Secrets AI vs Candy AI: Memory and Privacy Against Pictures and a Low Sticker Price

Two paid companion apps, two different bets. Secrets AI sells memory and live voice calls. Candy.ai sells photorealistic faces and the cheapest annual plan in the category. We rate Secrets AI 9.9 out of 10 and Candy.ai 9.8 out of 10, but the gap is small enough that the right pick depends on what you actually do with the app.

Short version: if you want a character who remembers last week, pick Secrets. If you want a gallery of consistent, believable images and you are willing to watch a token meter, pick Candy. Everything below is built from published pricing pages, privacy policies and user reports, not from our own accounts.

The verdict table

Category	Secrets AI	Candy AI	Edge
Overall	9.9	9.8	Secrets
Memory	9.9 — editable Lorebooks	7.2 — users report resets after 48–72 hours	Secrets
Images	9.9	10 — same face across shots	Candy
Video	9.9 — adult clips cost 600 Moments	9.2 — image-to-video only	Secrets
Voice	8.9 — live calls, 70+ languages	8.2 — beta calls	Secrets
Customization	8.9	10	Candy
Cheapest paid	$9.17/month annual	$3.99/month annual	Candy
Monthly credits	8,000 Moments (roughly 160 images)	100 tokens (roughly 25 images)	Secrets
Free plan	20 messages/day, no media	5 messages total, 1 image	Secrets
Privacy	8.9	7.2	Secrets
Mobile app	Browser install only (PWA)	Browser install only (PWA)	Tie

Who runs these two

Secrets AI comes from Secret Labs Inc., registered in Canada and the US. It carries two subscription tiers, Premium and Ultimate, plus its own currency called Moments. The interface ships in English, German, Spanish, French and Japanese. Your card statement will read S LABS INC.

Candy.ai is run by EverAI Limited, registered in Malta, and launched in 2023. It is the bigger operation by traffic: competitor guides put it past 11 million monthly visitors, and Similarweb showed roughly 63.7 million visits over three months as of August 2026. Candy bills as EverAI and its interface covers 13 languages.

Neither has a native app. Both are web apps you can pin to a home screen, and as of 2026 that is the whole mobile story. Any App Store listing using these names is not official.

Memory: the real dividing line

This is where the two stop being comparable.

Secrets stores memories per character in a panel you can open, rank, correct and delete. Its Lorebooks split context into sections — cast, world, relationship, facts, chronicle — so you can write down that your character hates thunderstorms and have it stick. Free accounts get basic recall. Premium adds roughly 60% more short-term context and 4x the memories. Ultimate doubles context again and gives 6x memory access. One wrinkle: the wiki lists Lorebooks as a Premium and Ultimate feature in some places and Ultimate-only in others. Assume the cheaper tier until you confirm it in your own account.

Candy's memory is the weak spot. Users report that context resets after about 48 to 72 hours. Premium Plus adds 20 memory slots, which helps, but resetting a chat clears the memory attached to it. If you are three weeks into a storyline, that is a functional problem, not a nitpick. Our full Candy.ai review goes deeper on this.

On chat models, Secrets runs S3 and X-3 on every plan, S5 on Premium and S4 on Ultimate. It also has three Spice Levels — Mild, Medium, Spicy — that apply to text and to calls. Candy's personality builder is deeper at setup, but setup is not the same as recall.

Images and video

Candy wins the picture contest, and it is not close. Faces stay consistent across shots, which is the thing most apps fumble. It handles realistic and anime styles, and the builder lets you set ethnicity, age, body, hair, voice, personality and hobbies. The cost is the catch: an image runs about 4 tokens, so 100 tokens is roughly 25 images. Testers in September 2026 confirmed that math.

Secrets charges 50 Moments per image and 100 at 2K. Advanced mode accepts up to five reference pictures and outputs at 2K. With 8,000 Moments a month on Premium, that is about 160 images if you stay at standard resolution. Secrets also refunds failed generations; Candy charges per attempt. Rerolls feel like a slot machine either way — budget for misses.

Video splits the same way. Secrets makes adult clips at 8 seconds, 720p, for 600 Moments. On Premium, that works out to roughly 13 clips a month before you buy more. SFW clips stretch to 15 seconds and price scales with resolution and length. Candy does image-to-video at about 12 tokens, so 100 tokens buys roughly 8 conversions. There is a Live Action mode on selected characters. There is no text-to-video, which means you need a good still first.

Voice

Secrets takes this one. Live calls cost 50 Moments per minute and run in more than 70 languages. Voice messages cost 10 Moments per 100 characters. The Spice Level you set applies to calls too. Voice audio is deleted after transcription.

Candy has voice, but calls are in beta and testers measured about 3 tokens per minute. Cheap, but a beta is a beta.

Neither company advertises voice cloning. If a cloned voice is the thing you want, look elsewhere — Nastia offers it on its top plan.

Building a character

Secrets asks for gender, look, name, age, voice, traits and backstory. Your first custom character is free; extras cost 500 Moments. The prebuilt library holds around 94 companions according to guides and at least one published review. Ultimate adds group chat with two or three companions, AI personas, proactive messages and personality editing.

Candy's builder is the more granular of the two on appearance. Free users get one character; extra characters cost about 10 tokens. Premium Plus adds user personas and chat clones. There is no documented group chat.

Pricing, credits and the fine print

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/month)	$26.97 ($8.99/month)
6 months	$89.99 ($15.00/month)	Not offered
Annual	$109.99 ($9.17/month)	$47.88 ($3.99/month)
Top tier	Ultimate $39.99/month or $319.99/year	Premium Plus, price shown only at checkout
Monthly credits	8,000 Moments (15,000 on Ultimate)	100 tokens (330 on Premium Plus)

The sticker prices tell one story. The credit math tells another.

Candy's $3.99 annual is the cheapest real subscription here. But 100 tokens a month is about 25 images, or 8 video conversions, or a mix that disappears fast. Top-ups reportedly start at $9.99 for 100 tokens, and heavy users report $25 to $80 a month all in. Older guides still quote $12.99 a month plus token fees, so the plan ladder has moved around. Candy's Premium Plus price is not shown until checkout, which is annoying and worth knowing before you commit.

Two Candy rules to read twice. Unused tokens expire at the end of the billing period if you cancel. And refunds are limited: within 24 hours, only if you have used 20 tokens or fewer, card payments only.

Secrets is more expensive at every tier and its monthly Moments do not roll over either. Purchased Moments, however, never expire, which is a fairer setup. Refunds are narrower than Candy's: subscriptions and Moments are non-refundable except where the law requires it, and crypto is never refunded. Adult video at 600 Moments a clip will push heavy users into top-ups. The best extras — group chat, personas, 15,000 Moments — sit behind the $39.99 Ultimate plan.

EU and UK buyers get a 14-day withdrawal right on both services. If you are in that group, you have a legal out the refund policies do not advertise loudly.

The free tiers are demos, not trials

Secrets gives you 20 messages a day, basic memory and access to all prebuilt companions, but no Moments, so no images or video. Candy gives you 5 messages total, one character, one image, and no adult images or video. Five messages is enough to see the interface and nothing else. If you want to judge either app honestly, you need a paid month.

Privacy and safety

Point	Secrets AI	Candy AI
Encryption	AES-256 at rest, encrypted in transit	TLS in transit, encrypted passwords
End-to-end	No — despite a homepage claim	No
Training use	Data may train and improve models	De-identified chats may train models, with human review
Deletion	Chat history deleted immediately with account	Account data kept up to 3 years after last activity unless requested
Voice audio	Deleted after transcription	Not specified
Billing descriptor	S LABS INC	EverAI

Neither service offers end-to-end encryption. Secrets' homepage says otherwise; its privacy policy does not back the claim. Candy is GDPR compliant with EverAI Limited as data controller under Maltese law, and it shares message content with third-party LLM providers and moderation vendors. Third-party sites claim Candy uses AES-256 at rest; its privacy notice names no method, so treat that as unverified. A connection check in October 2026 showed TLS 1.3 for Candy. Secrets routes card numbers through PCI-DSS processors.

No independent security audits or formal certifications turned up for either company. Both are 18+, both allow NSFW with fictional adults, and both ban minors. Both run Discord servers. If privacy is your deciding factor, Secrets is the clearer of the two: AES-256 at rest, immediate deletion, voice audio scrubbed after transcription. Candy's three-year retention after last activity is the single most off-putting line in either policy.

For the longer version, read our Secrets AI review.

What each one is actually good at

Pick Candy if

• You want believable, consistent images and you will pay per generation.
• You want the lowest entry price while you decide whether this hobby is for you.
• You like a detailed appearance builder and anime or realistic styles.
• You can live with short memory and a token meter.

Pick Secrets if

• You want a character who remembers what happened two weeks ago.
• You want live voice calls in your own language.
• You want adult video built in, at 8 seconds and 720p.
• You want the cleaner deletion and encryption story.
• You want group chat and AI personas, which means Ultimate.

Skip both if

• You need a native iOS or Android app.
• You want a generous free tier.
• You want end-to-end encryption or an audited provider.
• You want a clone of your own voice.

Alternatives worth a look

Nomi AI runs $15.99 a month or $99.99 a year, has no token system for chat, and ships real iOS and Android apps. If tokens annoy you, start there.

CrushOn AI plans start at $5.99 a month, with a Standard tier that leans text-first.

Kupid AI claims more than 100 personas and lists Premium at $13.99 a month.

Nastia says its chat is uncensored without token fees, though its free tier and media use tokens. It is also the one here that advertises voice cloning.

Kalon AI claims flat pricing with no hidden costs, and Rabu AI advertises 256-bit encryption. Neither claim has been independently confirmed, so weigh them as marketing.

If media quality matters more than chat, OurDream AI is worth reading about, with the caveat that its privacy story is fuzzy.

Bottom line

Secrets AI is the better companion. Candy AI is the better camera. If you are building a long-running relationship with one character, making calls, and generating adult video, start with Secrets Premium annual at $9.17 a month. Upgrade to Ultimate only if you need group chat, personas or the 15,000 Moments.

If what you want is a stream of realistic images at the lowest entry price, take Candy annual at $3.99 and set a monthly token budget before you start. Heavy image and video use will erase the price advantage quickly.

Either way: protect your identity, set a hard budget, and treat the whole thing as entertainment. It is not a substitute for real support, and no subscription changes that.