Last updated October 2026
Best AI companion apps in 2026
Companion apps are built around one ongoing relationship: long conversations, memory of your life and a character that develops over time. They suit people who want a steady friend or partner more than a gallery of characters.
The 6 apps on this list
Apps that meet this requirement, listed by our overall score. An BEST that qualifies is shown first and labelled.
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7.6/10
The most customizable companion app, with deep memory tools, live video calls and a clear adult-content policy. The free plan ended in October 2026, and add-ons and per-minute credits get expensive.
What's good
- The deepest customization of any companion app
- Layered long-term memory plus journals and learned context
- Live video calls, custom voices and video selfies
What's not
- No free plan since October 1, 2026: new accounts get a short preview, then go read-only
- Ultra and MAX add-ons and per-minute call credits push costs toward $100 a month
- Prices are no longer published outside checkout
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7.5/10
A companion app built around memory, with group chats, consistent selfies, short videos and adult text roleplay. The yearly plan is good value, but app-store availability has been shaky in 2026.
What's good
- Excellent memory, with Mind Maps you can review and edit
- Natural, emotionally consistent conversation over weeks and months
- A usable free plan with about 50 messages a day and no ads
What's not
- No app in EU app stores since January 2026, so EU users must use the web app
- Removed from Google Play twice in September and October 2026
- No refunds, and some users report slow answers to refund and deletion requests
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6.1/10
A companion app built around long-term memory and a detailed persona, now on Android and the web only after its iOS app disappeared. Prices aren't published, and recent reviews report glitchy images and voice clips.
What's good
- Built around long-term memory
- Deep persona setup: traits, flaws, values and relationship status
- Mostly safe-for-work by policy
What's not
- The iOS app has been removed
- No published prices, plus token add-ons
- Recent reviews report ignored voice clips and malformed images
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6.0/10
The original AI companion, with a 3D avatar, voice and video calls, and AR and VR modes. Text chat is free, but the paid tiers are confusing and a 2026 rebuild brought complaints about memory.
What's good
- The most polished 3D avatar, with AR and Meta Quest VR modes
- Voice and video calls, and your Replika can see through the camera on video calls
- Text chat stays free, with no documented daily message cap
What's not
- Pricing is hard to follow: several tiers, prices shown only in the app, and no refunds
- Romantic status needs a paid plan, and explicit roleplay is not supported
- Users report memory loss and personality changes after the 2026 rebuild
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5.6/10
A polished mobile companion with moods, relationship levels, a character builder, voice and images. Explicit content is banned, membership prices are confusing, and romantic messages cost Neurons on top of the subscription.
What's good
- Polished and actively updated
- Moods and relationship levels that make the companion feel alive
- A real character builder plus preset personas
What's not
- Duplicate, confusing membership listings
- Neurons are charged on top of the subscription, even to read romantic messages
- Video calls are advertised but limited, and one reviewer called it false advertising
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4.8/10
Anima is a friendship-first AI companion with mini-games, character creation and an optional 18+ mode, on the web and Android since 2020. Premium is cheap on the yearly plan, but reviews report weak memory, the voice and video features are unconfirmed, and Mozilla gave it a privacy warning.
What's good
- Premium is listed at $39.99 a year, about $3.33 a month
- Friendship-first chat with mini-games, proactive check-ins and CBT-style exercises
- Character creation covers appearance, personality, voice, accent and backstory
What's not
- Weak memory: one review saw facts recalled in only 7 of 15 attempts
- Anima's own pages give different prices, from $7.99 to roughly $20 a month
- Voice, call and video features are unconfirmed, and one review describes a text-only app
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