This site compares AI chat and companion apps, several of which allow adult content. You must be 18 or older to continue.
Continuing means you confirm your age and agree to the terms & disclosures and the privacy policy of this site.Chai is a mobile chat app with thousands of user-made bots and characters that talk back with their own voices. It is restricted to adults, yet it refuses sexually explicit content, and its best model costs $29.99 a month. Here are the apps people move to, depending on what they miss.
SpicyChatFree unfiltered roleplay
Nomi AIConversation and memory
GirlfriendGPTCommunity bots and scenarios
Kupid AIPre-written personas
ReplikaA safe-for-work companion
Character.AIFree, safe-for-work chatChai Research Corp. sells two subscriptions in the US App Store: Premium at $13.99 a month ($134.99 a year) and Ultra at $29.99 a month, checked October 8, 2026. Chai’s safety page says the app is 18+, but also that its models and real-time systems are designed to refuse sexually explicit content. Optional safety filters can hide mature content even further.
The app is mobile-first: iOS and Android are available, while the web version is still listed as coming soon. Chai does not publish how much context its bots keep, and users who play long stories often look for something with documented memory.
Chai facts read on its official pages and US App Store listing, checked October 8, 2026. Chai is not ranked on this site and we have no commercial relationship with it.
Ordered for people leaving Chai: why each one fits, what it costs and its main downside. Partner apps are marked; it never removes a downside.
Best for Free unfiltered roleplay
A free web platform with a Chai-like catalog of community bots, no explicit-content ban and unlimited messages on the free plan.
+Free tier with unlimited messages
−Rated 2.1/5 on Trustpilot over moderation and support
Best for Conversation and memory
For Chai users who keep coming back to the same bot: Nomi remembers you and costs $15.99 a month, or $99.99 a year, about half of Chai Ultra.
+Memory that users consistently praise
−Pricing is hard to see before you sign up
Best for Community bots and scenarios
Big community library and multi-character scenes, if you liked hopping between bots on Chai.
+Enormous catalog of user-made characters
−Bot quality varies from creator to creator
Best for Pre-written personas
Ready-made personas with backstories and voice, plus photos, with weekly quotas written down in advance.
+Weekly quotas spelled out for photos, video and voice
−Little memory from one session to the next
Best for A safe-for-work companion
A safe-for-work companion with polished iPhone and Android apps, for people who used Chai mostly for company.
+Native iPhone and Android apps
−No explicit content since 2023
Best for Free, safe-for-work chat
If you want to stay safe-for-work and free, Character.AI has the biggest character library and voice calls. It filters adult content, like Chai.
+Millions of community characters
−Adult and explicit content filtered for everyone
Same questions for every app: who runs it, what it costs in US dollars, what the free plan allows and whether adult content is permitted.
| Fact | Chai | SpicyChat | Nomi AI | GirlfriendGPT | Kupid AI | Replika | Character.AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run by | Chai Research Corp. | NextDay AI Incorporated (Montréal, Canada) | Glimpse AI (United States) | NextDay AI Incorporated (Montreal, Canada) | SNB Technologies LTD (Nicosia, Cyprus) | Luka Inc. (San Francisco) | Character Technologies, Inc., United States |
| Cost in US dollars | Premium $13.99/month or $134.99/year; Ultra $29.99/month (US App Store in-app prices) | $5.95/month (Get a Taste) | $15.99/month or $99.99/year | approx. $12/month billed yearly | $3.44/week billed yearly (≈ $14.9/month) | $19.99/month or $69.99/year (Pro) | Free; (c.ai) lite $4.99/month; c.ai+ $9.99/month or $94.99/year (US App Store in-app prices) |
| Without paying | Free download with a free chat tier; Chai says some regions require a paid subscription | Unlimited messages and characters (with ads) | Limited daily messages | Free account with limited messages | 15 chats | Free chat, paid romance | Unlimited messaging with ads |
| Adult content | Not allowed | Allowed for adults | Allowed for adults | Allowed for adults | Allowed for adults | Not allowed | Not allowed |
| Pictures | Not advertised | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Voice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Memory | Not documented on its public pages | Persistent memory advertised | Persistent memory advertised | Persistent memory advertised | No persistent memory advertised | Persistent memory advertised | Limited; better memory is one of the selling points of the paid tiers |
| Facts checked on | Oct 8, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 |
“Not advertised” means the company does not mention the feature on its public pages. Prices are the ones shown to US visitors on the date indicated; always confirm on the checkout page.
“Chai Chat AI – Top 3 Alternatives | Best AI Chat Apps Like Chai”, by webvator, published February 24, 2026 (2 min 15 s). An independent creator with no link to this site; opinions and scores in the video are the creator’s own. Playing it loads YouTube.
A short Android-focused video for people who do not want to pay for Chai. Its most useful point confirms what Chai itself says: the free version is available in some countries and not in others. The creator then suggests three free character-chat apps with similar download numbers, one of them PolyBuzz. Prices he shows are local to his country.
Chai’s strength is that it lives on your phone. Most adult companion services on this list run in the mobile browser instead, because app stores restrict explicit content. You can add them to your home screen, but you will not find them in the App Store. If a native app matters most, Replika and Character.AI are the realistic choices, both filtered.
If you are choosing on price, compare the Ultra price ($29.99 a month) with what an adult-friendly app charges for unlimited chat. Our Chai vs Character.AI comparison covers the two filtered giants, and AI roleplay chat lists the best apps for long stories.
Chai is rated 18+, but its safety page says its systems are designed to refuse sexually explicit content, and users can turn on extra safety filters.
$29.99 a month in the US App Store (also sold weekly at $19.99), checked October 8, 2026. Premium costs $13.99 a month.
Character.AI is free with unlimited messages but filtered; SpicyChat is free, unfiltered and runs in the browser.
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