Is OurDream AI free? Free to start, not free to use. Signing up costs nothing and needs no card, but a free account pays 1 dreamcoin per message, and OurDream’s own pages disagree on how many free coins you get: its marketing pages promise 55 on sign-up, while its help center says it does not give free coins and that images and video need a subscription. Paid plans start at $9.99 a month billed yearly ($119.88), or $19.99 month to month, as of September 2026.
Cherrypop.ai publishes this, and we make a competing AI companion app. We pay for OurDream’s Premium Monthly plan ourselves and checked its plan pages, coin store and character creator on September 27, 2026. We did not test a free account, so the free-tier details below come from OurDream’s own help center and marketing pages, dated where they carry a date.
Is OurDream AI free? The short answers
| Question | Answer (as of September 2026) |
|---|---|
| Does signing up cost anything? | No, and no card is needed |
| Chat without an account? | A trial of about 5 messages, per its marketing pages |
| Chat on a free account | 1 dreamcoin per message |
| Free coins on sign-up | 55, per its marketing pages; none, per the help center. Your account shows the real figure |
| Images and video | Subscription required, per the help center; paid from the starting coins, per its marketing pages |
| Voice calls | 50 coins a minute; Premium only, per its AI girl page |
| Buy coins without subscribing? | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | Premium, $119.88 a year ($9.99 a month) |
What OurDream’s free tier includes
OurDream’s coin guide (edited March 2, 2026) sets the rule plainly: subscriber chats cost 0 dreamcoins, free user chats cost 1 dreamcoin per message, and a non-subscriber “will not have access to the majority of these features.” So the free tier is a coin meter, not a daily message allowance.
Where do a free account’s coins come from? OurDream’s own pages disagree:
- Its marketing pages (the free AI girlfriend page, updated March 21, 2026, and the undated AI girl generator page) say you get 55 dreamcoins on sign-up, one time, with no card. The AI girl generator page adds that you can send 5 messages and create a character before making an account, and calls it “a real trial, but it isn’t unlimited.”
- Its help center says “we don’t currently offer free dreamcoins” (August 2025), and a newer community FAQ (August 3, 2026) says “the only way to receive free Dreamcoins is through referrals.”
We did not open a free account, so go by the balance your own account shows after sign-up. Whatever it is, it does not refill: dreamcoins “do not refresh monthly,” per the coin guide, and only subscribers get a monthly deposit.
Images are the second disagreement. OurDream’s free AI girlfriend page (March 2026) says the 55 coins cover messages, character creation and images at 5 coins each, from one pool, and that video is open to free accounts too. The AI girl generator page says they buy “11 free AI girl images” and that the free tier is view-only, with downloads on Premium. An undated help article says: “You need a subscription to generate images and videos.” Plan on the stricter version; any free image eats into the same coins as your messages.
What costs money on OurDream
Almost everything. The plans on our account’s upgrade pages on September 27, 2026 (US prices):
| Plan | Price | Dreamcoins |
|---|---|---|
| Premium Monthly | $19.99 a month | 1,000 a month |
| Premium Yearly | $119.88 a year ($9.99 a month) | 1,000 a month + 1,000 up front |
| Deluxe Monthly | $59.99 a month | 5,000 a month |
| Deluxe Yearly | $359.88 a year ($29.99 a month) | 5,000 a month + 5,000 up front |
Both Premium plans remove the per-message charge on standard chat models. Deluxe adds what its plan page calls “Free thinking models” and “3x chat memory”; the page does not define either. Per the coin guide, OurDream’s “Genius” chat models cost 1 coin per reply; the Deluxe page does not say whether its free thinking models are the same thing.
The coins pay for media. Per the coin guide: an in-chat image costs 5 coins, a standard generation 10 coins for 2 images, a voice call 50 coins a minute, and video 100 coins per 5 seconds, up to 1,200 coins for a 60-second clip. Premium’s 1,000 monthly coins cover about 200 images, or 20 minutes of calls, or 50 seconds of video.
When coins run out, packs cost $11.99 for 1,000, $49.99 for 5,000 and $159.99 for 20,000. You can only buy them with an active subscription, so there is no pay-as-you-go option for free accounts.
What we saw on a paid account
- Text chat cost us nothing. In our August 2026 chat tests on the Default and Balanced models, our coin balance never moved in any of the 193 turns where we logged it. That matches the help center: subscribers chat free, free accounts pay per message.
- Creating a character costs coins. On September 27, “Design with AI” turned a written description into a filled-in character draft for 5 coins (our balance went from 963 to 958). We stopped before saving it; the coin guide lists 10 coins to create a chatbot, with its first two images included, so check the cost your account shows before you save.
- The upsell is loud. Our subscription page leads with a large “Upgrade Your Plan” banner, while “Cancel Subscription” is a small link at the bottom.
The full breakdown of chat quality and plan value is in our OurDream AI review.
How to get free dreamcoins
There are only a few real routes, per OurDream’s help center:
- Referrals. Our account’s referral offer reads “Give 1,000, get 1,000.” Per OurDream’s user guide, both people get the 1,000 dreamcoins only once the referred person subscribes, and every ten such referrals earn the referrer a 10,000-coin bonus.
- Discord contests and events. An August 2025 help article points to its Discord, where it “often” offers coins and runs competitions with coin prizes.
- Gifting. The coin guide lists gifting among the ways to obtain coins.
Skip “unlimited coins” generators and modded apps. OurDream says it has no native iOS or Android app, so an app-store listing under its name is not official, and lookalike sites such as ourdream-ai.uk are separate businesses. Use only ourdream.ai. More on this in is OurDream AI safe.
What happens when you stop paying
Cancel a subscription and you drop back to the free tier, with real losses. Per the help center (February 20, 2026), your images and videos are blurred until you subscribe again, community packs included, and you cannot buy coins. Chat goes back to 1 coin per message.
Leftover coins are murky. That February article says “Coins do not expire!”, while an older cancellation article (December 5, 2025) says unused coins last only until the billing period ends and are not restored if you resubscribe. Spend them and download what you want before your paid period ends. Deleting your account wipes unused coins without a refund.
Is the free tier worth it?
As a taste test, yes. A short free session shows whether you like the writing and the character library, but not images, video, voice or memory, which are what most people pay for.
If you decide to pay, go yearly. Premium Yearly is half the monthly price and covers text chat plus light image use. Deluxe only makes sense if you make video or voice every week. Check the refund rules first: crypto payments are final, and refunds are limited once coins are spent. For a side-by-side with a cheaper chat-first rival, see Candy AI vs OurDream AI.
Free-to-start alternatives to OurDream AI
Cherrypop.ai is free to start, with limits: uncensored AI chat and roleplay with a large catalog of ready-made characters (female, male and trans, realistic and anime), a create-your-own wizard, and AI images of your character, including NSFW. Like OurDream, it charges for media: image generation uses Cherries or a paid plan. Paid plans unlock more messages, images and features; see the site for current pricing. It runs in any mobile browser with no app to install, and it is 18+ only, with age checks where the law requires them (go.cam). More options: OurDream AI alternatives.
FAQ
Is OurDream AI free to use?
Free to try. Signing up costs nothing, but free accounts pay 1 dreamcoin per message, and the help center says images and video need a subscription.
How many free messages do you get on OurDream?
There is no daily allowance. Its marketing pages describe about 5 messages before sign-up and 55 coins after, at 1 coin per message; its help center says it gives no free coins. Go by the balance your account shows.
Can you buy dreamcoins without a subscription?
No. Per the help center, buying coins needs an active subscription. Packs start at $11.99 for 1,000.
Is chat free on OurDream Premium?
On the standard models (we logged Default and Balanced), yes: our balance did not move during logged chats on our paid account. The Genius models cost 1 coin per reply.
Does OurDream have a free trial of Premium?
Not that we could find in its help center or plan pages. The cheapest way in is Premium Yearly at $119.88, or one month at $19.99.
Do OurDream coins expire?
Its help articles conflict. A February 2026 article says coins do not expire; an older one says unused coins are not restored if you cancel and resubscribe. Spend them before your plan ends.