How much is Candy AI? The one-minute answer
Good news first: you can start without paying a cent. Episode 1 of any public series plays even before you sign up, and episode 2 only asks for a free account. The paywall shows up at episode 3.
From there, the story runs on tokens, and tokens come with Candy AI Premium. One standard five-episode series costs 36 tokens to finish. Premium drops 100 tokens into your account every month. That’s really the whole formula; everything below is detail.
Curious whether a series is even your thing? Watch episode 1 free and let the cliffhanger decide. Our free episodes guide lists everything you can watch at zero cost.
Candy AI price: the three Premium plans
Candy sells Premium in three terms. Commit longer and the monthly price falls hard. These are the US prices on Candy’s plans page, checked on October 7, 2026:
Prices shown on candy.ai's plans page on October 7, 2026 (US, before local taxes). Plans renew automatically; cancel any time.
What’s worth knowing before you choose:
- 12 months is the plan Candy marks as best value: $3.99/month, billed $47.88 once a year, 70% off.
- 3 months costs $8.99/month, billed $26.97 per quarter (−35%).
- 1 month starts at $9.99, then renews at $13.99/month.
- At checkout Candy also shows bi-weekly ($9.79) and weekly ($5.60) billing options.
- Local taxes may apply, and prices can differ by region.
Every plan unlocks the same Candy AI Premium perks: unlimited text messages, your own custom AI girlfriend(s), 18+ image and video generation, the full Live Action experience and 100 tokens per month. One subscription covers the whole of Candy. The Shorts tab on candy.ai and candyshorts.com use the same account, so you never pay twice.
Candy AI cost over a full year
Every plan delivers 100 tokens a month, so a year always means 1,200 tokens. Only the bill changes:
| Plan | Paid over 12 months | Tokens over 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| 12 months | $47.88 | 1,200 |
| 3 months, paid four times | $107.88 | 1,200 |
| 1 month ($9.99, then 11 × $13.99) | $163.88 | 1,200 |
US prices before tax. If you expect to stick around for more than a couple of series, the yearly plan is the clear winner. Our Candy AI discount page has more on the −70% deal.
Candy AI tokens: 12 vs 30 per Shorts episode
Tokens are Candy’s in-app currency. On Shorts they do one job: unlocking the episodes after the free ones. The price depends on the series:
- Standard series: 12 tokens per locked episode. That’s the bulk of the library.
- Creator series: 30 tokens per locked episode. These star AI twins of real adult performers who licensed their likeness to Candy, such as Riley Reid, Bonnie Blue and Mia Malkova. Ten public series carry the creator price; see them all under creator series.
Unlocked is unlocked: Candy says you keep that content even if you cancel later.
The same token balance pays for Candy’s other features too: image generation, voice messages, AI phone calls, Private Content packs and turning images into video. A 5-second Scene Video in chat costs 12 tokens, the same as one Shorts episode. Planning to flirt with the characters after the credits? Budget for it.
Candy Shorts tokens: what it costs to finish a series
Most series run five episodes: two free, three locked. The long ones are where tokens vanish. Here’s the bill to reach the final scene, based on Candy’s token prices and the episode counts in our catalogue:
| Series | Episodes | Free | Locked | Tokens to finish | Months of Premium tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical standard series | 5 | 2 | 3 × 12 | 36 | 1 |
| Creator series, e.g. My Step-Sister’s Dormitory | 5 | 2 | 3 × 30 | 90 | 1 |
| Simona Rossi: Wrong But Right | 15 | 3 | 12 × 12 | 144 | 2 |
| Mona’s Worst Enemy or Caught Between Sisters | 15 | 2 | 13 × 12 | 156 | 2 |
| YES MA’AM | 20 | 2 | 18 × 12 | 216 | 3 |
| My Bestie Betrayed Me | 34 | 2 | 32 × 12 | 384 | 4 |
“Months” assumes 100 Premium tokens a month and no extra purchases.
Put simply: 124 of the 129 public series can be finished with one month’s tokens. Only the five marathon series need more. If My Bestie Betrayed Me gets its claws in you, that’s four months of allowance, or one month plus a top-up.
34 episodes of betrayal and payback. The first two cost nothing, so see if you're in for the long haul.
What 100 tokens buy
One month of Premium tokens, spent a few different ways:
| How you spend 100 tokens | Tokens used | Left over |
|---|---|---|
| 8 standard episodes | 96 | 4 |
| 2 complete standard series, plus 2 more episodes | 96 | 4 |
| 1 complete creator series | 90 | 10 |
| 1 standard series plus 5 Scene Videos in chat | 96 | 4 |
| 20 minutes of Candy Roulette at 5 tokens a minute | 100 | 0 |
Two standard series a month is the sweet spot. Keep that number in mind when you compare plans.
Extra tokens and Premium Plus
Ran dry halfway through a cliffhanger? You’ve got two ways out.
Top up. Candy sells extra tokens on top of your monthly allowance, inside your account. Bundle prices change, so check them there; we don’t publish numbers we can’t verify. If you’re not in a hurry, the free option is simply waiting for next month’s 100 tokens.
Go Premium Plus. Candy’s help center describes a bigger tier that includes:
- 330 tokens a month instead of 100
- Live Action, New Experiences and live audio
- bonus tokens when you top up
- early access to new characters
- extra chat features, such as memory slots, personas and clone chats
Candy doesn’t show the Premium Plus price publicly, so we can’t say whether it beats regular Premium per token. For Shorts alone it only matters if you burn through more than 100 tokens a month, for instance bingeing all of YES MA’AM in one go.
How to cancel Candy AI
Is Candy AI easy to cancel? Yes. It’s done from your own account, in three steps:
- Log in and open your Profile.
- Go to Settings.
- Tap Unsubscribe.
You can cancel any time. Plans renew automatically until you do, so if you only want one month, cancel before the renewal date. The best part: Candy says you keep your remaining tokens and every episode you’ve unlocked after cancelling.
Refunds are strict. According to Candy’s help center, you can request one within 24 hours of paying, for card payments only, and only if you’ve used 20 tokens or fewer. That covers a single standard episode. Unlock a second one, or one creator episode, and the refund door closes. Not sure yet? Finish the free episodes and wait a day before unlocking.
On your bank statement the charge appears as “EverAI”, after EverAI Ltd, the company that runs Candy. No “Candy”, no “Shorts”. You can pay by card, crypto, Apple Pay, Google Pay or bank transfer, depending on your country. More on billing privacy in our Candy AI safety guide.
Is Candy AI Premium worth it?
It depends on how hooked you get. Find yourself in this table:
| If you… | Our pick |
|---|---|
| are just curious | Stay free: episodes 1–2 of every public series cost nothing |
| want to finish one series | 1 month at $9.99 covers any five-episode series, creator ones included; cancel before it renews at $13.99 |
| want two or more series a month | 12 months at $3.99/month, the lowest price by far |
| love the long dramas | 12 months, plus the occasional top-up or Premium Plus |
| want chat, images and video too | Premium of any length; the tokens become a bonus |
Our full Candy Shorts review weighs the catches as well as the fun.
$3.99/month on the 12-month plan, 100 tokens every month. Cancel any time and keep what you've unlocked.