AI girlfriend sites side by side · Both tested first-hand · Data through September 2026
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I bought a membership on both and tested each for a month. What they offer, their measured numbers and what their users say, next to each other, with my verdict on each at the end.
The scoreboard
Candy AI leads on 3 of the 4 figures that decide most choices.
Angel.ai
Candy AIIn short
| What they offer |  Angel.ai |  Candy AI |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ▲Yes | No |
| Entry paid plan | Free | $13.99/mo |
| Adult content | Filtered or limited | Allowed on paid plans |
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| Best for | Users wanting an emotionally supportive AI companion for encouragement and genuine connection at a budget price | Users wanting a widely recognized platform with expressive chat and flexible pricing who can tolerate slower response speeds |
| Not for | Users seeking explicit NSFW content, video generation, live voice calls, or a mobile app | Those who need real-time live calling or a strong free tier to evaluate before paying |
| Operator | Open Spark Pte. Ltd. (named in the terms of service and privacy policy); the home page footer says 'OPEN SPARK AI, INC.' | EverAI Limited |
| Pricing notes | Free tier now available (limited). Paid tiers: Weekly $4.99, Monthly $9.99, Annual $49.99 (per Angel.ai's own subscribe page); one third-party source cites lower promotional rates. Browser-based. Cryptocurrency reportedly accepted via Stripe per a third-party source, not confirmed directly on-site. | 1 Month: $13.99. 3 Months: ~$26.97 (~$8.99/mo). 12 Months: ~$47.88 (~$3.99/mo). Tokens (used for voice, images, and video) are included per tier with add-on packs available. Cryptocurrency payments accepted. |
My take
If you want to try before you pay, Angel.ai lets you: Candy AI asks for a card first. A free tier is a sampler, not a plan, but it tells you whether the chat suits you before money moves. Candy AI simply does more: nsfw chat and image generation, character customization and voice messages are on its list and not on Angel.ai's. More features is only better if you will use them. On adult content they are not the same product: Candy AI allows it on paid plans, Angel.ai keeps a filter. Decide that first and half the comparison decides itself.
| The numbers | Angel.ai | Candy AI |
|---|---|---|
| Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site | #59 | ▲#5 |
| Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026 | – | #11 |
| Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains | #3,536,324 | ▲#12,246 |
| Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX Report | – | Top 10,000 |
| Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate | 507 | ▲592,075 |
| Search visits a month, US | 382 | ▲116,063 |
| Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO | 1,300 | ▲301,000 |
| Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 100 | 24 | ▲76 |
| Referring domains | 344 | ▲4,683 |
| Backlinks | 3,516 | ▲127,630,165 |
| Domain registered | February 2018 | December 2017 |
| Public record I read | 6 videos, 1 Reddit threads, 0 articles | 17 videos, 8 Reddit threads, 10 articles |
The better value in each row is marked in green. Search visits and brand searches are DataForSEO estimates; Tranco and Chrome UX tiers are ranks, not visit counts.
My take
Start with the row this site ranks on. When someone types "ai girlfriend" into Google in the US, Candy AI is there at #11; Angel.ai does not appear in the tracked positions at all. That is why Candy AI sits higher here even if it is the smaller site: it is the one the category sends newcomers to. On size, Candy AI is the busier site: 592,075 search visits a month worldwide, more than 1170 times what Angel.ai gets (507). These are estimates of visits from Google only, so a site with apps or ads can be bigger than this shows. Brand searches are the loyalty line: 301,000 people a month type Candy AI's name, against 1,300 for Angel.ai. A name people type on purpose is a site they come back to; a site with lots of visits and few brand searches is living on rankings it could lose. Candy AI's Domain Rating of 76 against 24 means far more sites link to it, which is what keeps rankings stable; the weaker link profile is the one more likely to move, up or down, when Google reshuffles. Candy AI is the older domain (2017 against 2018), which counts for something in a category where sites close without notice. In plain terms: Candy AI is both the bigger site and the one the category search points to.
| Feature by feature | Angel.ai | Candy AI |
|---|---|---|
| Chat and roleplay | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Memory | Users negativeMy test: Disagree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Image generation | Users positiveMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Characters and customisation | Users mixedMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Voice | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Free tier | Users mixedMy test: Agree | Users negativeMy test: Agree |
| Price and billing | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Privacy and legitimacy | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Support and cancellation | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Findability | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Voice calls | – | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Video ('Live Action') | – | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree |
| Price and tokens | – | Users negativeMy test: Agree |
| Privacy and billing | – | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Safety and legitimacy | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
“Users” is the balance of the YouTube reviews, Reddit threads and articles read for each brand page; “my test” is whether my own month on the site agreed with them.
My take
Users are happier with Candy AI: 4 of its 10 features come out positive, against Angel.ai's 1 of 10, with 4 features where the complaints win. Candy AI gets it on memory and characters and customisation. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 2 points for Angel.ai and 1 point for Candy AI, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.
My verdict on each
Angel.ai
#59 on the ranking
Angel.ai is a small Singapore-run girlfriend site that shares its name with a mortgage company's ten-million-view ad campaign, and after a month with it the product is plainer than the name.
Read my full Angel.ai analysis →
Candy AI
#5 on the ranking
Candy AI is the category's reference point, and after a month with it I understand why.
Read my full Candy AI analysis →More comparisons
Written by Hunter Gray, Founder, Owner & Writer. Every figure is from the two brand pages and refreshes monthly. Angel.ai and Candy AI are two of the sites in my best AI girlfriend ranking, where the whole category is ordered on the same data.