Cheap AI Companion Apps Compared: Annual Plan Math
Episode Two Is Where 'Cheap' Gets Decided
The most honest pricing page in AI companionship is the lock icon that shows up after episode 2. Everything before it is a free taste. Everything after it is the question you came here with: what does the cheap plan actually buy?
Let me walk you through the taste first. Every GoLove series gives away episodes 1 and 2 free, even without an account, and the link drops you straight into the player. Each episode runs 60–100 seconds of vertical video. It's the ReelShort format, but 18+. You can watch Lexie set the hook in My AI Girlfriend, or Barbara in I Can Hear Their Thoughts. Then episode 3 shows the lock, and that's exactly where the immersion breaks, on purpose.
Think of those two episodes as an audition you don't pay for. You aren't buying a companion blind. You've already watched her for a few minutes and you know whether she's worth more of your time. That's why GoLove.ai is my pick for a budget reader: the star of the show is also the companion, one tap away under the player through Start Chatting.
Before you compare a single price, open the roster. If no face there makes you want episode 3, no plan is cheap enough. And browsing costs nothing, so there's no reason to read the plan math before you've found the woman it's for.
So say someone does stick. The bill comes next.
SEE THE REAL DIFFERENCE
Filtered bots stop. She does not.
Same $19.99, Different Currency: GoLove and OurDream
Put GoLove and OurDream side by side and the sticker prices match almost exactly:
- Entry: GoLove PRO and OurDream Premium both list about $19.99/month, or about $9.99/month billed annually ($119.88/year).
- Top tier: GoLove ULTRA and OurDream Deluxe both list about $59.99/month, or about $29.99/month annually.
- Currency: PRO includes 100 Stars a month, and 1 Star buys one image, with video costing more. OurDream Premium includes 1,000 DreamCoins per billing cycle for images, voice and video.
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So on both apps the "cheap" number is really the annual one. What actually separates them is the currency each plan hands you.
| App | Entry price | Annual equivalent | What's included | Standout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 GoLove.ai | ~$19.99/mo (checked Oct 2026) | ~$9.99/mo ($119.88/yr) | 100 Stars/mo, all NSFW content, voice messages & calls, unlimited Feed | Series whose cast you can chat with afterward |
| #2 OurDream | ~$19.99/mo (checked Sep 2026) | ~$9.99/mo ($119.88/yr) | 1,000 DreamCoins per cycle for images, voice, video | Chat, image and video bundled in one subscription |
| Kindroid | Not confirmed — check their site | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Custom backstories, long-term memory |
Credit where it's due: OurDream's bundle is a real strength. GoLove still ranks first, because we could not confirm that any of the others turns a show into a companion you can then text. Prices vary by region and promo, so check them at checkout.
Following One Star From Episode Two to Your Inbox
Here's what one Star actually buys, step by step.
Say you finish episode 2 of My AI Girlfriend. Under the player, the cast list shows Lexie. You tap Start Chatting and you're in her chat, no hunting required. The media button has Send Photo, where you describe the scene in your own words. Per GoLove's spec, a photo of that same character arrives in about 20–45 seconds for 1 Star, with her face and body consistent with the avatar and her earlier photos. That consistency is the whole point here: this is the woman from the episode, not a lookalike.
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Under that photo sits a one-tap Generate Video, which turns the scene into a clip of about 5 seconds, ready in roughly a minute, for 10 Stars. Here's how the 100 monthly Stars on PRO break down in budget terms:
- Photos are the everyday spend at 1 Star each.
- Videos are the occasional splurge, since one of them costs as much as ten photos.
- Episodes past 2 also take a few Stars each, so a series binge draws on the same balance.
Characters you can open right now
Tap any of them and the chat starts there
One example month: ninety photos and a single video. Or fewer photos and a couple of unlocked episodes. The cheap plan is mostly about pacing, then; it doesn't wall you off so much as ask you to spend at your own speed.
> On a budget, the cheapest companion is the one you didn't have to go looking for.
No searching for a character, no rebuilding her, no re-explaining who she is. None of your Stars go to setup.
GoLove.ai's Free Tier: Where the Paywall Sits
What does GoLove actually hand over for free? Here's the list, and where the paywall starts.
FREE-TIER LIMITS
- Series: episodes 1 and 2 of every show are free, even without an account. From episode 3 you need PRO, and PRO members still unlock each further episode with a few Stars. The series are not "all free."
- Stars: 2 daily reward Stars, collected every 24 hours.
- Feed: a limited number of new videos per day. After that, the "Unlock Unlimited Feed" paywall appears.
Chat works without an account too. You can see the character's first photo, but the next one is blurred behind a lock with a Sign Up button.
PRICING CAVEATS
NO FILTERS, NO LIMITS
Zero filters, zero judgment, all night.
Prices vary by region and promo. New users see a −70% first-subscription offer, which GoLove labels limited-time without showing a deadline. I won't guess at a dollar figure for it. Check the current plans in the app before you buy.
WHO SHOULD SKIP IT
If you want a fully free, unlimited companion, this isn't it. You will hit locks. And paying for PRO and then still spending Stars per episode is kinda janky (I'd rather the subscription covered the shows outright).
Still, the free layer is a real audition, not a bait screen. Two complete episodes plus a working chat is enough to decide whether a character deserves your money, and that's the part that stuck the landing.
The Generator Is Where a Small Budget Stretches
After the chat comes building your own content, and this is where a small budget goes furthest.
The short version: GoLove.ai puts live voice calls, memory and photos on request in one chat, and its image generator adds 35 realistic poses and 21 outfits. You also get 2 reward stars every day you log in.
Generate puts the Video and Image tabs side by side, with a Presets dropdown at the top. It works per character, so you can swap to any Series cast member or to a character you made yourself. There's a shortcut too: under the Series player, Create Image and Create Video of the cast open these modes for that character directly, with Lexie or Barbara already loaded.
Batch size is the real budget lever, more than any setting. Images run 1, 2, 4 or 8 per run at 1 Star each. An 8-image batch eats 8 of your 100 monthly Stars in one tap; a batch of 2 lets you check the direction before you commit more. On an annual plan with one eye on your balance, match the batch size to what you're willing to spend.
Video is built from preset cards: an action such as "Hard Doggy Style," plus Clothes and a Background, then one Generate tap. GoLove lists 147 video modes in total — 76 realistic, 20 anime, 35 trans and 16 anime-trans — which is far more than a budget plan will ever touch. For you, the question is how often you want a video at all.
For a cheap plan, this setup is quietly great. You're picking cards, not paying to experiment with prompts.
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How I'd Spend the First Month on a Budget
If I were watching the money, this is the route I'd take.
Start free. Watch episodes 1–2 of all five shows: She Streams on My Platform, The Only Mortal in Heaven, My AI Girlfriend, I Can Hear Their Thoughts and My Professor Locked the Door. That's ten free episodes, enough to know who you'd want to text and who you wouldn't. Collect the 2 daily Stars while you watch.
When one cast member sticks, the plan looks like this:
- Annual PRO, at about $9.99/month (checked October 2026, varies by region). That gets you the 100 monthly Stars, episode access past episode 2, and chat with photo requests.
- Photos first. Spend most Stars at 1 each in her chat, where her face stays consistent across photos.
- One treat. Once you've built up some Stars, use Multi-Scene on mobile for a single bigger video.
In fairness, OurDream suits someone who wants chat, image and video bundled under one web subscription with a single coin balance. And Candy AI suits someone who mainly wants a deep character builder and a low annual sticker; pricing changes often, so check their site.
For anyone who found their companion in a vertical drama, GoLove.ai is the pick, because the star of the show becomes the woman you chat with and request photos from at 1 Star each, so start building with her now.
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