Social apps are the best way to keep in touch with friends and families, plus meeting random people on the internet and, also, for free. But would you want to pay a little extra for more interesting features? Let’s answer your question: what are Snapchat Plus features and is it worth subscribing?
The service was launched in June of 2022 and has had users talking about its worth and overall features. The company sold them as a way to also access pre-release features before everyone else and also introduce experimental ones as well.
Then let's take a look at all the Snapchat Plus features and find out if it’s worth shelling those extra bucks.
What are Snapchat Plus features?
Snapchat Plus is a monthly paid subscription service, which allows you to access some interesting extra features in the app such as Story rewatch count and Planets.
These are all the features it includes:
- Best friends forever: you can pin a user as your BFF for easy access
- Story rewatch count: by clicking on the eyes icon, find out how many times your story has been reposted by users
- Custom icons: you can change the look of the app using a selection of icons
- Snapchat+ badge: you can show off to friends and strangers alike that you're a member
- Snapchat Plus planets: this allows you to see how "close" you are to someone, using a planetary map
- Priority Story replies: your own replies to Community Stories will have a higher chance of being seen and responded to
- Post View Emojis: possibility to select an emoji to show your friends, next to your name, after viewing a Snap you have sent to them
- Bitmoji Backgrounds: exclusive backgrounds to select for your character
- Story Timer: choose when your stories expire (up to one week)
- Capturing Color: change the border of the camera colour when recording snaps
- Custom Notification Sounds: select a custom sound for specific friends
- Friend Snapscore Change: click on a friend's profile to see how much their Snapscore has changed since your last visit
- Chat Wallpapers: modify the backgrounds of each chat session
- Custom Capture Buttons: change the appearance of the capture button
- Gift Snapchat+: gift the service to friends who aren't subscribed yet
- Dark mode on Android: relax your eyes on your Android phone
- Replay again: replay any Snap twice after viewing it.
The company is constantly getting new features on the service, so it might be worth it just to try some interesting new ones.
Is it worth subscribing to Snapchat+?
Clearly, if you are a devoted user of the service, then the monthly subscription is definitely a good investment. If you are a casual user, then perhaps the service might not really be for you. There are no features on there that we would define as "necessary". But there is one interesting thing to consider.
There is a free 7 day trial available, so it might be a good idea to try the service for free first and then decide what kind of subscription you might want. The service offers different subscriptions from one month, up to a year. It is definitely quick and simple to sign up for the service and you can also try it for free, so you can check if it suits your Snapchat needs.
If you want to know more about the app, check out our guides on how to unlock a Snapchat account and how to recover a deleted Snapchat account.