Character.AI

by Character Technologies, Inc.

Chat app for talking with community-made AI characters or creating your own.

Freemium

About

Character.AI lets you chat by text or voice with AI characters made by other users, or create your own. Chat is limited to users verified as 18+; younger users (13+, or 16+ in the EEA and UK) get a reading mode where they can still browse and create characters and scenes.

Preview of character.ai
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Useful features

  • Chat with community-made characters
  • Character creation with custom voices
  • Voice calls with characters
  • Scenes and AI-generated character videos
  • Memory pins for long chats

Good for

  • Roleplay and interactive fiction
  • Casual conversation with characters
  • Creating and sharing characters

Pricing

Freemium. Free with ads and unlimited standard messaging. The c.ai lite and c.ai+ subscriptions add premium chat styles, fewer or no ads and more memory.

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