How to Use Secrets AI: Complete Beginner's Guide (2026)

Getting up and running on Secrets AI takes under five minutes — no app download, no personal data required beyond an email address, and your first character conversation is free. This step-by-step walkthrough covers account creation, choosing and customizing your first AI companion, exploring media features, managing your Moments budget, and enabling privacy settings.

Step 1 — Create Your Account

Open any browser and go to secrets.ai. The platform is a web application — no installation required on desktop or mobile. Click the sign-up button and enter an email address and password. You do not need to provide your real name or any additional personal information during registration.

Account creation takes under 60 seconds. Once confirmed, your account opens with 200 free Moments already credited — the platform's virtual currency for generating images, videos, and voice calls. The full character library is accessible immediately; nothing is locked behind a paywall at the browsing stage.

If you want a detailed breakdown of what each plan unlocks, the complete Secrets AI pricing guide covers all five tiers with exact Moments allocations.

Step 2 — Choose Your First Character

The character library currently holds approximately 94 pre-built AI companions, sorted by personality type, appearance, and scenario. Browsing is free and requires no commitment. Each profile shows the character's name, a short description, and a visual preview.

Alternatively, create a custom character — your first custom build costs no Moments. The customization interface lets you define:

• Ethnicity, body type, hairstyle, and eye color
• Voice selection from six available options
• Personality traits: confidence level, playfulness, dominance, and intelligence
• Profession and hobbies that shape conversational context
• A free-text field for additional personalization details

The more detail you add to a custom character profile, the more specific and consistent the AI's responses become. Vague profiles produce generic conversations; detailed ones produce noticeably more coherent interactions. For a full breakdown of what the customization system can do, see the features overview.

Step 3 — Start Your First Conversation

After selecting or creating a character, the chat interface opens with a set of conversation starters — a mix of casual and more suggestive options to set the interaction tone. You are not required to use them; you can type your own opening immediately.

The AI chatbot responds naturally and typically follows up with questions to continue the exchange. Set the conversational tone in the first few messages — Secrets AI's model adapts to how the user writes, mirroring formality, playfulness, or directness over time.

Free accounts are limited to 20 messages per day. Text messages cost 1-2 Moments each, making them the cheapest feature by a significant margin. If you want richer conversations earlier, being specific and detailed in your messages produces substantially better AI engagement than short or vague prompts.

Step 4 — Explore Media Features

Once the conversation is established, three media generation options become available from within the chat interface.

Generate Images

Tap the image generation button in chat. Each generation produces a set of images tied to your companion's appearance and the current conversation context. Cost runs 25-50 Moments per image. When you first create a character, four images are auto-generated at no cost so you have an immediate visual reference.

Create Videos

Select an existing companion image, add a text prompt describing the desired movement or action, and submit. The AI processes the request in approximately two minutes. Cost ranges from 50 Moments for a 3-second clip up to 600 Moments for a longer generation. Video generation requires the Lite plan or higher — free accounts cannot access this feature.

For an in-depth look at the video system, the video generator guide covers quality, cost math by tier, and tips for better results.

Try Voice Calls

Voice calls use six distinct voice options, with tone that adapts to conversation context. The cost is 100 Moments per minute, making it the second most expensive feature after long video clips. Voice calls are available from the Lite tier upward.

Step 5 — Manage Your Moments

Moments are tracked in your account settings panel. Understanding the cost structure helps you avoid depleting your balance unexpectedly:

Free accounts start with 200 Moments — enough for roughly four images or two minutes of voice, with nothing left for video. If you exhaust your free allocation, top-up bundles start at 1,980 Moments for $5.99 and scale up to 118,800 Moments for $249.99.

The Plus plan at $9.99/month includes unlimited text messaging plus 3,000 Moments per month, which is the practical entry point for regular media use. If you want a structured comparison of what each plan provides, the free vs premium breakdown lays it out in full.

Step 6 — Enable Privacy Features

Secrets AI includes a Private Mode setting that activates end-to-end encryption for your conversations. This is configured per conversation rather than globally — you toggle it within each chat session individually.

Private Mode prevents conversation content from being used for AI training. This distinction matters if data privacy is a factor in your decision. One practical detail worth knowing: the billing descriptor on card statements appears as "Sun Clinical Laboratories" rather than Secrets AI, which provides an additional layer of discretion.

Tips for New Users

Several patterns make the first experience noticeably better:

• Start with text before spending Moments on media. The conversation quality is the core product — test it thoroughly before committing budget to images or video.
• Do not spend all 200 starting Moments on video. Images at 25-50 Moments each give you more outputs to evaluate the visual quality before spending 600 on a single video clip.
• Build a detailed character profile. The AI companion's memory and personality consistency improves significantly when the base profile is specific.
• Free memory is genuinely limited — the system retains roughly 2-3 exchanges before earlier context fades. Paid tiers unlock meaningful recall windows (30 days on Plus, unlimited on Premium).
• Add secrets.ai to your home screen via your browser's "Add to Home Screen" option. This creates a Progressive Web App shortcut that behaves like a native mobile app without requiring an installation.
• The Plus plan at $9.99/month is widely considered the value sweet spot for users moving past casual testing.

Common Issues and Solutions

For a broader view of what the platform offers beyond the basics, the Secrets AI full review covers the complete feature set, pricing, and our overall assessment.

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