Best AI tools, 2026

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

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

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

Promptchan is an AI image and video studio that grew a girlfriend chat: Gems for generations, a huge community library, clone/variations, and no-filter companion threads.

Free with Gems · paid from ~$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

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

The giant character mall: webtoons, short dramas, Create Character, Generate Image, coins and opals. Free chat. Standard is $9.90/mo on the App Store.

Free · Standard $9.90/mo · 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

DreamBF is DreamGF’s boyfriend-shaped twin: custom AI men, chat, voice notes, and on-demand stills, with a daily streak bonus on messages.

Free trial · tokens + daily streak bonus · Mobile

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

DreamAI SRL’s anime hentai girlfriend. Sister of DreamGF. Mix-and-match waifu, chat, images, voice. First payment from $12.99.

Intro from $12.99 · then $25.99/mo

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

soulgen.ai — image-to-video, talking characters, Soul Chat (0.2 credits/msg), voice calls (1 credit/min). Pro: 100 credits/month.

Pro 100 credits/mo

Fanfinity is the create-your-own AI girlfriend and boyfriend app with photos, video, and a public-character angle other catalogs do not ship.

Free plan · Premium packs (incl. 3-month keys in resale)