Know what renews.
Keep the receipt.

This page has one job: help an adult understand adult AI companion billing before paying. Billing becomes confusing when a subscription, a credit bundle, an account setting and a card transaction are treated as the same thing. They are separate records owned by different systems. Name the single state you need to verify, then preserve the smallest dated evidence that could prove it later.

The controlling question is: What will be charged, when can it recur, and which evidence should exist before checkout? A polished checkout is not evidence of every future charge. Read the frequency, currency, trial conversion, included allowance and cancellation owner independently. If a material term is missing, pause before paying instead of filling the gap with an assumption.

This guide uses current public evidence rather than private-testing claims. Candy AI covers current public product and subscription entry-point claims; U.S. Federal Trade Commission Consumer Advice covers current consumer guidance for trials, auto-renewal, recurring charges and cancellation. These sources describe procedures and consumer context; they do not reveal your account, guarantee a refund, promise a reversal or create legal advice for every country.

For “AI Companion Billing Guide,” create a five-line note: service, billing owner, amount, relevant date and expected proof. Redact full payment credentials and intimate account details. A useful record should explain the issue without handing support information they do not need.

Separate observation from inference. A statement line is observed; its reason may remain unknown. A cancellation screen can show a submitted request, but not necessarily when access ends, whether credits remain, whether a refund was requested or whether an account is deleted. Label every status accurately.

Use the action sequence below in order. Stop when the account, date or billing channel does not match. Repeating a request across web, Apple and Google can create duplicate cases and weaker evidence. A careful result is a dated checkout record that shows price, billing channel, renewal date and cancellation route; anything less remains pending.

Price and policy language changes. Any amount in an example is dated, not a promise. The live checkout, receipt and official policy available to your account are the sources of truth. Keep screenshots only as long as they serve the task and protect them from casual access.

If a charge looks wrong, identify the merchant descriptor, purchase channel and shared-device context first. Contact the merchant or platform with concise facts. A card dispute may be lawful in some cases, but it is not a guaranteed shortcut and must not be used to misstate a purchase you recognize.

Before closing the file, test the opposite assumption. Check whether renewal still appears, whether a receipt names another owner, whether credits are consumable, or whether a case remains open. Relevant failure modes include treating a trial as permanently free, counting credits as unlimited access, saving card data in notes, assuming app-store and web terms match.

This page was reviewed on October 1, 2026. Recheck procedural claims against the linked source and provider interface before acting. When another billing state remains unresolved, use a related guide rather than broadening this page beyond its primary intent.