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Best AI companions with video and avatars
Companion apps with video calls, animated avatars or generated video, compared by price and platform support.
Still the strongest product for people who want one companion and a real feeling of continuity. Best for: A long-term, emotionally attentive single companion.
Not built as a companion, but its memory and voice mode make it a legitimate daily chat partner. Best for: Freeform conversation with the most capable model.
A general assistant that doubles as a companion: strong memory, Imagen image generation, Veo video and a Live voice mode. Best for: Multimodal chat with image and video generation.
A near-frontier free assistant: image and video generation, voice chat and 119+ languages — a strong daily chat companion. Best for: Free multimodal chat (text, image, video, voice).
A free, polished ambient companion from the Genshin studio: piano performances, MIDI-to-music-video generation and pen-pal letters. Best for: A free ambient desktop companion with a music soul.
The privacy pick: zero data retention, uncensored characters, images and video from a single subscription. Best for: Uncensored, private AI chat with media tools.
A story-driven isekai RPG where you spend credits on chat, image, music and video generation — no flat subscription, free Mana refreshes daily. Best for: An open-ended isekai adventure with generated media.
Web-based 3D companion with a creator marketplace angle (build companions and earn). Domain moved to avatarone.cc; Pro is $12.99/mo. Best for: A 3D companion without installing anything.
A broad anime studio in the browser: comics, webtoon layouts and even short animated clips. Best for: Anime comics and webtoon-style output.
From the makers of South Park-style simulation: prompt a show, get watchable episodes with characters and plots. Best for: Making watchable AI-generated episodes of your own show.
Common questions about this list
How many apps are on this list?
10 apps meet the criteria for “Best AI companions with video and avatars”. We would rather publish a short, honest list than pad it with apps that only half fit.
Which one should I pick first?
Replika tops this list with an editorial score of 4.1 out of 5 and costs $5.83/mo. That is a starting point, not a verdict — the card under each entry says who it actually suits.
What is the cheapest option here?
Qwen Chat, at Free — and 10 of the 10 listed apps have a free tier you can try first.
Can I sort these by something else?
Yes. The category pages carry the full five-way filter — medium, orientation, price, platform and sort — and the numbers on this list match the numbers there, because both are computed from the same catalogue.