Hinge Matchmaker: App Invites Couples To Arrange Dates For Mutual Friends

Tired of your coupled or married friends offering you condescending dating advice? Well now, with the help of Hinge Matchmaker, your friends can get in on the app-swiping game they potentially missed out on before finding true love. Hinge, the dating app founded by Justin McLeod and launched in 2013, looks to take its friend-of-a-friend approach to the next level by allowing people in relationships to bestow recommendations for potential matches to their mutual friends. The standalone Hinge Matchmaker app, available today in a beta version on the iOS App Store, relies on Facebook friend connections and even phone contacts to allow both single and romantically involved mutual friends to embrace their Cupid role. "Always wanted to choose matches for your friends? Have two friends that you think might be perfect for one another? Or are you single and want to have your friends set you up?" the iOS App Store description reads.