How much does Candy AI cost? Plans and tokens explained

My reading of the free start:

• About 5 messages in total, not per day
• A handful of images, 3-5 in the dated check
• No video at all on a free account
• Adult content only really opens up on a paid plan, since the policy on file is paid-only

My take: this is a preview, not a free tier you can live on. I don't mind that as long as you know it going in, and I respect that the terms state the 5-message cap in plain words instead of hiding behind a vague "try it free" banner. Spend those messages judging the writing style and the character builder, which lets you pick ethnicity, appearance, personality, voice and hobbies.

If that builder feels like it was made with you in mind, the paid plans deserve a look. If it doesn't, you walk away having paid nothing.

A word for anyone who came for spicier chat: the free messages run out long before a scene gets going, and Candy AI's adult image and video generation sits on the paid plans only. If you are weighing it against a big mainstream app with a stricter line, my note on whether Character AI will allow NSFW chat covers that question for that app.

The table right after this section lines Candy AI up against every other app on this page. Read the free column first. It is the quickest way to see how thin a 5-message start looks beside a daily allowance.

• 1-Month Plan: €13.99, billed every month
• 3-Month Plan: €26.97 paid at once, so €8.99 per month
• 12-Month Plan: €47.88 paid at once, so €3.99 per month

Quick math: twelve months on the 1-Month Plan add up to €167.88. The 12-Month Plan covers the same year for €47.88, a saving of €120.00. Four rounds of the 3-Month Plan come to €107.88, so the middle option is the odd one out.

Candy AI advertises the yearly price as 70% off, and for once the percentage holds up against the monthly rate.

Here is what bothers me, though. A year upfront on a web app you have sent 5 messages on is a lot of trust. So my advice is to buy a single month first if you are unsure, even though it is the worst price per month. €13.99 buys a proper look at memory, voice and images with real tokens. If you still want Candy AI after that, move to the yearly plan when the month ends.

To me they only make sense as a very short look, never as the way you pay month after month.

The plan prices are listed in euros, and the fine print adds that local taxes may apply on top, so your card may show a slightly higher figure. For the rest of the picture, memory, images and privacy included, my full Candy AI review pulls it together in one place.

• Images: 2 tokens on the standard engine, 4 on the upgraded one
• Voice: 3 tokens a minute
• Video: 12 tokens for a short clip of about 5 seconds, up to about 80 for a clip near 55 seconds
• A new custom character: 10 tokens

Quick math on the monthly 100: that is 50 standard images, or 25 upgraded ones, or 33 minutes of voice with 1 token left over, or 8 short video clips. Pick one lane. Mix them and the balance drains faster than you expect.

Top-up packs start at 100 tokens for $9.99 and climb through 350 for $34.99, 550 for $49.99 and 1,150 for $99.99, all the way to 3,750 for $299.99. Those pack prices come from outside sources, because Candy AI's own top-up page sits behind a login. Other reviewers report that, with top-ups added in, heavy users spend roughly $25-60 a month.

I find that easy to believe. If images and video are the reason you want Candy AI, budget for at least one pack on top of the plan.

Other reviewers also report that about 1 in 8 images comes back with visible errors, with no free retry. If that rate holds, keep a few spare tokens for redos rather than planning to the last credit.

My take: if you mostly want to talk, tokens barely matter and the yearly plan is a bargain. If you want pictures every night, the plan just gets you in, and the packs become the real bill. In that case, look over the apps I'd consider instead of Candy AI before you buy a big pack.

Nomi AI, in the box below, is a useful contrast on the free side. It has a permanent free plan with 50 messages a day, which is a very different deal from 5 messages in total.

Put those rates next to the 100 monthly tokens and the picture gets sharp. A 20-minute call uses 60 tokens. One long video clip eats most of a month. If voice is your thing, the monthly allowance covers 33 minutes, and a 350-token pack at $34.99 adds another 116 minutes with 2 tokens to spare.

Voice quality also gets praise elsewhere, described as expressive and top-tier. I like that the paid extras seem to be good ones. What I don't like is that the official pricing page never itemises these per-action costs, so the rates come from outside guides and could shift. Before a long call, look at your balance, not at a number on this page.

Here is how I would match the spend to what you want. If you want a voice companion, the plan plus its tokens covers a couple of short calls, not a nightly hour. If you want video, the plan only opens the door; the clips are paid for with packs.

If you only want text, skip all of this, because messages on a paid plan do not touch the token balance.

The free account gets no video at all, and the voice rate only starts to matter once you pay. So the cheapest honest way to judge voice and video is one month at €13.99, not the full year. Spend part of the 100 tokens on each and you will know which one you care about.

Before you spend on packs, see whether a current Candy AI free trial code or deal applies to you. The 70% yearly offer on file was verified on 2026-09-23 with no end date listed, and offers like that can change without warning.

A "Candy AI" listing that surfaced on Google Play returned an error and shows no link to EverAI Limited, so I would not install anything that claims to be the official app.

For your money, the browser setup has one clear upside. Your subscription lives in your Candy AI account, not in your phone's store settings, and the terms name the cancel path plainly: Settings / Unsubscribe. I like a cancel route that is written down in the terms rather than buried in a help page.

The site comes in English and in a French version, with more languages described as on the way.

Refunds are where I get less friendly. The rules on file:

• Outside the EU and UK, you have 24 hours after paying to ask for a refund
• A subscription refund is refused if you have used more than 20 tokens
• Only subscriptions bought by card can be refunded
• In the EU and UK, you can withdraw within 14 days, minus a share for what you already used

Quick math on that token rule: 20 tokens is 10 standard images, so the 11th picture closes the refund door outside the EU and UK. My take is simple. Decide within the first day, and don't burn tokens while you are still unsure.

Plans renew automatically at the price shown at checkout, so cancel before the period ends if you are done. If a charge ever confuses you, my help pages on billing and account questions are a good next stop.

If you want chat and nothing else, the 12-Month Plan at €47.88 is the cheapest paid way in, at €3.99 a month. Unlimited text is included and tokens hardly come into it. This is the buyer Candy AI treats best, and I would happily send a friend down this route.

If you want some images and the odd voice note, the included 100 tokens will do for a light month. Stay on the standard engine at 2 tokens an image and you get 50 of them. Add one 100-token pack at $9.99 in a busy month and the month's balance doubles to 200 tokens, enough for 100 standard images. That feels like a fair deal to me.

If you want video every week or long voice calls, forget the headline price. That is the group the $25-60 figure from earlier describes, and the bigger packs at $99.99 and up are where the real spending happens. I would only go there once you are sure the app is right for you.

If you care about privacy, treat every chat as something the company keeps, and ask for deletion when you leave.

Candy AI is run by EverAI Limited, registered in Malta, and launched in 2023. That is not a long track record, which is one more reason I would rather see you start with a month than a year.

Every fact on this page comes from official pages, dated free-tier checks and outside sources marked as such. If you want to know how those facts are gathered and dated, see how I check the apps before you trust any number here.