Candy AI pricing 2026: plans, tokens and what a series costs

How much does Candy AI cost?

Episode three is locked, and the plans page is one tap away. You open it expecting a single number and find three, plus a mention of tokens you had not planned for. Let's lay it all out before the checkout screen does it for you.

Candy AI is free to join, so the real question is what Premium costs. At the time of writing (October 2026), the cheapest monthly rate is $3.99 on the 12-month plan, and the highest is $13.99 a month once the 1-month plan renews. Candy states that its plans renew automatically for the same price and term, and that additional local taxes may apply.

Everything below was read off Candy's own subscriptions page on 14 October 2026, except the token costs per episode, which come from independent reviewers and are approximate.

Two numbers do most of the work. The plan sets what you pay each month, and tokens decide how many locked episodes that month buys. Keep both in mind and the pricing page stops being confusing.

Candy AI pricing plans in 2026: the full table

The "$3.99 a month" headline is a monthly equivalent. On the 12-month plan, $47.88 leaves your account at once. Candy also says you can cancel any time in settings.

What staying on the monthly plan adds up to

If you stayed on the 1-month plan for a year, you would pay $9.99 for month one and $13.99 for each of the next 11 months, about $163.88 in total. The 12-month plan is $47.88 for the same stretch. That gap is the price of flexibility.

How the discounts are shown

Candy shows the 12-month plan as 70% off a $13.99 list price and the 3-month plan as 35% off. Those percentages are Candy's own comparison with the list price, so use them as a signpost, not a verdict. The more useful comparison is dollars paid over the time you will actually keep watching.

Take a full year as an example. The 3-month plan billed four times comes to $107.88, against $47.88 on the 12-month plan. If you know you will still be around in a year, that is the saving. If you are not sure, a shorter plan costs more per month but commits you to less.

What does Candy AI Premium include?

The plans page lists these Premium benefits:

• Create your own AI girlfriend, or several
• Generate 18+ videos
• Generate 18+ images
• A "full live action experience"
• Unlimited text messages
• 100 tokens per month

Candy describes itself as "Trusted by 50 million people worldwide". That is its own marketing claim, not an independent figure.

For Candy Shorts viewers, the line that matters is the tokens. Episodes 1 and 2 of regular series are reported to be free with a free account, and from episode 3 you need Premium plus tokens. Our free access guide covers what you can watch before paying anything.

What are Candy AI tokens and how many does an episode cost?

Tokens are the currency that unlocks locked Shorts episodes. Premium includes 100 per month. Independent reviewers report about 12 tokens per episode on regular series and about 30 per episode on creator series, which feature licensed AI likenesses of adult creators.

Those are reported rates, not Candy's published prices, so trust the number on the unlock prompt over ours.

Even the longest series reported, around 34 episodes, works out to about 384 tokens (32 locked episodes at 12 each). That is nearly four months of the monthly allowance.

The free first two episodes also shape your budget. A 5-episode series costs you 3 episodes' worth of tokens, not 5, which is why sampling the free pair before you unlock anything is the cheapest habit you can build.

Reviewers say unlocked episodes stay unlocked on your account, with no downloads. We have not verified whether Candy sells extra token packs, so read the price on any prompt before you accept.

What does a full series cost in real money?

Tokens come bundled with Premium, so a series costs a slice of your monthly plan. Here is back-of-envelope maths, not a Candy figure. It assumes you use all 100 tokens on typical 5-episode series at about 36 tokens each, which is two or three series a month.

The sums only hold if you actually spend the tokens. Premium also bundles chat and generation features, so the series is not the whole value. If you are weighing it up, our guide to watching full series shows a one-month binge plan.

Which Candy AI plan fits the way you watch?

The sampler

You want to see whether the format clicks. Watch the free first two episodes of several series first. If you then want to try Premium, the 1-month plan puts the least money on the line, at $9.99 for the first month. Shorter billing options exist at checkout, but we have not verified how the 100 monthly tokens apply to them, so read the plan details first.

The steady binger

You expect two or three series a month. The 3-month plan at $8.99 a month is a middle path, and the 12-month plan at $3.99 a month wins if you will still be watching in a year. If a friend asked which one to get, the honest answer would be the longest plan you will actually use.

The heavy user

You want series, chat and generation tools. The 12-month plan has the lowest monthly rate. Keep an eye on creator series, since about 90 tokens for a 5-episode creator story uses most of a month's 100 tokens.

One caution: we have not verified how switching between plans works. If you might change your mind, read the plan terms at checkout and look in settings before you commit to the long one.

Still undecided? Our Candy Shorts review weighs the value in plain terms.

Does Candy AI renew automatically, and what shows on your statement?

Yes. Candy says plans "renew automatically for the same price and term". A 12-month plan renews after 12 months, and a 1-month plan renews monthly. Candy also says additional local taxes may apply, so the total at checkout can be higher than the headline price.

Candy AI is operated by EverAI Limited, a company registered in Malta, and card charges show as "EverAI" on bank statements. That name on a statement is expected, not a sign of a mistake.

To stop renewal, Candy says you can cancel at any time in settings. We walk through it in how to cancel a Candy AI subscription. Check candy.ai/subscriptions for current prices before you pay, since plans and rates can change.

A 30-second check before you pay

• Type candy.ai into your browser yourself rather than following an ad.
• Read the billed total, not just the monthly figure.
• Look for taxes added at checkout.
• Note the renewal date, and set a reminder if you are on a long plan.

If you want to know who is behind the charge, our Candy AI safety check covers EverAI Limited and the policies Candy publishes.