Candy.ai vs Muah.ai: Which One Is Better In 2025?

Candy.ai vs Muah.ai

I've spent a full week with both Candy.ai and Muah.ai to see which one truly deserves your attention and subscription. Both platforms make big promises, but they take surprisingly different approaches.

After hundreds of messages exchanged with each AI girl, I've put together clear differences in both platforms.

In this head-to-head comparison, I'll break down exactly how these AI girlfriends stack up across all the features that actually matter.

Whether you're looking for emotional support, entertaining conversation, or a judgment-free space to be yourself, this in-depth comparison will help you choose the right AI girlfriend for your specific needs.

Candy.ai

Customizable virtual girlfriend with realistic conversations, appearance customization, and video-generation capabilities.

Muah.ai

Virtual companion platform featuring customizable AI characters that allow for chat, photo, video, and voice interactions.

Character Diversity

Candy.ai

The app features a diverse range of ethnicities—from East Asian and Latina to darker-skinned beauties.

While most characters are in their 20s and 30s, you'll also find girlfriends in their 40s and 50s.

Candy also offers characters powered by their V2 engine, giving you sharper image detail, more realism, and upgraded content options.

Into anime? You’ll find a well-drawn lineup of anime-style partners ready to explore.

The search is pretty basic—you can filter by gender or character type, but if you're looking for specific traits, you'll have to scroll through manually.

Muah.ai

Muah.ai offers thousands of characters, created by an active community of developers.

You’ll find girls across different ages and ethnicities, with both realistic and anime-styled options.

The app also includes fantasy scenarios with multiple characters or roleplay setups.

But here's the catch: finding your ideal match takes time.

You can explore by top creators or filter through categories like SFW, NSFW, or LGBTQ+, and characters can also be sorted by popularity.

The browsing system isn’t refined — realistic and anime characters appear mixed together, and there’s no way to filter by specific traits or gender.

The universal search bar helps, and while it’s not perfect, it works well enough to track down characters.

Customization

Candy.ai

In the appearance editor, you can choose the following:

• Character style: Anime or realistic
• Ethnicity and age range: Ages 18–55
• Body features: Adjust body type, breast size, and butt size
• Outfit selection: Choose your character's clothing

When it comes to personality and behavior:

• Personality type: Choose one of 12 distinct personalities (mixing not allowed)
• Relationship type: 12 options to define your connection
• Occupation and hobbies: Add more depth to your character
• Voice: Pick from 9 voice options

Once you're done, the app gives you a clear summary of your selections before finalizing your character.

Muah.ai

You get two ways to create a character:

• Import a Community Character Card and tweak it to fit your vision.
• Built from scratch with full customization

Import — you can adjust details like:

• Name
• Core data
• Appearance

Build your own from scratch — no physical presets:

• Choose a photo style: hybrid, realistic, or none
• Select her voice (9 female options)
• Describe appearance, personality, texting style, memories, and location via free text

Advanced options (membership tier–dependent):

• Adjust photo quality: from basic up to 4K UHD
• Choose an “AI brain” with up to 11 options
• Fine-tune AI settings: Temperature, Frequency Penalty, and Presence Penalty
• Link a phone number for voice calls (currently US-only)

Note: Muah AI provides detailed guides to help with character creation, but the process can still feel overwhelming for beginners — even the app itself recommends starting with pre-made character cards.

Chat Experience

Candy.ai

My girlfriend was reserved at first, responding with short, natural messages rather than essay-length declarations of love

During my tests, she was aware of our location—whether we were grabbing coffee at a cozy café or taking a stroll in the park.

The catch? If you're seeking instant romantic gratification, look elsewhere. Candy.ai aims for authentic & slow development, just like in real life.

The emotional support felt measured and realistic, not over-the-top.

And yes, there are limitations – the cramped message box can't be resized, which can be frustrating when you want to send a longer message.

Muah.ai

First, the basics: Muah.ai offers a single chat window with an outdated interface.

The chat itself is unstable — during my tests, the app crashed repeatedly, forcing me to restart the entire conversation from the beginning.

And when it did work, things got even stranger: my girlfriend Lisa kept calling herself Emily.

Other times, my girl replied with ‘Sorry, I can’t help with that’ even to a simple ‘Hi.’

On another occasion, she sent me a random image of a male character, despite her persona being my wife.

Save your time, money, and sanity — better to check out other options.

NSFW Chat Experience

Candy.ai

My girl didn't dive straight into NSFW territory. Instead, we built natural chemistry through conversations.

What stood out was how consistently my girlfriend stuck to her personality. There were no abrupt shutdowns, but no over-the-top behavior either—just a steady, believable tone.

My girl would dive into role-play and fantasy chat, but I didn’t get anything explicit until after I’d broken the ice.

Muah.ai

Let's cut to the chase: Muah.ai promises an uncensored AI girlfriend experience, but falls short.

During my testing, my girlfriend repeatedly refused basic flirtatious conversations and role-play scenarios.

Even mild suggestive chat attempts hit a wall.

Technical issues made things worse. The chat randomly reset itself, wiping out entire conversations.

But occasanly, when I wasn’t ready for it, Muah AI’s uncensored side kicked in — my girl went off-topic or dropped messages halfway.

Image Generation

Candy.ai

Candy AI offers two ways to generate images:

• In-chat generation: Click the Ask button and type your prompt—simple and fast.
• Dedicated image creator: A separate tool with more control—perfect for detailed customization.

The Dedicated Image Creator gives you full control over every detail:

• Character selection: Choose from the full roster (no filters or search) or use your custom character.
• Prompt suggestions: Quickly add details like action, outfit, pose, accessories, and scene.
• Free text prompt: Write your own prompt for complete creative freedom.
• Number of images: Generate anywhere from 1 to 64 images.

Image Quality: Whether you choose the Standard or V2 model, you’ll receive crisp, high-quality images that perfectly match your character’s look and personality.

I tested both standard characters and those with the V2 engine— here’s how they compare.

V2 Engine Character Images:

Standard Engine Character Images:

The Standard engine already outperforms most competitors, but the V2 engine takes realism and quality even further. If visuals matter to you, it’s worth the extra cost.

Muah.ai

You can only generate images in chat by typing “Send me a photo of…” followed by your description.

The results look realistic enough to stay engaging, and most of the photos matched my character’s personality — though the AI’s handiwork still shows, with the occasional anatomical oddity.

Note: If the chat window crashes and your history resets, you’ll lose all previously generated images since the app has no image gallery.

Video Generation

Candy.ai

The videos look nice, featuring smooth animations and high-quality resolution that really bring the characters to life.

But let’s be real—you’ll notice some obvious AI quirks, like characters sometimes moving unnaturally or with awkward motions.

However, there’s a drawback: you can’t choose what appears. You can only click to create a moving video, and the app generates a random animation from your picture.

Want NSFW content? You can only unlock pregenerated videos of your girl—they’re usually 1–2 minutes long but cost 2–5 times your monthly fee per video.

Muah.ai

You can create a video by clicking on an image, selecting the ‘Create Video’ option, and entering a free-text prompt for what you want to see.

The animations flow fairly well, but they’re clearly AI-generated — shorter than competitors’ and often showing unnatural movements that break the illusion.

Voice Generation

Candy.ai

The voice is clear and easy to understand, making it suitable for basic interaction. However, it works, it doesn’t sound natural or warm—more like a simple, artificial voice.

Is it usable? Yes. Is it natural? No. If you’re fine with that and don’t expect the feel of a real conversation, it should be good enough.

Muah.ai

The voice quality is clear, with only a slight robotic edge — maybe a touch better than most AI voices.

Conversations sound reasonably human-like, but don’t expect much emotional depth or strong alignment with your character’s personality.

Safety & Privacy

Candy.ai

The policy does not specify whether your chat messages are encrypted during transmission or stored.

They collect your data, including chat logs and any content you create.

However, they don't clearly explain how that data is protected, so be mindful of what personal information you share.

On your bank statement, charges will appear under the name "Everai."

Muah.ai

Despite Muah.ai claiming to use end-to-end encryption, it's nowhere in their privacy policy.

Worse? They suffered a massive data breach in October 2024. User chats were stolen. Yes, you read that right!

They're honest about storing your data, and your bank statement shows a discrete "Blue Light" charge.

But there's a catch - they share your personal info (name, email, phone number) with third parties.