Secrets AI vs Candy AI: Which Companion Remembers You, and What It Costs

Two of the most-searched AI companion apps, and they fail in opposite directions. Candy.ai produces the most consistent faces we've seen described in user reports, then forgets what you told it last week. Secrets AI keeps a memory file you can edit by hand, then charges 600 Moments for an eight-second adult clip.

We rate Secrets AI 9.9 out of 10 and Candy.ai 9.8 out of 10. That half-point gap is not the whole story. Which one is right for you depends on whether you want a camera or a correspondent.

Head-to-head scores

Category	Secrets AI	Candy AI	Edge
Overall	9.9	9.8	Secrets
Memory	9.9 — Lorebooks	7.2 — resets after 48–72h	Secrets
Images	9.9	10 — same face	Candy
Video	9.9 — 600 Moments	9.2 — image-to-video	Secrets
Voice	8.9 — live calls	8.2 — beta	Secrets
Customization	8.9	10	Candy
Cheapest paid	$9.17/mo annual	$3.99/mo annual	Candy
Monthly credits	8,000 Moments (~160 images)	100 tokens (~25 images)	Secrets
Free plan	20 messages/day, no media	5 messages total, 1 image	Secrets
Privacy	8.9	7.2	Secrets
Mobile app	PWA only	PWA only	Tie

The short version

Secrets AI is the better long-term companion. Tiered memory, editable Lorebooks, live voice calls and a bigger media allowance per dollar. The catch: the real entry price is $19.99 a month, and the features people actually want — group chat, AI personas, 15,000 Moments — sit behind the $39.99 Ultimate tier.

Candy.ai is the better image generator with a chat window attached. Same face across generations, a strong character builder, and the cheapest annual plan in this comparison at $3.99/month. The catch: 100 tokens a month, memory that reportedly resets within days, and a free tier that is a demo rather than a trial.

Memory and chat quality

This is where the two services stop being comparable.

Secrets AI runs a tiered memory system. The free plan gets basic recall. Premium adds roughly 60% more short-term context and four times the memories. Ultimate doubles context again and gives six times the memory access. Memories are stored per character, and you can view, rank, correct and delete them. The Lorebooks feature goes further: sections for cast, world, relationship, facts and chronicle. You write the canon; the model reads it back.

One caveat on Lorebooks: the wiki lists them under both Premium and Ultimate, and some pages say Ultimate only. Check your tier before you plan around them.

Model access also varies by plan. Secrets runs S3 and X-3 on all tiers, S5 on Premium, S4 on Ultimate. Spice Levels — Mild, Medium, Spicy — are a separate setting and apply to calls as well as text.

Candy.ai scores 5/10 on memory for a simple reason. User reports say storylines reset after 48 to 72 hours. Resetting a chat clears that chat's memory outright. Premium Plus adds 20 memory slots, which helps but does not fix a system that forgets on a timer.

If you want a companion who remembers your job, your ex and the name of your dog, Secrets AI is the only one of these two built for it.

Images and video

Candy wins images. A generation costs about 4 tokens in tester reports from September 2026, and the consistent-face output is the reason people stay. The builder lets you set ethnicity, age, body type, hair, voice, personality and hobbies, and you can pick realistic or anime. Free users get one character; extra characters cost about 10 tokens.

Secrets charges 50 Moments per image, 100 at 2K. Advanced mode accepts up to five reference pictures and outputs up to 2K. Failed generations are refunded. That refund policy matters more than it sounds — Candy charges per attempt, so a bad batch costs you either way.

Video splits the same way. Secrets offers adult clips at eight seconds, 720p, 600 Moments each — roughly 13 clips a month on Premium. SFW clips run up to 15 seconds, priced by resolution and length. Candy's image-to-video costs about 12 tokens, so 100 tokens buys roughly eight conversions. Candy Live Action adds interactive scenes on selected characters but no text-to-video.

If you want moving pictures of a specific face, Candy is cheaper per clip and more consistent. If you want adult video as a routine part of the relationship, Secrets' monthly allowance goes further than 100 tokens ever will.

Voice features

Secrets offers live calls at 50 Moments per minute, with call language selectable from more than 70 options. Text-to-speech voice messages cost 10 Moments per 100 characters.

Candy's voice calls are in beta, at roughly 3 tokens per minute in tester reports. Cheap on paper. Beta on paper too.

Neither service advertises voice cloning. If that is a dealbreaker, Nastia's top plan is the one that claims it.

Character creation

Candy has the deeper builder: ethnicity, age, body type, hair, voice, personality, hobbies, plus a realistic-or-anime switch. Secrets covers gender, look, name, age, voice, traits and backstory, and its library holds about 94 prebuilt companions according to guides and one review.

Pricing on custom characters differs. Secrets gives you the first one free and charges 500 Moments for extras. Candy gives free users one character, then about 10 tokens each.

The top tiers diverge hardest. Secrets Ultimate adds group chat with two or three companions, AI personas, proactive messages and personality editing. Candy Premium Plus adds user personas and chat clones, with no documented group chat. If a multi-character scene is the point, only one of these sells it.

Pricing and credits

Plan	Secrets AI	Candy AI
Free	20 messages/day, no Moments	5 messages total, 1 character, 1 image
Monthly	Premium $19.99	Premium $13.99
Quarterly	$49.99 ($16.66/mo)	$26.97 ($8.99/mo)
6 months	$89.99 ($15.00/mo)	Not offered
Annual	$109.99 ($9.17/mo)	$47.88 ($3.99/mo)
Top tier	Ultimate $39.99/mo or $319.99/yr	Premium Plus, price at checkout only
Credits	8,000 Moments (Ultimate 15,000)	100 tokens (Premium Plus 330)

Read the credit column twice. Secrets gives 8,000 Moments a month; Candy gives 100 tokens. At roughly 50 Moments per image, that is about 160 images against about 25. Candy's annual price is less than half of Secrets', but its monthly media allowance is a fraction of the size.

Candy token costs add up quickly: images ~4, image-to-video ~12, calls ~3/minute, custom characters 10, content packs 100–400. Top-ups reportedly start at $9.99 for 100 tokens. Media-heavy users report $25–$80 a month in total spend. Older guides still cite $12.99/month plus token fees, so check the current page rather than a screenshot from last year.

Two expiry rules to know. Candy's unused tokens expire at the end of the billing period if you cancel. Secrets' monthly Moments do not roll over either, though Moments you buy separately never expire.

On refunds: Candy offers a 24-hour window if you have used 20 tokens or fewer, card payments only. Secrets subscriptions and Moments are non-refundable except where law requires, and crypto is never refunded. EU and UK users get a 14-day withdrawal right on both.

Billing descriptors: Secrets shows as "S LABS INC", Candy as "EverAI".

Free tier

Secrets gives 20 messages a day, basic memory, access to all premade companions and no Moments at all. You can talk, not generate.

Candy gives five messages total, one character, one image, and no adult image or video. That is a demo, not a trial. Five messages will not tell you whether the memory works, because it won't have had time to fail.

Privacy and safety

Point	Secrets AI	Candy AI
Encryption	AES-256 at rest, in transit	TLS in transit, encrypted passwords
End-to-end	No — despite a homepage claim	No
Training	Data may train models	De-identified chats may train models, with human review
Deletion	Immediate with account	Up to 3 years after last activity
Voice audio	Deleted after transcription	Not specified
Billing descriptor	S LABS INC	EverAI

Secrets AI is run by Secret Labs Inc., registered in Canada and the US. Candy is operated by EverAI Limited, registered in Malta, and states GDPR compliance with EverAI as data controller under Maltese law. Candy shares message content with third-party LLM providers and moderation vendors.

Neither offers end-to-end encryption, and Secrets' homepage claim to the contrary is not backed by its own policy. Neither has published an independent security audit or compliance certification that we could find. Third-party sites credit Candy with AES-256 at rest; its privacy notice names no method. A connection check showed TLS 1.3 in October 2026, which is transport security, not storage.

Both are 18+, allow NSFW with fictional adult characters, and ban minors. Both run Discord servers. Both are browser-based PWAs — no native iOS or Android app. Store apps using these names are unofficial.

Neither advertises shared accounts. Sharing one login mixes memories and chat history, and the privacy terms are written for one person.

Where Candy AI wins

• Photorealistic images with a consistent face, at about 4 tokens each.
• The lowest annual entry price here: $3.99/month.
• A richer character builder, including a realistic-or-anime switch.
• Interface in 13 languages.
• Cheap image-to-video at about 12 tokens.

Where Secrets AI wins

• Memory you can edit, rank and delete, plus Lorebooks for canon.
• Live voice calls with 70+ call languages.
• 8,000 Moments a month — roughly 160 images against Candy's 25.
• Refunds on failed image generations.
• Immediate chat deletion when you close the account.
• Interface in English, German, Spanish, French and Japanese.

Who should pick which

Pick Secrets AI if you want a relationship that accumulates. A companion who remembers your backstory, calls you, and doesn't reset every 72 hours. Start with annual Premium at $9.17/month. Upgrade to Ultimate only if you need group chat, AI personas or 15,000 Moments.

Pick Candy AI if the pictures are the product. If you want a consistent face across dozens of generations and you'll pay as you go for extra tokens, $3.99/month is a low-risk entry. Set a token budget the day you subscribe, because 100 tokens disappears in a weekend.

Neither is a good fit if you need a native mobile app, end-to-end encryption or an easy refund.

Alternatives

OurDream AI is worth a look if you want unlimited chat and can live with Dreamcoin maths and a privacy notice that rewards reading. Its own review covers the fine print.

Nomi AI runs $15.99/month or $99.99/year, with no token system for chat and native iOS and Android apps. CrushOn AI starts at $5.99/month with a text-focused Standard tier. Kupid AI claims 100+ personas at a listed $13.99/month Premium. Nastia claims uncensored chat without token fees, though its free tier and media still use tokens. Kalon AI advertises flat pricing without hidden costs — unverified. Rabu AI advertises 256-bit encryption, also unconfirmed.

If native apps or no-token chat matter most, Nomi is the closest fit on the list.

Bottom line

Secrets AI is the better companion. Candy.ai is the better camera. The half-point overall gap understates the memory difference and overstates the price difference.

For a long-running relationship with calls and media, start Secrets Premium annual. For realistic custom images at the lowest entry price, take Candy and watch the token counter. Either way, protect your identity, set a monthly budget before you subscribe, and treat the whole thing as entertainment rather than support.