CrushOn AI Pricing in 2026: Every Plan and What It Actually Cost Me

I opened the CrushOn AI pricing page expecting two or three plans. I found eight, plus an add-on, plus bundles that combine them. The cheapest paid tier runs $4.9 a month. The most expensive climbs to $150. Somewhere in that spread is the plan that fits you, and the point of this piece is to find it without overpaying.

I signed up and worked through every tier, logging where my credits actually went. Every price and feature below comes straight from the live pricing page, and I have embedded the screenshots so you can see exactly what I saw.

Here is the route: what the platform is, the free plan, the full paid ladder, how credits and models interact, the Chat Package and its bundles, what annual billing saves, a quick look at rivals, and my pick for each type of user.

One caveat before the numbers. Everything here is what the live pricing page showed on the day I captured it, and the screenshots prove it. Prices shift with promotions and by region, and credit counts in particular move around, so if a figure on your screen differs, trust your screen. The plan structure itself is stable.

What CrushOn AI Is, and Why Its Pricing Confuses People

CrushOn AI is a character chat platform. You pick a character, either an anime persona or a community-made original, and chat with it under far looser content filters than mainstream tools like Character.AI. When Character.AI tightened its filters in 2024, users left for platforms that would not block adult or darker themes, and CrushOn absorbed many of them. The library runs to tens of thousands of characters, and you can drop several of them into one group chat, which is a large part of the draw. The company behind it is TECHIEPIE LTD, registered in Cyprus with an address listed in Delaware.

The three things that stack on your bill

Pricing trips people up because three systems overlap. Your subscription sets a monthly credit allowance. Those credits are spent only on the higher-quality models, since the basic models are unlimited. Layered on top are an optional Chat Package and two earned currencies called Coins and Diamonds. I take them one at a time, starting with the plan everyone sees first.

Is CrushOn AI Free? Where I Started

Yes, there is a real free plan, and you can start without entering a card.

The free tier gives 100 message credits a month. You get unlimited access to the basic models, and you can spend those credits to reach the Pro models, though the Ultra models stay locked. Replies are capped at a maximum length of 225, the shortest of any tier, and you cannot adjust it. You also get 20 inspiration replies a day, and during busy periods your responses share capacity with everyone else, so they can slow down.

Who the free plan is for

It works for two kinds of people. Anyone just testing the platform gets enough room to judge the writing before paying. Light users who chat occasionally can stretch 100 credits plus daily bonus credits across a month.

I burned through mine quickly. Once I started using the Pro models, the credits went fast, and that pushed me into the paid ladder, which is where the real decisions begin.

The Paid Plans, Tier by Tier

Above the free plan, CrushOn runs six paid tiers, and one of them is retired. The prices below are the annual rates shown on the page, billed yearly. Paying month to month costs more per month, a point I return to later.

The full ladder at a glance

The tiers differ in two ways that matter: how many credits you get each month and how long replies can run. Luxe and above also let you adjust that reply length, while the lower tiers do not.

What every paid plan shares

A few things hold across all six paid tiers. Every one gives unlimited access to the basic models, so you can chat without spending a single credit as long as you stay on those. Every one lets you spend credits on the Pro and Ultra models that the free plan keeps partly or fully locked. What changes as you climb is the size of the credit pool and the length of each reply, and little else about the core mechanic.

Standard and Premium, the mainstream picks

Standard at $4.9 a month on the annual plan lifts you to 2,000 credits and unlocks the Ultra models on a pay-with-credits basis. It suits someone who chats a few times a week and reaches for the Pro models sparingly.

Premium at $7.9 a month is where most steady users land. It triples the pool to 6,000 credits and stretches the reply length to 325. This is the plan I kept for daily use.

The high-volume tiers

Three tiers sit above Premium for people who chat for hours and lean on the Pro and Ultra models constantly.

Luxe at $25 a month gives 20,000 credits and a 450 reply length, and it is the first tier that lets you adjust that length. Elite at $66.7 a month jumps to 55,000 credits and a 550 reply length. Imperial at $150 a month tops the ladder with 125,000 credits and a 650 reply length.

Each has a natural user. Luxe fits a daily heavy chatter who wants longer, adjustable replies. Elite suits someone running several long roleplays at once. Imperial is for the rare person who treats the platform like a workspace and never wants to meet a limit.

Unless you are a genuinely heavy user, these tiers are more than you need, and the price climbs steeply once you pass Luxe.

The retired Deluxe tier

Older reviews mention a Deluxe plan with unlimited messages around $49.99. The page now marks it Retired. In its place, CrushOn points you toward any membership combined with the Chat Package for unlimited access, which is the add-on I cover next.

How Credits and Model Access Work

The credit system decides your real monthly cost, so it deserves its own explanation. This is why my Standard credits vanished in days while a lighter user could stretch the same pool for weeks.

The three model classes

CrushOn sorts its AI models into three classes. The basic models are unlimited on every plan and cost no credits. The Pro and Ultra models are the higher-quality ones, and every message you send on them draws down your balance.

Because the basic models never touch your credits, a chatter who sticks to them can talk indefinitely on any plan. The moment you switch to a Pro or Ultra model, the meter starts, and the stronger the model, the faster it runs.

At my pace, roughly 300 messages a day on Pro models, the 2,000 Standard credits lasted about six days. A light user on mostly basic models would barely dent the same pool. The Chat Package changes this equation, which is why so many people buy it.

In rough terms, a single Pro-model exchange costs several credits, so a 2,000-credit plan buys a few hundred Pro messages rather than two thousand. That gap between the credit number and the message count is the most common surprise for new subscribers, and it is exactly what makes the next tier up look tempting.

Coins and Diamonds

Two other currencies sit apart from credits. CrushOn Coins are earned by logging in each day and by inviting friends who join. They reward engagement and carry no cash value off the site. CrushOn Diamonds run the other way: you give them to characters and their creators as tips, and those diamonds become income for popular bot makers.

Neither one buys chat time the way credits or the Chat Package do. Keep them mentally separate from the money you spend on a plan.

The Chat Package and Bundles

CrushOn's answer to credit anxiety is a separate purchase that sidesteps the credit meter. It sells on its own and inside discounted bundles.

The Chat Package add-on

The Chat Package gives unlimited, credit-free access to the Pro models. It runs alongside whatever membership you hold and does not touch your monthly or bonus credits. One catch: most Pro models still require an active membership to open, so the package works as an add-on rather than a solo purchase. Pricing is $39.99 a month, or $24.99 a month if you pay for a year, which is $299.99 billed yearly and marked 37% off.

The bundles

If you already want both a membership and the Chat Package, the bundles pair them at a discount. Here is the monthly set.

The yearly bundles cost more in total but cut the effective monthly rate further. The Standard yearly bundle is $358.88, and the Imperial yearly bundle reaches $2,099.98.

A Quick Cost Reality Check

Here is what my first month actually cost, since the title of this piece promises real numbers. I paid $7.9 for Premium on the annual plan, felt good about it, then added the Chat Package within a week because I kept hitting the Pro-model meter. That pushed my real monthly cost close to $33, well above the $7.9 on the headline. The takeaway is plain: if you use the Pro models daily, budget for a membership plus the Chat Package, and the cheaper the membership sitting under that package, the better the overall deal.

What Annual Billing Saves

Every price so far is the annual rate, and the discount on each card is steep enough to matter. Here is what a year commits you to saving on each membership.

Premium takes the biggest percentage cut at 47%, and the Chat Package saves 37% on its own yearly plan. If you already expect to stay a few months, the annual route is the clearly cheaper way in.

CrushOn AI vs the Alternatives

Price tells only half the story, so here is how CrushOn's entry cost sits against the platforms people weigh against it.

Two points matter. CrushOn's paid entry undercuts the dedicated companion apps by a wide margin, since Replika asks around $19.99 a month for one character while CrushOn opens near $5 with tens of thousands of characters. The trade-off is format, because CrushOn is text-first with no voice or in-chat images on the core plans, so anyone who wants a talking or picture-sending companion pays more for it elsewhere.

The other rivals split the difference. Janitor AI is free but often needs your own API key to run well, which suits people who like to tinker. Kindroid sells a polished single companion with a smaller cast. Against all of them, CrushOn competes on breadth and price rather than on multimedia.

Which Plan Fits Which User

The right tier depends on how often you chat and how heavily you use the Pro and Ultra models. After a month of testing, here is how I would match plans to people.

The pattern for most readers is simple. Chat casually and Standard is plenty. Chat daily and Premium fits. If you hate watching a credit balance, add the Chat Package to a cheaper membership rather than climbing to Elite or Imperial, since the add-on solves the limit for far less money.

The Fine Print and Hidden Costs

Before you buy, a few details that never show up on the plan cards.

• Annual pricing is the default view. The rates above are billed yearly. Switch to monthly billing and the per-month cost rises.
• Credits only burn on Pro and Ultra models. The basic models are unlimited on every plan, so heavy use of them costs nothing.
• The Chat Package needs a membership. Most Pro models stay locked without an active plan, so the package rarely works as a solo buy.
• Your statement will not say “CrushOn.” Charges appear under subscribestar.com, which keeps the platform off your bank statement by name.
• Deluxe is gone. If a review sells you on Deluxe, it is out of date. The unlimited route now runs through the Chat Package.
• Refunds are narrow, cancelling is simple. There is no open refund policy, but you can cancel from your profile with no lock-in, and access lasts until the period ends.

My Verdict, and What I Would Actually Pay

I came in expecting a quick number and left with a map of eight options. The lesson underneath all of it is that your bill depends on which models you use, not which plan you click.

Start free. 100 credits plus daily bonuses is enough to judge the writing, and it costs nothing to find out.

For casual use, a few sessions a week, Standard at $4.9 a month on the annual plan holds up. Keep to the Pro models lightly and 2,000 credits will last.

For daily use, Premium at $7.9 a month on the year is the pick, and it is the one I kept. It clears the free-tier limits without pushing you into the expensive end of the ladder.

If you never want to think about credits, skip the climb to Elite or Imperial and add the Chat Package to a cheaper membership instead. Unlimited Pro-model access at $24.99 a month on the year beats paying $66.7 or $150 for a bigger pool you still have to ration.

The tiers above Luxe earn their price for one narrow group: people who run heavy sessions all day and want the longest replies and the deepest pools. For everyone else, that money is better left in your pocket.