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Ciao! vs Fabriq
Fabriq: Stay in Touch, by Sowlutions Inc.
The biggest one. A relationship tracker with circles, prompts and a subscription.
164 ratings in the US App Store, September 2026
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Ciao!
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Fabriq
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| What it costs | One payment $9.99 |
Subscription around $40 a year |
| Free tier | 3 friends | [CHECK] |
| Account needed | None | [CHECK] |
| A creature for each friend | 15 animals, 6 moods | No |
| A weekly swipe deck | Yes | No |
Price, tier and feature rows are read from the App Store listing, September 2026. Where a cell says [CHECK] I could not confirm it without installing and paying, so it stays blank. Nothing here is taken from another app’s reviews.
Where Fabriq wins
- •It is built for a large network. Hundreds of people, sorted into circles and tiers.
- •A bigger team and a longer history, so more of the edges are worked out.
- •Prompts and conversation starters, if that is the part you find hard.
Where Ciao! wins
- •Nothing to sign up for at all. No email, no phone number, no code to wait for.
- •One payment instead of a subscription that renews while you are not looking.
- •No caps of any kind once you have paid. Add everyone you want to add.
- •A face for each friend, so the list tells you something at a glance.
Which one should you actually get?
If you are managing a professional network and want tiers and prompts, Fabriq is built for that and Ciao! is not. If you want the fifteen people you actually love, without an account and without a yearly bill, take Ciao!.
