No adult mode

Millions of community characters with unlimited free text chat

The default starting point: unmatched variety and the most generous free tier in the category.

The original AI friend, built around emotional connection

Still the strongest product for people who want one companion and a real feeling of continuity.

The most empathetic free AI, with unlimited voice

Completely free, genuinely warm, and no upsell wall. Not a roleplay product, but an excellent listener.

A clinically grounded wellbeing companion

A companion that is honest about being a tool rather than a relationship.

ByteDance’s no-code bot builder

Build and ship custom AI chatbots to 8+ channels with plugins and workflows — a create-your-own toolkit, not a fixed companion.

An open-weight model with a surprisingly strong free chat

Not a companion, but its free, capable chat and long memory make it a credible daily AI friend.

A fast, private European AI assistant

Mistral’s free assistant with web search, image generation and memory — a credible daily chat companion with EU data residency.

Memory, voice mode and the strongest general model

Not built as a companion, but its memory and voice mode make it a legitimate daily chat partner.

Google assistant with image, video and live voice

A general assistant that doubles as a companion: strong memory, Imagen image generation, Veo video and a Live voice mode.

A character engine for intelligent NPCs

A developer platform for personality, memory, emotion and voice — build your own interactive characters for games and apps.

Alibaba’s free flagship assistant with image and video

A near-frontier free assistant: image and video generation, voice chat and 119+ languages — a strong daily chat companion.

A desktop companion robot designed for older adults

The clearest example of companionship as a product with real-world purpose.

Free chat on 130+ open-weight models

Not a companion, but a free, transparent chat front-end over Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek and Mistral that doubles as a daily AI friend.

The most careful conversational partner of the big models

Best for nuanced, long-form conversation; it will decline romantic roleplay firmly.

A reading companion for early readers

A well-executed, unambiguously safe AI companion for children.

A screen-aware gaming companion that plays along with you

A gaming-focused companion that reads your screen and roleplays along, with voice, Live2D-style visuals and a Romantic mode on higher tiers.

A search-first AI with cited, conversational answers

Less a companion, more a research sidekick, but its free tier and cited answers make it a handy daily AI.

An AI dating assistant that drafts the perfect reply

A dating coach, not a companion: screenshot a conversation and get context-aware replies for Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and more.

Character depth built around an AI boyfriend

One of very few sites that treats male companions as the main product rather than an afterthought.

Anime-focused AI chat and image generation

A fandom-first platform: anime character chat plus strong image generation, aimed at otaku communities.

A private AI companion with unlimited free text chat

A single private companion with relationship stages and two-tier memory; text chat is unlimited and free, with media on a credit system.

An AI dating simulator to practise romance safely

From the Replika makers: a judgement-free space to practise flirting and relationships with AI crushes — not a sexbot.

Unlimited chat with a structured memory system

Cheap, memory-first, and one of the few sites that lets the free tier actually test memory.

A personal AI that learns from you

A digital-memory companion and "digital twin" that learns your voice and stores your memories — productivity first, not romance.

A voiced alien companion that is refreshingly un-creepy

The most interesting voice-first companion to appear recently: friendship without romantic framing.

Mobile companion for friendship, flirting or roleplay

Cheap on the annual plan and flexible in tone, with a browser app alongside the mobile ones.

Human-feeling conversation and voice, minimal visuals

Pick this for conversational warmth; skip it if you care about images.

Build and train your own AI companion from scratch

A build-your-own companion toolkit: train custom AI pets with your own datasets, custom voices and image generation.

Voice-first personal agents built to sound present, not just correct

Started as a voice demo; now a mobile preview of four named agents that still lead the field on presence.

Story-driven social roleplay with author-built worlds

A thoughtful, moderation-friendly take on AI roleplay that stays firmly in narrative territory.

The long-running, community-taught chat bot

A chat bot since 2002 with replies crowdsourced by users across 81 languages — playful company, not a deep companion.

Face-to-face video calls with a friendly AI

A neat demonstration of realtime video conversation; useful, if shallow.

Free assistant reachable from WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger

Zero-cost and everywhere, but shallow as a companion.

The long-running chatbot that keeps winning Loebner-style tests

A chat curiosity with a distinctive personality; not a relationship product.

A companion inside the chat app you already have

Convenient and free; treat it as a novelty rather than a companion.

The original AI chat partner, still online

Historical interest mostly, but it is free and it does not pretend to be a person.