The $5.99 anchor is marketing. Here’s the real monthly math — and the public price list that makes the whole token economy optional.
Candy AI’s plans run $5.99–12.99/month, but media (voice notes, premium images, video) consumes token packs beyond the plan, realistically doubling the bill for active users. Annual billing is the decoy anchor in the category’s funnel pattern. FlirtAlly’s alternative: every action priced publicly in credits (selfie 3cr ≈ $0.12, video 40cr ≈ $1.60) with packs from $4.99 — the plan price is the real price.
The two pricing models, side by side.
| FlirtAlly | Candy AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Per-action credits, price list public | Plan + token packs |
| Media costs | 3cr selfie / 40cr video, shown before tap | Token math, discovered in-app |
| Annual decoy | Monthly/annual toggle, honest labels | Category’s standard decoy pattern |
| Overage behavior | Actions just bill listed credits; ledgered | Buy more tokens |
| Refunds | Auto-refund on any failed render | Case by case |
The $5.99/month plan buys chat access and a small media allowance. Every meaningful media action draws tokens: images, voice, and especially video. A month with daily selfies and a few videos lands most users at 1.5–2× the anchor price — which is exactly why ‘candy ai cost’, ‘candy ai price’ and ‘candy ai free trial’ pull thousands of searches a month. None of this is hidden, exactly; it’s just discovered after checkout.
The annual plan lowers the monthly figure and is the funnel’s preferred default — the standard decoy pattern across this category. Cancel-reminders are your friend.
FlirtAlly prices every action publicly: voice note 2cr, selfie 3cr (8 spicy), couple photo 5cr, 10-second video 40cr (60 spicy), diary entry 8cr, companion email reply 2cr, exclusive claim 2,500 one-time. Credit packs run $4.99 (100cr) to $34.99 (1,000cr, +20%), and credits retail at roughly $0.04–0.05. Your plan buys a monthly grant; everything beyond it is visible arithmetic, not a surprise.
Every credit movement is ledgered with balance-after rows, failed renders auto-refund before charging, and mispriced actions fail loudly rather than silently running free. Boring? Yes. That’s the point.
Users who prefer a cheap anchor and don’t mind discovering real costs in-app.
What it does well
Where it falls short
Site: candy.ai
Users who want the receipt before the tap: every action priced, ledgered, auto-refunded.
What it does well
Where it falls short
Site: flirtally.com
If you’ll use media heavily, compare total costs, not anchors: Candy’s tokens usually double the bill; FlirtAlly’s list price is the whole price. If you’re chat-light, Candy’s anchor wins on paper. The pattern to avoid in both: annual billing until you’ve used a full month.
$5.99–12.99/month depending on tier, with media consuming token packs beyond the plan — realistically 1.5–2× the anchor for active users. Annual billing lowers the monthly number and is the funnel’s default. Compare total monthly spend, not the teaser.
Promotional free tokens appear periodically — enough to see the interface, not to evaluate memory or media costs. FlirtAlly’s free plan (30 messages/day, daily photo and voice note, no card) is a better free test because it runs the real engine.
Cheapest entry: CrushOn at $5.99. Cheapest to actually budget: a per-action platform — FlirtAlly’s free tier is permanent and its paid actions are publicly priced (selfie 3cr ≈ $0.12), so spend scales exactly with usage and never surprises.
FlirtAlly’s full price list is public — every credit, every action, auto-refund on failures. Free to try.
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