Roster guide

Browsing the Candy AI roster: how to pick one that lasts

More than 100 prebuilt characters, sorted into girls and guys. The faces are the easy part. What decides whether you are still talking on day five is the profile underneath them.

Read the setup steps

18+ only. Browsing is free; the sixth message is not.

The two categories

The character area splits the roster into girls and guys. Both halves carry the same features: a written personality, chat, voice, image generation and the video beta. Our notes on each live on the AI girlfriend page and the AI boyfriend page, with illustrated styling covered separately because it is a prompt question rather than a category.

Reading a profile

Each character page shows the profile and opens the chat and media features. Read past the photograph: the useful information is the relationship style, which is what the model actually holds on to. Two profiles with identical looks can answer the same message in registers that have nothing in common. The habit worth building is to skim four or five profiles in one sitting, because a style only reads as distinctive once you have something to compare it against.

Shortlist three, chat to one

Open three profiles in separate tabs before you message anyone. Compare the relationship styles rather than the photographs, then spend your five free messages on the single one you would miss. That is a cheaper test than subscribing and discovering the voice on day two.

Do the free pass first

Browsing and previewing happen before the seven-day trial starts. Look around with the clock stopped, then start the trial knowing what you want to test.

Or build your own

The builder sets ethnicity, age, hairstyle, eye colour and body type, and gives the character a name. Creating characters requires a paid plan, so the builder is usually what turns a browser into a subscriber. The walkthrough covers the builder screen, and the five billing terms run from $5.60 weekly to $47.88 a year with an identical feature set.

Pick one this week

Seven days of full access is enough to test a shortlist of three.

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Questions

How many characters are there?

More than 100, split into girls and guys. Each profile opens the chat and media features.

Can I look at the characters before paying?

Yes, browsing comes before the trial, and free users can send up to five messages.

Prebuilt character or my own build?

Prebuilt is faster for a first session. Building your own requires a paid plan.

Does one character cover chat, images and video?

Yes. One look and one personality carry across text, voice, images and the five-second video beta.

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