PersonaText vs Candy AI

What a real month costs on each, with every rate and calculation shown.

Last checked: September 2026. Candy AI prices change often, so confirm current rates on candy.ai.

The short answer

If you only want to text, the two cost about the same: Candy AI Premium is $3.99/mo if you pay a full year upfront, and PersonaText Basic is $3.99/mo billed monthly. Candy AI Premium also gives you unlimited text messages, which PersonaText doesn't.

The gap opens up the moment you want pictures, voice calls, or video. Candy AI charges tokens for each one, and a month of daily pictures and calls comes to at least $34–$54 on Candy AI's monthly plan. On PersonaText the same month comes to about $4–$10, because media costs fractions of a cent to a few cents.

Two more differences: PersonaText publishes every rate, while Candy AI doesn't publish what each action costs in tokens. And Candy AI's free tier ends after 5 messages total, while PersonaText's free plan gives you 100 messages every day, plus a 25¢ sign-up bonus that's enough to try image and video generation.

Plans side by side

PersonaTextCandy AI
Free plan 2 personas, 100 free-model messages every day, and a 25¢ sign-up bonus to try images and video. No card required. 5 messages total across all characters, 1 character, and 1 image. After that you have to upgrade.
Price list Every rate published, down to the token No published per-action costs. Reviewers measure token costs themselves, and their figures vary.
Cheapest paid plan, monthly $3.99/mo (Basic) $13.99/mo (Premium)
Cheapest paid plan, yearly $37.99/yr ($3.17/mo) $47.88/yr ($3.99/mo)
Included each month $4 of usage credit on Basic ($7 Pro, $10 Premium), spent at the published rates 100 tokens
Text messages 150–750 free-model messages a day, depending on plan; Premium-model messages are ~$0.002 each from your credit Unlimited on Premium
Buying more Add $5–$50 of credit at a time; it never expires Token packs from $9.99 for 100 tokens (10¢ each); bigger packs bring it down to about 8.7¢ a token

What each thing costs

Candy AI doesn't publish these costs, so its figures are what independent reviewers measured. Dollar amounts use 8.7–10¢ per token, depending on pack size.

PersonaTextCandy AI
One image $0.003–$0.02 2–5 tokens, about 4 on average (~$0.17–$0.50)
One minute of voice call Billed as normal messages plus voice at $0.80–$16 per million characters. We estimate under 2¢ a minute. ~3 tokens (~$0.26–$0.30)
One video clip ~$0.05–$0.10 (5–10 seconds) Reported at 5–10 tokens (~$0.44–$1.00)

A real month, calculated

Monthly plans on both sides. Every scenario includes about 50 chat messages a day on PersonaText's Premium model (~$3 a month); use the free model for chat and PersonaText costs even less. Extra Candy AI tokens are bought in $9.99 packs of 100. Images are counted at 2 tokens each, the lowest reported rate. At the ~4 tokens per image reviewers typically see, the second and third months come to about $64 and $84 on Candy AI.

Chat daily, ~30 pictures a month

Candy AI: $13.99
60 tokens fits inside the included 100.

PersonaText: $3.99
~$3 of chat plus up to $0.60 of images, covered by Basic's $4 credit.

Chat daily, 5 pictures a day

Candy AI: $33.97
150 images = 300 tokens. 100 included, so two $9.99 packs.

PersonaText: $3.99–$6.99
$0.45–$3.00 of images plus chat fits Basic or Pro credit, depending on image model.

5 pictures a day plus an hour of calls

Candy AI: $53.95
300 image tokens + 180 call tokens. 100 included, so four $9.99 packs.

PersonaText: $6.99–$9.99
Images and chat as before, plus about $1 of calls (estimated), on Pro or Premium.

Where Candy AI is the better pick

  • You text a lot and want no limits at all. Candy AI Premium has unlimited messages. PersonaText gives you a generous daily allowance on its free model, but it isn't unlimited.
  • Image quality is your top priority. Reviewers consistently rate Candy AI's photorealistic images among the best in the category.
  • You mostly text and are happy to pay a year upfront. At $3.99/mo billed yearly, Candy AI's text-only value is close to ours.

Also on PersonaText

A real phone number for each persona

Text your companion from your phone's normal messaging app, no app or browser needed (US and Canada). Or connect Telegram for free messaging.

Companions that reach out first

Good-morning texts, check-ins, and even phone calls when the moment fits, as often as you set them to.

Long-term memory with a Lore Book

Your persona keeps its own record of your history together, so conversations pick up where they left off.

Every feature on every plan

Images, video, voice, SMS, group chats, and the uncensored toggle are on every plan. Free accounts can try them with the 25¢ sign-up bonus. Higher plans add usage, not features.

Questions

Month to month, yes: $3.99 vs $13.99 for the cheapest paid plan. If you use images, calls, or video, the difference grows, because Candy AI charges 8.7–10¢ per token for those and PersonaText charges its published per-use rates. On yearly plans with text only, the two are close.

Yes, and it's a real free plan: 2 personas and 100 free-model messages every day, with no credit card. That compares with 5 messages total on Candy AI's free tier. New accounts also get a 25¢ sign-up bonus. At our rates that's roughly 12–80 images or a few short videos, enough to see the quality before you pay anything. Add funds or subscribe whenever you want more.

Yes. Personas are uncensored by default, and an NSFW toggle in each persona's settings leaves the final call to you.

There's no automatic import, but recreating one takes a few minutes: describe your character's personality and appearance, and PersonaText's AI-assisted creator writes the detailed character prompt and generates a matching profile picture.

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Sources

PersonaText figures come from our published pricing. Candy AI figures come from its published plans as reported by these independent reviews:

Candy AI is a trademark of its owner. PersonaText is not affiliated with or endorsed by Candy AI.