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The memory problem

Candy.ai does remember things between sessions — but how well varies a lot, and the same testers describe it recalling a name while forgetting a pet, a stated preference, or something significant said a few days earlier. Within one conversation, context starts slipping after roughly 20–25 messages.

The clearest evidence is a feature they ship called Pin Memories: you save up to 800 characters of facts you want kept. That exists because automatic recall cannot be relied on. If memory worked, you would not need to do its filing.

We built it so there is nothing to pin. What you tell her is stored, dated and kept automatically; change jobs and she knows the old one and that you left it; ask her never to raise something and it holds. When something lasting changes between you — she becomes your girlfriend, takes the name you gave her, moves in — she carries that for good. Everything she knows sits in a memory panel you can edit or wipe, and if your plan lapses none of it is deleted.

The pricing problem

Candy.ai advertises around $12.99 a month. Images cost tokens, tokens are bought in packs, and reviewers put realistic spend for an active user at $25–40 a month. The subscription is real; it just is not the whole bill.

Here a plan is $5.99, $12.99 or $24.99 a month and includes Kisses every month — 120, 260 or 500, the same on a yearly term as on a monthly one. Talking is never charged per message. Photos start at 6 Kisses in chat and a 5-second clip at 40, with the price on the button before you tap. Not sure yet? Three days of everything is $1.99, once.