Free AI shorts: what you can watch before paying

Free on all three, in a table

We keep the rules in one place so you do not have to read three paywalls. The scoreboard is below. It is the same everywhere in spirit: the opener is a gift, the second leg is a trade for a free account, and the back half is where money enters.

Eight openers worth your first evening

Pick these and you will have spent nothing and met all three leagues.

• Under the Boss on Candy AI: the longest opener on the board at 87 seconds, a London office and a jealous assistant.
• Your Wish is my Command on Candy AI: a handyman, a lamp and a genie who keeps asking, 78 seconds.
• Connecting Door on Dreamy Shorts: a cruise balcony and a door that will not stay shut, about a minute.
• Find Me in Every World on Dreamy Shorts: a widower promised another chance, 91 seconds.
• Tangles Untamed on Dreamy Shorts: loud fantasy, 106 seconds, the longest first episode among our Dreamy picks.
• Matched on Secrets AI: a state-arranged marriage, 1:22 and 0 flames.
• Probed on Secrets AI: aliens at a night-shift gas station, 2:07 and 0 flames.
• Cheat Day on Secrets AI: a billionaire and a trainer who never crosses one line, 2:28 and 1 flame.

Add Stranded: The Heiress and the Cook at 104 seconds if you want a ninth.

How far you get without paying

Further than you might think, but not to the end. A five-episode series gives you two free episodes at best and leaves three behind the ticket. A six-episode series leaves four, a seven-episode series five, and a twelve-episode series like Connecting Door leaves ten.

On Dreamy Shorts, the second leg is free after a free sign-up, and episode 3 onward needs Premium. On Secrets AI, episode 2 is free once you are signed in, and each later episode costs 500 Moments. On Candy AI, the number of free episodes is on each series page, and the rest are unlocked with tokens.

So the honest answer is: free gets you to the end of the second leg, and you only pay if you decide the back half is worth it. The price of finishing a series is on the pricing board, with the sums shown.

A free evening, planned

Here is how to get the most from free AI shorts in one sitting. Start on the Dreamy side, where openers run about a minute and you can sample three in ten minutes. Move to the Secrets side for a second helping, and check the flame count shown on each episode before you press play. Finish on the Candy side with one of the longer openers, and make a note of the series that you wanted to keep going.

When you have two or three favorites, sign up once on each platform you liked, watch the second leg and then decide. The point of the free route is that the decision is yours, and it comes after you have seen the first minute of everything.

Traps to avoid

Free is real, and it is also narrow, so watch for four things.

• Episode 1 is not episode 2. The opener needs no account. The second leg needs a free sign-up.
• A reduced price is not free. Candy AI currently shows a reduced price on the full run of a few series, but that is still a price.
• Moments need a plan. Secrets AI episodes beyond the free two cost 500 Moments each, and spending Moments needs Premium or Ultimate.
• Prices change. Everything on this board is checked, not guaranteed. Each platform shows its price again before you pay.

We will never tell you a deal ends soon, because we have no way to know. If you spot a free claim on a platform that contradicts this board, the platform wins and we fix the board.

Where to go next

Browse a whole league: Candy AI, Dreamy Shorts or Secrets AI. Pick by person on the characters board. The guides how to watch, billing and privacy, best AI shorts, what are AI shorts, the FAQ and by genre sit under the guides hub, and the home page shows what is new. The site is an unofficial fan hub, and some buttons are affiliate links.