Candy Shorts review: our honest take after the whole catalog

The free openings, first of all. You can start any open series without even registering. Make a free account and, in almost every series, episode 2 opens too. That's 347 free episodes across 173 series, each about a minute long. Two of them tell you whether a story is going anywhere, and you haven't paid a thing.

The subtitles surprised us. Of the 173 open series, 171 list subtitle tracks in six languages, and 77 add Japanese on top. The dialogue itself is English, so for a viewer in Lyon or Munich those tracks are the difference between following the plot and guessing at it.

Short series help too. Most run five episodes (161 of them), so finishing one is a coffee break, not an evening. And if you're a fan of Riley Reid, Mia Malkova or the other four creators with series, their licensed AI twins give you something no generic character can: a likeness you already know, used with permission.

Tokens, mostly. From episode 3 on, a paid episode needs Premium and tokens, both at once. Most series charge 12 tokens an episode, the creator series 30. The 100 tokens Premium includes each month finish exactly one five-episode creator series (three paid episodes at 30), with 10 left over.

Scale that up and it gets silly. Finishing every open series costs 8,322 tokens. At 100 included tokens a month, that's almost seven years of allowance, so anyone who binges ends up buying token packs, which are sold to subscribers.

The explicit material is Premium-only too. That would be fine if you could test a Spicy series first, but on a free account the Spicy shelf stays locked. You pay, then you find out.

And Premium renews on its own. Monthly Premium starts at $9.99, then jumps to $13.99 from the second month, and your statement will say EverAI, not Candy. You can cancel the renewal anytime. Just don't forget.

Anyone who enjoys the setup more than the payoff. The free episodes are all tension and flirting, and with 347 of them, you can spend hours on Candy without paying.

Viewers who'd rather not watch in English. Six subtitle languages on almost every open series is genuinely useful, and the Japanese track on 77 series is a bonus most people won't expect. Candy's account settings have a language option too, though we can't promise what it switches.

Fans of the six creators with series, from Riley Reid to Asa Akira, as long as you go in knowing it's a licensed AI twin and not the woman herself.

Who should skip it: people hoping for explicit scenes for free, because there aren't any, and people who binge whole series in one sitting. At 12 or 30 tokens a paid episode, bingeing is the expensive way to use Candy. Same for anyone who hates subscriptions that renew themselves.

If you only read one part of this Candy AI Shorts review, make it this one. Candy Shorts is worth a month, not a year, unless you already know you'll be watching every week.

Here's how we'd do it. Watch the opening episode of anything that looks promising, no account needed. Sign up free and watch episode 2 of the ones that stuck. If a couple of series leave you wanting the rest, take one month of Premium at $9.99. The 100 tokens that come with it cover one creator series or two regular five-episode ones.

Only move to the quarterly plan ($26.97 every three months) or the yearly one ($47.88 paid in one go) once you're sure you'll be back. Cancel the renewal the day you decide you're done. After that, the free episodes are still yours to watch.