guided bombs they use, the Enhanced Paveway III, on Saddam's palace, a statement said.
"Extensive surveillance" of the complex, located next to the river Tigris, found the main palace building was being used as accommodation and a meeting venue for foreign IS recruits, while outbuildings were used for training, internal security and "repression", the MoD said.
Seven nations were involved in the attack on the complex on Monday afternoon, with initial indications suggesting the mission was successful, it added.
Details of the latest air strikes against IS, also known as Daesh, were given as the defence secretary visited the crews involved, who are based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
Mr Fallon said: "Daesh has been losing followers and territory for months, and emphatic strikes like this show that we and the coalition will not waver.
"Daesh fighters, both foreign and home-grown, can see that they are targets inside this cult."
UK MPs approved UK air strikes in Iraq against IS in September 2014.
Mr Fallon said at the time that the parliamentary vote followed a request for help from the UN by the Iraqi government.
In December 2015, the UK also launched air strikes targeting IS in Syria after MPs voted for action.
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A teenager, who had a sudden desire to rob someone, arranged to meet a man via a mobile phone app and attacked him in his car.
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A palace built by Saddam Hussein which was being used as a training centre for so-called Islamic State (IS) has been bombed by UK and coalition forces.