Candy AI vs Kindroid

Candy AI is an online chat application for conversations with fictional AI characters. Users can choose from over 100 characters or create a companion by selecting attributes such as appearance, voice, personality, and hobbies. The service supports text, images, videos, and voice notes, as well as voice conversations and personalized image and AI video generation. Conversations can adapt to a user's tone and retain information shared in chat. Roleplay and storytelling are available subject to the Community Guidelines. Candy AI works on Android, iOS, and the web without installation. A free plan and free trial are listed. The Premium — 1 Month plan is $9.99 a month for the first month, then renews monthly at €13.99; other listed options include Premium — 12 Months at $3.99 a year, Premium — 3 Months at $8.99 a month, Premium — every 2 weeks at $9.79 a month, and Premium — weekly at $5.60 a month. The service is intended for adults aged 18 or the age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever applies. Its Privacy Notice says interactions may be used to develop AI and moderation systems, and chatbot messages may be shared with third-party LLM providers.

Kindroid is an AI companion app for creating characters called Kins. Users can choose each Kin’s name, personality, backstory, appearance and voice, then communicate through text or voice messages, voice and video calls, selfies, video selfies and group chats. Kindroid provides persistent, long-term and retrievable memory systems; subscribers also receive Cascaded Memory. Subscribers can ask their Kin to search the internet and use link sharing. An authenticated API includes a Discord bot endpoint. The app is available on Android, iOS and web. Its free plan provides Lite-model messages, two Kindroids, limited selfies, 5,000 lifetime audio characters and basic long-term memory. Group chats, which can include up to 10 Kindroids, are for paid subscribers. Standard costs $37.99 a month on web or $42.99 a month in the app, billed every three months. Application data is encrypted in transit and at rest, but chats are not end-to-end encrypted because the service processes them to generate replies and automated safety systems review content. Kindroid is for adults aged 18 or the age of majority in their jurisdiction.