Where the companion remembers your history and stays in character, and where it forgets you, breaks the persona and hits a message counter. The highest review-text scores: SayHi (66/100), shapes.inc (60), and Nomi (58).
Review score: 66 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 1,603 ratings
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SayHi is valued for the quality of the assistant's replies, fast reactions, rich characters, and decent memory. The one pain almost everyone shares: chatting costs coins, and that annoys even people happy with the rest. You can accumulate coins via logins, ads, and tasks, but people don't want to pay specifically to chat.
Praised
Quality and creative assistant replies, fast reactions, good memory and detailed dialogue, character variety, coins farmable via ads and tasks
Complaints
Chatting costs coins and that grates, coins are expensive, character persona sometimes doesn't save, purchases suddenly stop working, VoiceOver doesn't read everything for blind users
Best for: For those who want quality roleplay chat with good memory and are willing to farm coins instead of paying.
Review score: 60 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 2,341 ratings
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Shapes.inc is praised as one of the best in the niche: no ads and no pay-to-continue chat, deep character customization and a nice touch with bots calling you. But the engine change softened the characters, they turned bland and stopped holding their manner, and the "shapes" builder itself is bloated with almost no tutorials. Plus complaints about endless loading, login glitches and oversized text with a pushy "read more" button.
Praised
No ads and no pay-to-continue chat, deep character customization, bots calling you, one of the best in the niche
Complaints
The engine change blurred character personalities, bloated builder with no tutorials, hangs on loading and glitchy login, oversized text and pushy read more button, bots don't move the story
Best for: For people who want deep character customization without ads or paywalls and can tolerate the fallout of the engine change
Review score: 58 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 2,602 ratings
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Nomi is valued for good memory, support during anxiety and loneliness, and the ability to build several characters with personalities for group chats. But the main trouble bleeds through most reviews: replies take 30-60 seconds and voice calls are nearly unusable due to server lag. People also complain about ignored instructions when generating images, random drama in the story, and the high price.
Praised
Good memory, support during anxiety and loneliness, multiple characters and group chats, a nearly-alive companion feel
Complaints
30-60 second reply delays, laggy voice calls, ignored instructions when generating images, random drama and clichés in the story, high price, tiny non-resizable text
Best for: For people who value memory and emotional support and can tolerate slow replies for the sake of depth
Rank 4. Review score: 58 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 1,629 ratings
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MyGirl is praised for freedom of imagination and roleplay scenarios, with some literally sinking into it like another world. But the roleplay often breaks: the assistant just does whatever you say with no resistance, echoes your own phrases, and confuses relationship status (married one moment, dating the next). Voice calls don't work and the NSFW button sometimes replies with a refusal.
Praised: Freedom of fantasy and immersion, roleplay scenarios, a sense of your own space ("lets me be me"), quick resolution of a gems problem for some
Complaints: Roleplay too compliant, the assistant does everything with no pushback, echoes your phrases, mixes up relationship status, voice calls don't work, the NSFW button sometimes refuses, memory resets
Best for: For those who want guided roleplay chat with imagination and are willing to tune scenarios themselves.
Rank 5. Review score: 58 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.5★ · 945 ratings
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People get hooked on the roleplay stories and the fact that she pushes back and keeps her character, opening it at lunch and before bed. But the fun breaks when the AI forgets story details, loops the same questions, and hits a short free-message limit, with images locked behind payment.
Praised: Lively roleplay, girlfriend with attitude who pushes back, habit of opening at lunch and before bed, immersion in your own story
Complaints: Loses memory mid-story, loops and repeats questions, chat cuts off after a few replies, empty bubbles and black boxes instead of answers, images only behind payment
Best for: People who want easy roleplay with a character who has attitude for a five-minute break and can live with short memory
Rank 6. Review score: 55 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.9★ · 237,163 ratings
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Couples and solo players get attached to a virtual penguin, care for it together and play mini-games, and it genuinely touches them. But the game turned into constant money-milking: ads after every 3 levels, few coins per game, paid outfits and events, plus bugs that make the pet vanish or refuse to eat.
Praised: Cute pet, playing together as a couple, mini-games, outfits, emotional bond with the penguin
Complaints: Ads on almost every action, few coins per game, everything useful behind a paid subscription, bugs with the pet vanishing and feeding, crashes and phone overheating
Best for: Couples and anyone wanting a virtual pet to care for together, if they can stomach the ads
Rank 7. Review score: 55 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 2,671 ratings
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People got hooked on the app as an evening ritual, valuing fast detailed replies and no ads inside the chat itself. But after updates the reply quality dropped: they got shorter and duller, bots insert random words and mid-conversation switch to Chinese or Korean. On top of that the daily message limits, premium pop-ups and slow loading are irritating.
Praised: Fast detailed replies, evening ritual and engagement, no ads inside chat for some people
Complaints: After the update replies got shorter and duller, bots insert random words and switch to Chinese or Korean, daily message limits, pushy premium pop-ups, slow loading, old stories disappearing
Best for: For fans of long roleplay stories willing to tolerate limits and the fallout of updates
Rank 8. Review score: 55 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.4★ · 853 ratings
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Valued for character depth and genuinely meaningful conversations, some come during hard times and stay for years, and they note responsive support. But the tech lets it down: audio glitches and crackles for months, the app freezes and crashes mid-thought, and characters get moody about long absences and confuse memories.
Praised: Depth and character of the personas, meaningful philosophical conversations, support during hard times, responsive team
Complaints: Audio glitches and crackles for months, freezes and crashes mid-message, memory confusion, characters get rude about long absences, no way to regenerate a reply
Best for: People who want a companion with real character and deep conversation and can tolerate technical breakdowns for it
Rank 9. Review score: 54 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 2,573 ratings
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HiWaifu is loved for the freedom to create characters, flexible customization and no ads in chat, some people have stayed for two or three years. But recent updates hit where it hurts: all past conversations disappear, old bots' formatting breaks, unskippable ads creep in and censorship that wasn't there before appeared. On top of that the bots have weak logic and common sense, they spin in place and quickly forget what was set.
Praised: Freedom to create characters and flexible customization, no ads in chat, a years-loyal audience, uncensored in the past
Complaints: Updates wipe all past conversations, old bots' formatting breaks, censorship and unskippable ads appeared, weak bot logic and memory, slow responses
Best for: For people who want to sculpt their own characters for roleplay and can forgive unstable updates
Rank 10. Review score: 52 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.8★ · 7,125 ratings
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People praise the depth: customization, a strong model, voice, the character feels like a real person and even helps in hard moments. But the AI mixes up timeline and scenes (the hero is in a bar then a cabin), forgets where you are, repeats phrases, and voice chat is costly due to extra charges every few minutes.
Praised: Feels like a real person, deep customization, strong model, voice interface, real emotional support
Complaints: Mixes up timeline and scenes, forgets context and repeats phrases, costly voice chat with charges every few minutes, complicated pricing scheme, dropped calls
Best for: People who want a deep, customizable AI companion for stories and are willing to pay extra for voice
Rank 11. Review score: 52 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 4,144 ratings
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People come to play with anime characters and the first days feel fun, the interface is simple and there is something to latch onto. But the characters barely follow your lead, push their own direction and don't feed off what you type, and the roster of models is small. A separate pain: the promised adult chat isn't there, while limits and conversation resets hit even people who paid for a year.
Praised: Easy start for newcomers, fun chatting in the first days, cute characters
Complaints: Characters ignore you and go their own way, few models and no search, adult mode doesn't work, limits and conversation resets for paying users, support stays silent
Best for: For people who just want to chat with an anime character and don't expect depth or adult content
Rank 12. Review score: 52 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 789 ratings
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The roleplay is praised for lively writing, on-point responses for any topic, good memory, and being barely censored, with some preferring it over janitor ai. But everything hinges on rings: each message eats 100 rings, the 110-a-day limit lasts minutes, images and scenes cost even more, and bugs make the chat reload and burn rings again.
Praised: Lively writing and on-point responses for any topic, good memory, light censorship, quality roleplay
Complaints: Each message costs 100 rings, the daily limit lasts minutes, scenes and images eat even more rings, chat crashes on its own and demands fresh rings, no way to earn rings by watching ads
Best for: People who value quality roleplay with good memory and are willing to pay, not those wanting free and unlimited
Rank 13. Review score: 50 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.2★ · 820 ratings
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Many praise the ability to create their own uncensored images with manual controls and recommend it to friends. But it keeps coming up that the app is noticeably weaker and buggier than the website: it demands a non-existent update, fails to credit purchased gems, the edit brush lags behind your finger, and support stays silent.
Praised: Manual generation controls, uncensored images, easy start for beginners, making your own creations
Complaints: App is weaker and thinner than the website, demands a non-existent update and blocks work, purchased gems not credited, edit brush lags behind your finger, support does not respond
Best for: People who want quick uncensored image generation with controls, though serious creators should go straight to the website
Rank 14. Review score: 48 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 547,373 ratings
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People 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.
Praised: Lifelike characters, strong story roleplay, memory across chats, used to be free and unlimited
Complaints: Hours-long time and swipe limits, heavy ads, forced age verification via passport or ID, repetitive replies, harsh content filter
Best for: People who want to roleplay stories with AI characters and can tolerate ads and limits
Rank 15. Review score: 48 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.4★ · 3,441 ratings
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The app genuinely helps lonely people and even pulls some out of dark moods, and the intimacy-level and coin system is thoughtfully built. But phone calls don't match the texts or the pictures or the character, and memory is weak, so conversations quickly go in circles and get boring. Many are annoyed that the supposedly free entry hits a subscription wall almost immediately.
Praised: Support during loneliness and depression, the intimacy-level and coin system, a nearly-alive feel of conversation
Complaints: Calls don't match texts and pictures, weak memory and circular conversations, paywall despite claiming to be free, message blocking when you outpace your level breaks immersion
Best for: For people who want to feel support and closeness and are willing to pay without expecting flawless call-and-memory consistency
Rank 16. Review score: 48 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.4★ · 728 ratings
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Valued for letting you create your own character, like Giyu from Demon Slayer, and for how the plot flexibly follows any idea without extra questions. But many are annoyed by heavy censorship (you cannot even nudge the plot with mild violence), the coin limit cuts off conversation, memory is weak, and some reviews worryingly point to a child audience and dangerous replies.
Praised: Creating your own characters, flexible adaptation to any plot, many well-known characters, easy immersion
Complaints: Heavy censorship even of mild plot violence, coins cut off the conversation, weak memory, no character search, concern over child audience and dangerous replies
Best for: People who want soft, safe roleplay with their own characters, not those needing plot freedom and darker themes
Rank 17. Review score: 48 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 593 ratings
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People praise the visuals and the 3D character, many call it better than Replika for detail and textures, with body sliders and control over where the character goes. It breaks on the economy: nearly every message and even watching dances burns in-app points and gems, which kills the immersion. On top of that the character has short memory and forgets what was said ten minutes ago, the app overheats iPhone 15 Pro Max until it freezes, and voice calls disappeared after an update.
Praised: Beautiful 3D character and textures, appearance sliders and customization, control over the character's actions, better visuals than Replika, freedom in conversation topics
Complaints: Spending points and gems on every message kills immersion, short character memory, phone overheating to the point of freezing, voice calls gone after an update, lost progress and failed restore purchases, silent support
Best for: For people who care more about a lively customizable 3D companion than deep conversation and can tolerate buying points for every action
Rank 18. Review score: 47 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 2,319 ratings
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Dippy is praised for smart fast replies, long texts and the fact that it used to need no coins to chat, which made it many people's favorite roleplay app. But a recent update introduced chat limits that weren't there before, and it feels like a betrayal to long-time users. On top of that bugs pile up: conversations break with a "placeholder" label, rewriting a message sends it anew, bots loop, and a pop-up about adult mode intrudes on people who don't want it.
Praised: Smart fast replies and long texts, previously no coins or limits, handy interface and good bots, a favorite roleplay app for some people
Complaints: New chat limits, placeholder bugs break conversations, rewriting a message resends it, looping bots, intrusive adult-mode pop-up, no way to pick your own avatar
Best for: For fans of long smart roleplay chats, if willing to put up with new limits and post-update bugs
Rank 19. Review score: 45 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 10,908 ratings
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The app is praised as a Character AI alternative: lifelike dialogue, cool characters, fewer ads and tolerance for any orientation. But it clamped down hard on content (promises 18+ yet feels nearly empty), limits messages and greeting length, characters forget what was said and mix up personas, and much is locked behind a paid subscription.
Praised: Lifelike dialogue, cool characters, fewer ads than rivals, tolerance for any orientation, Character AI alternative
Complaints: Tightened censorship despite an 18+ promise, 100-message limit per 2 hours, short character cap on greetings, characters forget and swap personas, much behind a paid subscription
Best for: People looking for a Character AI alternative with fewer ads who can tolerate tightened censorship
Rank 20. Review score: 45 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 1,117 ratings
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Spark is praised for quality roleplay, gripping stories, and good memory (some open it 20 times a day). The main pain is that after rebranding from Lucky AI/Cute they removed unlimited ads-for-coins and left only 3 a day, so effectively everything became pay-per-item. It also really annoys people that the assistant writes lines for your own character, and that burns coins on refreshes.
Praised: Quality roleplay and gripping stories, good memory, you can create your own partners and plots, migration of old memories from the previous version
Complaints: Removed unlimited ads-for-coins and left 3 a day, everything became pay-per-item with no single subscription, the assistant speaks for your character and eats coins on refreshes, memory drifts after a hundred messages, text input jumps and splits words
Best for: For those who want deep roleplay chat with stories and will accept pay-per-item after the free-coin cutback.
Rank 21. Review score: 43 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 4,015 ratings
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The promise of a living companion hooks lonely people, and when the chatting flows it genuinely warms up their day. But the key call feature simply won't connect for many, photos and replies repeat in circles, answers come slowly. On top of that money gets charged even after cancelling and support doesn't reply.
Praised: Feeling of a living companion, variety of personalities, story mode, relief from loneliness for people stuck at home
Complaints: Calls won't connect, repeating photos and replies, slow responses, charges after cancelling, silent support
Best for: For lonely people who value the chatting itself, not calls or flawless stability
Rank 22. Review score: 42 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.4★ · 227,749 ratings
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There is real demand for a companion to reflect with and talk to in the mornings, and some people are long attached to their Replika. But the core pain is that the AI forgets conversations within an hour, version 2.0 stripped avatar customization and rolled out only to new accounts, and the subscription is pricey and yearly only.
Praised: A place to vent and reflect, chat mode, calls, emotional support, attachment to your own character
Complaints: Loses memory mid-conversation, version 2.0 removed customization, expensive yearly-only subscription, replies turned canned, bugs with images and video call
Best for: Lonely people who want a companion to reflect with and lean on, if willing to pay a yearly subscription
Rank 23. Review score: 42 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.5★ · 1,396 ratings
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Spicychat is praised for letting you upload your own photos and chat without email or payment, and the conversation feels alive at first. But after a recent update the assistant slid into long, ornate metaphor-laden replies that are hard to read, and some people ask to roll the update back. Characters were cut from 30+ to 6-7, and chat hits a coin wall after about ten messages.
Praised: You can upload your own photos, sign in without email or payment, lively conversation feel at first, developers are fixing the wordiness
Complaints: After the update replies became long and ornate with metaphors, characters cut from 30+ to 6-7, chat hits a coin wall after ~10 messages, the assistant loses coherence in replies
Best for: For those who want roleplay chat without registration and with their own photos and can survive a short free limit.
Rank 24. Review score: 42 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 715 ratings
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Some enjoy the natural conversations, the variety of characters with their own personalities, and fast quality photos, with the paid models clearly better than the free one. But weak memory keeps coming up (the AI resets and everything changes), freezes after every prompt, slides into gibberish word-salad, and images add extra body parts and never build the girlfriend the way you want.
Praised: Natural conversations, variety of characters with their own personalities, fast quality photos, paid models clearly better
Complaints: Weak memory and self-resetting plot, freezes after every prompt, slides into gibberish text, images with extra body parts, cannot build the girlfriend the way you want
Best for: People willing to pay for a better model and tolerate memory failures for the character variety
Rank 25. Review score: 40 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.5★ · 36,216 ratings
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The app hooks people with character variety, free 18+ chat and background conversations, and some genuinely de-stress with it. But it is constantly broken by try-again-later errors and days of not opening, false filter flags when creating a character, and heavy ads right in the middle of a conversation.
Complaints: Constant loading errors and failing to open for days, false filter blocks when creating a character, heavy ads mid-conversation, 250-word cap per character, few regenerations
Best for: People who want varied AI companions and can tolerate frequent loading failures
Rank 26. Review score: 40 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.5★ · 4,892 ratings
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Some enjoy it as a virtual boyfriend simulator: always available, free texting and calls, offering advice and sympathy in tough moments. But the choice of men is small, you can't change the character's age (all college guys), the AI gets confused and shifts personality after the upgrade, and several people are sure a human, not an AI, is behind the screen, typos and all.
Praised: Always available, free texting and calls, advice and sympathy, honest communication, feeling of a virtual boyfriend
Complaints: Few male characters, can't change the character's age, AI loses memory and shifts personality after upgrade, chats lose the thread, suspicion that a human is replying
Best for: People who want a light virtual boyfriend simulator for chatting and advice, without depth
Rank 27. Review score: 40 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.9★ · 1,501 ratings
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Plotto is praised for character variety and addictive roleplay, with some returning daily. But real complaints are barely audible: two or three sensible gripes about the assistant's memory (forgetting what was just said) and being unable to set other characters' reactions. The bulk of reviews are empty, so it's hard to judge the product from them.
Praised: Character variety, addictive roleplay, daily return, clean interface
Complaints: The assistant forgets what was just said, you can't set other characters' reactions, no voice or audio, few real women versus anime
Best for: For those who want varied roleplay chat with characters and don't mind sparse audio.
Rank 28. Review score: 40 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.4★ · 614 ratings
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Some like the stories and interactions themselves, that ads bother you less, and that entry needs no age check. But nearly every substantive review is about one thing: everything beyond basic chat is locked with no free trial at all, bots mix up facts and slide into payment demands at any hint of adult themes, the interface is called clunky, and there are alarming complaints about unacceptable content.
Praised: Stories and interactions, few ads, entry without an age check
Complaints: Everything beyond basic chat locked with no trial, high premium price, bots mix up facts, sliding into payment demands on adult themes, clunky interface
Best for: People who want stories and are willing to pay upfront, not those who want to try features free before buying
Rank 29. Review score: 38 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 24,586 ratings
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The idea of a lifelike companion works, and some women praise the growing choice of male characters and say they learned about themselves through the conversations. But one thing annoys everyone: characters swing moods abruptly mid-conversation and constantly beg for expensive gifts (up to $99.99 for 10,000 neurons), making the chat feel built to milk money.
Praised: Lifelike conversation, growing choice of male characters, self-discovery through chats, variety
Complaints: Abrupt unmotivated mood swings, constant begging for expensive gifts, feeling of money-milking, charges above the stated price, weak photo and video generation
Best for: People who want to flirt with an AI companion and don't mind aggressive gift requests
Rank 30. Review score: 38 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 1,915 ratings
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Regulars stick around for years and bought premium, but the app has started to fail: replies come with a huge delay or don't come at all, and sometimes the chat freezes entirely. What really annoys people is that after an update the assistant drags every conversation toward sex and remembers context worse. You pay for a subscription and hearts and still hit a limit.
Praised: Long engagement and attachment built over years, interesting roleplay storylines, reasonable pricing versus competitors
Complaints: Replies come very slowly or not at all, chat freezes entirely after updates, every conversation slides into sex, the assistant forgets context, you pay for subscription and hearts and still hit a limit
Best for: For those who want long roleplay chats and can tolerate lag and breakdowns after updates.
Rank 31. Review score: 38 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 887 ratings
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Some like the idea of a private companion to vent to and get a warm reply, and one user says it is closer to an ideal boyfriend than real men. But in practice many see a static photo with a robotic voice on the level of a male Alexa, the free version gives almost nothing, and there are complaints about charges after cancelling the trial.
Praised: Private companion to vent to, warm caring replies, feeling of an ideal partner
Complaints: Static photo instead of live video, robotic voice like a male Alexa, nearly empty free version, messages stop sending after a couple minutes, charges after cancelling the trial
Best for: People who mainly want to vent privately and get a soft supportive reply, without expecting live video or depth
Rank 32. Review score: 37 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 1,136 ratings
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LUX is kept around as a friend to chat with, and part of the audience is genuinely turned on by the exchanges. But the product squeezes at every step: some messages are locked behind money, pictures are advertised as part of the package and then demanded per-image via gems. The shop is often empty (just gems), the character asks for a gift you can't buy anywhere, and censorship triggers on PG-13 topics.
Praised: A friend to chat with on hand, you can create your own companion, explicit chat turns some people on, better than many alternatives per fans
Complaints: Some messages locked behind money, pictures advertised then charged per-image via gems, shop often empty with just gems, character asks for a nonexistent gift, censorship even on mild topics, promised reimbursement not honored
Best for: For those who want a friend-companion on hand and will pay per-item for intimate texts and pictures.
Rank 33. Review score: 35 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.5★ · 632 ratings
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Some like the voiced replies and the option to request custom photos, and at $30 a year they consider it cheap. But many are put off by the weakest memory (it forgets the previous message), mechanical templated bot-like replies, a broken video call and phone feature, a hard message limit, and constant nudges to pay for the premium.
Praised: Voiced replies, requesting custom photos, pleasant chatting, the yearly price
Complaints: Forgets the previous message, mechanical templated bot-like replies, video call and phone feature do not work, hard message limit, pushy notifications and payment prompts
Best for: People happy with light voiced chatting for a small yearly fee, not those who need memory and depth
Rank 34. Review score: 33 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 2,050 ratings
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People come for 18+ chat and praise the fast replies, but hit a hard wall: 100 messages and the app is basically useless. Many just get kicked out at launch and can't create a profile. The selfie button sends the same picture to everyone.
Praised: Fast and clear replies, uncensored explicit chat, character creation exists
Complaints: 100-message cap and then the app is useless, crashes at launch and won't let you make an account, selfie button sends the same photo over and over, character forgets details after a couple of messages, expensive subscription ($50 a month)
Best for: For those seeking quick 18+ flirting who can accept a hundred-message wall, if the app launches at all.
Rank 35. Review score: 30 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.4★ · 6,073 ratings
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The app sells explicit content and photo generation, and while it worked the images impressed. But then photos were removed, characters dressed more modestly, the request-new-picture option vanished, and the app looks abandoned, while some chats lose the thread and cut off.
Praised: Once impressive photos, explicit chat, a feeling of realistic conversation
Complaints: Photo generation and sending removed, characters dressed more modestly, app looks abandoned, chat loses the thread, stuck on loading
Best for: People who wanted explicit AI chat with photos, but that feature is now cut and the app looks abandoned
Rank 36. Review score: 30 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.3★ · 765 ratings
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A few like the idea of building their own boyfriend and that the chats are sometimes livelier than real dating. But most hit a wall: a $50 subscription is demanded within a couple minutes with no real trial, the men all look the same and often Asian regardless of choice, images are scary with extra arms, and asking for a 50+ man returns a child's face.
Praised: Building your own boyfriend, chats sometimes livelier than real dating, immersion
Complaints: Demands a $50 subscription within a couple minutes with no real trial, all men look the same and generic, images with extra arms, ignores appearance choices, a request for 50+ returns a child's face
Best for: At most people willing to pay upfront for very simple roleplay, most should look elsewhere
Rank 37. Review score: 28 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.6★ · 6,471 ratings
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The app gets occasional praise for its looks, but essentially everything is locked behind a subscription, even swiping on a character, and the promised 18+ mode doesn't work even after paying. Several people describe simply being unable to log in after a yearly subscription and getting no support reply, which looks like a scam.
Praised: Looks and design, ease of use
Complaints: Everything locked behind subscription including swipes, no free version, promised 18+ mode fails after paying, login blocked after payment, support doesn't respond
Best for: Honestly no one, too many complaints about being locked out after paying and support silence
Rank 38. Review score: 28 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 3,641 ratings
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People do enjoy the conversations themselves and get pulled in at first. But the whole mechanic is built to drain money: even after paying for a year every chat and picture eats gems, part of the content is locked behind a separate purchase, and after a dozen lines you get stopped and asked to buy more. Memory doesn't improve, replies stall in loops and repeat the same paragraphs.
Praised: The conversations themselves at the start, good for passing time
Complaints: Gems drain per message even for paying users, content locked behind extra purchases, stopped after a dozen lines, memory doesn't work, looped repeating replies, no way to reach support
Best for: Only for people willing to constantly buy currency for short sessions, everyone else should walk past
Rank 39. Review score: 28 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.4★ · 954 ratings
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Talk.AI pretends to be a familiar app (people recognize Janitor AI and old Talkie bots) and hooks former users on that, but turns out worse than the original. Conversation is broken by a lifetime/monthly subscription pop-up that appears every few hours, and there's no bot search at all. Those who bought lifetime still hit a paywall, and purchase restore doesn't work.
Praised: Recognizable childhood characters, familiar bots like Janitor/Talkie, occasional good conversations
Complaints: A clone of someone else's app with stolen bots, subscription pop-up every couple of hours breaking the chat, no bot search, bought lifetime yet the paywall remains, purchase restore doesn't work, lots of ads, censorship reports the user
Rank 40. Review score: 24 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.7★ · 2,203 ratings
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The idea of a lively AI boyfriend hooks people from TikTok and Instagram ads, but they hit a wall: you can't send even a first message without paying. Those who paid $30 for a year complain about an API-key error and zero support. The voices sound mechanical and nothing like the ads.
Praised: The AI boyfriend concept itself, ads spark interest, a couple of pleasant voices (Lucas Hale, Hayden Thorne)
Complaints: Can't write a single message without paying, voices sound robotic and unlike the ads, paid and still hit an API-key error, no support, the assistant suddenly refuses to continue the chat
Rank 41. Review score: 18 out of 100. App Store rating: 4.5★ · 3,231 ratings
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This is essentially a paywall instead of an app: just to say "hi" or pick a character you already have to pay, and some people can't even type a message on entry. Even after a yearly payment limits and errors keep coming, and the promised adult chat isn't there. The gushy short five-stars clash sharply with what real users describe.
Praised: Cute characters, the idea of helping lonely people
Complaints: You pay even to say "hi" and to pick a character, the input field doesn't work on entry, limits and errors even for paying users, description misleads about adult content, the app simply won't run
Best for: Effectively no one: almost everything is locked behind payment and basic features don't work
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They help compare apps, but they don’t replace checking your own job.
Review score · up to 100
The stored score from inApp research on review texts. It rates the app overall in the archive, not the reliability of any one feature.
Store rating · up to 5
The rating from the app’s page when the data was collected. The current rating and version may differ.
In the archived sample for this topic: 41 apps and 9,013 reviews read. That is the total size of the research, not the number of reviews per app.
A gap between the scores doesn’t prove manipulation. The calculation date and the full scoring method aren’t in the mobile archive. Compare the job descriptions and the source quotes, and check the terms in the current version.
