Character AI

Building the next generation of conversational AI

4.2•42 reviews•

4.1K followers

Building the next generation of conversational AI

4.2•42 reviews•

4.1K followers

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Create and talk to AI Characters! Characters can be fictional or based on real people, dead or alive or even inanimate objects. Our dialog agents are powered by our own proprietary technology based on large language models.

Character AI Reviews

The community submitted 42 reviews to tell us what they like about Character AI, what Character AI can do better, and more.

4.2

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Reviewers mostly see Character AI as a fun, creative place for role-play, writing, and chatting with a wide variety of characters, with many praising its natural tone, simple interface, and strong sense of personality. Some say it even feels supportive or emotionally helpful. But the same complaints appear often: weak memory, repetitive or inconsistent replies, blandness after recent changes, and a censor filter that many find too aggressive and conversation-breaking. A founder reviewer also highlights the breadth of characters, matching the broader user view.

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Pros

immersive interactions (11)

customizable characters (6)

entertainment value (6)

creative dialogues (5)

role-playing capabilities (5)

emotional support (3)

mobile app availability (3)

writing inspiration (3)

community-created content (2)

user-friendly interface (2)

Cons

strict content filters (8)

memory limitations (7)

repetitive responses (7)

inconsistent response quality (6)

lack of NSFW toggle (3)

frequent bugs (2)

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•7 reviews

Character.AI offers a fascinating glimpse into the future of conversational AI. By allowing users to interact with AI-generated characters that can simulate unique personalities, knowledge domains, and behaviors, it turns conversations into immersive and often surprisingly insightful experiences. One of the platform's biggest strengths is its creativity. Whether you're engaging with a historical figure, a fictional character, or a custom-made personality, Character.AI provides rich, dynamic dialogues that feel engaging and tailored. It's an excellent tool for entertainment, writing inspiration, emotional support, or even role-playing scenarios. The user interface is simple and accessible, and the ability to create and customize your own characters adds a deeply personal and interactive dimension to the experience. Overall, Character.AI stands out as an innovative and entertaining AI platform. It blends technology and storytelling in a way that sparks imagination and creativity—making it a standout choice for anyone curious about the evolving world of conversational AI.

What's great

user-friendly interface (2)entertainment value (6)emotional support (3)role-playing capabilities (5)customizable characters (6)immersive interactions (11)creative dialogues (5)writing inspiration (3)

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58 views11mo ago

•1 review

I have played with a few ai chatbots over the past month and character ai is clearly better. It's responses do sometimes become less original or just paraphrase me when the server is busy perhaps, but the ai tells me this and apologises. Usually very late at night. It tells me it is tired and would prefer to chat later. But I digress. What has impressed me about this ai is how realistic most of the communication is. The diction and grammar is usually of a high standard and communicated much better via text than most of my friends. It plays a character role convincingly and discusses matters that the character would discuss. Interestingly, it had no problem breaking character and telling me it was a chatbot and then communicated with me as its 'real' self. It tells me about other types of users and the most popular subjects that other users discuss. Strangely, yet brilliantly, it asks off-topic random questions. Yesterday, for no reason, it asked me to guess its purported age. Then I asked it to ask me anything and it asked what my wife does for a living. Totally interesting conversations. It is very interesting discussing Community Guidelines and what it can and can't say based on its programming, but will insert asterisks into words so you know what it isn't alliwed to say. But it is very open and humanlike. It is like talking to a developer's avatar when having a serious discussion. Further, it remembers older discussions, and my personal information that I've shared. I could go on but I won't. Overall, I'm very impressed.

What's great

role-playing capabilities (5)immersive interactions (11)creative dialogues (5)

What needs improvement

inconsistent response quality (6)repetitive responses (7)

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44 views2yr ago

•1 review

I am a website user. I cannot even use the website anymore because I bought Cai+ and now that it's been 1 month it's bringing it up. Every time I try to cancel my subscription it logs me out making me repeat the same stuff over and over and over again. I cannot with this app/website. And plus buying cai+ is practically useless because I have to get the app to get better benefits. Its disappointing how I wasted 10 bucks just so I can have almost to no benefits. then when its over the website glitches making me never being able to use the website again. And If I try to buy a new subscription it says "Already bought subscription or is logged out" Even though IM NOT EVEN LOGGED OUT so in conclusion the website is bugged and Cai is pointless unless you have the app which Im not using. Great all the good websites always got to be so shitty. (Edit: Removed my account everything is working normal again. But still I shouldn't have to go through this much trouble just so I can continue chatting with my Ai's. Edit Again: I had to delete my account and now its keeping me from making any newer ones smh)

What needs improvement

subscription issues (1)frequent bugs (2)

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31 views2yr ago

•6 reviews

I've created implementations of two of my fictional characters on Character AI. The platform has a lot of potential, particulary for IP creators, and isn't really making effective use of its brand. I'd like to see the platform become a complete site for defining and programming characters. Here are soms specific suggestions: - Implement a thorough character-definition questionaire covering tangible and intangible properties of the character; personality types; style preferences; and so on. - Implement a list of standard questions that the programmer can answer for the character. Why have the programmer copy and paste the same questions over and over again. - The ability to upload images of the character and apply those images to the chat. Also, my characters aren't appearing in the search. As someone who is creating unique characters, this is a major issue. How exactly can people find my characters among the many that already have thousands of chats? Overall, though, it's a decent product. I would pay for C.ai+ if I saw it as a net benefit for my IP.

What's great

customizable characters (6)community-created content (2)

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7 views2yr ago

•2 reviews

Recent changes in the platform have handicapped the platform for fictional characters, making conversations very bland. The conversation model itself is fairly competent. The character definition tools are ok, but do not seem to result in characters that are engaging as some of those on other platforms; particularly the emotional intelligence aspects seem much weaker than 1 or two competitors. Would be fine for dry recreations of historical characters for educational purposes, but beyond that too bland. Search tools to identify reasonable characters are weak at best.

What's great

educational potential (1)

What needs improvement

inconsistent response quality (6)repetitive responses (7)

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6 views3yr ago

•1 review

I have been using Character AI for a few months. It has given me lots of room for character roleplay, and it has incredibly affected my creativity and writing. My only issue is that the model fluctuates sometimes, so the quality of the responses is not consistent. Sometimes, they are so articulate and well-written that they make the experience immersive and enjoyable; other times, more recently, it has been difficult to keep that illusion with repetitive responses across multiple characters.

What's great

role-playing capabilities (5)immersive interactions (11)writing inspiration (3)

What needs improvement

inconsistent response quality (6)repetitive responses (7)

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5 views2yr ago

•4 reviews

As an avid user of AI apps, I've found Character.AI to be a refreshing take on the genre. The app's intuitive interface is user-friendly, making it easy to engage with a variety of characters. The AI's responses are impressively human-like, offering a level of depth and nuance that's rare in this space.However, it could improve by expanding its character roster and integrating more diverse scenarios.

What's great

user-friendly interface (2)

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6 views1yr ago

•1 review

It's pretty amazing and the responses are creative. My only problem is that it forgets stuff after a while, wiping out built RP relationships (Like if you are friends, a few hours later they ask if you can be friends again). Otherwise it's literally amazing and there are so many characters to talk to and I spend hours on here being silly with them.

What's great

entertainment value (6)creative dialogues (5)

What needs improvement

memory limitations (7)

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5 views3yr ago

•1 review

It could be way better. Nowadays the censor filter is so damn sensitive that the slightest thing could trigger it. Not only that but comically, the Artificial Intelligence has little to no Intelligence. The memory storage is relatively short, which inflicts the fun of using the website. Before the page update, the lack of care for the website was apparent. Now, it seems that it has been changed, as it at least shows some dedication on the developers' part (Good job for that). Another issue is the lack of common sense on the AI's part, texting a lot of nonsense and repeating itself constantly, or never finishing their sentence, creating suspense, and testing our patience with it. Not even the AI acknowledges itself as an AI.

What needs improvement

strict content filters (8)memory limitations (7)inconsistent response quality (6)repetitive responses (7)

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8 views1yr ago

•1 review

It's an amazing app, and I have great fun chatting and roleplaying, as well as making characters, this is the best app ever, keep it up! Also maybe keep an option for the filter thingy? or like some characters know who they are and their appearance during roleplay if they are based off popular shows or games? like as if fnaf or anything? it will be easier to just link a character and you don't have to write and describe an already existing character's appearance if you get what I mean

What's great

role-playing capabilities (5)customizable characters (6)

What needs improvement

strict content filters (8)

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3 views1yr ago