OkCupid Paid Features & Subscriptions: Basic, Premium, Incognito, and Premium Plus Paid Features and Subscriptions on OkCupid - Everything You Need to Know Is OkCupid Free to Use? OkCupid is completely free to use. With a free account, you can engage with other daters by sending and receiving Likes and Intros, viewing matches, and having conversations with those matches. Some features, though, such as seeing who Likes you (without having to like them first) and sending unlimited Likes, are reserved for users with subscriptions. Daters can opt into subscriptions at any time. Subscription Plans OkCupid also offers three subscription options that include numerous OkCupid features. Below, you can learn the difference between OkCupid Basic versus Premium, how to hide a profile on OkCupid, and the various OkCupid plans so you can select the OkCupid subscription that’s right for you. OkCupid Basic *OkCupid Basic is no longer available for new purchases Formerly OkCupid A-List Basic, OkCupid Basic is our standard subscription option. With OkCupid Basic, you unlock the following features: Send unlimited Likes Set Dealbreakers for the Preferences you don’t have any wiggle room on Zero outside ads See all your Intros at once Many users opt for OkCupid Basic, especially so they can get around the OkCupid Like limit. Users without a subscription have limited Likes to send per day, but with OkCupid Basic, you can send as many Likes as you want. You can choose from a one-month, three-month, or six-month subscription package. Purchasing a 3-or 6-month subscription gets you discounted rates. OkCupid Premium: Our Most Popular Paid Option Premium is our most popular subscription because it unlocks all the perks of OkCupid Basic, and includes a couple others as well. They include: Seeing everyone who Likes you before you like them in the Interest tab Seeing everyone’s public answers to questions, even the questions you haven’t answered Getting 3 free SuperLikes to use each week You can choose from a one-month, three-month, or six-month subscription package. Purchasing a 3-or 6-month subscription gets you discounted rates. OkCupid Premium Plus: Our Newest Subscription Tier: Premium Plus unlocks all the perks of OkCupid Basic, and Premium as well as: Priority Likes Unlimited read receipts 15 Weekly SuperLikes (instead of Premiums 3) 1 Monthly Rush Hour Boost Token Incognito Mode: How to hide your profile Incognito Mode allows you to unlock the following features: Keep an active profile on OkCupid while being 100% hidden to anyone you do not message or like. Instead, you're only seen by the people you like or message, and you can even revoke access to your profile from any of these people if you block them. You can turn Incognito Mode on or off at any time during your subscription Also comes with no outside ads. You can choose from a one-month, three-month, or six-month subscription package. Purchasing a 3-or 6-month subscription gets you discounted rates. A la carte features We offer numerous a la carte options that daters can purchase individually or in bundles. These features range from allowing users to see if someone has read their message, to giving their profile a Boost so that it is shown to more people. Boost & SuperBoost: With a Boost, you can increase your matches up to 5x! Learn more here. Read Receipts Curious about whether that dreamy match read your message? Read Receipts will help you find out! You can purchase Read Receipts for one specific match conversation or in bundles. SuperLikes A SuperLike is a way to show someone you’re really interested in them, and it increases your chances of matching with them up to 4x! They’ll be notified that you SuperLiked them, and you’ll also appear in a special SuperLikes Stack. You can also send a message with your SuperLike. You get one free SuperLike to use each week, but if you want to send more, you can purchase one individually or in bundles of five or ten. Learn more here. Stacks Stacks is a feature in Discover that allows you to view matches that fit what you’re looking for based on specific categories. Each Stack allows you to filter for people you may like based on various things, such as those you have the highest Match % with, people who are recently online, popular people, and more. Most Stacks are free to use, but some require purchasing a Stack pass, which grants you access to that Stack for 7 days. The Stacks that require a Stack pass include: Popular Stack - A Stack where you can connect with some of the most popular people on OkCupid New People Stack - A Stack featuring people new to OkCupid There’s also the Interest Stack; unlike the other paid Stacks, the Interest Stack is part of the Premium membership, so you unlock access by upgrading to OkCupid Premium. Payment Methods To purchase subscriptions and features, there are several payment methods available: On desktop, you can purchase with a credit or debit card, or through PayPal. On an iOS device, you can purchase via Apple Pay. On an Android device, you can purchase via credit or debit card or Google Pay. Subscription FAQs How to upgrade to OkCupid Premium or Plus from OkCupid Basic? You can upgrade from your iPhone, Android, or web. Instructions for each method can be found on our Upgrading to OkCupid Premium or Plus from OkCupid Basic article. You don’t have to wait until your Basic subscription runs out to upgrade; when you upgrade, your OkCupid Premium or Premium Plus subscription will begin immediately, and you’ll be refunded for the remaining time of your OkCupid Basic subscription. When purchasing a 3- or 6-month package, do I pay all at once? Yes, when you purchase a 3-month or 6-month subscription, you pay for the entire package all at once. However, if you purchase an OkCupid Basic 3-month subscription, for example, and decide to upgrade to OkCupid Premium after a month, you will begin being charged for OkCupid Premium and will be refunded for your two months of OkCupid Basic remaining. Can you send messages on OkCupid without paying? Yes! There are a few ways you can send a message to someone you haven’t matched with yet: You can send someone you like an Intro by liking and commenting on a specific part of their profile. Sending a SuperLike also lets you send a message; remember, you get a free SuperLike each week, and you can buy packages if you want to use more. Once you match with someone, you can message back and forth as much as you’d like. We encourage you to do this so you really get to know the person before you meet up for a date! And now you know everything you need to know about OkCupid’s paid features and subscriptions! Download the OkCupid app today to get started and find what you’re looking for.