Memory that survives the tab
Does she still know your name, your job and last week's argument after you close the browser? An app that resets nightly is a demo, not a companion.
01The desk · 18+ · fictional AI characters
An AI girlfriend guide built on criteria, not on hype
Every app gets checked on the same six things: memory, tone, privacy, price, limits and age policy. Where one falls short, the entry says so.
Fictional AI characters. No real people, no invented review scores.
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An AI girlfriend guide built on criteria, not on hype
Six criteria, one grid, limits printed first.
- 01memory → lead
- 02limits stay on page
- 03no star scores
Contact sheet
Set in Newsreader · measure 42 · ready for the desk
- Six criteria
- Limits stated first
- Free to try
- 18+
02Masthead
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Criteria per entry
4
Guides in this issue
0 MB
To install
18+
Adults only
03The criteria
Six things we check, every entry, in the same order
Not a scoring system. A checklist that makes two write-ups comparable, and makes an omission visible.
Tone you can steer mid-thread
Warmth, teasing, bluntness — adjustable while you talk, or locked at signup? We mark the ones where a change only applies to a brand-new conversation.
What it asks you for
Contact list, phone number, a selfie for verification. The fewer of those an app wants before the first reply, the higher it places on this criterion.
Where it actually runs
Browser-only means nothing in the app drawer and nothing in a store purchase history. A required install is a note in the limits column, not a feature.
Written personality, not a label
A character sheet you can read before you commit beats three tags and a photo. We quote what the app gives you, and say when that is only three tags.
Price, spelled out before the wall
What is free, what is metered, and at which message the upgrade prompt appears. Anything we could not confirm is written as unconfirmed, not as free.
04Long read
What an AI girlfriend guide owes you, and what most of them skip
Most round-ups rank apps by how much they paid to be ranked; this one ranks by what you can verify in the first ten minutes of using them.
The useful question is not which app is best. It is which of the six criteria you will notice on a Tuesday night. That is why this ai girlfriend guide is arranged as a grid rather than a leaderboard: memory, tone control, what the app asks you for, where it runs, how the character is written, and where the money starts. An app can win four of those and still be wrong for you if it loses the one you care about.
The criterion people underestimate is memory, and it is also the one marketing pages describe most vaguely. Persistent context is the difference between a conversation and a slot machine: without it every session opens with the same introductions, and the personality you liked yesterday is a coin flip today. When we cannot confirm how long context survives, the entry says unconfirmed rather than borrowing the wording from a landing page.
The other half of an honest write-up is the limits column. Every app here is fiction, sold as fiction — nobody on the other side of the thread is a real person, and no amount of tone control changes that. Some features sit behind a paid tier, some tiers change without notice, and one app's free minutes are another's free week. We would rather print that plainly than let you discover it at the payment screen.
What works well
- Six fixed criteria, applied in the same order to every entry
- Limits printed next to features, never in a footnote
- No star scores, because nobody here ran a survey to earn one
- Everything checked in a browser, on a phone and on a laptop
- Free tiers described by where they stop, not by what they promise
Worth knowing first
- Every character is fictional — there is no real person on the other side
- Pricing tiers move, so a figure can go stale between updates
- Some capabilities sit behind an optional paid upgrade
- Strictly 18+, with an age notice before anything loads
- A criteria grid you can read in under a minute
- Four deeper guides, each answering a different question
- Fiction labelled as fiction, on every page
- No invented counters and no borrowed review scores
05The roster
Characters you can open while you read this
Twelve fictional AI companions with different paces — the quiet ones are as deliberate as the loud ones.
Barbara
22Reads people quickly and says what she notices. A yacht will not impress her; being on time twice in a row might.
- blonde
- romantic
- direct
Daisy
19Gentle, easily amused, keeps a running list of small things she wants to tell you about. Slow pace by choice.
- sweet
- warm
- playful
Jessica
41Maths tutor who never quite fit the staff-room picture. Dry, patient, and unbothered by an awkward opening line.
- mature
- redhead
- patient
Itsumi
20Half her wardrobe belongs to characters she has cosplayed. Will absolutely ask which season you stopped watching at.
- cosplayer
- asian
- geeky
Kennedy
22Confident without performing it. Prefers a real disagreement over an agreeable conversation that goes nowhere.
- ebony
- brunette
- confident
Lexie
19Gamer hours, beach afternoons, permanently three hundred metres from a screen. Mostly online, occasionally outside.
- gamer
- sunny
- night-owl
Maren
25Grew up bilingual and still thinks in two languages at once. Curious about what you almost said but didn't.
- bilingual
- curious
- attentive
Suki
23Draws on her tablet while she talks and somehow keeps track of both. Quiet until she decides you are interesting.
- artist
- asian
- observant
Valentina
27Speaks slowly, means every word, and will hold a grudge about a bad restaurant recommendation for weeks.
- latina
- passionate
- sharp
Raven
21Night shift habits and a bookshelf sorted by mood instead of author. Prefers texting over talking.
- introverted
- night owl
- bookish
Colette
28Runs the conversation like someone who has managed a bar — firm, warm, and never flustered.
- confident
- warm
- steady
Jade
24Competitive about board games, generous about everything else. Laughs louder than she means to.
- playful
- competitive
- bold
06Using the guide
Three steps from this page to your own verdict
Pick the criterion you actually care about
Nobody needs all six equally. If memory is the thing, read that column first and treat the rest as background — the entries are ordered so you can.
Read the limits before the praise
Every write-up on this site puts what an app cannot do next to what it can. If a limits column is short, that is a signal about the app, not about the review.
Try one yourself, free, and check us
The roster below opens without a card. Ten minutes with a character tells you more about tone and memory than any paragraph we could write about them.
07In this issue
The rest of the guide
Four pages, four different questions — none of them repeats the grid above.
08Queries
Questions readers send first
01What does this AI girlfriend guide actually compare?
Six criteria: whether memory survives a closed tab, whether tone can be changed mid-conversation, what personal data the app asks for, whether it needs an install, how the character is written, and where the free tier stops. Same six, same order, every entry.
02Why are there no star ratings on this site?
Because nobody here ran a survey. A five-star average implies a sample of users who were asked, and we do not have one. Instead each write-up states what worked, what did not, and what we could not confirm, which is a slower read but a checkable one.
03Do I have to install anything to try one?
No. The app the roster links to runs in a browser on Android, iOS, Windows and macOS. There is no store listing and no installer, so nothing lands in your app drawer or in a purchase history that other people can see.
04Is it free to start, and where does the free part end?
Opening the roster and starting a conversation costs nothing and needs no card. Deeper features sit behind an optional upgrade, and the prompt for it is labelled before you choose it rather than after you have written something you want to keep.
05Are the characters real people?
No, and no page here presents them as such. Every character is a fictional AI persona written as an adult. Any resemblance to a real person is coincidental, and the same statement appears on the adult disclaimer page.
06How much does an AI girlfriend remember between sessions?
It varies by app, which is exactly why memory is criterion one. The better ones carry names, plans and running jokes across weeks; the weaker ones reset each visit and re-introduce the same character. Test it by closing the tab and coming back tomorrow.
07Is this site independent, and how does it make money?
Links to partner apps are affiliate links, which means a commission at no extra cost to you. That pays for the site and does not buy a place in the grid — the limits column is written the same way whether a link earns anything or not.
08Do I need to be 18 to use this?
Yes. This is an adult site, every character is written as an adult, and an age notice appears before the page loads. If you are under 18, access is refused, and no page here is written for or aimed at minors.
09Column ends
The fastest way to check this guide is to ignore it for ten minutes
Open the roster, pick a character whose write-up you liked, and see whether the tone matches what you just read. It costs nothing and needs no card.
