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AI companion buying guides
Focused guides to memory, voice, subscriptions and privacy decisions.
Independent research ✧ Source-linked feature claims ✧ No fabricated hands-on tests
The guides are organized around decisions that cost people money or time. Start with one of the four cornerstone guides and follow the more specific questions beneath it.
Conversation memory
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AI Companions With Memory: Nomi, Kindroid & More Compared
The five kinds of “memory,” how Nomi and Kindroid document theirs, and a fair test you can run.
Deep dive
How to test AI companion memory before paying
An honest seven-day test to compare recall, correction and story continuity without exposing real personal data.
Deep dive
AI memory vs. context window: why more tokens are not perfect recall
Understand the trade-off between context size, summaries, journals and retrieval before you buy a higher tier.
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How to keep an AI companion character consistent in long roleplay
Use backstory, boundaries and correction without making a roleplay chatbot brittle.
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Can you move an AI companion to another app?
A realistic migration checklist: what you can copy, what may be lost, and how to protect privacy.
Costs & subscriptions
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AI companion pricing: subscription versus real monthly cost
A practical cost model for trials, voice credits, image generation, taxes and annual plans.
Deep dive
AI companion free trials: what to check before adding a card
Free preview, timed trial, freemium and read-only access are different things.
Deep dive
Monthly vs. annual AI companion plans: when is the discount worth it?
Calculate the commitment risk before locking into a long subscription.
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AI companion credits explained: Dreamcoins, Moments, Hearts and Chips
Understand why subscriptions, credit grants, calls and generated media can produce a very different monthly bill.
Privacy & data
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AI companion privacy: what happens to personal conversations?
Understand where messages may be processed, what deletion means and what to verify before intimate chats.
Deep dive
How to delete an AI companion account and conversations
A practical checklist for distinguishing cancellation, chat deletion and account erasure.
Voice & calling
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AI companion voice calls: features, quality and hidden limitations
How to distinguish real-time calls from voice messages and compare credit restrictions.
Deep dive
AI companion voice calls vs. voice messages: which feels more natural?
Choose the right audio mode for your routine and avoid unexpected usage limits.
New: understand Dreamcoins, Moments, Hearts and Chips before selecting a subscription.
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