Candy.ai is an AI companion app that evolves rapidly and lies in a category of roleplay, romance, and casual conversation. It is targeted for adults (18+) in 2025 who require highly customizable personalities, NSFW controls, and optional media features like voice and AI-generated images. This review gathers current and real facts from the official and reputable third-party sources, identifies the areas where the data is not clear, and gives the practical guidance on value, privacy, and alternatives.
Just a reminder: Candy.ai is an adult-content involved app. Please keep your interactions appropriate for the right age group (18+), and do not share your sensitive personal information.
Bottom line up front
- Good fit for: Adults who want customizable roleplay companions, are okay with the NSFW content, and don’t mind handling a token system for media features.
- Not ideal for: People who are extremely conscious about privacy and require end-to-end encryption, customers looking for a fully transparent first-party pricing sheet, or users who like the convenience of “one price, no tokens.”
- Pricing reality check: One should anticipate a subscription fee along with tokens for images/voice. Various sources place the monthly fee at around $12.99 (with a lower price for annual plans), and token packs are extra; it is better to confirm the details at the checkout if they are in-app because they might change, and there is very little first-party documentation. Please refer to the Pricing section below for the approximate ranges that have been gathered from community and review sites.
Pricing and token economics (what you’re likely to pay)
There isn’t a single official publicly available pricing page that details all the fine print. Most 2025 reviews are pretty much on the same page regarding the pricing: a reasonably priced subscription (that is cheaper if you pay annually) and a token system à la carte for images, calls, and certain unlocks.
- Subscription ballpark: Multiple sources estimate the cost of Candy.ai at around $12.99 per month, and they refer the user to the website for details of the pricing plan. Discounts for quarterly and annual commitments are also available (for instance, a user would pay 5.99 dollars monthly if billed annually). Check the consolidated overview in the “Candy AI pricing plans” profile by Powerusers for the pricing of Candy.ai and the business context from TripleMinds’ 2025 revenue analysis: Candy AI pricing plans (Powerusers) and Candy.ai revenue models (TripleMinds, 2025).
- Tokens: User reviews of the community outline token bundles, which range in size from a few dollars to a few hundred dollars, with features such as images and voice calls being the ones that consume your balance. The 2025 review serves as a source of typical cost figures and also provides some user reports; hence, you should only consider these figures as approximate and not as official ones: see the 2025 analysis in Candy AI Review (Freerdps).
Important: Please be informed that the per-action token numbers should be considered as estimates unless you can see the current rates in the app. Aggregators and reviewers are not always on the same wavelength, and Candy.ai does not publish a standard pricing specification.
Commonly cited token uses (indicative only)
- Image generation: Frequently mentioned as 2–4 tokens per image in 2025 summaries. Refer to the Freerdps review and the nearby cost explainers for details; always check the app for confirmation.
- Voice calls: A few manuals indicate around 3 tokens per minute. It would still be best to check the app for confirmation before you decide.
Features and user experience
Candy.ai is a platform focusing on personalized role play scenarios and multimodal communication.
- Conversation and memory: Many user have reported that interaction with the AI is interesting and that the AI remembers the chat from the previous session, however, they also say that the results are different and depend on the opinion of the user. Users should expect the AI to sometimes go off-topic or repeat itself, which is typical behavior for consumer LLM apps. Users who focus on customization say that by providing clear and specific character prompts they get better results.
- Character customization: One of the main features of the app is how much you can describe the companion’s personality, hobbies, and origin. Most of the community feedback mentions that the character customization is the deepest part of the roleplay; Link: Candy AI Review (Freerdps) 2025.
- NSFW stance and controls: Candy.ai is usually referred to as an NSFW-friendly app (with limits and moderated policies). The adult nature orientation, and the toggles, are described in the reviews, providing the context of the allowed activities; the details can change, so it is better to check the latest policy during the onboarding process. The general overview of a broad mainstream is given by DatingScout’s Candy.ai Review (2025).
- Media features: The users/voice calls and AI-generated images are most of the times mentioned, usually token-gated. Users should expect image generation to be the most favorite media extension and the largest token sink.
What this means in practice: The base subscription may be enough if your primary goal is to have text-based roleplay or chatting. If you want to have regular voice calls or a continuous stream of images then you should have tokens available for top-ups.
Privacy, safety, and moderation
Privacy and security are of utmost importance to any AI companion app, that is, a must for adult-related scenarios. Unfortunately, for the year 2025, Candy.ai does not offer much in terms of first-party transparency, and several aspects have to be inferred from third-party sources.
- Encryption and message handling: According to a parental safety report, in 2025, the monitored chats are not end-to-end encrypted and that the content that is flagged for the review might be handled by a person. Consider this a warning point for your data and not a final technical audit; ClevGuard’s “Is Candy AI Safe to Use?” (2025) has more details and we could not find a straightforward, official statement from Candy.ai that would confirm or deny E2EE.
- A vendor/security overview: If you want a vendor-risk snapshot that is neutral and not a deep technical document, then Nudge Security’s Candy.ai profile is the place to go.
- Billing descriptors and payment security: Some of the secondary sources suggest that the billing descriptors are discreet and that the payments are encrypted; community reports reveal descriptors like “EverAI London GBR” and an EverAI help article also mentions that. Since this is not a first-party Candy.ai statement, consider it as “likely but not guaranteed” and check your bank statements. Refer to the 2025 instructions in EverAI’s billing descriptor help article and the general 2025 overview in DatingScout’s Candy.ai Review for more information.
First-time users (18+) should take these practical safety measures:
- Do not divulge sensitive personal information such as your real name, address, workplace, or financial details in chats.
- Make sure to use only one email address for the account and a strong password. If there is an option for extra verification, turn it on.
- Find out if you are allowed to erase your chats/account and in what way. If you are still not sure, get in touch with customer service and ask them to delete your data according to the law that applies to you (e.g., GDPR/CCPA). YourDigitalRights: Candy.ai is a third-party rights portal that you can use as a starting point for making requests.
- Consider NSFW content as that of a delicate nature. Think of what you upload as something that could be viewed by the moderators or used for model improvement unless the service tells you differently.
Status summary: A few privacy specifics were marked as “Insufficient data” due to the fact that in 2025, there was no easily accessible and canonical Candy.ai policy page. Conduct yourself with standard privacy norms.
Reliability and availability
- Web-first: With the continuously changing app store listings, the web app will be the most stable way to access the service in 2025.
- App stores: AppBrain snapshots indicate that the iOS listing (“Candy AI: AI Girls Chat Game,” ID 6472705178) seems to have been unpublished by the end of 2024 and the Android listing is under a related package. Do not consider these as direct brand snapshots that confirm the availability of the app; instead, consider them as indications of the closest-to-the-brand area. Check the status of the app through screenshots of the AppBrain iOS and AppBrain Android.
- Uptime/performance: Outage trackers have recorded at intervals that the Candy.ai service has been down for a short time; the 2025 check revealed that the occurrences were occasional and the service was not in a state of failure for a long time. You can check a neutral status at DownForEveryoneOrJustMe: candy.ai. The actual delay of the network can be different from one location to another and also at different times of the day.
How Candy.ai compares to Replika, Character.AI, and CrushOn AI
This snapshot zooms in on price structures, NSFW positions, personalization, and real platforms. Always double-check details in the app because plans and policies are always changing.
- Replika: A strong wellness and companionship theme with multimedia features. The price is usually reported to be about $19.99/month with a yearly plan at around ~$69.99/year; the exact options vary by location and promotions. See the cross-checked 2024–2025 references in TechPoint Africa’s Replika guide (2025) and the updated 2025 review from Unite.ai. The adult-content stance of Replika has changed several times, so you should refer to the current in-app policy.
- Character.AI: Limited free talking with a Plus tier that is optional and mainly focuses on speed and getting new features early. The price is officially stated as being roughly $9.99/month, with local/annual deals of about ~$94.99/year in some areas. Check the real pricing pages: Character.AI Plus pricing and Character.ai pricing explainer. NSFW is filtered.
- CrushOn AI: Advertised as an NSFW-friendly and extremely customizable product. The price depends on the tier and the area; there are official references, but they can be hosted in unusual ways (for example, port 2087). Make sure by looking at your checkout page. See CrushOn official pricing and CrushOn FAQ.
Which one?
- If you put most of your energy into NSFW roleplay and deep customization and you feel okay with setting aside tokens for images/voice, then go for Candy.ai.
- If you like wellness tools, journaling, and more of a mainstream companionship kind of thing, then go for Replika.
- If you want to have as many characters as possible from the community, quick text-based conversations, with no need for NSFW, then I would suggest using Character.AI.
- If NSFW liberation and customization mean the world to you and you are more inclined to tiered plans rather than a heavy token economy, then go for CrushOn AI.
Scorecard (evidence-weighted, 2025)
We only score where the underlying evidence is consistent for different sources. If there is no first-party documentation or testable data, we indicate “Insufficient data.”
- Conversation quality & memory: There is insufficient data to provide a reliable numeric score without standardized testing. The community perception is quite diverse but generally positive for roleplay.
- Customization & features (voice/images): Good in theory and through the customer’s voice; it seems like image/call features are token-gated. Qualitative rating: Good for customization; numeric score is not given due to the absence of first-party specs.
- Privacy, safety & controls: There are some very important caveats. Third-party review indicates that there is no E2EE and that there is a possibility of manual review of the content that is flagged; the deletion/policy pages are not clearly first-party documented. Qualitative rating: Be careful.
- Reliability & performance: It is better to use a web client; the app store presence is not stable. Downtimes look like they are occasional. Qualitative rating: Average.
- Value for money: There is no problem with the subscription fee in terms of competition but token costs can add up if you are a heavy user of media. Qualitative rating: Good for those who mainly use text; mixed for those who heavily use media.
- Platform availability & support: The main platform is the web; the status of a mobile varies from place to time. Qualitative rating: Mixed.
Verdict: Who should (and shouldn’t) choose Candy.ai
Choose Candy.ai if:
- You desire a sexually-explicit (NSFW) friendly companion with which you can customize the character in a very detailed manner.
- You are comfortable with the management of a token system and keeping track of expenses for images/voice.
- Engaging role play is your primary focus and you do not heavily rely on the memory being very strong or policies being documented at a big-enterprise level.
Think twice if:
- You require end-to-end encryption or privacy assurances of enterprise-grade quality. A 2025 review indicates that there might be some gaps in E2EE and moderation transparency; therefore, refer to ClevGuard’s assessment for more details.
- You like to have only one simple price with unlimited media or you are planning to generate a large number of images and make long voice calls (token costs can become quite high).
- It is absolutely necessary for you to have consistent, official mobile apps; the web app is a safer option in 2025.
Methodology and limits
- Evidence base: The present review serves as a source for the information that is open to the public and that has been provided by reputable third-party overviews up to the year 2025. Different aspects such as the price and features of the product were checked for accuracy through vendor profiles and roundups, which include Candy AI pricing plans (Powerusers), the 2025 compilation in Candy AI Review (Freerdps), and vendor/security snapshots such as Nudge Security’s profile.
- Ambiguities: In the absence of authoritative and directly-sourced detailed documentation (for example, exact token-per-action rates, detailed encryption/retention policies), we have marked such instances as “Insufficient data” and recommended the verification to be done locally or through support.
- Sensitivity: Adult content is only referred to briefly in a very general way, thus the discussion remains proper and helpful to the readers. Candy.ai is intended for adults (18+) only.
If that is your intention, please give five minutes of your time and check the in-app pricing, token rates, refund/cancellation steps, and current privacy/terms pages before making a commitment.
Frequently asked questions:
1. Is Candy.ai actually safe to use in 2025?
Candy.ai maintains minimum account security and allows encrypted payments; however, several third-party evaluations have also reported that the app does not have verified end-to-end encryption, and there is a chance that humans could review the content of the files even if they are filtered automatically. Until the company comes up with more detailed first-party documentation, you should consider privacy details as ‘insufficiently verified’ and comply with the usual safety measures.
2. How much should I realistically expect to spend each month?
The majority of users fund a basic subscription (most of the time, it is said to be about $12.99/month) and, in addition, they have the option to purchase tokens for images or voice. Those who only read the text and do not engage much in the service may pay the base price; however, users who heavily consume media can pay more than $60–$100 in a month depending on how many images they download and how long their calls are.
3. What are tokens used for, and why are they required?
In general, tokens are used for AI-generated images, voice messages, and calls. According to the community, images require 2–4 tokens per piece while a call consumes 3 tokens per minute. The exact numbers fluctuate and can only be confirmed in the app as Candy.ai does not have a published pricing sheet.
4. How does Candy.ai compare to Replika, Character.AI, and CrushOn AI?
Candy.ai allows deep customization of your NSFW roleplay characters but your access to media depends heavily on whether you have sufficient tokens or not. Replika provides the user with a wellness-oriented experience, Character.AI is geared towards quick, free, text-based interaction with a ban on NSFW content, and CrushOn AI describes itself as an NSFW-friendly service with a more typical tiered pricing structure.
5. Who is Candy.ai best suited for—and who should avoid it?
If you are an adult (18 years old and above) who is looking for roleplay companions that you can customize as well as willing to keep a tab on your token-based media usage then this product would be the right choice for you. However, if you are a privacy-centric user who requires E2EE, a person who produces a lot of images, or makes long voice calls, or someone who prefers an all-inclusive pricing model without microtransactions then this is not the product for you.
