Candy AI image generator: how it works and what it costs

In a chat. You ask the character in ordinary language; the help center’s examples begin with “show me” or “send me”. Some characters run in a “Realistic” mode and may send photos, voice notes or videos unprompted, which toggles in the chat window turn off.

In the tools. The image generator works outside any conversation, and a free account’s single image can be made there or in chat. Candy Studio, a separate tool, creates customized images as well as videos of up to 30 seconds.

Either way, pictures are kept under Collections, in an album for each character. What you write matters on both routes: the guide to Candy AI image prompts covers the three published tips and ten worked examples.

A free Candy AI account shows how the feature works, once. As documented on 13 November 2026, it allows five chat messages across all characters, one custom character and one generated image.

Premium lifts the message limit and adds 100 tokens a month; the plan page lists image and video generation among its benefits. Premium Plus raises the allowance to 330 tokens; its price is not published and is shown at checkout.

Plan prices and billing terms are set out on the tokens and cost page.

Tokens are Candy AI’s internal credits. Generating an image uses them, and so does turning an image into a clip; ordinary text chat does not.

What is published is the monthly allowance and one yardstick: the referral article describes 200 tokens as a $20 value, a nominal $0.10 per token. More tokens can be bought at any time on Candy AI’s token page (candy.ai/tokens).

To delete a generated image or clip, open Collections, choose the character’s album, use the three-dot menu and select Delete. The help center describes no way to bring a deleted picture back, so treat deletion as final.

Cancelling a subscription is different: it removes nothing. Chats, images, characters and history stay for as long as the account exists.