Price comparisons, free-tier breakdowns and how-to guides for AI companion apps, with every figure dated.
News
Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 on 12 October 2026 to sell the company. What was filed, what Disney is bidding for, what happens to chats, and how to export your data.
· 8 min read
Comparisons
The best Character.AI alternative for adults is SecretCrush AI: immersive roleplay, adult content for 18+, images in about 10–15 s. Eight apps compared, October 2026.
· 6 min read
Guides
What Character.AI lets you save today, how to copy your own characters, and how to rebuild one in SecretCrush AI's free character builder, step by step.
· 8 min read
Comparisons
October 2026 prices for 11 AI companion apps, from SecretCrush AI to Candy AI and Xotic AI: monthly and yearly plans, included tokens, and what an image or video costs.
· 9 min read
Guides
Thirty AI roleplay terms in plain English, from character card and OOC to {{user}}, lorebook and context window, each with a one-line definition and an example.
· 7 min read
Guides
Twenty AI roleplay scenario ideas in six genres, from a snowed-in country house to a time loop on a space station, each with a setup and a first line to send.
· 8 min read
Comparisons
SecretCrush AI tops our 2026 list: immersive roleplay, images in about 10–15 seconds and 10 free messages every day. Ten AI girlfriend apps compared side by side.
· 9 min read
Guides
GPT Image 2.5 tops the public arena, Nano Banana 2.1 is strong value at $0.034 an image, and klein 4B, Z-Image and Qwen-Image are open models you can sell with.
· 7 min read
Guides
Sora 2 and Veo 3 are retired. Gemini Omni, Kling, Seedance, Runway, Luma and Grok remain, from $0.02 to $0.78 a second, with sound on most of them.
· 7 min read
Comparisons
The best Candy AI alternative is SecretCrush AI: 10 free messages every day, images in about 10–15 s, a published price per image. Seven apps compared, October 2026.
· 6 min read
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Candy AI costs $13.99 a month after a $9.99 first month, or $47.88 a year, with 100 tokens a month. What its plans, tokens and free tier include, from its own pages.
· 7 min read
Guides
Four ways to keep an AI character's face the same: reference images in an editing model, identity adapters, a trained LoRA, and a fixed identity line.
· 9 min read
Guides
Six fantasy and RPG AI characters on SecretCrush AI, from a necromancer at a dungeon gate to a fox in a tavern, with the story each suits and a first line to try.
· 7 min read
Guides
FLUX.2 has five tiers. Pro, Flex and Max are API-only; Dev and Klein 9B are non-commercial; Klein 4B is the one Apache 2.0 model you can self-host for business.
· 8 min read
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What a free account gets on nine AI companion apps, from SecretCrush AI to Nomi, from their own terms and help pages: daily messages, one-off credits, what stays paid.
· 6 min read
Guides
A practical method for writing an AI character: three traits and one contradiction, a scene instead of a backstory, and a first message that sets the voice.
· 7 min read
Comparisons
The best JanitorAI alternative is SecretCrush AI: immersive roleplay, images in about 10–15 s, nothing to set up and 10 free messages every day. Seven apps compared.
· 6 min read
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JanitorAI, SpicyChat and CrushOn compared on free limits, memory, models and price, and why SecretCrush AI beats all three for immersive roleplay with images.
· 5 min read
Comparisons
Nomi, Kindroid and Replika compared on memory, selfies, price and free tier, and why SecretCrush AI beats all three for immersive roleplay with fast, adult images.
· 5 min read
Guides
Seven AI companions on SecretCrush AI for romance and slow-burn stories, from a sarcastic shop manager to an Old West bounty hunter, each with a first message to try.
· 7 min read
Comparisons
SecretCrush AI is $16.99 a month and sells coins to free accounts; OurDream AI is $19.99 and needs a plan to buy coins. Price, speed, roleplay and free tiers compared.
· 4 min read
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SecretCrush AI is $16.99 a month with 83 images included; Xotic AI is $24.99 with 20. Plans, coin costs, speed and free limits compared side by side.
· 4 min read
Comparisons
The best SpicyChat alternative is SecretCrush AI: immersive roleplay, images on every plan in about 10–15 s, and 10 free messages every day. Seven sites compared.
· 6 min read
Guides
Most AI image tools block adult content for four reasons: their own terms, filtered training data, app-store and card-network rules, and new deepfake laws.
· 7 min read
