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OkCupid cost (2026)

Owner: Match Group·Pricing honesty: C·2 amber

The question/quiz matching is genuinely differentiated, and useful on free. Full analysis below.

OkCupid pricing: all tiers

Observed 2026-06-06. Prices are A/B-tested and personalised — these are documented data points, not guaranteed rate-cards.

TierWhat they showReal $/moRegionSource
Premium

Advanced filters, see likes, read receipts

$54.99 per month$54.99USsource
Premium

Advanced filters, see likes, read receipts

$22.49 per month for six months(framing trick)$22.49USsource
Incognito

Hide your profile; browse privately

$19.99 per month$19.99USsource

Add-ons (charged on top of any subscription):

  • Boost Me: $8.99 per item source

Documented pricing tricks

Graded by severity — red means it materially misleads users about the real cost; amber means it adds friction or hidden cost; green means the app does something notably honest.

  • 🟡

    Pay to control your own visibility

    Incognito is a paid sub just to hide your profile.

    Source
  • 🟡

    Microtransaction funnel

    Boost + Superboost tiers ($8.99→$89.99) on top of the subscription.

    Source

Who owns OkCupid?

OkCupid is owned by Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) — the same company behind Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, The League, and Match.com. Seven of the fourteen apps in this dataset are Match Group properties. Full ownership map →

User base: Question/quiz-based matching

Is OkCupid worth it?

The question/quiz matching is genuinely differentiated, and useful on free. The paid Premium ($22.49/mo on 6-month plan) is expensive for what it adds. The Incognito add-on ($19.99/mo just to control your own profile visibility) is the most egregious upsell in the set — a feature that should not cost money separately.

How to cancel OkCupid

Cancel through App Store, Google Play, or the OkCupid website under Settings → Subscriptions. Cancellation does not refund unused time.

Authority spine

Every figure on this page traces to a documented source. The full industry picture — SEC filings, ownership structure, and cross-app cost comparison — is in the site's core hubs.

Prices are A/B-tested, personalised snapshots (observed 2026-06-06) — not fixed rate-cards; App-Store-sourced rows are primary, secondary roundups are flagged. Data observed 2026-06-06 from App Store IAP listings (primary) and reputable secondary roundups (flagged). Prices vary by age, location, and test cohort. Pricing-honesty grades reflect documented dark patterns only — absence of a flag is not proof an app is clean. See methodology & sources.

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