Free trials, renewals and refunds

Free plan, trial or preview

Apps use the word free for three different things, and each ends in its own way.

• A free plan has no end date. heyGF.AI's 30 messages a day, Secrets AI's 20 and Character.AI's unlimited chat carry on for as long as you use them.
• A trial lends you paid features for a set time. Kindroid lists a 3-day premium trial, and its gift-code trials last 14 days.
• A preview is a one-time allowance. A new Kindroid account gets 50 messages and 5 selfies, and Candy AI's free tier, which its homepage calls "the free trial", is 5 messages in total.

Replika says plainly that it does not offer a free trial: its text chat is free, and the rest is paid.

Trials that need a card

A trial that takes a card at the start usually turns into a paid subscription unless you cancel in time. From 3 November 2026, Kindroid's gift-code trials "require a credit or debit card at the start". If a trial asks for your card, put the renewal date in your calendar before you do anything else.

heyGF.AI's free account takes no card at all, and Nomi says it is free to start chatting with no credit card. On heyGF.AI, paying by crypto, which is accepted on purchases of $19.99 and up, is a one-time charge with no auto-renewal.

Introductory prices and price rises

Candy AI bills its one-month plan at $9.99 for the first month, then renews it at $13.99 a month. Its subscription page showed the longer plans with large discount labels and no end date, and the payment window also listed weekly and two-weekly billing without saying which plan they belong to. Read the billing period before you confirm.

Prices can also change after you join. SpicyChat raised every paid plan on 8 September 2026: Get A Taste from $5.00 to $5.95 a month, True Supporter from $14.95 to $19.95 and I'm All In from $24.95 to $29.95. Existing recurring subscribers keep the old price while their subscription stays active and unchanged, so an old price lasts only as long as you keep that subscription as it is.

Free plans change too. On 1 October 2026 Kindroid announced that free accounts now get a limited number of interactions on its flagship-quality model. Its docs say recently active free accounts get 50 final messages and inactive ones are read-only.

Refunds and unused credits

• Candy AI refunds card payments requested within 24 hours, and only if you have used 20 tokens or fewer. EU and UK users may withdraw within 14 days. Tokens left when a subscription ends expire.
• Replika does not refund partial months.
• Secrets AI's monthly Moments do not roll over, while Moments you buy are kept.
• Nomi's wiki says its credits do not expire.
• OurDream blurs your images and videos when you unsubscribe, until you subscribe again.

A checklist before you enter a card

1. Write down what the second payment will be.
2. Put the renewal date in your calendar two days early.
3. Check what happens to unused credits, and to anything you made, when you cancel.
4. Find the cancel option before you need it.
5. Start monthly. A yearly plan is cheaper per month but paid up front.
6. Screenshot the plan page at the price you signed up for.

To see what each paid plan adds before you commit, compare free and paid plans app by app.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

All checked 11 November 2026.

1. heyGF.AI: the product itself and its pricing page.
2. Kindroid: subscriptions, update log.
3. Candy AI: subscriptions, candy.ai, free users, refunds, terms of service.
4. Replika: free trial, choosing a subscription.
5. SpicyChat: September 2026 pricing.
6. Secrets AI: plans and limits.
7. Nomi: nomi.ai, credits (Nomi's wiki, which may be community-edited).
8. OurDream: images and subscriptions.
9. Character.AI: c.ai FAQ.