How we score Candy AI Shorts
A score out of 10 is only useful if you can see how it was made. Two parts are our judgment, three are measured, and all five are printed on every review.
The five parts
- Hook, 25%. Our call on episode 1 and the cliffhangers of the free episodes: does the set-up grab you, does the cut make you want the next one.
- Chemistry, 20%. Our call on the spark between the leads, judged from what they say to each other.
- Heat, 20%. Measured. We count suggestive and explicit language per minute in Candy's own subtitles for the free episodes, with swearing left out, and turn it into a 1 to 10 scale.
- Free value, 15%. Measured. The share of the series you can watch for nothing: two free episodes out of five is the top of the scale.
- Price value, 20%. Measured. Tokens per minute of paid video, from Candy's price per episode and the real episode lengths. Creators series, at 30 tokens, sit low here.
The total is the weighted average, to one decimal. Measured parts are recomputed every time we count the catalog, so a price change moves the score.
Where the words come from
Every review is written by our desk from the dialogue of the free episodes, read in Candy's subtitle files. We never copy Candy's own series blurbs, never quote the scripts and never guess at paid episodes we cannot see. When episode 2 has no English subtitles yet, the review says so and rests on episode 1.
What we leave out
Series whose free episodes point to a school setting, or to a character who could read as under 18, do not get a review, and posters with school imagery are replaced by a plain title card. Candy builds every character with AI and bills each one as a grown-up, and our reviews follow suit.
The data
Catalog, episodes and prices from Candy's pages, counted every few days (6 counts since October 6, 2026); episode 1 lengths from the video files, episode 2 estimated from its subtitles; account and Premium limits checked with a free account of our own. Raw figures: by the numbers.
Corrections
If a number on this site no longer matches Candy, the catalog has moved since our last count. Corrected figures go live at the next count with a new date.