The Best CrushOn AI Model Is Not the Priciest One

The Verdict: The best CrushOn AI model for most people is a free-line model, not an Ultra one. Crushon Carina is the one r/Crushon users praise most often, Leo suits flirty characters and Sagittarius suits slow-burn stories, while GLM 4.6 is the Pro model credit users stick with.

If your pick from that list sits behind a paywall, check what your CrushOn AI plan unlocks before paying for the top tier. Budget for CrushOn’s age verification step too, because it asks for a card before it lets an adult account through.

If you would rather skip credit math altogether, Candy AI charges a flat $13.99 a month for unlimited text chat after a $9.99 first month.

If you have ever stared at the CrushOn AI model dropdown wondering which one gives the best chat, you are not alone. CrushOn’s own model list now holds 29 base models across its Free, Pro and Ultra lines, and older guides still grade models it retired long ago.

Picking the best CrushOn AI model is less about spending more and more about matching the model to the kind of roleplay you do. This guide sorts the current lineup by use case, using CrushOn’s own model list and descriptions, read on October 23, 2026, plus what r/Crushon users report.

Why the Most Expensive CrushOn Model Often Disappoints

The best CrushOn AI model for you is rarely the priciest, because Ultra models charge the most credits per reply while the free-line models are the ones CrushOn users praise most for everyday roleplay.

CrushOn does not publish what each model costs, but its model switcher shows a credit multiplier on every Pro and Ultra model. In a September r/Crushon thread, one user listed Ultra Gemini 3.1 Pro at “10creditsx2” and Ultra Claude Opus at “30creditsx2,” and CrushOn counts both sent and received messages against your credits.

At that Opus rate, a reply costs 60 credits, so a Premium plan’s 6,000 monthly credits last about 100 replies. Free-line models cost no credits on any plan, Free included.

A bigger price tag does not equal a better scene. The AI companion space is now a real market, with companion apps on track for over $120 million in 2025 consumer spend, so the model menus keep growing.

What Makes One CrushOn Model Better Than Another

A CrushOn model is “better” when it matches your priorities across four traits: memory, response length, stability, and filtering behavior.

No single model wins all four, which is why the dropdown exists in the first place.

The way I evaluate any model comes down to these levers:

• Memory and recall, or how much of the story the model can see. On CrushOn that is set by your plan as much as the model: Free models run at 8K, Standard to Luxe unlock 16K models, and 24K needs Elite or higher.
• Response length, or whether it writes snappy replies or full paragraphs. CrushOn caps reply length by plan, from 225 tokens on Free to 650 on Imperial.
• Stability, or how often it glitches, forgets the scene, or breaks character.
• Filtering, or how likely it is to refuse unrestricted content.

What is a context window: The amount of past conversation a model can “see” at once, measured in tokens. A bigger window means it forgets less of your story.

Once you score a model on those four, the right pick gets obvious fast. A casual chatter and a slow-burn story writer need completely different setups, and forcing one model to do both jobs is where most disappointment comes from.

The Best CrushOn AI Models Ranked by Use Case

The best CrushOn AI model depends on your roleplay: Carina for everyday immersion, Leo for flirty characters, Sagittarius for slow burns, GLM 4.6 for Pro credits and Ultra Gemini 3.1 Pro for long Ultra sessions.

Here is how the current lineup sorts out, using the short descriptions CrushOn shows in its own model list and the models r/Crushon users keep naming. A “testing” label is CrushOn’s own: it says a model in testing “will be removed” if its results do not meet the standard.

Carina, Leo and Sagittarius for everyday chat

The best free CrushOn AI model as of October 2026 is Crushon Carina. One August r/Crushon thread called it “the only model that feels consistently good,” and a September user who started on free Taurus and Leo said free Carina was “by far the best.” The same user called it “by far the slowest bot” they had ever used, so expect slower replies on the free version.

Carina carries CrushOn’s testing label, so it could disappear. Leo, which CrushOn describes as “Outgoing and passionate,” and Sagittarius, “Persona-aligned and detailed,” carry no testing label, which makes them the safer long-term picks.

Free-line models are unlimited on every plan, Free included, so trying all three costs nothing but time. Taurus, Mochi V4, Stheno, Mistral 24B and Command R sit on the same free line if none of the three fits your character.

GLM 4.6 and DeepSeek V4 Flash when you spend Pro credits

GLM 4.6 is the Pro model r/Crushon credit users mentioned most in October 2026. CrushOn describes it as “Strong consistency with rich descriptions,” and one October user wrote, “I stick to GLM 4.6.”

DeepSeek V4 Flash sits on both lines, at 8K and 16K memory as a Pro model and at 24K and 32K as an Ultra one. The other Pro-only models are GLM 5.3 Flash, Crushon Pavo and Crushon Mira V3, all in testing, plus Pro Qwenna 3. Pro models cost credits on every plan, and the multiplier shows only inside the switcher, so check it before a long session.

A Chat Package, $39.99 a month on top of a Standard to Imperial membership, is the only way to use Pro models without spending credits. CrushOn says it “works alongside any membership,” and neither Free accounts nor Deluxe members can buy it.

Ultra models for long stories and big budgets

Ultra models are unavailable on Free and cost credits on every paid plan. CrushOn’s Ultra line holds 15 models, including Claude Opus 4.6 to Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 4.5 and 4.6, GLM 5 to 5.3, Kimi K3, Gemini 3 Flash and Gemini 3.1 Pro. Seven of them carry the testing label.

For long stories, Ultra Gemini 3.1 Pro is the one the September thread called “very good” at 10 credits x2, a third of its Opus figure. On CrushOn it runs at 8K, 16K or 24K memory, and the 24K version needs Elite or higher, per CrushOn’s own notice.

Which old CrushOn models are gone?

Classical, Aries and Hermes are no longer in CrushOn’s base model list. CrushOn announced Aries in April 2024, r/Crushon users were asking where it went by July 2025, and one user wrote that “Co classical alpha isn’t supported anymore” that same month.

The removals continue in 2026. In October an account answering for CrushOn said Gemini 2.5 Flash “is being completely shut down by it’s creators,” and users noticed Claude Sonnet leaving the Pro line. That churn is why guides that still grade Classical Beta and Hermes 7B are out of date.

Who Should Use the Ultra Models and Who Should Skip Them

You should use Ultra models only if you run long, complex stories on a plan with enough credits to feed them; everyone else gets better value from the free line or a Pro model.

Every Ultra reply spends message credits, and Standard’s 2,000 credits a month disappear fast at the multipliers users report. Ultra starts to make sense on Luxe, at $39.99 for 20,000 credits, or above.

Skip Ultra if you mostly do shorter sessions or are watching your spend. Carina, Leo and Sagittarius cover most people at no credit cost, and the bigger problem people hit is filtering, not model choice.

Here is the quick-pick version if you do not want to read every model profile:

Example scenario: Say you are on Premium with 6,000 credits a month and open a long story on an Ultra model a user lists at 30 credits x2. That is 60 credits a reply, or about 100 replies before the month runs out, while the same story on Carina costs no credits at all.

How to Fix a CrushOn Model That Suddenly Gets Dumb

A good model that suddenly turns forgetful is often a summary setting, a model that changed or left the lineup, or a stale session, and a reset or a model hop fixes most cases.

When replies suddenly get shorter, repetitive, or forgetful, here is the sequence I would run before blaming the model:

• Hard reset. Clear your browser cache and cookies, then reload the chat fresh.
• Model hop. Switch to another model such as Leo for a few messages, then switch back; CrushOn’s own FAQ suggests the same trick.
• Check that your model still exists. CrushOn retires models and labels test models as removable, so a sudden change can be a swap.
• Trim the character card. Long, bloated definitions crowd out the story in an 8K or 16K memory.
• Check your summary settings. CrushOn auto-summarizes every 50 messages on Free and Standard, every 30 on Premium, Luxe and Deluxe, and every 20 on Elite and Imperial.

CrushOn’s summarize dialog also warns that saving a summary as long-term memory “may cause your context memory to become shorter.” If the model keeps speaking or acting as you, add a narrator-only instruction in your system prompt so it stops writing your character’s lines.

For ongoing memory headaches that survive all of this, the deeper CrushOn memory troubleshooting guide walks through the rest.

The Pricing Reality Behind the Models

CrushOn model quality does not scale neatly with price, so the cheapest capable model is often the right answer.

Free accounts get 100 message credits a month, and both sides of a chat count. That is at most about 50 AI replies on Pro models, and fewer on any model with a higher multiplier. Free-line models stay unlimited on every plan, and the CrushOn free plan breakdown covers the rest of the free tier.

The paid ladder runs Standard at $5.99 a month for 2,000 credits, Premium at $14.99 for 6,000, Luxe at $39.99 for 20,000, Elite at $89.99 for 55,000 and Imperial at $199.99 for 125,000. Deluxe, the old unlimited plan, has been closed to new subscribers since August 2025.

Memory comes in classes by plan: Free models run at 8K, Standard to Luxe unlock 16K models, and 24K needs Elite or higher. Some Ultra models also list a 32K version, though CrushOn does not say publicly which plan unlocks it.

My honest take is that most people overpay. Start on Carina, Leo or Sagittarius, confirm you genuinely hit a memory or length wall, and only then spend credits on Pro or Ultra models; the full CrushOn AI review covers features, tiers, and safety.

If memory is your real priority, Nectar AI is the alternative I would reach for. Its Ultimate plan lists long-term memory and a 64K context for $34.99 a month, against CrushOn’s 24K models, which need the $89.99 Elite plan.

When you do decide to move up, a paid plan is what gives you enough credits for the Ultra and Pro models on CrushOn AI. For how CrushOn’s free tier compares with rivals, see no filter chat apps and what each one gives away free.

Quick Takeaways

• The best CrushOn AI model for most people is free-line Carina, with Leo for flirty characters and Sagittarius for slow-burn stories.
• Classical, Aries and Hermes are gone from CrushOn’s model list, so guides that grade them are out of date.
• Free-line models cost no credits on any plan, while every Pro and Ultra reply spends credits at a per-model multiplier.
• Memory depends on your plan: 8K on Free, 16K from Standard to Luxe, and 24K from Elite up.
• Start free, confirm you genuinely hit a memory or length wall, then spend credits only if you need to.