Bumble vs OkCupid: what each app does and costs

How each app matches people

OkCupid matches on answers. Members answer questions (500+ in the app, 15 required at sign-up) and set dating preferences, and the algorithm combines what each person wants with their answers to shared questions into a Match % score. Cupid's Picks adds a daily selection. Gender and orientation preferences act as dealbreakers for free.

Bumble matches on profile fields: Intentions, Looking For and Interest Badges. Its App Store text calls it "the women-first dating app", yet the current listings do not say whether women still send the first message in opposite-gender matches, so the label cannot be read as a messaging rule. Matches can expire. Premium lists "Extend your matches by 24 hours" and rematching with expired connections.

Bumble's listings describe no compatibility score. Each app has its own page: the OkCupid review and the Bumble review.

Messaging and the free tier

Both apps let matched members message each other at no charge. OkCupid's help centre says "Using OkCupid is completely free" and names seeing who has liked you, unlimited Likes and Dealbreakers as the paid additions. An Intro lets you write to someone who has not liked you yet, and they see it in an Intros tab. How many free Likes an account gets is not stated.

Google Play calls Bumble "a free app for meeting singles". The free list holds a profile with interests and prompts, ID Verification, dating advice, Spotify linking, video chat and picture sharing with matches, sharing meetup details with a trusted person, and Snooze Mode. Seeing everyone who likes you costs extra. Limits on messages for free accounts are not stated.

Bumble's chat includes voice and video calls, and video chat sits on the free list. OkCupid's pages do not mention video chat or voice messages. Recorded voice notes are not confirmed for Bumble either. A "Review Before You Send" prompt flags Bumble messages that may land badly, and explicit photos are blurred automatically. The feature is compared in dating apps with video chat.

Paid extras: incognito, filters and travel

Both apps keep Incognito Mode behind payment. Bumble lists it under Bumble Premium: browse anonymously and be seen only by the people you choose. OkCupid sells it as an upgrade in which the only people who can see your profile are people you have liked, and says it also removes ads. That description comes from a copy of the page archived on September 28, 2026. The wider field is in apps with an incognito mode.

Filters are paid on Bumble and partly free on OkCupid. Bumble's Advanced Filters (for example "What are they looking for?") belong to Premium. OkCupid's Dating Preferences are free, and its Dealbreakers, which show you only people who meet a preference, sit under the paid subscription. See also advanced filters.

Travel is where the pages diverge. Bumble's Travel Mode ("Tap into dating scenes around the world") is a Premium feature. OkCupid's help centre has an article on changing your profile location, but how it works and what it costs is not confirmed, so no travel feature is credited to the app. See travel mode apps for the ones that list it.

Verification and safety tools

Bumble names Photo Verification (a grey badge, possibly using facial recognition) and ID Verification (a blue badge, run by Veriff, with a manual review option). Google Play lists ID Verification among the free features. The App Store says "the majority of our community" is ID Verified, which is a company claim, and the terms let Bumble require identity or phone verification at any time. The Bumble Safety Center adds Share Date and Block, Report and Unmatch.

OkCupid's Photo Verification is a video selfie with a Liveness Check and 3D Face Authentication that earns verified status. The help centre also describes a Face Check scan used for age and photo checks, and age assurance from a single face photo. Whether verification is free is not confirmed. The terms say OkCupid does not run criminal background or identity checks on users. Profiles and chats carry a Report User link, blocking is available, and Safety Tips are published.

No page for either app says how well its tools work. Apps with profile verification lines up the rest, and scams on dating apps covers scam patterns.

Casual dating, relationships and the hookup question

OkCupid's Google Play text sets casual dating and a serious relationship side by side, and the stores also name marriage, love and friendship, so no single goal leads. Bumble's Google Play text names two: being ready to "find the one" or to "date for fun".

Neither app calls itself a hookup app. OkCupid's listings and help centre use the words casual dating. Bumble's listings, homepage and guidelines neither position it as a hookup app nor rule it out. Lists sorted for that search are in apps for meeting people casually and one night stand apps.

Google Play describes OkCupid as an LGBT dating app that names lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer and straight singles. Bumble says it promises to support "all forms of love". Other apps are compared in LGBTQ+ dating apps.

Privacy and location

Both apps use device location when you allow it. Bumble's privacy policy says it shows you profiles of people near you and that your general location appears to people who see your profile. Core account data (geocoordinates, email, phone, gender, city, birthday and name) is kept six years after account deletion. Almost all profile data is deleted 28 days after.

OkCupid collects precise geolocation only with device permission. Its privacy policy says details such as sexual orientation and sexual life are collected if members choose to provide them. It also describes advertising partners, Facebook tools (Login, Pixel and the SDK), and sharing with other Match Group companies, including banned-user information. Photo Verification involves face geometry data. These points come from the policy as archived on October 14, 2026. Broader comparisons are in privacy on dating apps.

Platforms, ages and availability

Bumble runs on iPhone only, on Android (100M+ downloads on Google Play) and on the web through a bumble.com sign-in. OkCupid is on iPhone, on Android (50M+ downloads, marked Editors' Choice) and on the web: its help centre says accounts work through the app, mobile web or desktop. Bumble is listed in all 45 App Store storefronts checked and OkCupid in 44, with South Korea the gap. No official supported-country list was found for either; OkCupid's help centre mentions over 180 countries.

Store ratings match: 18+ in the App Store and Mature 17+ in Google Play. Both sets of terms set the minimum age at 18, and Bumble's say members must be "at least 18 years old or the age of majority to legally enter into a contract". Bumble Holding Limited is the App Store seller for Bumble, and Match Group Americas, LLC for OkCupid.

Bumble vs OkCupid price: US and UK App Store rows

On the US App Store, the lowest listed prices are USD 2.99 for Bumble Boost, USD 17.99 for Bumble Premium, USD 7.99 for OkCupid Premium and USD 9.99 for OkCupid A-List. On the UK App Store they are GBP 2.49 for Bumble Boost, GBP 9.99 for Bumble Premium, GBP 5.99 for OkCupid Premium and GBP 7.99 for OkCupid A-List. The only stated periods are the 7 days on two Bumble Premium rows on the UK App Store (GBP 9.99 and GBP 24.99).

Prices as listed in the store on November 5, 2026. They change by country, platform, account and promotion.

Prices as listed in the store on November 5, 2026. They change by country, platform, account and promotion.

In both countries the lowest listed OkCupid Premium row is below the lowest listed Bumble Premium row: USD 7.99 against USD 17.99 on the US App Store, GBP 5.99 against GBP 9.99 on the UK App Store. The lowest Bumble Boost row is below every OkCupid row. Boost, Premium and A-List are different bundles and most rows carry no period, so these numbers do not rank the apps. No Bumble Premium+ price is recorded. Google Play and web prices are not covered here; the full lists are on OkCupid pricing and the Bumble price page.

Both subscriptions bought in the iPhone app are cancelled in the store. OkCupid's terms add that deleting the account or the app does not stop billing from Apple or Google. Steps are in how to cancel a dating app subscription.

Best for, by need

Best for matching on stated answers: OkCupid, with 500+ questions, a Match % score and free Dating Preferences.

Best for video chat and ID Verification without paying: Bumble, where both sit on the Google Play free list.

Best for the larger store audience of the two: Bumble, at 100M+ Google Play downloads against 50M+. Downloads are not active users.

No line is given for price, because the rows differ in tier and mostly lack periods. Other pairs are in Tinder vs OkCupid, Match vs OkCupid and Bumble vs Hinge, and every pair is listed in dating app comparisons. Alternatives are sorted on OkCupid alternatives and Bumble alternatives.