Best AI tools, 2026

Character.AI is the giant character-chat app: millions of public Characters, Character Calls for voice, and a c.ai+ plan that removes ads and slow mode.

Free · c.ai+ $9.99/mo or $94.99/year

GirlfriendGPT is a chat-first AI companion from NextDay AI: custom characters, memory, coins for images, web-only. Freemium message quotas.

Free to start; Premium ~$12–15/mo

Kindroid is a private AI companion you design yourself — backstory, voice, and look — with cascaded memory that gets larger on Ultra and MAX.

Free taste · Standard $13.99/mo web · Ultra/MAX add-ons stack

Nomi AI is the memory-first AI companion: short, medium, and long-term recall, group chats with up to 10 Nomis, voice calls, and 40 selfies a day on Premium.

Free to start · Premium $15.99/mo or $8.33/mo yearly

Candy AI is a web-based AI companion with chat, voice, images, and short video. Freemium, custom characters, monthly to annual billing.

Free to start; Premium ~€13.99/mo

Nectar AI is the story-engine companion: multiple characters in one arc, interactive video, photoreal stills, and a credit meter on top of Premium / Pro / Ultimate.

Free to try · Premium ~$9.99/mo · Pro ~$19.99 · Ultimate ~$35

Replika is a single AI companion — the Rep — with a 3D avatar, AR, voice calls, and Pro, Ultra, and Platinum plans from Luka.

Free · Pro / Ultra / Platinum (prices in-app) · Mobile

Soulkyn is the studio-as-world: 120k+ Kyns, group RPG scenes, unlimited images on Deluxe, Souls for video, and AI music — not just a girlfriend chat box.

Free basic chat · Deluxe ~€49.90/mo unlimited images

joi.com — Novi Limited’s AI-lationship catalog. Same Cyprus company as EVA. Premium plus Neurons: 4 to read a line, up to 120 a photo, up to 1,900 a video.

Free taste · Premium + Neurons

SpicyChat is NextDay AI’s unfiltered roleplay app, with Get a Taste, True Supporter, and I’m All In plans and published memory sizes.

Free · Get a Taste $5 · True Supporter $14.95 · I'm All In $24.95

Muah.AI is an 18+ uncensored companion: chat, photos, voice, video, and a US phone call on ULTRA VIP. Basic VIP is $9.99/mo on the official shop.

Free to try · Basic VIP $9.99/mo

Talkie is a mobile character-chat app powered by MiniMax. You talk to Talkies, earn collectible cards, and recharge in the app. It is moderated, not unfiltered.

Free to chat · in-app recharge (non-refundable per FAQ)

Dondi is the memory-first AI girlfriend: a custom builder plus a persistent graph of what you actually said. Chat, stills, and short video sit on top of that continuity.

Free to start · paid companion + media packs at checkout

GoLove is Scenarios and Live characters, not just a 350-face grid. Cast up to ten companions in a scene, then open a named Live room like @sugarwater.

Free chat · PRO ~$10–13/mo · stars for media

Playhouse Media — Dover, DE and Malta. Pro $7.99, Ultra $13.99 (voice cloning), Max $19.99. Create Partner, Generate Images.

Free · Pro $7.99 · Ultra $13.99 · Max $19.99

INVAI LTD, Cyprus. Dating-swipe girlfriend. Premium $7.99/mo: unlimited NSFW chat, 60-second videos, voice calls, Fanclub.

Free · Premium $7.99/mo

I spent a week on DarLink building a companion from scratch, running all three memory tiers, and paying for stills and short clips. Here is what actually stuck.

Free to try · Essential ~$13/mo · Advanced ~$28/mo · Ultimate ~$50/mo · Mobile

Create a custom AI companion and talk over chat, images, and short video clips.

Free to start; Premium ~$10/mo

KrushChat: create a girlfriend, Photo Studio, voice, 8K memory on paid. Free is 15 messages a day. Annual $7.77/mo billed $93.24.

Free 15/day · $14.99/mo · $93.24/year · Mobile

Secrets AI is the realistic AI girlfriend site that lets you design both sides of the chat: her character and your persona. Voice in 70+ languages is the other hook.

Free to try · paid companion, voice, and media at checkout

FAB AI LTD, London. Name her, pick Realistic or Anime, ten free messages. Sister product: FapAI.

Free 10 messages · then Premium

Uncensored AI girlfriend with chat, pics, voice, and video. ADVANCED AI LABS S.R.L., Oradea. Girls, Anime, Guys.

Free to join · Premium −75% ribbon

I opened FLIRTcam for the call, not the catalog. Live video is the session. Chat-only is the fallback. Annual lands near $6 a month.

Free to try · $19.99/mo or ~$5.83/mo yearly · crypto one-time

Dreamz.ai is a Cyprus-registered AI companion: custom girlfriends, scenario archetypes, voice and images, discreet billing. Operator is SUGAPLEX SOLVISTICA LTD.

Free to start · paid companion + media · DOI and PPS offers in-network

Kupid is Reels plus named Official companions. Chat is free. Media is weekly. Billing is weekly unless you catch the year.

Free chat · Pro $12.99/week or $299/year · Ultra $24.99/week

LUVR INC’s uncensored girlfriend chat. 100+ Luvrs, image generation, calls, coins, and an iOS app. NSFW sits on paid.

Free taste · Premium + coins · Mobile