Prices
Token calculator
Candy prices Shorts episodes in tokens, and the price depends on which series you pick. Choose one, or a whole category, and see what finishing it costs.
- 12tokens a standard episode
- 30tokens a Creators episode
- 100tokens a month on Premium
How the pricing works
| What | Price | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Episodes 1 and 2 | Free | Every open series (no account on candyshorts.com; on candy.ai, episode 2 needs a free one) |
| Standard episode | 12 tokens | 122 series |
| Candy Creators episode | 30 tokens | 13 series |
| Standard series, 5 episodes | 36 tokens | 3 paid episodes |
| Creators series, 5 episodes | 90 tokens | 3 paid episodes |
| Longest series (34 episodes) | 384 tokens | My bestie betrayed me |
| Every paid episode in the catalogue | 6,654 tokens | 135 open series |
Nothing on a series card tells you whether it is a 12 or a 30-token series before you open it. The calculator and the category pages do.
Premium, in tokens
Premium includes 100 tokens a month, shared with everything else on Candy AI: images, video, voice. Spent on Shorts alone, it stretches to eight standard episodes, or three from the Creators collection. These are the billing options on Candy's plan screen on 9 October 2026:
| Billing | Price | Charged |
|---|---|---|
| 12 months | $3.99 a month | $47.88 once a year |
| 3 months | $8.99 a month | $26.97 every quarter |
| 1 month | $9.99 the first month | then $13.99 a month |
| Every 2 weeks | $9.79 | every two weeks |
| Weekly | $5.60 | every week |
The yearly plan is the cheapest per month and renews at the same price. The one-month plan is the trap: $9.99 to start, $13.99 from the second month. The charge shows on a card statement as EverAI.
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On candyshorts.com: a membership instead
Candy's Shorts-only site sells the same three terms under a different name. Past the free episodes it shows a "Join Membership" screen: $3.99 a month billed $47.88 a year, $8.99 a month billed $26.97 a quarter, or $13.99 a month, with no discounted first month. Logged out, no per-episode token price appears anywhere on that site.
The sales pitch talks about unlimited stories. The terms on candyshorts.com, revised at the end of September, are more cautious: each subscription comes with a set allowance of episodes and tokens, and anything beyond it is paid for in tokens. Payments go through Candy.ai, the charge reads EverAI, and refunds are discretionary: within 24 hours, card payments only, and only if nothing has been streamed.
Three worked examples
Three standard series. 108 tokens: more than one month of Premium covers, so you'd need a small token pack on top.
One Creators series. 90 tokens: one month of Premium, with ten tokens left over.
The longest series. 384 tokens for My bestie betrayed me: almost four months of Premium's allowance, or about $38.40 in packs.