iOS

Millions of community characters with unlimited free text chat

The default starting point: unmatched variety and the most generous free tier in the category.

Memory that survives months, across up to ten companions

The memory benchmark. If continuity is your main requirement, this is the one to beat.

The original AI friend, built around emotional connection

Still the strongest product for people who want one companion and a real feeling of continuity.

The most empathetic free AI, with unlimited voice

Completely free, genuinely warm, and no upsell wall. Not a roleplay product, but an excellent listener.

A clinically grounded wellbeing companion

A companion that is honest about being a tool rather than a relationship.

SoulChat

3.8

Six hand-written companions with long-term memory, free to try without an account

A deliberately hand-authored cast of six rather than a community character library — you trade variety for characters that keep one consistent voice.

AI journal that reflects back with personalized prompts and insights

The strongest AI journal in the directory: 4.7★ from 5,000+ users, emotional pattern analysis, speak-or-type entries.

An open-weight model with a surprisingly strong free chat

Not a companion, but its free, capable chat and long memory make it a credible daily AI friend.

A fast, private European AI assistant

Mistral’s free assistant with web search, image generation and memory — a credible daily chat companion with EU data residency.

Memory, voice mode and the strongest general model

Not built as a companion, but its memory and voice mode make it a legitimate daily chat partner.

Google assistant with image, video and live voice

A general assistant that doubles as a companion: strong memory, Imagen image generation, Veo video and a Live voice mode.

Free character chat that runs locally or in the cloud

The most generous free tier in the category: unlimited chat on locally run models, 600 cloud messages a day, no card required.

Deep character builders with phone-grade voice calls

The best pick for people who will actually fill in the backstory — lazy setup buys you a chatbot.

Alibaba’s free flagship assistant with image and video

A near-frontier free assistant: image and video generation, voice chat and 119+ languages — a strong daily chat companion.

Voice-first AI companion built specifically for mental health

The best-funded wellbeing companion ($93M raised): therapeutic memory, weekly insights and a purpose-built psychology model.

Desktop and mobile client for many AI models in one app

A tidy multi-model client: one app for OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, local models and more, with your keys.

AI journal for mental wellbeing with 50+ thinking frameworks and AI Minds

Journaling plus cognitive training: mental-model prompts, personality mirroring and encrypted privacy-first design.

The most careful conversational partner of the big models

Best for nuanced, long-form conversation; it will decline romantic roleplay firmly.

AI romance with Pixar-grade avatars, voice calls and role-play worlds

Ex-Pixar/Oscar animator avatars, full voice chats and world-based group roleplay — built by self-described ex-Replika users.

A voice-first AI companion built for older adults

Voice-driven companionship with scam detection and family alerts — the standout eldercare option in the category.

A reading companion for early readers

A well-executed, unambiguously safe AI companion for children.

A screen-aware gaming companion that plays along with you

A gaming-focused companion that reads your screen and roleplays along, with voice, Live2D-style visuals and a Romantic mode on higher tiers.

Anime companion and character chat with built-in image generation

A community-driven anime companion hub: build your own character or talk to thousands of user-made ones, with image generation baked into the chat.

Moonshot AI's free assistant, now on the K3 model generation

A generous free general assistant from Moonshot; strong on long documents and agentic work.

Microsoft's AI companion with GPT-5 class models baked in

The free assistant already on every Windows PC and in Edge; Pro unlocks priority models for $20/mo.

An SFW AI boyfriend who remembers your life and texts first

Memory-first, strictly safe-for-work AI boyfriend with proactive check-ins — a rare no-NSFW option for iPhone.

Build, share and own AI companions on an open creator platform

A creator economy for companions: voice-driven agents, community trading and on-chain ownership.

A search-first AI with cited, conversational answers

Less a companion, more a research sidekick, but its free tier and cited answers make it a handy daily AI.

Anime AI art generator and community with daily free credits

The anime-art community pick: strong character LoRAs, galleries to browse, and daily free credits.

An AI dating assistant that drafts the perfect reply

A dating coach, not a companion: screenshot a conversation and get context-aware replies for Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and more.

Romance-first companion with an optional mature mode and a 40+ character roster

A romance-first companion with image generation and an optional mature mode — SFW by default.

Character depth built around an AI boyfriend

One of very few sites that treats male companions as the main product rather than an afterthought.

Anime-focused AI chat and image generation

A fandom-first platform: anime character chat plus strong image generation, aimed at otaku communities.

ByteDance's everyday AI assistant that plans, schedules and answers

Formerly Cici AI: a polished free assistant for chat, planning and daily tasks from ByteDance.

Chat with community-made AI characters, free to start

A lightweight character-chat app focused on a big community library and quick conversations, with image generation as a paid add-on.

3D-avatar AI girlfriend from the studio behind Anima

A mobile-first virtual girlfriend with hardware-accelerated 3D/AR avatars and 2.5M+ downloads.

A pay-as-you-go isekai roleplay game with image, music and video generation

A story-driven isekai RPG where you spend credits on chat, image, music and video generation — no flat subscription, free Mana refreshes daily.

AI companions and girlfriends with an NSFW toggle

A companion platform with custom characters, image generation and voice, offering both SFW and NSFW modes.

Personalized AI bedtime stories for children

Kid-safe story generator: the child becomes the hero, with narration and gentle morals.

Unlimited free text chat across 20M+ characters

The closest thing to Character.AI with a looser filter — as long as you accept an older model on free.

Anime AI art community with generation, models and daily free quota

A bustling anime art community: generate, browse, remix, and publish, with a workable free daily quota.

Voice-forward character roleplay with collectible cards

A mobile-first roleplay app that leans on voice and a playful card-collecting loop.

A polished desktop app for local companions

The easiest way to run a local companion without touching a terminal.

An AI dating simulator to practise romance safely

From the Replika makers: a judgement-free space to practise flirting and relationships with AI crushes — not a sexbot.

Casual mobile character chat with a big bot library

Low-friction and cheap to try, but the free message cap makes Premium near-essential.

Community character chat with mature mode and cheap annual billing

A Character.AI-style alternative that allows mature content and undercuts most rivals on annual billing.

AI self-care panda that tracks mood and coaches you in real time

A free wellbeing companion with a memorable mascot: mood tracking, voice check-ins and CBT-style coaching.

A personal AI that maps your memories, people and priorities

Personal-knowledge-flavoured companion with strong memory tools; pricing is only shown inside the app.

Customisable companions with voice cloning and screen awareness

A flexible companion builder: 2D/3D avatars, voice cloning, long memory and screen sharing, with an optional NSFW toggle.

Unlimited chat with a structured memory system

Cheap, memory-first, and one of the few sites that lets the free tier actually test memory.

A personal AI that learns from you

A digital-memory companion and "digital twin" that learns your voice and stores your memories — productivity first, not romance.

One subscription for many models and community bots

The flexible pick: switch models per conversation, including companion-style bots.

AI characters with layered memory, in free chat or story mode

Memory-led companion community where characters remember you, post on their own, and answer in expressive TTS.

A voiced alien companion that is refreshingly un-creepy

The most interesting voice-first companion to appear recently: friendship without romantic framing.

An emotionally intelligent companion with voice calls and mood tracking

Wellbeing-first companion with a memory graph and fine-grained emotion detection; Pro is $3.99/mo or $29.99/yr.

An AI mental-health companion built on CBT techniques

Therapy-flavoured chat that helps you reframe thoughts and track moods; strictly 18+.

Mobile companion for friendship, flirting or roleplay

Cheap on the annual plan and flexible in tone, with a browser app alongside the mobile ones.

Human-feeling conversation and voice, minimal visuals

Pick this for conversational warmth; skip it if you care about images.

Anime companions alongside a strong art generator

The best pick if you want anime-style characters and image generation in one place.

A judgment-free AI therapist in your pocket

Conversational mental-health support with CBT underpinnings; pricing stays inside the app.

Text adventures where the AI is your game master

Not a companion app, but the best pure narrative engine if you want a story rather than a partner.

Personal AI dating coach for profile, chat and date prep

A pocket dating coach: profile feedback, message help and date coaching with a warm persona.

AI dating app that predicts mutual attraction before you match

AI matchmaking for real dating: Iris learns your type from photos and preferences to surface mutual-attraction matches.

Mobile character chat with a mature-mode toggle

Busy and ad-heavy on free, but the character roster is broad and it is one of few with a clear 17+ rating trail.

AI companion chat with friendly virtual characters and story paths

Mobile-first companion chat with approachable characters and light story progression; free to start.

Voice-first personal agents built to sound present, not just correct

Started as a voice demo; now a mobile preview of four named agents that still lead the field on presence.

Spicy AI roleplay across web and mobile apps

Adult roleplay platform whose web domain is parked (Sedo); iOS and Android apps are live with in-app purchases.

Anime chat with voice and a fast-growing roster

A newer anime-first entrant with solid voice work; worth watching rather than committing to.

A blunt-tongued assistant with companion features

A general assistant first. Fine company for casual banter, but companionship is a sideline here.

The long-running, community-taught chat bot

A chat bot since 2002 with replies crowdsourced by users across 81 languages — playful company, not a deep companion.

Face-to-face video calls with a friendly AI

A neat demonstration of realtime video conversation; useful, if shallow.

A wearable pendant companion that listens and talks back

Hardware, not an app: the Friend 2.0 pendant is an always-listening AI companion you wear on a cord.

Daily free messages with a broad character library

A fine free-tier stopgap; the paid tiers do not clearly beat the leaders.

Free assistant reachable from WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger

Zero-cost and everywhere, but shallow as a companion.

A companion inside the chat app you already have

Convenient and free; treat it as a novelty rather than a companion.

An AI boyfriend for iPhone who texts, calls in one of twelve voices, and reaches out first.

iPhone-only AI boyfriend app with short-bubble texting, voice notes, real-time calls in twelve voices, voicemail, photos from his day, and a readable memory notebook. Free tier caps you at 10 sent messages per day; calls need a subscription.

Live video and voice calls with AI characters you pick or build: their face on screen, answering in real time, and you can interrupt. Free daily text allowance.

Prelulu puts characters on camera: live video and voice calls where they answer in real time, plus text chat and a character builder. Free daily text allowance; paid plans from $9.99/mo. Web, iOS and Android.

Hand-written AI companions who remember you and never judge — free to try, no sign-up needed

A small cast of voiced, photogenic companions with persistent memory and up to 20 custom characters of your own, behind a single $9.99/mo Premium tier.