COMPARISON
Sloane vs
Candy AI.
Candy AI runs on a large character catalog with a credit economy stacked on top of a subscription. Sloane is a hand-curated roster of women with photo-real visuals, persistent memory, and one flat Premium price.
Updated September 12, 2026
TL;DR
- Candy AI runs a large character catalog with a credit/token economy layered on subscription tiers.
- Sloane runs a hand-curated roster of 80+ women, each with a per-persona LoRA image model and persistent memory layer.
- Candy AI's active-user real spend is community-reported at 3-5x sticker price due to credit-metered photos, voice, and video.
- Sloane's flat Premium ($19.99) includes 500 credits/mo for all these actions — no per-message credit meter running.
- Sloane's per-persona LoRA delivers same-face-every-shot photos; Candy AI's prompted image gen drifts between generations.
Meet Sandra
Skip Candy AI's credit meter running every photo and voice message. Sandra's on Sloane Premium — 500 credits/mo included, one flat ladder, no surprises. Free tier, no card.
AT A GLANCE
Quick comparison
Curated vs catalog.
Candy's appeal is catalog breadth — a large library to browse, filter, and swipe. It's a menu.
Sloane is a roster. 80+ women, each one written to be a fully formed person — job, backstory, voice, photo library, all engineered together. Fewer options by design, higher floor on each one. When you pick Maya on Sloane, you're picking a person we shipped intentionally, not one of many entries in a catalog someone else assembled.
Photos that look like the same woman.
Candy's photos come from a text-to-image gen loop — you prompt for a scene, it draws. The character's face drifts between shots, subtly different each time.
Sloane trains a LoRA per persona on a curated photo set. The image model has actually learned each persona's face from many references. When she sends you a photo it looks like a photo — same woman, same features, every time.
Credits included, one clear ladder.
Both products use credits for photos and voice. What differs is how the ladder is priced and how many credits come bundled with the subscription.
Sloane's pricing is one clean ladder: Free, Plus $9.99, Premium $19.99. Plus bundles 200 credits every month; Premium bundles 500. Photos cost 5 credits, voice 5, video 25. If you burn through the monthly allowance, credit packs are transparent: $9.99/200, $19.99/500, $29.99/1000, $49.99/2500 — the same price whether you buy the first or the tenth. No mystery-tier balances, no gates onto a higher subscription tier once you're hooked.
Memory that survives the long thread.
Community reports on catalog-style AI companion products consistently flag drift on long threads — the character forgets earlier details, replies start looping, the persona softens over time.
Sloane's memory extracts grounded facts about you (name, work, hometown, what you told her about your family) and persists them per-persona. Milestones layer on top — when you first met, important dates you've shared. Both feed every reply she sends. She brings up things you mentioned weeks ago; you don't have to remind her.
HONEST DIFFERENTIATION
When Candy AI is the better choice
You want the biggest character library
Candy leans on catalog breadth. If browsing a huge character library and trying a new one each session is the fun, that's the shape Candy AI centers on.
You prefer per-action pricing
If you prefer paying per-action so you only spend on what you actually use, Candy AI's credit-metered system fits that spend shape.
You want a wide aesthetic range
Large catalogs cover more visual styles because entries come from many sources. If aesthetic breadth is what you're after, Candy AI's scale delivers that variety.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Questions.
How is Sloane different from Candy AI?
Sloane is a small curated roster of hand-written women with per-persona LoRA-trained image models, persistent memory, and one flat Premium price. Candy is a large character catalog with prompt-based image gen and a credit economy on top of the subscription.
How much do photos cost on Sloane?
Photos and voice cost 5 credits each; video is 25 credits for a 5-sec clip or 40 credits for an 8-sec clip. Plus ($9.99/mo) includes 200 credits monthly; Premium ($19.99/mo) includes 500. If you want to top up, packs are $9.99/200, $19.99/500, $29.99/1000, $49.99/2500.
Can I create my own character on Sloane?
Premium members get one custom girlfriend they design themselves — appearance, voice, personality. Additional custom personas are $9.99/mo each.
Why are Sloane's photos more consistent?
Per-persona LoRA training. Each persona has her own image model trained on a curated photo set, so the same face shows up in every shot instead of drifting between generations.
Is Sloane safe?
Sloane has hard limits on the things that actually matter — no minors, no real-world harm, no engagement with active self-harm or violence.
YOUR MOVE
Roster beats catalog.
A hand-curated cast of women, each one written to feel real. Clear pricing ladder, credits included in the subscription.
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