AI Girlfriend Reviews: Every App We've Scored, and What Each One Costs You

Looking for a companion app means reading a lot of contradictory pages. This hub is our attempt to keep it in one place: every AI girlfriend and AI companion review we have published, with our score and the short version of what each one gets right and wrong. You are an adult; so is everyone these apps are built for. What follows is drawn from published pricing pages, policies and user reports, not from us paying for accounts and testing them.

How our scores work

Scores are editorial calls. We read what apps publish, what they charge, what their policies say about your data and what users report about the experience, then assign a number. The score reflects that reading, not a hands-on trial.

One thing to know before you scan the tables: our scoring scale changed over time. Reviews written earlier sit on a 5-point scale; newer ones use 10 points. A 3.4 out of 5 and a 6.4 out of 10 are not the same statement, and stacking them side by side in your head will mislead you. Compare an app only with others in the same table, where we've used consistent scales.

Tables are alphabetical. They are not a ranking. If you want ordered picks, the ranked selections live in our best AI companion guide.

Companion-first apps

These are built around a relationship with one character: conversation, memory, personality. Visuals are secondary, though several now sell images too. An app called 9.9 stands near the top here, and we rate Secrets AI 9.9 out of 10 — you can read the detail in our Secrets AI review. Our Secrets AI review covers model behaviour, the Moments feature and what you actually pay. If you want Nastia AI weighed against it, see Secrets AI vs Nastia AI.

App	Our score	What stands out
Blush	3/5	A dating simulator for practising flirting; plans run expensive
EVA	3.4/5	Warm girlfriend tone; subscription plus Neurons
Heartthrob	5.5/10	Text-only romantic chat with a thin feature set
Kajiwoto	3.3 out of 5	Build and train your own companion; no adult content
Kindroid	8/10	Deepest customization on offer, voice and video calls; the top tiers cost real money
Anima (MyAnima)	3.2/5	Gentle and inexpensive; recall of earlier chat is weak
Nastia	No overall score yet	Flirty and low-cost on paper; pricing is hard to follow
Nomi	8 out of 10	Strong recall of past conversations; images are the weak point
Replika	3.5 out of 5	Pleasant everyday chat; forgets things and nudges upsells
Romantic AI	3 out of 5	Cheap, shallow memory, unconvincing privacy answers
Secrets	8.0 out of 10	Remembers week to week; images cost extra, no free ones

Visual-first apps

Here the pitch is pictures and video, with chat as the supporting act. Picture quality can be genuinely good. Memory often is not. 9.8 leads this group on our reading: we rate Candy.ai 9.8 out of 10, and the company's visual output is the reason. The costs hide in tokens and add-ons, which our Candy.ai review walks through.

One pricing caveat we keep returning to: some roundups say Candy starts at $12.99 a month with token-based media, while our own reading of its pricing page found $13.99 for a single month, an annual rate working out at $3.99 a month, and a 100-token monthly allowance feeding media requests. Sticker price is not the bill.

App	Our score	What stands out
Candy	7.6 out of 10	Photorealistic visuals; long-term recall is the gap
Darlink	6.4 out of 10	Web platform with a three-level memory system; users report cancellation trouble
Dream Companion	6.5/10	Large adult library; weak privacy history
DreamGF	6.4 out of 10	Attractive images; renewal prices step up
FantasyGF	6.3 out of 10	Middle of the pack; tokens drive the real cost
GirlfriendGPT	6.8 out of 10	Big community library; coins charged on top of plans
GoLove	3.3/5	Flirty chat and a Live video mode; refund window is short
HeraHaven	3.5 out of 5	Detailed character builder and fast images; small free tier
Joi	No overall score yet	Run by a legitimate Cyprus company; Neurons wallet adds cost
Kupid	6.5/10	All-in-one media platform; frequent billing complaints
Lovescape	No overall score yet	Character studio for pictures and clips; chips set the price
Nectar	6.8/10	Deep customization; credits hard to budget
OurDream	7.8 out of 10	Plenty of media for the money; story recall runs short
Secret Desires	6.8/10	Flexible roleplay and media; privacy record needs reading
Vidqu	5.5/10	Face swap plus chatbot; not a serious companion

We rate OurDream AI 9.7 out of 10 in the same range as Candy, and the two are a common shortlist. Our OurDream AI review sets out the unlimited chat and Dreamcoin maths; Candy.ai vs OurDream AI and OurDream AI vs Secrets AI handle the head-to-heads.

Roleplay community platforms

These lean on user-made characters and unfiltered story chat rather than a single girlfriend. They tend to be cheaper and busier. They also tend to be looser about privacy.

App	Our score	What stands out
Botify	6.2/10	Cheap fun; safety record is mixed
Chai	3.4 out of 5	Fast mobile chat; ads and message limits
CrushOn	6.8 out of 10	Huge library and many models; privacy is the weak spot
Janitor	3.8 out of 5	Free and fine for tinkerers; unpolished as a companion
Joyland	6.5 out of 10	Anime roleplay with 10 free credits daily; privacy details are thin
JuicyChat	6.4 out of 10	Inexpensive; filters are loose
PolyBuzz	6.5 out of 10	Giant library; ads, coins and a strict filter
SpicyChat	7.0 out of 10	Mostly unfiltered; no native iOS app
Talkie	3.5 out of 5	Voice-first with a gem economy; memory is short

Closed and risky apps

Some apps in our notes are not worth your card details, because they are gone, disputed or have a documented data incident.

App	Our score	Caution
Aisekai	1.5/5	Reported to have shut down after sponsors left
Dittin	2.5/5	Status disputed; privacy claims unverified
Moemate	1/10	Reportedly closed February 2025; no access
Muah	No overall score	About 1.9 million emails leaked with prompts in 2024
SmutChat	2.5/5, provisional	No clear owner, prices or data details
ThotChat	No overall score	Reports say it shut down on 31 December 2025

Muah's leak is the one to remember when you sign up anywhere: whatever you type may one day sit in a database someone else can read. See Muah AI vs Candy.ai for how it compares on price and privacy.

What we keep finding

• Weak recall is the single most common complaint across our scores. Characters greet you like a stranger mid-week and repeat themselves.
• Most apps charge extra for images, voice or longer memory. The headline subscription rarely covers the features you actually want.
• Every app has a gap. Customization in one area usually means something thinner elsewhere; none suits every preference.
• Research and Markets puts the AI girlfriend app market at $2.91B for 2026, and Sensor Tower reports spending growing faster than user numbers. Money is flowing to these apps.

Privacy and security

Wired has reported on the volume of personal data these apps collect. Mozilla's 2024 assessment found 10 of 11 romantic chatbots failed its minimum security standards, and its Privacy Not Included work noted Replika accounts could be set up with weak passwords. One roundup claims more than 344 million private messages were exposed in breaches over 18 months and that many apps store chats unencrypted. We have not verified those figures, so treat them as a warning, not a fact.

Practical steps: use a separate email, skip your real name, read the deletion policy before you get attached, and confirm there is a real contact for support. Share nothing you could not afford to see in a breach.

Emotional wellbeing

Users value these apps for availability and for a space without judgment. Studies have described companions as emotional support or friend-equivalents. The same studies link heavy reliance to lower life satisfaction, and prolonged use to worse loneliness. A Stanford study of Character.AI users found people with small offline networks felt lonelier after turning to a chatbot for support. Stanford researchers also warn that vulnerable users can blur fantasy and reality, and that attachments formed this way can bring grief. HeyReal's own blog lists emotional detachment, unrealistic expectations, isolation and weaker conflict skills among the risks.

Character.AI, HeyReal and Dream AI appear in the market but we have not reviewed them; their claims, like Character.AI's unlimited free messaging with no adult content or HeyReal's 3D customization, are theirs, not our findings.

Other reviews you'll see

Roundups elsewhere describe Nomi as the best conversation, Replika as wellness-focused rather than romantic (which matches our view of it as a friend app), and Candy as strong on customization and branching roleplay. Useful, as long as you know whose scale you are reading.

Before you pay

1. Decide what matters most: memory, visuals or story. That choice narrows the field fast.
2. Start on a free tier and check whether memory is included at that level.
3. Price the features you will actually use in tokens or credits, not just the monthly fee.
4. Read the privacy notes and try to reach support before you subscribe.

We rate Replika – out of 10, and you will find site prices nowhere on its pages; review sites list Pro at $19.99 a month, and in August 2026 annual plans were reported at €67.99 and €75.99 in the EU.