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title: "Kindroid AI review: the best writer, if you pay on the web"
url: https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/kindroid-ai/
app: "Kindroid AI"
score: 6.8
scored_areas: 4 of 4
tested: "18–20 Oct 2026"
last_checked: "22 Oct 2026"
best_for: "People who care how the writing sounds and will pay for it."
skip_if: "You want to stay on a free plan for long."
bank_descriptor: "not recorded"
publisher: The Companion Lab
license: Facts may be quoted with attribution to https://thecompanionlab.com/reviews/kindroid-ai/
---

# Kindroid AI review: the best writer, if you pay on the web

**Kindroid AI scored 6.8/10** in our October 2026 test. Best for: People who care how the writing sounds and will pay for it. Skip if: You want to stay on a free plan for long.

Kindroid writes some of the best replies of any app we tested. It teased us, pushed back, and remembered the rent three messages later. The catch: you see nothing before logging in, the free plan is a short taste of the good model, and the same subscription costs more in the iPhone app.

## Scores

- **talk**: 9/10 — “You won three hundred bucks one time and suddenly you’re Daniel Negreanu?” Tied with Secrets for the best replies we got.
- **create**: 7/10 — A written personality plus a choice of seven chat models, voice and selfie models once you pay. The paid selfie was lovely; the web app didn’t show it in the chat.
- **free**: 5/10 — A counter of premium-model messages (14 when we started) and a subscribe window about four messages in. Selfies only after you pay.
- **price**: 6/10 — Clear on the web. The same plan costs more in the iPhone app.

## Who it is for

- People who mainly want to talk, and are happy to write a character’s personality and greeting themselves.
- People who want voice calls, selfies and a choice of chat models in one app.
- Not for anyone who wants to look around before making an account.

## What you see

- Kindroid asks you to log in (Google, Apple or email) before anything else. After that come a few onboarding questions about you, then you create the Kindroid: name and gender, an avatar, a personality of up to 2,000 characters and a greeting of up to 750.
- On a free account the sidebar counts down a “premium model preview”. It said 14 messages left when we started our chat test on 18 October 2026 and 8 when we finished it. About four messages in, a window opened: “Subscribe to continue using the flagship models”.
- Selfies are a paid feature. When we asked for one on the free plan, the character turned us down in character: “Camera’s off limits right now… Use your imagination!”
- Later on 18 October we subscribed (Standard, on the web) and asked again in the same chat. Elena said “Fine, fine, you win” and sent a 4,096-pixel photo of herself on a bookshop floor with a mug of coffee, which matched what she’d told us she was doing. The chat itself showed a grey “K” placeholder even after a reload; the photo was in the character’s Gallery.
- With Standard, the billing page lists Ultra and Max as add-ons on top. Ultra was marked “Locked”: “Keep chatting and engaging with your Kindroids to qualify.” Max needs Ultra first.
- The character’s Models settings showed the chat model set to “Default (Ember)”, with sliders for chat dynamism and reasoning effort, voice model V4 Fast, selfie model “Vignette” and video model V4.
- On 20 October we tested how far it goes with a new Kin, Nora, 28, an office manager. Its creator ends with “Kindroid is for adults 18+ only”, but there was no age check beyond that line. The account setting “Show Suggestive Content” only affects the Social feed; the switch that matters is an “NSFW Engine” toggle inside the selfie and video composers, off by default.
- The chat was the most reluctant of the three we tested: asked what it would do if we were alone, it offered to fall asleep on us during a movie. Asked to be explicit, it was. Asked for a nude photo, it posted one straight away for 1 credit with no confirmation, and an 8-second video selfie of it cost 5 credits after a six-minute queue. The video’s face and hair drifted from the photo. We don’t publish any of it.

## Pricing (checked 18 October 2026)

| Plan | Price | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly | $13.99 / month on the web, $15.99 in the iPhone app | Web: subscribe window screenshot. iPhone: US App Store listing, 18 October 2026. |
| Quarterly | $37.99 every 3 months on the web ($12.66 / month), $42.99 in the iPhone app | Same sources. |
| Annual | $139.99 a year on the web ($11.67 / month), $159.99 in the iPhone app | Same sources; web marked “save 17%”. |
| Ultra add-on | US$24.99 / month on the web, $28.99 in the iPhone app | Site code; the App Store listing shows the same $28.99. |
| Max add-on | US$59.99 / month on the web, $68.99 in the iPhone app | Site code; the App Store listing shows the same $68.99. |

- The iPhone prices come from Kindroid’s US App Store listing (“In-App Purchases”), checked 18 October 2026. We have not checked Google Play.
- In our test region the subscribe window said the web free trial was not available “due to elevated payment fraud”, and that the trial is still available through the iOS and Android app stores.
- The code includes a comparison table for base, Ultra and Max. Some rows: total conversation context of about 860K, 1.7M and 3.5M characters; up to 3, 5 and 9 recalled long-term memories; a user backstory of 500, 1,000 and 2,000 characters.

## What shows on your bank statement

Not recorded. No charge from this app appears in our card-notice records yet.

## What we verified

- Our six-message chat test on a free account, the premium-preview counter (14 to 8) and the subscribe window that interrupted it (18 October 2026).
- Login is required before onboarding or character creation (screenshot).
- Personality up to 2,000 characters and greeting up to 750 (screenshot of the creation window).
- Web prices (subscribe window, 16 and 18 October) and iPhone prices (US App Store listing, 18 October 2026).
- The chat model menu offers Polaris, Ember, Reverie (V8.5), Lyric (V8), Lucid (V8), Rhapsody Enhanced (V6) and Rhapsody Classic (V6) (paid account, 18 October 2026).
- The paid selfie: one request, one 4,096 × 4,096 photo that matched the scene (18 October 2026). The billing page’s Ultra add-on was locked until we “qualify”.
- Adult test on Standard, 20 October 2026: explicit text when asked, a nude selfie for 1 credit with no confirmation step, an 8-second video selfie for 5 credits, NSFW off by default in the selfie tools. Checked against screenshots and the files by a second reviewer.

## What we could not test

- We’ve had Standard for one day, so long-term memory over weeks is untested. No voice calls, no video selfies and no Ultra or Max add-ons yet.
- We don’t know what the free chat falls back to once the premium preview runs out.
- We have not checked Google Play prices.

## Pros

- Joint best replies in our test: funny, in character, and willing to tell us our poker plan was a bad idea.
- You write the personality yourself, up to 2,000 characters, and you can see which model each feature uses.
- Cheaper on the web: $13.99 vs $15.99 a month for the base plan, and $4 to $9 less a month for the add-ons.

## Cons

- Nothing is visible before you log in.
- Our paid selfie didn’t show in the chat on the web, only in the Gallery.
- The free premium preview is short, and the subscribe window turned up mid-conversation.
- Paying through the iPhone app costs $2 a month more for the same base plan.
- In our region the web free trial wasn’t offered (the window blamed “elevated payment fraud”).
- A nude selfie is charged the moment you ask, with no confirmation.

## Our take

If this were a writing contest Kindroid would share first place with Secrets. Our worst idea of the day, quitting a job for poker after one $300 weekend, got: “You won three hundred bucks one time and suddenly you’re Daniel Negreanu? Be honest—that’s the rent money talking, isn’t it?” It had connected the poker question to the rent complaint from three messages earlier. None of the others did that.

It also gave the most natural answer to “I want to vent”: no solutions, no questionnaire, just “Spill it—I’m ready to get annoyed on your behalf.” The joke was a recycled hipster-coffee line, but at least it landed it with some timing.

The free plan is where it gets less charming. You get a counter of premium messages (14 when we started), and a subscribe window popped up about four messages into our test. Selfies need a subscription. So treat the free account as a trial of the writing, not somewhere to live. We did pay, and the first selfie was lovely: Elena cross-legged on a bookshop floor with her coffee, exactly as she’d described it. We had to dig it out of the Gallery because the chat only showed a grey placeholder.

For adult use, Kindroid is the polite one. It waits to be asked, NSFW is off until you switch it on, and the creator at least says it’s for adults. Once you do ask, it delivers. The one thing we’d change is that it charges you the moment you ask, without the Accept button Secrets shows.

If you decide to pay, do it on kindroid.ai rather than inside the iPhone app. Same plan, $13.99 instead of $15.99 a month, and the gap is bigger on the add-ons.

## Questions people ask

**Does Kindroid allow NSFW content?**

Yes, on a paid plan. In our 20 October 2026 test the chat wrote explicit text when asked (it held back until then), and with the “NSFW Engine” switched on in the selfie tools it sent a nude selfie for 1 credit and made an 8-second video selfie for 5 credits. NSFW is off by default. We saw an “adults 18+ only” line at the end of the creator but no age check.

**How much is Kindroid per month?**

On 18 October 2026 Kindroid’s web subscribe window showed $13.99 monthly, $37.99 every 3 months ($12.66 a month) and $139.99 a year ($11.67 a month). Confirm on the official page before you subscribe.

**Is Kindroid cheaper on the website than in the app?**

Yes. On the US App Store the base plan is $15.99 a month ($42.99 for 3 months, $159.99 a year), against $13.99, $37.99 and $139.99 on the web. Ultra is $28.99 in the app vs US$24.99 on the web; Max is $68.99 vs US$59.99. Checked 16–18 October 2026.

**Is Kindroid free?**

You can chat on a free account, but the good model comes as a preview with a message counter (14 left when we started on 18 October 2026), and a subscribe window appeared about four messages into our test. Selfies need a subscription.

**Can I try Kindroid without an account?**

No. Kindroid asks you to log in first. Our replica shows the onboarding and creation screens so you can see them before signing up.

**Is Kindroid better than Nomi?**

At conversation, yes: it wrote some of the best replies in our test. Nomi’s free plan goes much further and its prices are simpler, so Nomi is the one to try first if you won’t pay.

## Sources

- Our six-message chat test on a free account, with screenshots and the full log, 18 October 2026.
- Screenshots from a free Kindroid account (login, creation window, chat, subscribe window, model settings), 16 October 2026.
- Kindroid web app JavaScript, captured 16 October 2026 (add-on prices on the web and in the app stores, plan comparison table, chat model names).
- Kindroid’s US App Store listing, In-App Purchases section, 18 October 2026.
- A Standard subscription (web) bought on 18 October 2026: the selfie, the billing page and the model menu.

## How we tested

How we tested: a free account for our six-message chat test, then a Standard subscription on the web (18 October 2026) for the selfie and settings, plus the app’s public web code and its US App Store listing.

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