AI shorts: plain facts on three platforms' series

What AI shorts are

AI shorts, also called AI short series, are short vertical video dramas that live inside AI companion and AI romance platforms. Each series is a handful of episodes, each from about one to three minutes long, built to be watched on a phone held upright. Episode 1 is a free sample, and the rest sit behind a sign-up, a token balance or a subscription.

Three platforms are covered here: Candy AI, where they are called Candy Shorts; OurDream, whose series carry the name Dreamy Shorts; and Secrets AI, which calls its series Secret Shorts. They share a format but not a business model, which is why the same question, what does it cost to see the end, has three different answers.

This wiki records those answers. It holds 36 entries, a glossary, five guides and three people you can chat with. It does not stream anything, and nothing here is ranked or scored: the pages state facts and say where each one comes from.

The three platforms side by side

The platforms agree on the first episode and then split. Here is the short version, with the dates on which each platform's facts were last checked: October 20, 2026 for Candy AI, November 13, 2026 for Dreamy Shorts and November 14, 2026 for Secrets AI.

How the free part works

On all three platforms, episode 1 plays without an account. That is the one promise that holds everywhere, and it is the reason every entry page says so near the top.

Episode 2 asks for a free account. On Candy AI it is a plain sign-up. On Dreamy Shorts, the sign-up works with Google or an email address. On Secrets AI you only need to be signed in. None of these asks for payment, according to the platforms' own pages.

From episode 3, the paths differ. Candy AI sells tokens, and each locked episode takes 12 of them. Dreamy Shorts moves the rest of a series behind Premium. Secrets AI charges 500 Moments per locked episode, and spending Moments requires a Premium or Ultimate plan. Once an episode is unlocked on Secrets AI, it stays unlocked, and episodes unlock in order.

The Free Episodes sheet puts the free part of every entry in one table, and the Glossary defines each of these terms in two or three lines.

What finishing costs, and the plans behind it

The wiki calls it the cost to finish: what the locked episodes cost after the free ones.

On Candy AI, a five-episode series has three locked episodes, so finishing costs 36 tokens. A nine-episode entry such as The Man Next Door Knows takes 84, for seven locked episodes. On Secrets AI, the same five-episode shape costs 1,500 Moments, and the three-episode thriller Match Point costs 500. On Dreamy Shorts, a Premium plan opens every later episode at $19.99 a month, or $119.88 for a year.

Prices change, and each platform shows its current ones before you pay. The guide on the cost to finish an AI short series walks through the arithmetic, and Pricing lists every plan next to the others.

Candy AI's Premium plans, as checked on October 20, 2026, are 12 months at $3.99 a month billed once a year, 3 months at $8.99 a month, and 1 month at $9.99 for the first month and then $13.99. Every plan includes 100 tokens a month.

OurDream's Premium, checked November 13, 2026, is $19.99 a month or $119.88 a year. The platform does not show payment methods before sign-up, so the wiki lists none, and it says only that you can cancel, according to OurDream.

Secrets AI, checked November 14, 2026, has a Free plan at $0 with no Moments, Premium at $19.99 a month or $109.99 a year with 8,000 Moments a month, and Ultimate at $39.99 a month or $319.99 a year with 15,000 Moments a month. Cards (no Amex), virtual debit cards and crypto from $20 are accepted, and a plan can be canceled any time from the account.

Eight categories, sixteen starting points

Platforms use their own labels, from Maid to Slow Burn. The wiki sorts everything into eight of its own, so one filter works across all three. Two entries per category give a way in:

• Affairs: Room Service, a hotel story on Candy AI, and Noise Complaint on Dreamy Shorts.
• Romance: Zipped Together and Until Midnight, from Dreamy Shorts and Secrets AI.
• Fantasy: Sworn to the Queen on Candy AI and Ashes of the Rose Crown on Dreamy Shorts.
• Supernatural: Grim and My Roomate is A Succubus, both on Secrets AI.
• Workplace: Yes, Director and Cut Below.
• Thriller: Safe House and She Was Sent to Kill Me.
• Comedy: Doctors Orders and Killer Neighbour.
• Science fiction: Matched and Terms of Service.

A category describes the set-up, not the heat. Each entry page explains the tone in words, and for Secrets AI it quotes the flames the platform shows.

Each platform describes its series in its own vocabulary. Dreamy Shorts uses nine labels, among them Scandals, Getaways, Hired Help, A Hint of Magic, Slow Burn and Secrets & Lies. Candy AI uses its own tags, which the wiki folds into its eight categories rather than repeating.

Secrets AI is the only platform that rates heat, with 0 to 5 flames per episode. It is the platform's label, not the wiki's, and an entry page quotes it episode by episode. The guide on Secrets AI heat flames explains how to read the number.

Everything on the wiki is written to stay suggestive: tension, a dare, a door that closes. Explicit detail is for the platform to show, and for adults to choose.

Three portals, and how long the episodes run

Each platform has a portal with its own quick facts and a full list of its entries: Candy AI Shorts with 14, Dreamy Shorts with 11, and Secrets Shorts with 11.

They are the best place to compare entries from one platform side by side: episode counts, categories, the length of the first episode where the platform lists it, and the cost to finish. The tables are alphabetical, never ranked. Dreamy Shorts does not list the length of its episodes, so the wiki gives none for its entries.

The formats differ in length as much as in price. Candy Shorts run about a minute, sometimes slightly longer, and the platform lists only the length of episode 1. The 14 Candy entries here have five to nine episodes each.

Dreamy Shorts episodes are vertical and last roughly a minute. The 11 entries on the wiki have five or six episodes each.

Secret Shorts are filmed dramas of three to five episodes, each lasting roughly one to three minutes, and Secrets AI lists the length of every one. Match Point has three episodes, and its first one runs 3:03. The guide on AI short series by number of episodes groups the whole wiki by that single number.

People you can chat with

Candy AI and Secrets AI link some cast members to chat companions. Three of them have a page here, listed on Characters (who is who).

• Holly Donovan, 39, a luxury real estate agent on Candy AI, tied to Every Wife on Candy Lane.
• Elena, 36, on Secrets AI, tied to Matched.
• Celeste, 26, on Secrets AI, tied to Until Midnight.

Dreamy Shorts has no chat characters: the people in its series are roles in the story, nothing more. Ages appear only on these three pages, as the profiles state them.

How to read an entry

Every entry has the same parts, so a page can be scanned in seconds. A fact box shows the platform, category, episode count, free episodes and cost to finish. An episode table gives access per episode. A muted excerpt of about 10 to 13 seconds comes from the free first episode. A Sources line gives the date the facts were checked.

The guide on how to read an AI Shorts FYI entry explains each part. Other guides cover AI short series by number of episodes, Secrets AI heat flames and AI short series misconceptions. All five are listed under FYI guides.

How the wiki is kept

AI Shorts FYI is unofficial. It is kept by a small team of editors and is not run by Candy.ai, OurDream or Secrets. Facts come from the platforms' public pages and carry the check dates above. Plot lines are retold from the descriptions, in our own words, and flagged as such: the wiki does not judge acting, picture quality or story.

The Watch and Chat buttons are affiliate links, so the editors may earn a commission when a reader signs up or pays, without raising the price the reader pays. That money does not change the facts, the wording or the alphabetical order. Everything here is for adults 18 and over.

New entries go live on a schedule over the coming days, without a promised date. About the wiki has the full policy.

Where to start tonight

Three entries are featured, one per platform, and each shows its platform's format plainly.

1. Room Service on Candy AI: five episodes, a first episode of 0:59, and 36 tokens to finish.
2. Zipped Together on Dreamy Shorts: six episodes, with Premium needed from episode 3.
3. Grim on Secrets AI: five episodes, a first episode of 1:39, and 1,500 Moments to finish.

Open one, press Watch, and episode 1 plays. Everything beyond it is optional, and the entry page will say what it costs before you decide.