Candy.ai Alternative With Video Replies: LoveWatch AI Compared
Looking for a Candy.ai alternative? How LoveWatch AI's five-second video replies, free trial and credit pricing compare with Candy.ai's plans and tokens, with sources.
Candy.ai is one of the best-known AI companion apps. If you are looking for an alternative because you want video inside the conversation — rather than images you turn into clips — this comparison explains how LoveWatch AI works and where the two differ.
Candy.ai facts below come from Candy.ai's own help center and terms of service, checked on 20 October 2026, and are linked under each section. Plans change, so check the source before you decide.
The short version
| LoveWatch AI | Candy.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Free without paying | 5 messages to one companion with no account, then a 7-day trial (up to 50 texts a day, 30 welcome credits after email verification) | Up to 5 chat messages across all characters, one custom character and one image¹ |
| Paid chat | Unlimited with fair use, from $9.99/month | Unlimited chatting on a paid plan¹ ² |
| Monthly media allowance | 400 / 900 / 2,000 credits (Starter / Pro / Ultra) | 100 tokens a month on a paid plan² ³ |
| How video works | A five-second video reply from your companion, requested in the chat | After generating an image in chat, an option to convert it to video if the image is suitable⁴ |
| Price of one video | 20 credits for a five-second clip | Uses tokens⁴ |
¹ Candy.ai Help Center: What can I do as a free user? ² Candy.ai Help Center: What can I do as a paid user? ³ Candy.ai Terms of Service, section 9 ⁴ Candy.ai Help Center: What can I do with tokens?
How video differs
On LoveWatch, video is a reply. You are texting a companion; when you want to see her, you ask for a video, and she answers with a five-second clip of her face and voice in one of six scenes (morning, café, rainy window, good night, out walking, or just looking at you). She keeps texting while it is made, and the clip stays in the thread. See AI video chat for the full walkthrough.
On Candy.ai, according to its help center, video generation starts from an image: after an image is generated in chat, you get an option to convert it into a video if it is suitable.⁴
Neither one is a live video call. If that is what you are after, see Free AI video call girlfriend: what actually exists.
How pricing differs
LoveWatch has one currency for media — credits — and prices are on the pricing page:
- Text messages: free.
- Voice reply: 1 credit.
- Five-second video reply: 20 credits. A failed video returns its credits.
- Starter $9.99, Pro $19.99, Ultra $39.99 a month, with 400, 900 and 2,000 credits; yearly plans cost ten months for twelve.
- Subscribers can top up with credit packs, which never expire.
Candy.ai's terms say a paid subscription includes unlimited messaging and a monthly amount of tokens disclosed at checkout, "generally 100 per month", used for extended features such as image generation or voice notes.³ Its help center lists video generation, custom characters, voice messages and voice calls among the things tokens pay for.⁴
Companions
LoveWatch has four companions — Mia, Leila, Leo and Noah — each a fictional adult AI character with their own face, voice and six scenes. Two of them are men, so the same video replies work for an AI boyfriend. Custom character creation on LoveWatch is currently unavailable.
Which one is for you
- Choose LoveWatch AI if the point is a conversation where she can answer you on video, with clear per-video pricing and a free trial that needs no card.
- Choose Candy.ai if creating your own character today matters most — its free tier includes one custom character¹ — and check its current plans on its own site.
Try LoveWatch free — five messages, no account — or read more about AI girlfriend video.