Traditional matchmakers charge thousands and hand you a stranger. Swipe apps hand you an endless feed and hope you give up and pay. Nonna does the actual matchmaking — scoring real compatibility and curating your introductions — for free.
A 99-question model across values, lifestyle, and personality — the things that actually predict whether two people work — not just photos.
Nonna surfaces your highest-compatibility introductions instead of a bottomless feed — so you spend time on people you actually match with, not on scrolling.
We run real singles events across NYC so your matches aren’t just a chat thread — they’re someone you meet in the same room.
New York has two kinds of dating: pay a matchmaker thousands of dollars for a handful of introductions, or download a swipe app that profits every time you don’t find anyone. Nonna Picks is a third option. It does the thing a great matchmaker does — understand who you are and introduce you to people you’re genuinely compatible with — and does it for everyone, for free, at the scale of a whole city.
It starts with the quiz. When you create your free account, you answer questions across three areas — values and relationship vision, life foundations, and personality and communication. Nonna scores your compatibility with every other member on those answers, not on a headshot. You browse the people you match with, ranked by real compatibility, and Nonna surfaces the highest-fit introductions first. Curious how the scoring works under the hood? Read about our AI matchmaker, or test your compatibility with someone in two minutes.
A match you never meet is just a pen pal. That’s why Nonna pairs its matchmaking with real singles events across NYC, where the people you’re compatible with are in the same room on the same night. It’s the difference between a chat thread that fizzles and an actual first impression. You can see what’s coming up and RSVP as soon as you join.
Nonna Picks is free to join and inclusive by default — for singles of every race, religion, nationality, and culture, looking for everything from something serious to simply meeting someone real. No five-figure fee, no bottomless feed. Just real matchmaking for New York, and events that get you off the app and into the room.
Create your free account, take the quiz, and get compatibility-matched with singles in New York.
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