What we will and won't put into an AI companion
How we handle our own accounts on these platforms β what we never type, what we set up before signing up, and why we treat the whole category as leaky by default.
The most generous free tier, with a usable paid step up
Our score
CrushOn gives you 50 messages a day free with no card, which is the most generous ongoing free allowance here, and the $13.99 Standard tier is where it becomes a genuinely usable daily platform. Image generation is an afterthought and rate limiting at peak times is a real annoyance.
Best for: Someone who wants to use a companion platform regularly without paying, and might upgrade later.
Each platform is scored 0β10 on six criteria.
Real prices as tested. Platforms in this space change pricing often β the verification date is shown for each.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | β |
| Basic | $5.99/mo | β |
| StandardEditor's pick | $13.99/mo | β |
| Deluxe | $49.99/mo | β |
Pricing verified: . Prices are checked manually and can change without notice. Always confirm on the platform before paying.
50 messages a day, heavily rate-limited at peak times.
CrushOn's free tier is the most usable one in this comparison. 50 messages a day, ongoing, no card β that's enough for a real habit rather than a demo. The caveat is rate limiting: during busy periods free users wait, sometimes long enough to break the flow of a conversation entirely.
The paid ladder is oddly shaped. Basic at $5.99 doesn't raise the ceiling enough to change how you use the platform; Standard at $13.99 does, and is the tier worth considering. Deluxe at $49.99 targets very heavy users and most people should ignore it.
Conversation quality is respectable and benefits from the community library, though that library is also the source of the biggest variance in the experience β a well-written character is genuinely good, a lazy one is not, and there's no quality floor. Images are present but weak; treat them as a bonus, not a feature.
A token or credit system means your subscription buys access, not usage. Each image, video or voice message draws down a monthly allowance, and once it's gone you buy more. This is where the real cost lives for anyone who generates regularly. OurDream, Candy AI, Secrets AI and SweetDream AI all work this way. The alternative model is a hard cap β DreamGF and SoulGen give you a fixed number of generations per cycle and charge nothing beyond it, which costs more on paper but is predictable.
Financially, almost always β the discounts are steep, often 50β65%. The risk isn't financial, it's that this category is volatile. Platforms swap the model underneath you, remove features, and occasionally close. We've watched a companion's personality change overnight on more than one platform. Committing twelve months to something with no track record is a different bet from committing to one that's been running for years, and we'd weigh that before the discount.
We treat the whole category as leaky by default, and we'd suggest you do the same. That isn't an accusation against any particular platform β it's how we set up our own accounts. These are young companies moving quickly, and the most sensitive thing you own here is the thing you type into the box. We use a dedicated email address on every one of them, never enter anything that identifies us, and assume that what we write could one day be read by someone else. We have never regretted any of that.
It depends entirely on the platform, and it is one of the sharpest differentiators between a serious operator and a careless one. If you are in the EU, EEA or UK, the GDPR gives you a right to erasure that applies regardless of what the interface offers, and a platform that ignores a valid deletion request is breaking the law. Before subscribing, check whether deletion is self-service or requires emailing support β the difference predicts a lot.
How we handle our own accounts on these platforms β what we never type, what we set up before signing up, and why we treat the whole category as leaky by default.
Why the advertised price is rarely the real one: token systems, hard caps, annual-only discounts, and how to work out your true monthly cost before subscribing.
We signed up to all fourteen platforms without paying. Three free tiers are genuinely usable, most are demos that stop exactly where it gets interesting, and two platforms have nothing at all.
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