Companion CompassWhat changed on 28 October 2026
29 October 2026: Secrets.ai specifies 100 free custom-character messages in total, in addition to its 20-message daily limit. The total does not replace the daily cap, and the account comparison lists both limits. OurDream's deletion help also now makes clear that deleting the account automatically cancels any active subscription, takes 24 to 48 hours and forfeits unused coins. Ordinary cancellation works differently, because access continues until the paid term ends. Treat billing and data removal as separate decisions.
28 October 2026: this edition separates recurring free allowances from one-time previews, annual charges from monthly equivalents, and listed prices from the final checkout total. Each of these affects what a Canadian reader can realistically budget. A dollar symbol on its own does not show that a subscription is billed in Canadian dollars. An app's presence in the Canadian App Store also does not mean every feature is available to every Canadian account.
Candy.ai's free-user help describes five messages across all characters, one custom character and one generated image. The five messages are a one-time preview in total, not a new allowance each day. The published Premium description includes 100 tokens a month. Tokens and messages are different units, so an included token balance cannot be called 100 extra messages or 100 images unless the price of each action is known. This replaces older descriptions of a daily free allowance that renews.
Candy's public subscription display lists a 9.99 introductory monthly amount and a 13.99 renewal amount. Its annual figure is 47.88 billed once for the year, not 3.99 charged every month. The dollar symbol on that page does not identify the ISO currency. According to the billing help, charges appear on statements as EverAI. Cancellation and deletion are separate controls in account settings, so finding one does not mean the other action has taken place.
Nomi's official refund guidance specifies 50 free messages a day. Its message-length documentation sets free messages at 400 characters and paid messages at 800. That gives two separate limits: how many messages you can send and how long each one can be. The longer paid limit is a documented entitlement. It does not prove that conversations get better or that every detail stays in memory indefinitely.
The Canadian Nomi App Store page lists the Standard quarterly purchase at CA$49.99 and the Standard annual purchase at CA$129.99. A separate Standard Plan entry shows CA$19.99 with no billing interval printed. These entries should not be merged into a single monthly price. The page also lists purchases labelled as launch offers, but that does not mean a new customer qualifies for them. The listed amounts also leave the final GST/HST treatment for each province unresolved.
Nomi's credit guide prices image actions at one credit and video requests at six or ten credits, depending on resolution. Credits are a separate paid balance and do not replace the free daily message quota. The privacy documentation states plainly that the service is not end-to-end encrypted. Deleting an account requires email verification and a final typed confirmation, and the privacy policy says processing takes about 28 days, subject to the exceptions it lists.
OurDream's Standard subscription help lists US$19.99 for a month or US$119.88 for a year. The 9.99 annual figure is the monthly equivalent of paying for the year upfront. Monthly Standard starts with 1,000 Dreamcoins. Annual Standard starts with 2,000, which includes a 1,000-coin bonus, and then adds 1,000 each following month. The first allowance should not be advertised as 2,000 coins every month of the annual term.
OurDream's action guide separates standard text chat, which paid plans include, from metered features. A voice-call minute costs 50 Dreamcoins, an in-chat image costs five, and a standard batch of two images costs ten. A free-account message costs one coin, but that does not tell you how many free coins a new account gets. The cancellation help also says unused coins are not automatically restored if a customer resubscribes after the paid period has expired. These details make a real difference to a usage budget.
SpicyChat's September 2026 pricing documentation lists monthly tiers at 5.95, 19.95 and 29.95 in its published USD/EUR schedule. Annual charges are separate amounts and are not collected as monthly installments of the annual equivalent. Any comparison should keep the plan name and billing term together. A price in US dollars or euros is not a confirmed Canadian-dollar checkout, and a promotional screenshot cannot establish the renewal terms of a different purchase channel.
Character.AI announced a voluntary Chapter 11 sale process on 12 October 2026. The announcement says the platform is still running and subscription billing continues, but warns that the service could wind down if no viable deal emerges. That is a risk to continuity, not evidence that the platform has closed. Readers with existing accounts can look at the documented export and deletion options separately from any decision about future subscription payments.
The current Trustpilot URLs for Candy.ai and OurDream show profile-removal notices, so older star ratings from search snippets or past reviews are not presented as current scores. For other products, store ratings and Trustpilot ratings stay as separate figures, since they come from different audiences with different review counts. Neither is converted into an editorial score out of five. A published feature list, an average of consumer reviews and an independently observed test result each answer a different question.