Free AI shorts: what costs nothing and where the wall is

The free ladder, platform by platform

Every platform here gives away the same first two rungs, with different doors at the third. The table shows the whole ladder in one glance, and the paragraphs below fill in the small print.

Candy AI: two plates, then tokens

On Candy AI, the first episode of a series plays with no account. The next free one needs a free account, which takes a moment. From the third episode, each one is unlocked with tokens: 12 per episode in the series we feature. Candy AI sometimes shows a reduced price on a series, and that can change.

If you never create an account, you still get a full episode 1 of each series, which is often enough to know whether it is your type.

Dreamy Shorts: free sign-up, then Premium

OurDream's shorts follow the same two-rung start. Episode 1 needs nothing, and episode 2 opens once you register through Google or e-mail. From episode 3 on, everything sits behind Premium. OurDream's paywall mentions that you can cancel, and prices can change.

Dreamy series are about a minute per episode, so the free pair is two minutes of story, a fair taste before you decide.

Secrets AI: flames help you choose

On Secrets AI, the first episode is free with no login, and a free sign-in unlocks episode 2. Locked episodes unlock one at a time with Moments, and only Premium or Ultimate can spend Moments. The platform rates each episode with 0 to 5 flames, which is handy: you can see in advance whether the free part is mild or warm.

Stars on Secrets are viewer ratings and are not the same as flames.

Ten starters for a free evening

If you want to sample, these ten cover all three platforms and several moods.

• Candy AI: Yes, Coach for a power game, Room Service for a hotel with a witness, Veronica's Fitting Room for a wedding in danger, I Picked Up a Hitchhiker for a desert road.
• Dreamy Shorts: Centre Pass, Connecting Door and Lost Property.
• Secrets AI: Cheat Day, Match Point and Orc'd.

Each starts free. The free episode checklist turns this list into an evening plan.

What free does not mean

Free does not mean the whole series. No platform here gives away a finished story, and nobody should promise you one. Episode 2 needs an account, and the account is free but it is still an account. Read each screen before tapping, and treat anything that looks like a payment page as exactly that.

Also keep in mind that our site only shows a muted teaser of about 15 seconds. The full free episode plays on the platform after you tap through.

A free evening, in order

Start on the platform whose episodes are shortest, so the first taste is quick. Dreamy episodes run about a minute, Candy ones one to two minutes, and Secrets ones from about a minute and a half to nearly four. Watching the three first episodes back to back takes well under fifteen minutes, which is less than a tea break.

Then pick the one that hooked you and create the free account for its episode 2. That way you sign up once, for something you already like, instead of three times for three maybes. Many people stop there and are perfectly happy.

Keep the phone vertical, sound on, and notifications off. The phone guide has the small tricks.

If you want to go further

When the free pair hooks you, compare the three pay walls in the prices guide or the explainer on tokens, Premium and Moments. If you are choosing between platforms, Candy AI vs Dreamy Shorts vs Secrets AI lines them up. The spicy AI shorts guide is a good order for a mild-to-hot evening.

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