Candy AI Video 2026: How to Make AI Videos, Cost, Limits

To make a video on Candy AI, you need an account, a character, and tokens: the “Create Video” feature then builds a short sequence from the scenes you describe. That’s the flow shown on candy.ai on 10/01/2026.

1. Log in at candy.ai from a computer or your phone’s browser. Candy AI is a web service: there’s no official app to install.
2. Open “Create Video” from the menu.
3. Pick a character: one from the catalog or one you built with the character creator.
4. Build your scenes: describe the setting, the action, and the mood. The more precise your description, the closer the result gets to what you have in mind.
5. Check the token cost shown before you start generating, then confirm.
6. Wait a few minutes: the platform promises a video ready “in a few minutes,” not in real time.

A token is a prepaid credit: every image, voice, or video generation deducts a certain number of them. If you run out, the generate button sends you to buy a token pack.

“Live Actions” are short video clips triggered from your conversation with a character, rather than from a scene editor. The idea: your AI girlfriend doesn’t just reply with text or an image, she “acts out” a moment on video.

The difference from “Create Video” comes down to how you use it:

• Create Video: you script one or more scenes, like a short edit.
• Live Actions: you request a one-off action right in the chat thread to make the exchange feel more alive.

Either way, it’s AI-generated video, which is expensive for the platform to compute. That’s why both features draw from your token balance. Our guide to Candy AI pricing and tokens points out that video is the feature that drains your balance fastest.

Candy Shorts is a section of video mini-series you watch on the platform, while video chat is a “roulette”-style way to meet AI characters. Neither replaces the creation tool: they’re formats for watching, not making.

• Candy Shorts: short, scripted episodes featuring characters. You watch them; you don’t generate them yourself.
• “Roulette” video chat: you land on a random AI character and skip to the next one if the profile isn’t your thing, modeled on random video chat sites.
• Candy Creators: AI digital twins of real creators, labeled as such with a disclaimer on the site.
• Candy Cams: a separate section of live models. Heads-up: this isn’t AI anymore. These are real people, with their own way of working.

Keep this distinction in mind: only “Create Video” and “Live Actions” produce a personalized video from your character. Everything else is a catalog or a matchmaking service. Explicit content is for adults only, and access requires you to be 18.

The exact cost of a Candy AI video isn’t public: it’s shown in tokens inside the interface once you’re logged in, and we haven’t recorded it. What is public is the pricing structure, which has two layers.

What this means in practice: the 100 tokens included with Premium cover all generations (images, voice, video). If you plan to make videos regularly, budget for extra packs. The 12-month plan is labeled “-70%,” but the annual total isn’t shown on the page, and the discount only applies to the subscription, not to tokens.

Our advice: before buying a big pack, generate one video, note how many tokens it cost, and work out how many clips your monthly budget covers. Prices are in US dollars; if your card is in another currency, the final charge depends on your bank’s exchange rate.

Candy AI video is still a short, pay-per-clip, non-instant format; it adds to the conversation more than it replaces it. Here are the limits to know before you pay.

• Variable cost: every video uses tokens, and the rate card is only visible after login. Your budget depends on how often you generate.
• Wait time: the platform promises a result “in a few minutes.” This isn’t real-time video.
• Imperfect output: as with any AI-generated video, a scene may not match your description exactly, and regenerating costs tokens again.
• Web only: no official app, everything runs in the browser. Our article on Candy AI on Android and iPhone explains how to use it on mobile.
• No verifiable reviews: Candy AI’s Trustpilot profile was removed by Trustpilot, so there’s no verifiable public rating on this point.

Features change fast in this market: what we describe reflects the site as displayed on October 1, 2026. Our full Candy AI review covers the rest of the offer.

All three platforms generate AI video paid for in credits. OurDream AI is the only one that publishes a precise rate card, Lovescape offers image-to-video and includes more tokens, and Candy AI stands out with the most complete all-in-one package (chat, images, voice, and video).

OurDream AI (Dream Studio USA, Inc.) costs $9.99/month billed yearly or $19.99/month; at 100 coins per 5-second segment, the 1,000 monthly coins equal about 50 seconds of video. It’s the easiest offer to read. Details in OurDream AI: pricing and tokens.

Lovescape (Warmtech Ltd, Cyprus) offers Premium from $19.99/month down to $7.99/month over 12 months with 600 tokens, plus image-to-video, meaning it animates an image you’ve already generated. Our Candy AI vs Lovescape head-to-head compares the two in detail. For the full list, see our comparison of AI girlfriends with video.

Candy AI video is worth it if you want a full-featured AI girlfriend and video is an occasional bonus, not your main use. If you mostly want video every day, a public rate card like OurDream AI’s is easier to budget for.

• Good fit: you mostly chat by text, you occasionally want a video scene of your character, and you value having everything in one app.
• Think it over: you want to generate several videos a day. Measure the real token cost of one generation first.
• Bad fit: you’re looking for free video. It isn’t unlimited and free anywhere, and certainly not on Candy AI.

Start with one month on the monthly plan, test a video, then decide. If you quit, the steps are in our guide to canceling Candy AI. And to compare with other options, see our Candy AI alternatives.