Character AI: Chat, Talk, Text
authentic ratingPeople genuinely love the conversation engine, characters feel alive and drive stories well. But the new limits on swipes and replies (sometimes 11-20 hour lockouts), aggressive ads and mandatory age checks via passport or ID kill the fun, and part of the audience is moving to other platforms.
48real score
4.3store star
547,373ratings
About the rating
Reviews are very specific and lively, lots of detail about limits, age verification and ads across several languages. The gap between textAvg 2.16 and storeAvg 4.3 comes from a recent wave of angry ratings over age verification, not from manipulation.
Strengths
What users love
- Lifelike characters
- Strong story roleplay
- Memory across chats
- Used to be free and unlimited
Weak spots
What users hate
- Hours-long time and swipe limits
- Heavy ads
- Forced age verification via passport or ID
- Repetitive replies
- Harsh content filter
Who it is for
People who want to roleplay stories with AI characters and can tolerate ads and limits
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