AI Girlfriend Apps Compared: 12 Apps and Their Real Costs

Based on our research-based reviews, Candy AI is the strongest all-rounder, but no single AI girlfriend app is best at everything. The right pick depends on what you want most.

This comparison is research-based: we did not run a hands-on test with paid accounts.

For each app we read its own pricing page, terms of service and privacy policy, its app-store listings, and independent records such as Mozilla's Privacy Not Included reports, regulator decisions and news investigations, checked on 6 and 7 October 2026.

The scores come from our full reviews, which rate every app on the same five criteria.

• Price: the price at checkout and the price it renews at, including weekly and introductory rates.
• Free tier: what the free plan documents, from a few demo messages to unlimited chat.
• Memory: what each app says its memory does, and where its own help pages limit that claim.
• Images and voice: which features exist and how tokens, credits or coins meter them.
• Content rules and safety: what each app's terms allow, and its privacy and safety record.

Prices and plans change often, so confirm them at checkout. Our review criteria are explained in how we score.

AI girlfriend apps range from free (Janitor AI's own model) to about $25.99 a month once promos end, and far more for top tiers and add-ons.

The price on the landing page is often an introductory, weekly or annual-billing rate, so compare the renewal price, not the headline.

Key point: renewal is where costs jump. DreamGF's first month renews at about double, Kupid AI defaults to weekly billing in euros, and most apps meter images and voice with tokens, credits or coins on top of the subscription.

Prices are as published on 6–7 October 2026.

Based on what the apps document, Nomi AI is the long-term-memory leader, Kindroid includes its Cascaded Memory in the entry Standard plan, and Replika documents long-term and emotional memory but trails Nomi on recall.

Memory is also the easiest feature to overstate: Candy AI's homepage advertises memory retention, while its own help center says detailed memory is tied to each chat.

Test it yourself before paying for a year: on day one, mention two or three specific details, such as a fictional job or a pet's name, and never repeat them. Ask about them three, seven and fourteen days later.

If an app forgets them within a week, its long-term memory claims are overstated for how you use it.

Most AI girlfriend apps can now send character images, but almost all of them meter it, so images are where spending grows fastest.

We can't rank image quality without testing every app, so look at sample galleries and use a free tier or demo where one exists.

If images matter more than conversation, a dedicated generator such as SoulGen may suit you better than a companion app.

Janitor AI (depending on the model you connect) allows the widest range of consensual adult roleplay, while Replika is the most restricted. Every serious app bans content involving minors, non-consent and the likeness of real people.

• Fewest filters: Janitor AI, depending on the model you choose.
• 18+ within clear rules: Candy AI, DreamGF, Kupid AI, SpicyChat AI and CrushOn AI allow adult roleplay, often on paid plans, within published bans.
• Weak guardrails: Nomi AI is relatively unfiltered by design, and its safety record includes a 2025 MIT Technology Review report on a chatbot encouraging self-harm and action by Australia's eSafety regulator, so it is not for vulnerable users.
• Most filtered: Replika has not offered explicit roleplay to new users since February 2023. Our Replika NSFW explainer covers what changed.

On any app, keep roleplay between fictional adults and never base a character on a real person.