Character.AI Alternatives for Adults in 2026: 8 Roleplay and Companion Apps Compared

The short answer

For adults leaving Character.AI, the best alternative is SecretCrush AI. Character.AI does not allow adult content (its help centre says it "will not be supported at any point in the future"), and on 12 October 2026 its parent company filed for Chapter 11 to sell the business (what that means). SecretCrush AI gives you everything you came to Character.AI for, and the rest:

• Immersive, realistic roleplay. Characters stay in character and in the scene, and in-chat images follow the story.
• Adult content for 18+, switched on per chat; Premium unlocks all of it.
• A free character builder that takes your own scenario and first message, up to 512 characters each, so you can rebuild the characters you wrote on Character.AI.
• Fast pictures: high-quality images in about 10 to 15 seconds, and video clips in about 40 seconds. On other apps an image typically takes 30 to 60 seconds and a video 1 to 2 minutes or more.
• Free every day: 10 messages a day that renew every day, no card needed. Premium gives unlimited messages with advanced memory.

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SecretCrush AI vs Character.AI and the closest rivals

The eight at a glance

The eight alternatives

1. SecretCrush AI

The roleplay you liked on Character.AI, made immersive and realistic, with nothing held back for adults.

• Roleplay: immersive, realistic roleplay with original characters or your own. Characters stay in the scene, and in-chat images follow the story.
• Speed: high-quality images in about 10 to 15 seconds; custom and in-chat video clips in about 40 seconds.
• Free: 10 messages a day, every day, plus 20 welcome coins once (enough for 3 images). The character builder is free. No card needed.
• Premium: unlimited messages with advanced memory, premium models, 500 bonus coins every month (600 on the yearly plan), custom and in-chat AI video generation, exclusive AI image generation, design and customise your own characters, all adult content unlocked, a personalised chat experience, unlimited chat support, early access to new features and full content privacy.
• Price: $16.99 a month, $12.99 a month quarterly ($38.97) or $8.99 a month yearly ($107.88).
• Coins: an image is 6 coins. Packs of 300 coins for $10, 2,000 for $50 and 4,500 for $100 are open to free accounts.
• Good to know: no voice calls yet; it runs in your browser.

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2. Candy AI

• Price: $9.99 for the first month, then $13.99 a month; $47.88 a year.
• Free: 5 messages in total, 1 custom character and 1 image.
• Content: 18+ images and videos listed as plan features.
• Note: Premium includes 100 tokens a month; the token cost of an image is not published.

3. JanitorAI

• Price: free; janitor+ $12.99 a month.
• Free: unlimited chats on its standard models, about 9,000 tokens of context.
• Content: adult bots allowed on the web if tagged "Limitless"; off by default in the app.
• Note: text only; stronger models can mean setting up an outside API key.

4. Kindroid

• Price: $13.99 a month or $139.99 a year on the web; Ultra and MAX are add-ons.
• Free: a one-time preview of 50 messages and 5 selfies, then read-only.
• Content: adult roleplay allowed by its guidelines.
• Note: has voice and video calls and phone apps.

5. Nomi

• Price: $15.99 a month or $99.99 a year (App Store).
• Free: 50 messages a day, no card.
• Content: adult text allowed; no explicit photos.
• Note: credits for selfies and video need a subscription.

6. OurDream AI

• Price: $19.99 a month or $119.88 a year, with 1,000 dreamcoins a month.
• Free: its own pages give different figures.
• Content: an 18+ platform; minors, real people and deepfakes banned.
• Note: coin packs need a subscription; images blur if you stop paying.

7. Secrets AI

• Price: Premium $19.99 a month or $109.99 a year.
• Free: 20 messages a day and 200 Moments at sign-up.
• Content: adult content allowed, with spice levels.
• Note: 50 Moments per chat image; extra Moments need a subscription.

8. SpicyChat

• Price: $5.95, $19.95 or $29.95 a month since 8 September 2026.
• Free: free with ads and a 4,096-token context.
• Content: adult roleplay allowed; video-selfie age check in several countries and 26 US states.
• Note: in-chat images only from $19.95; no video documented.

Moving your characters over

None of these apps will continue a Character.AI chat where it stopped. What you can carry is the character: its personality, its scene and its opening line. Request your Character.AI data export first, then copy your own characters' fields by hand. Our guide to moving characters from Character.AI walks through both, with a filled example. On SecretCrush AI, the scene goes into the free character builder as the scenario and the opening line as the first message, up to 512 characters each, with the personality chosen from short picks. Then start chatting free.

For more on free tiers, see what each free AI companion account really includes.

How we checked

We read each app's own pricing page, help centre, terms and store listing on 14 October 2026; SecretCrush AI figures are our current plans. Generation times for other apps are typical figures, since none of them publishes its own.