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Candy AI alternatives

The best Candy AI alternatives in 2026, ranked from The Eliza Report's tracker of 39 AI companion apps, are Promptchan, DreamGF, Nomi. Of the 10 apps listed, 9 have a working free tier and 10 allow full NSFW content; 7 have pricing verified at the primary source, most recently on 2026-10-03. The lowest listed monthly price is Nomi from $9.99/mo, checked 2026-09-27.

What we checked: rows marked ✓ had their prices read on the app's own site on the date shown. 7 of them were re-read from a US connection on 2026-10-03, logged out and without buying anything. Below, 7 apps show their prices as we captured them, dated. The other 3 rows use secondary sources and are marked unverified.

Candy AI is the vertical's biggest money keyword, which means most 'alternatives' pages you'll find are written by competitors or paid placements. Ours is generated from tracked data — NSFW policy, free tiers, verified pricing — and we disclose exactly which links pay us.

This list is generated from the tracker database and re-ranked whenever the data changes (last data change in this set: 2026-10-03) — see the Candy AI profile for its full change history. Some links pay us a commission (marked on each profile); ranking is computed from the data either way.

Quick picks

• Best free alternative: Promptchan — daily allowance of free Gems for images and chat, no card; amount not published
• Best alternative without filters: Promptchan — full NSFW per our tracking; uncensored images and chat for 18+; terms ban non-consensual deepfakes and depicting real people without consent
• Lowest listed monthly price (verified): Nomi — $15.99/mo, $39.99/quarter or $99.99/yr (App Store); a Launch Plan at $9.99 a month is also listed
• Hands-on reviewed: DreamGF , CamSoda AI — logged-out recon with dated screenshots and terms receipts

The alternatives, ranked by data

Why each one is on the list

1. Promptchan

AI girlfriend chat plus uncensored image and video generation from text prompts. full nsfw · daily allowance of free Gems for images and chat, no card; amount not published · pricing verified 2026-09-27. Full NSFW: uncensored images and chat for 18+; terms ban non-consensual deepfakes and depicting real people without consent.

Latest tracked change (2026-09-22): Pricing verified at the source and added to the tracker: Plus $14.99 a month (100 Gems), Premium $23.99 (400) and Pro $33.99 (800 plus unlimited basic images); video, custom characters, voice calls and upscaling are Pro…

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2. DreamGF

Girlfriend builder — chat, photo requests, voice. full nsfw · a daily bonus of 10 messages that has to be claimed, growing to 50 a day; the length and limits of the free trial are not published · pricing verified 2026-10-03. Heads up: Advertised prices are first-payment only — per their own pricing pages, the monthly plan renews at $25.99/mo (double the $12.99 intro), quarterly at $77.97, annual at $311.88.

Latest tracked change (2026-10-03): DreamGF's membership policy has gained a clause since our July capture: accepting the special offer '+100 instant tokens and +100 tokens every month' means 'you will not be able to cancel your membership for the next 30…

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3. Nomi

Multi-companion app — chat, voice, selfies, group chats. full nsfw · free tier, no card required · pricing verified 2026-09-27. Full NSFW: Unfiltered chat, but no nude images: Nomi's help wiki says selfies stay clothed. Heads up: Strong Reddit community; has drawn critical mainstream press (MIT Technology Review).

Latest tracked change (2026-09-25): Pulled from Google Play: the listing (ai.nomi.twa) returns 404 in every locale; it was live on 09-22. Nomi's official account on r/NomiAI says Google's reviewers lost access to their test account and took the app down,…

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4. Secrets AI

Realistic girlfriend — chat, voice, image and video. full nsfw · 20 messages a day, reset daily and tied to the device; no images, video or calls on free · pricing verified 2026-09-27.

Latest tracked change (2026-09-22): Pricing verified at the source: Free (20 messages a day, tied to the device), Premium $19.99 a month or $109.99 a year with 8,000 Moments, Ultimate $39.99 or $319.99 with 15,000 Moments; 3- and 6-month plans exist but…

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5. CamSoda AI

AI girlfriend chat, image/video generation, and AI 'live shows' from the CamSoda cam brand. full nsfw · free account; homepage says text chat is unlimited on free, voice, photos and custom characters are paid · pricing verified 2026-09-27. Full NSFW: explicit chat, spicy image/video generation, and live-show tip-menu actions; prompt filter blocks restricted terms. Heads up: Advertised $2.49–$9.99/mo (checked 2026-09-22; $0.99–$2.99 in July) is intro pricing — the subscription auto-renews at $19.95/mo per their own terms, and unused tokens are forfeited when you cancel.

Latest tracked change (2026-09-22): Premium prices raised 2.5 to 3.3 times since our July 3 capture: one month is now $9.99 (was $2.99), three months $4.99 a month (was $1.99) and twelve months $2.49 a month (was $0.99), under the same '70% Off' banner;…

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7. GoLove AI

Girlfriend chat with custom photos, voice notes and long-term memory — 350+ characters. full nsfw · SFW text chat free; the terms mention a usage limit (e.g. 10 messages), and the site's FAQ says all NSFW is paid · pricing verified 2026-09-27. Full NSFW: Self-describes as 18+ AI chat with unfiltered NSFW images.

Latest tracked change (2026-09-22): Pricing verified at the source: there is no pricing page, but a public payment landing page lists Pro at $19.99 a month, $47.97 for three months and $119.88 a year (50 Stars a month), and the plan list the site loads…

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10. OurDream AI

Roleplay platform with NSFW image/video generation and voice. full nsfw · no ongoing free plan: a one-time 55-coin trial, then 1 coin per message · pricing verified 2026-09-27.

Latest tracked change (2026-09-22): Pricing verified at the source: a second plan, Deluxe, at $59.99 a month or $359.88 a year (5,000 coins a month, premium chat models, 3x memory), above Premium at $19.99 / $119.88. OurDream's help center says there are…

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What changed at Candy AI — the receipts

The switching query exists because the source app moved. This is what our tracker has on record for Candy AI; the full profile has every dated entry.

2026-10-02

Monthly plan now has an intro price: 'First month billed as $9.99', then 'renews monthly at $13.99', with 'Then $13.99/month' printed on the plan card. It still read $13.99 from the first month on 09-27. Yearly ($47.88) and 3-month ($26.97) unchanged and still renew at the same price and term. — candy.ai/subscriptions (US read, 2026-10-02; tracker snapshots 2026-09-25 and 2026-10-02; recheck 2026-09-27)

2026-09-22

Pricing verified at the source: the ladder is unchanged ($13.99 / $26.97 a quarter / $47.88 a year, each renewing at the same price). A free account gets 5 messages in total, one custom character and one image. New details: a subscription refund is refused once more than 20 tokens are used, even inside the 24-hour… — candy.ai subscriptions page (US), terms of service, help center, App Store and Google Play searches, read 2026-09-22

2026-09-22

Privacy answer rewritten (first seen 09-22; the Internet Archive still shows the old one on 09-16), and Terms revised September 22. The homepage FAQ 'Is chatting with an AI Girlfriend private and secure?' used to say Candy 'uses end-to-end encryption to keep all AI GF conversations safe and confidential' and that… — candy.ai homepage FAQ + candy.ai/terms-of-service, tracker snapshots 2026-09-11 and 2026-09-22 (US vantage), Internet Archive 2026-09-16 and 2026-09-24, re-checked 2026-09-27

2026-09-11

Homepage rebuilt around Candy Shorts: the long 'best AI girlfriend app' copy, the 'Create your own AI Girlfriend' block and the 7-day-trial paragraph are gone; the page now leads with a Shorts rail ('New episodes coming out every week', Watch Now), a 'SALE 70% OFF' banner and 'Meet her now!' CTAs, and the footer notes… — candy.ai homepage + pricing page, tracker snapshots 2026-08-21 → 2026-09-11 (US vantage), verified live 2026-09-11; CrakRevenue offer board 2026-09-11

2026-08-17

Terms of Service revised (revision date moved July 30 → August 17, 2026): new backup-payment-method clause — any payment method you add or pay with becomes the default for future renewals, and if a renewal charge to the default method fails, EverAI may charge a designated backup method 'for the same amount and on the… — candy.ai/terms-of-service 'Date of Revision: August 17, 2026' + candy.ai/subscriptions, both re-checked 2026-08-21

Candy AI head-to-head

• CamSoda AI vs Candy AI — pricing, NSFW policy and free tier side by side
• Candy AI vs OurDream AI — pricing, NSFW policy and free tier side by side
• Candy AI vs FantasyGF — pricing, NSFW policy and free tier side by side
• Candy AI vs Kupid AI — pricing, NSFW policy and free tier side by side
• Candy AI vs GirlfriendGPT — pricing, NSFW policy and free tier side by side
• Candy AI vs DreamGF — pricing, NSFW policy and free tier side by side

Common questions

How this page works: the ranking is computed from tracked fields (NSFW policy, free-tier availability, pricing verification, consumer visibility) — the methodology page has the provenance rules. "Verified" dates are the day we last checked that app's pricing at its own pricing or terms page; unverified rows come from secondary sources and are rendered as such. Hands-on bench scores land here as the first review pass completes.