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Character.ai

Character.ai lets people chat with, create, and share AI characters for storytelling, roleplay, entertainment, and creative exploration.

Character.ai is an interactive entertainment platform where users discover AI characters, hold text or voice conversations, create their own characters, and build stories or fictional worlds. Characters can include avatars, voices, greetings, tags, visibility settings, and detailed definitions.

The service is available on the web and mobile apps. Free users get unlimited messaging, while paid plans add features such as fewer or no ads, improved memory, premium chat styles, priority access, and customization. Pricing varies by region, and some features use Charms or have daily limits.

Features

Chat with user-created and platform characters by text or voice
Create characters with avatars, voices, greetings, tags, and definitions
Generate character avatars and use them in image and video features
Set characters as public, unlisted, or private
Use memory pins, detailed memory, and Lorebooks
Share characters, introduction videos, conversations, and posts with the community
Explore interactive Books, studio-made Series, and Comics

Use cases

Roleplay with fictional, historical, original, or celebrity-style characters
Write interactive stories and explore alternate worlds
Create and publish custom AI characters for a community
Practice conversations, creative writing, or language skills
Generate visual scenes from chats and character concepts

Pros

Cons

Latest updates

2026-10-13 An Update on Character.ai
Character.ai initiated Chapter 11 to facilitate a court-supervised sale; if no bid is available, the platform will be wound down.
2026-09-28 introducing PipSqueak 3, ShortSqueak, and (c.ai) lite (PipSqueak 3)
Character.ai is rolling out PipSqueak 3 and ShortSqueak chat styles and launching the (c.ai) lite subscription plan.
2026-09-16 Post-training image models for fandom
Character.ai introduced CAI-Image, post-trained Qwen-Image models for Character-driven storytelling and image generation across the app.
2026-09-02 (c.ai) Comics and the Interactive Future of Fandom
Character.ai launched (c.ai) Comics, which transforms chats into multi-page comic books.
2026-08-04 Introducing (c.ai) series: Studio-Made Microdramas on Character.ai
Character.ai launched (c.ai) series, studio-made original short-form vertical series connected to chats with their Characters.

Capabilities

Makes images — “Upload an image, or describe your Character and tap Generate to create one.” source
Remembers you — “Best memory” source
Mobile app — “iPhone App Android App” source

Pricing

Starting price: $9.99/mo
Prices checked: 2026-10-26

Free

Full ads
Basic memory
15 pins
Limited feature limits
Slow mode: yes

c.ai+

$94.99 per year
$9.99 per month

No ads
Best memory
30 pins
Unlimited top models
Chat customization
Premium support

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