Pick an app, then the exact plan you'd pay for. Everything below — the price, why the Friend tier wins, and when that plan is the better choice — is written for that specific plan, not the app in general.
Tinder
$39.99/mo
Friend of a Friend — Friend tier
$59 /mo
A real person does the work.
+ $149 one-time — your setup, profile & vetting
A matchmaker hand-picks your match
Every match is background-checked
Character-first — their photo unlocks once your date is set, so you never walk in blind
Near-zero time from you
Billing pauses when you're happy
From the branches to the roots
Why Friend wins
is the better choice if…
What Friend gives you no matter which app or plan you compare
A human, not an algorithmBackground-checked matchesCharacter before photosZero swipingSerious, local intentSomeone in your corner
Ready for more? Our full ladder
What you get as you move up
Everything above compared our entry plan, Friend. The more you'd rather we simply handle for you, the higher you go — here's exactly what each step adds, and why it costs more.
Friend
$59 /mo
+ $149 one-time · ~$850 first year
A real matchmaker on your side, at an entry price — the plan compared above.
Includes
A profile you shape anytime
Hand-picked introductions
Every match background-checked
Most popular
Close Friends
$99 /mo
+ $349 one-time · ~$1,540 first year
We step in and run it: a real sit-down, priority curation, and we coordinate the dates.
Everything in Friend, plus
A one-on-one consultation
We plan and book your dates
More than one match a month
Priority access to your matchmaker
A thoughtful debrief after each date
Inner Circle
$149 /mo
+ $749 one-time · ~$2,540 first year
Concierge and unhurried — pre-date calls and fully done-for-you evenings.
Everything in Close Friends, plus
Scheduled calls, incl. a pre-date pep talk
Fully done-for-you dates
The whole market, in three brackets
A matchmaker's service, a dating app's price
There are really only three ways to date. Apps make you do the work. Professional matchmakers do it for you — for thousands. We're the bridge: the professional's model at the app's price.
Do-it-yourself apps$15–$80 / mo
You do all the searching, screening, and vetting. Unlimited strangers, zero help. (Compared plan-by-plan above.)
Friend of a FriendYou are here$59–$149 / mo
A real matchmaker does the work — hand-picked, background-checked, local — at a price that sits right next to the apps.
Professional matchmakers — Ohio area$595 – $25,000+
The same done-for-you model we offer — a human vets and hand-picks — but almost always one big fee paid up front (a set of dates, or a retained search), not a monthly. VIDA Select is the rare month-to-month one.
Fix Me Up! · Boardman, OH (local)one-time "lifetime" fee*
Lunch Date · Cleveland (entry)~$595 one-time
VIDA Select · serves Ohio$1,595 / mo
It's Just Lunch · Cleveland & Columbus~$2,500–$3,500 package
Closer to home: the Valley's only local matchmaker — Fix Me Up! in Boardman — charges one "lifetime" fee up front, so they're paid whether or not you ever meet someone. We're month-to-month and pause the moment you're dating: the only way we keep earning is by actually introducing you to people.
Every service in that third bracket does exactly what we do — a real person vets and hand-picks. Friend of a Friend is the only one that does it at the price of a dating app.
For scale: your entire first year with us runs about $850 (Friend) to $2,540 (Inner Circle) — less than most of these charge just once.
*Fix Me Up! doesn't publish a price and markets on affordability (one-time lifetime membership). Matchmaker pricing is often quote-based; figures are public rates and third-party reviews (VIDA Select, It's Just Lunch, Selective Search, Photofeeler), 2025–26.