The menus and systems will be just as confusing, and you’ll probably get a longer relationship out of it

For a three-month subscription, it’ll cost you $ per month.
For a six-month subscription, it’ll cost you $ per month.
For a year’s subscription, it’ll cost you $ per month.

But let’s say you just want to try it for a month to see if you even like it. Hold onto your butts-a single month’s subscription costs a whopping $ (and it recurs if you don’t remember to cancel it). At that price point, you’re better off scraping up a few more dollars and buying Fallout 4. That’s not all, though. Match also offers subscription add-ons (as I mentioned earlier). Here’s a screenshot of those:

Even if you went with the discounted $ per month plan, adding all of the add-ons on top of that will end up being over $60 per month. The prices might help keep out some of the scammers and less serious folks , sure, but OkCupid lets you do a majority of that for $0 per month (with ads). Without paying a cent, you can create a profile, post pictures, answer questions for matching, view other profiles, like other profiles, and send messages to other users (arguably the most important component of any online dating platform). With Tinder, you can also create a profile, upload pictures from Facebook, swipe through other users, and message your matches for free.

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Of course, OkCupid and Tinder have their own subscription plans too. With OkCupid, if you want to see who liked your profile, see who has or hasn’t read your messages, and browse profiles without notifying them, you’ll have to subscribe to A-list. Its prices break down as follows:

For a one-month subscription, it’ll cost you $.
For a three-month subscription, it’ll cost you $ per month.
For a six-month subscription, it’ll cost you $9.95 per month.

OkCupid also has a couple subscription add-ons as well. For “incognito mode,” where your profile will only be visible to people you like or message, it’s the same price breakdown as an A-list subscription. For a “boost subscription,” where your profile will get seen by more people during peak hours daily, it’s also the same price breakdown (you can also buy individual boosts for about $2 each). If you went all in with each subscription for six months, you’d be paying around $30 per month.

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Tinder’s subscription plan is called Tinder Plus. It allows you to send more “super likes” for people you’re really interested in, you can rewind your last swipe just in case you changed your mind, turn off ads, and change your location within the app without having to physically change your location. Here is Tinder Plus’ pricing structure:

For a one-month subscription, it’ll cost you $9.99 per month.
For a six-month subscription, it’ll cost you $5.83 per month.
For a year’s subscription, it’ll cost you $4.58 per month.

Not a terrible deal if you’re a Tinder power user, but it doesn’t add much functionality to the already bare platform. When it comes down to it, OkCupid is one of the most popular dating sites out there, and there’s a good reason why. In terms of what it has to offer for free to users, it can’t be beat. When it comes to subscriptions, it also seems to have more to offer for less. Tinder’s subscription service is cheaper, but being able to rewind a swipe seems hardly worth the cash.