What is Snapchat Plus & what does it include?

Georgina Smith
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Snapchat Plus is the multimedia intstant messaging app’s premium subscription service which gives subscribers access to numerous exclusive features.

Snapchat has been one of the most popular ways for people to communicate online for many years, allowing users to easily exchange messages, photos, and videos on the app, along with a variety of other media.

While the vast majority of these features are free, there are some which are available only as part of Snapchat Plus.

What is Snapchat Plus and how much does it cost?

Snapchat Plus (also written as Snapchat+) is the platform’s premium subscription, which costs $3.99 a month and gives users access to exclusive features.

On their website, they explain: “As a Snapchat+ subscriber, you can get exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features! These features enhance and customize your Snapchat experience, enabling you to dive deeper into the parts of the app you use the most. Plus, you can peep cool new features before anyone else!”

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Snapchat is still a hugely popular app across the world.

What does Snapchat Plus include?

Snapchat Plus has a variety of different exclusive features that are available only to subscribers. Here are all the features you get access to if you subscribe to Snapchat Plus:

  • Pin #1 Best Friend 
  • Story Rewatch Indicator 
  • Custom App Icon
  • Custom App Themes 
  • Snapchat+ Badge 
  • Friend Solar System 
  • Priority Story Replies 
  • Post View Emoji 
  • Bitmoji Backgrounds 
  • Custom Story Expiration 
  • Capturing Color 
  • Custom Notification Sounds 
  • Friend Snapscore Change 
  • Chat Wallpapers 
  • Custom Capture Buttons 
  • Gift Snapchat+ 
  • Story Boost 
  • Map Appearance 
  • Replay Again 
  • Create a Bio for My AI 
  • Extended Best Friends List 
  • One free monthly Snapstreak Restore 
  • Custom Chat Colors 
  • Home Tab  
  • Free Dreams 
  • Peek a Peek 
  • AI Captions 
  • AI Creative Tools 
  • Snapstreak Reminders 
  • Tiny Snaps 
  • Snapscore Multipler 
  • Story Timestamps 
  • Story View Notifications 
  • Lighting Snaps
  • Custom Ringtone Sounds
  • Footsteps
  • Friends in Chat

How to subscribe to Snapchat Plus:

If you want to subscribe to Snapchat Plus, simply follow these steps:

  1. Open Snapchat.
  2. Click on your profile icon in the top left.
  3. Tap the Snapchat+ banner.
  4. Choose whether to sign up for a monthly or yearly subscription.

Note: You may need to restart the app for the new features to appear.

How to tell if someone has Snapchat Plus

With all these exclusive features, Snapchat Plus allows paid subscribers’ profiles to shine among millions of regular users, with things like the unique black star badge, Post View Emojis, and more.

If you want to learn more about how to use Snapchat, you can check out some of our other guides, including how to remove someone from your Snapchat best friends list and how to pin someone on Snapchat.