Is Candy AI free? What you get without paying, and what Premium costs

What the free tier includes

• Shorts episode 1 of every series with a free episode, playable without an account after an age confirmation.
• Shorts episode 2 of series with two free episodes, once you have a free account (email plus age confirmation).
• The Shorts feed and the previews of locked episodes.
• A limited chat with Candy AI characters: a few messages per day, no pictures.
• Progress saved across devices, and the option to delete the account at any time.

What Premium costs

Candy AI shows Premium in US dollars, and the figure depends on the term. The 12 month plan is 3.99 USD per month. The 3 month plan is 8.99 USD per month. The monthly plan is 9.99 USD for the first month and 13.99 USD per month after that. Each plan renews unless cancelled. When Candy AI has a sale on, the Premium page says so.

Premium opens every episode of every Shorts series, removes the chat limit and adds the picture features. Tokens are a separate purchase.

Tokens, and why there is no trial

Tokens are the pay as you go option. One paid Shorts episode costs 12 tokens on most series, 30 or 50 on a few, mostly those built around digital twins of real performers. A five episode series with two free episodes needs 36 tokens to finish at the standard price, 90 at the 30 token price.

There is no trial of Premium. The free tier is the trial, in effect: two episodes per series and a few chat messages, with no time limit and no card. Anything describing a Candy AI free trial or a trial code is not from Candy AI.

Series to start with

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How Shorts fit into a Candy AI account

Shorts are one section of the same account that holds your chats. A free account gives you the free episodes and the limited chat together; a Premium account opens both in full. Tokens sit in the same wallet. You cannot buy Premium for Shorts alone, so the subscription buys the whole platform whether you use the rest or not. The sign up itself is covered in free account for episode 2.

An honest conclusion

Candy AI is free for a taste and paid for the rest. To see whether a series is for you, the free tier does the job: two episodes, no card, delete afterwards. To finish a series you will pay, either 36 tokens or more or a subscription that only makes sense if you plan to watch several series or use the chat.

Four series to test the free tier on

Couples Therapy With Margot Vey, My Roommate's Girlfriend and Mum Got Sick On Our Holiday each give two free episodes of five, with 12 tokens per paid episode. Nerdy Stepdaughter gives the same two free episodes but costs 30 tokens for each of the remaining three. All 36 series are on the series page.