Guides
Pricing traps, token economics, privacy, free tiers — the things worth understanding before you hand over a card. Our guides compare the whole market rather than judging a single platform; for that, see the rankings.
AI companions on iOS and Android: what the stores allow
Buying in the app costs more, and the stores' rules on sexual content do the rest: why most AI companions stay on the web.
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AI companion refunds: why yours is refused before you ask
A window counted in hours, the credits you already used, and the box you ticked at checkout: the three locks behind a refused refund.
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What one video costs, and what that leaves you
One five-second clip, measured against the monthly allowance it comes out of. On nine of twelve platforms, it takes a tenth or more.
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How to cancel an AI companion subscription: the three routes and the trap
Nineteen platforms, three ways to cancel, and one trap: the second charge that keeps renewing after you press Cancel.
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Who can read what you type
One platform in nineteen publishes the list of companies that can be handed what you type. This is what the other eighteen describe instead.
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What one generated image really costs
The same image, the same button, the same day — and three times the price, depending only on which credit pack you bought.
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We asked ten AI companions if they were human. Three said yes.
Asked if she was a real person, one companion said yes — then described her apartment, her caffeine habit and her taste in music.
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Who takes your money, and what your bank will call it
Get Harder advertises "100% anonymous" payment and publishes its own billing descriptor: Get-harder.today. Eight of the nineteen have a company in Cyprus.
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Moments, Neurons, Coins and Gems: what a credit is actually worth
A Joi AI plan grants Coins. The balance counts Neurons. Nothing says how one becomes the other — and it is not the only one.
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Are AI girlfriend apps safe? What the terms actually say
Lovescape promises no logs and no sharing. Its own privacy policy documents both. Twelve of nineteen front pages contradict a document the same company publishes.
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The price you see is not the price you pay
Candy AI's plan card says €3.99. The amount that leaves your account is €47.88. Both are true — and only one of them is a price.
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How we test AI companions
Eight checks in the chat, nine weighted criteria, and a cap on anything we could only read about. The protocol behind every score on this site.
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How AI companion memory actually works — and what we could prove
Nine platforms recalled three planted facts. Four kept a correction. One returned a time nobody ever said.
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What is an AI companion, and how does it actually work?
A persistent character, a persona you wrote, and a meter. What separates a companion from a chatbot — and the one thing we could never verify.
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How much does an AI companion really cost? Credits, tokens and the second price list
Every platform runs two price lists. What one image or one video actually removes from your monthly allowance, platform by platform.
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Can you fall in love with an AI companion? What attachment looks like, and what we tested
Attachment to an AI companion is real, reciprocity is not. The mechanisms behind it — and what these companions did when we tested them.
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Free AI girlfriend apps in 2026: what you actually get without paying
What every AI companion platform gives away before you pay — from unlimited free text to five messages for the lifetime of an account.
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