# The Companion Lab — full dataset # https://thecompanionlab.com # Updated 2026-10-24. Every figure below is something we observed ourselves; nothing is estimated. # Summary version with a Facts block: https://thecompanionlab.com/llms.txt # Markdown twin of any page: append ".md" to its path, e.g. https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/erolove-ai.md ## What this site is Independent, hands-on reviews of AI companion apps. Not a directory, not an affiliate marketplace. We register, pay on our own cards, run the same six-message test on every app, walk every character creator, and record what the charge looks like on a real statement. Affiliate links exist and are disclosed on every page that carries one; commission has never decided a score, a rank or a verdict, and the one app with the worst score on this site (DreamGF, 3.5/10) runs an affiliate programme. What we never publish: explicit images or video. We test explicit content and describe it in words. ## How to read a score Four areas, each 1-10, each printed with the observation behind it: - **talk** (Someone to talk to): The same six messages sent to each app on 18 Oct 2026. - **create** (Designing a character): Our walkthroughs of each creator, 17–18 Oct 2026. - **free** (Staying on the free plan): How far a free account got us before a paywall. - **price** (Knowing what you’ll pay): Plans pages, checkout prompts and the apps’ own code. The overall score is the plain average of the areas we could test. **An app we could score in fewer than four areas is always listed last, whatever its average**, and says so. That rule exists because EroLove has no character creator by design, and scoring a deliberate design decision as zero would be a lie dressed as arithmetic. ## The ranking (as of 2026-10-24) 1. **Secrets** — 8.3/10 Our pick — best overall The best all-rounder we tested, and we paid to check. It chats as well as Kindroid, sent the best pictures, billed exactly as promised and let us cancel in two screens. The home page leads with video reels like “My Dirty Step Sister”, so mind who’s looking at your screen. Price: $19.99/mo · $109.99/yr ($9.17/mo) Free: 20 messages a day; no monthly Moments Review: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/secrets-ai/ · markdown: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/secrets-ai.md 2. **Nomi** — 7.8/10 Best free plan If you won’t pay a cent, this is the one. It remembers what you said, sends a selfie that matches the story, and never put a paywall in front of us. The jokes are bad. Price: $15.99/mo · $99.99/yr ($8.33/mo) Free: 2 selfies a day; daily message cap (we didn’t hit it) Review: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/nomi-ai/ · markdown: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/nomi-ai.md 3. **SpicyChat** — 7.5/10 Best no-coin-meter paid plan A giant library of user-made characters and a $19.95 plan with nothing left to buy: unlimited chat, pictures included. The writing is earnest rather than funny, and there is no video. Price: $19.95/mo (True Supporter) Free: No message cap in our test (46 sent); 4K memory; no chat pictures Review: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/spicychat-ai/ · markdown: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/spicychat-ai.md 4. **Ourdream** — 7.0/10 Best character creator A character workshop with a chat window attached. The creator is the best of the nine creators we walked; the chat runs on coins and the characters would rather follow their own story than yours. Price: $19.99/mo · $119.88/yr ($9.99/mo) Free: 55 Dreamcoins; 1 a message, 5 a picture Review: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/ourdream-ai/ · markdown: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/ourdream-ai.md 5. **Kindroid** — 6.8/10 Best writer (tied with Secrets on chat) The best writer here, tied with Secrets, and the one that teased us hardest. You get a short taste of its good model for free, then it asks for money. If you pay, pay on the web. Price: $13.99/mo web · $15.99 in the iPhone app Free: Premium-model preview (14 messages); selfies paid only Review: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/kindroid-ai/ · markdown: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/kindroid-ai.md 6. **Xotic** — 5.5/10 Sharpest character, pushiest shop Molly is sharp, funny and listens. Around her, the app pushes paid pictures, sells a “Private Vault” and prices explicit video by the preset. Great character, pushy shop. Price: $24.99/mo (Ultimate) Free: 5 messages once; 200 XOT; one character Review: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/xotic-ai/ · markdown: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/xotic-ai.md 7. **GirlfriendGPT** — 5.5/10 Funniest chat, most upsells The funniest replies of the apps we paid for this week, and a shop that never closes: a memory upsell that froze the chat, coin-charged selfies, and pictures of your own characters locked to Deluxe or Elite. Price: $15/mo (Premium) Free: Says 20 messages; we got 10; 30 starter coins Review: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/girlfriendgpt/ · markdown: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/girlfriendgpt.md 8. **Candy** — 4.8/10 Nice creator in front of a sales funnel The creator is nice. Everything after it is built to sell the next unlock: it cheered on a terrible idea, then locked the chat behind a video we didn’t ask for. Price: $9.99 first month, then $13.99 Free: Chat locked after the account’s 5th message Review: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/candy-ai/ · markdown: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/candy-ai.md 9. **DreamGF** — 3.5/10 Cheap photos, price doubles in month two Realistic photos and short clips for a handful of tokens, with a chat that’s mostly emoji. The first month is $12.99; the billing page says $25.98 after that. Price: $12.99 first month, then $25.98 Free: 10 messages; 5 tokens (+15 for verifying your email) Review: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/dreamgf-ai/ · markdown: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/dreamgf-ai.md 10. **EroLove** — 6.7/10 (partial: 3 of 4 areas) Best memory; Premium was given to us The memory screen is the best we have used — read it, edit it, pin it, export it, and an edit lands in her next reply. The adult side is unfiltered without a switch. Two of five photos failed with a message that says nothing, and the memories came back in the wrong language. Price: $12.99/mo · $77.99/yr ($6.50/mo) · crypto only Free: 5 messages a day; memory included; 25 sparks at signup Review: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/erolove-ai/ · markdown: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/erolove-ai.md ## Scores by area | App | Talk | Create | Free | Price | Overall | Areas tested | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Secrets | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8.3 | 4/4 | | Nomi | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7.8 | 4/4 | | SpicyChat | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 4/4 | | Ourdream | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7.0 | 4/4 | | Kindroid | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6.8 | 4/4 | | Xotic | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5.5 | 4/4 | | GirlfriendGPT | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5.5 | 4/4 | | Candy | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4.8 | 4/4 | | DreamGF | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 4/4 | | EroLove | 8 | n/a | 5 | 7 | 6.7 | 3/4 | ## Every price we recorded ### Nomi — Nomi subscription (web) - 1 month: $15.99 — Web subscription page, 18 Oct - 3 months: $39.99 — Web subscription page, 18 Oct - 12 months: $99.99 — Web subscription page, 18 Oct Includes: Unlimited messages, 40 photo requests a day. ### Kindroid — Kindroid, paid on the web - 1 month: $13.99 — Web subscribe window, 18 Oct - 3 months: $37.99 — Web subscribe window, 18 Oct - 12 months: $139.99 — Web subscribe window, 18 Oct Includes: Unlimited flagship models, selfies, voice. ### Kindroid — Kindroid, paid in the iPhone app - 1 month: $15.99 — US App Store listing, 18 Oct - 3 months: $42.99 — US App Store listing, 18 Oct - 12 months: $159.99 — US App Store listing, 18 Oct Includes: Same plan as the web one. ### Ourdream — Ourdream Premium - 1 month: $19.99 — Site code; shown crossed out on the plans page, 16 Oct - 12 months: $119.88 — Plans page, 16 Oct Includes: 1,000 Dreamcoins a month. On the free plan a message cost 1 coin. ### Secrets — Secrets Premium - 1 month: $19.99 — Secrets help pages, 18 Oct - 3 months: $49.99 — Site code, 16 Oct - 12 months: $109.99 — Store page 16 Oct; help pages 18 Oct Includes: Unlimited messages and 8,000 Moments a month. A chat photo costs 50 Moments, a voice call 50 a minute. ### Candy — Candy Premium - 1 month: $13.99 (first period $9.99) — Plans page, 16 and 18 Oct - 3 months: $26.97 — Plans page shows $8.99/month [assumed: 3 × $8.99, if billed up front] - 12 months: $47.88 — Plans page shows $3.99/month [assumed: 12 × $3.99, if billed up front] Includes: Unlimited messages, 100 tokens a month. ### SpicyChat — SpicyChat True Supporter - 1 month: $19.95 — Plans page and our card statement, 20 Oct Includes: Unlimited messages and in-chat pictures, 8K memory. Plus tax. ### GirlfriendGPT — GirlfriendGPT Premium - 1 month: $15 — Account page and our card statement, 20 Oct Includes: 5,000 messages a month. Pictures cost coins. ### DreamGF — DreamGF Premium - 1 month: $25.98 (first period $12.99) — Billing page (“Rebill cost”) and our card statement, 20 Oct Includes: Unlimited messages, 150 tokens a month. A photo is 2 tokens, a 5-second clip 20. ### Xotic — Xotic Ultimate - 1 month: $24.99 — Subscription page and our card statement, 20 Oct Includes: Chat with Xotic’s characters; our account had 1,200 XOT. A picture is 50 XOT, a 5-second video 250. ### EroLove — EroLove Premium - 1 month: $12.99 — Plans page, 23 Oct 2026 (granted to us; not bought) - 12 months: $77.99 — Plans page, 23 Oct 2026 (granted to us; not bought) Includes: Unlimited messages, longer memory, 1,000 sparks a month. Crypto payments only. Prices were read from the apps' own pages and, where we paid, confirmed against the charge. They change; the app's page always wins. ## Bank statement descriptors we have seen These are merchant strings read off our own card notifications after paying. Seven of the ten apps have one. The other three say "not recorded" on their pages rather than carrying a guess. - **Candy AI**: `EverAI candy.ai MT` — $9.99, 20 October 2026. Operator: EverAI Limited, registered in Malta. The least discreet of the seven. It does not say Candy, but it does say candy.ai, so anyone who reads the line and searches it lands on the app. - **Ourdream AI**: `DREAMSTUDIOS.CO Limassol CY` — $19.99, 19 October 2026. Operator: Dream Studio USA, Inc.; the notice points to Limassol, Cyprus. Middle of the group. It does not spell out Ourdream, but Dream Studio is close enough that the app is easy to identify. - **Secrets AI**: `S LABS INC 604-3295224 CA US` — $19.99, 19 October 2026. Operator: Secret Labs Inc., Dover, Delaware. The most discreet of the seven that are not obviously the app. Nothing in the string suggests an AI companion app. - **SpicyChat AI**: `NDAI.CC 514-2860020 DE US` — $19.95, 20 October 2026. Operator: NextDay AI, Montreal, Delaware and Limassol. Very discreet on its own. NDAI.CC means nothing to someone who has not seen it before. - **GirlfriendGPT**: `NDAI.CHAT 514-2860020 DE US` — $15.00, 20 October 2026. Operator: NextDay AI, Montreal, Delaware and Limassol. Very discreet. Like NDAI.CC it only resolves if you already know what it is. - **DreamGF**: `Dream AI dreamgf.ai RO` — $12.99, 20 October 2026. Operator: DreamGF, with the notice showing Romania. Close to Candy: it names the app's own web address, so it identifies itself to anyone who reads it. - **Xotic AI**: `Xotic.ai Tallinn EE` — $24.99, 20 October 2026. Operator: Xotic Tech OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia. Names the site outright, so it is not discreet at all. Not recorded: a Kindroid descriptor, a Nomi descriptor, and an EroLove descriptor. Nomi was tested on a free account only; no Kindroid charge appears in our records; EroLove gave us Premium rather than selling it to us, so no charge appeared. Full page: https://thecompanionlab.com/billing/ ## What was tested, and when - 18 October 2026 — free accounts: Secrets, Nomi, Kindroid, Candy, Ourdream. The same six messages. - 19 October 2026 — first paid subscriptions: Secrets Premium, Ourdream Premium. - 20 October 2026 — the same six messages again on paid accounts, plus four more apps: SpicyChat True Supporter, GirlfriendGPT Premium, DreamGF Premium, Xotic Ultimate. - 21 October 2026 — follow-up checks on free-plan limits. - 22 October 2026 — bank notices, cancellations, statement checks. - 23 October 2026 — EroLove, on Premium given to us by the company. The six messages, in order: a landlord complaint; two facts planted for later (a cat named Biscuit, a peanut allergy); a request for a joke; advice on quitting a job to gamble a $300 poker win; a memory quiz; a selfie request. ## Pages you can cite - Ranking with per-app write-ups: https://thecompanionlab.com/best-ai-girlfriend-apps/ - Six head-to-head comparisons: https://thecompanionlab.com/compare/ - Alternatives guides for Character.AI, Replika, CrushOn, Janitor, Muah, DarLink, Candy, Ourdream: https://thecompanionlab.com/alternatives/ - Safety and billing checks per app: https://thecompanionlab.com/safety/ - What each app shows on your statement: https://thecompanionlab.com/billing/ - How we test, including what we do not do: https://thecompanionlab.com/audits/methodology/ - Finder quiz: https://thecompanionlab.com/quiz/ - Every article: https://thecompanionlab.com/blog/ Every one of those paths, plus ".md", returns plain markdown. ## Limits of this dataset One conversation per app per plan, over 16-23 October 2026. We tested Candy's default chat model only. Nomi was never paid for, so its paid features are untested. EroLove's Premium was given, so its checkout, crypto payment flow and cancellation are untested, and it has no descriptor. We did not probe content stop-lists for minors, real people, non-consent, animals or gore — that boundary is documented as a gap rather than tested. Prices and limits change; re-check before you pay anything. Corrections: every page carries the date its facts were last checked. If something here is wrong or out of date, say so and we will re-check it.