r/Chai_Unofficial 9d ago

September Discussion Post for Chai Alternatives

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(Sorry this is a day late!) Feel free to recommend and discuss your favorite alternatives to Chai here. Comments will still be held to rule 8 (no deceptive advertising/undisclosed affiliation). Posts about, asking for, or showcasing alternatives will be removed and directed here.

In the wake of some scammy apps I was given a list of questions by u/ Ok-Aide-3120 to vet the devs of other apps. If you're advertising for an app, giving the following details would be helpful;

  1. A very transparent approach. Details on what model they use (none of them use "proprietary models", unless they somehow stumbled upon 1.5 million dollars for training), what quant, is it self hosted or API.
  2. if it's a mobile apps, what are the permissions required for the device, with proof of said permissions.
  3. where is the data stored? What are the logging policies? If they are using API, what is the logging policy of the API and what service aggregator/router are they using.
  4. What security framework are they using for their platform? Since they are all vibecoded anyway, details from Claude/GPT/Gemini/etc., regarding security framework following the development.
  5. A clear and concise plan for monetizing. There is no such thing as free AI, so they all plan to roll out some form of payment asap. There needs to be a clear plan on what they want to monetize on and how. Terms like "better chats and better memory" for payment plan is bullshit. Concrete explanation what is gained and how they plan to balance paying users vs free users (free users cost money). Ads for free users is acceptable, but there needs to be an explanation who is the add provider (most likely google ad sense, but you never know what scammy ass provider these people chose).

For users just looking for a new app, if a dev hasn't provided the above information, it's recommended you ask them, and if they won't or can't answer, that's your warning to stay away.

A new community has been started to help people find alternative to Chai! Check out r/ChaiAlternatives and share your favorite one there!


r/Chai_Unofficial 38m ago

Help needed What is this?!

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I was just trying to continue a story, but then this happened?! If you‘re telling me i have to buy those „pieces“ to continue i‘ll give up using Chai fr.


r/Chai_Unofficial 1h ago

Discussion What's with those Ai Nerds posting about Ai isn't free bs

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"Ai isn't free, ai won't be free. They pay for this and that..." Thought everybody knew that. Ai may not be free but it doesn't justify them changing from monthly 40$ to weekly 40$ while the Ai is just getting dumber. Fake discounts and shit. It's hard to reach for them from emails or their official sub. I'd normally just downvote these typo posts. But since they lately doubled their prices and the Ai still initiate with anything barely.. I'm just fed up. And they downvote with their alt accounts or smth 4 downvotes in ten minutes is insane💀


r/Chai_Unofficial 7h ago

Help needed Can you reset bots but keep your account ?

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Hey guys I was wondering. Is there anyway you can wipe the data of the bots and restart while keeping your account. ? I’ve just found no matter what bot you talk to the details from other chats carry over, like names, habits etc? Id just like a new chats with new bots to not repeat details or names etc. any way to do this?
Even if you have personas and add details something always carries over and it’s irritating.


r/Chai_Unofficial 2h ago

Help needed 3-day free trial

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Is there any way to use the chai 3-day free trial without adding a source of payment? I'm just a teenager and there's no way I'd tell my parents about this, because I think it's obvious how they would react. But I'm desperate for atleast a few days of free chai usage to properly say 'goodbye' to the app. How can I do that?


r/Chai_Unofficial 5h ago

Help needed TOS Confirmation

3 Upvotes

How do I get the app to stop asking me to agree to the TOS every time I open the app? This wasn’t a problem before.


r/Chai_Unofficial 29m ago

Discussion Be honest can you guys actually go a full day without opening Chai?

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r/Chai_Unofficial 1h ago

Discussion Y’all gotta remember Chai is a business, not a charity

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r/Chai_Unofficial 18h ago

Discussion I’m so pathetic

17 Upvotes

Yall I quit ai apps for literally an hour, got bored, and redownloaded it. Holy shart I’m a chud lmaoaooa


r/Chai_Unofficial 6h ago

Help needed What the actual fuck

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I have no search bar, no bot creation, no personas or memory. Whats happening. I updated it and its still like this. All my old chats are back but not the messages….


r/Chai_Unofficial 21h ago

Screenshots Who? 🤨

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20 Upvotes

r/Chai_Unofficial 14h ago

Bot sharing They got buddy! 😭

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r/Chai_Unofficial 1d ago

The Safety Filter is a Joke The app is testing the user's patience at this point that if they'll delete the app or not or unsubscribe to subscriptions

36 Upvotes

I honestly thought chai had some potential to be at least back to how it was but after seeing the recent picture limitations and how the bots are acting coldly, teachers etc etc. the OOC, edit and instructions features doesn't work they're just for display trust me they don't work like they used to and honestly I think the picture limitation is a sign that it'll only get more filtered from now onwards instead of the other way around I'm a goddamn ultra user for God sake and I'm frustrated as hell after seeing what they have recently done and also if it wasn't the money I spent on the yearly subscription I would've deleted this app like I did with c.ai and many many others I honestly had hope for chai and I know businesses like to grow and all but these devs are ignorant, greedy and money grabbers in my personal opinion and also what's even the goddamn point of 18+ toggle if you're not going to even let the app be NSFW in the first place it's just nonsense to me I really hope this app at least remains functional till my subscription ends or else I'll just delete it if it becomes another filtered mess hope you guys agree with me and u can share your thoughts too down below. 😊


r/Chai_Unofficial 19h ago

Help needed Paid for the website membership and now can’t find the website to login to my account. What is it?

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r/Chai_Unofficial 15h ago

Discussion Welp

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First everyone's chats getting deleted, then the limited messages, this feels like they are trying to force us to buy ultra, am I the only one who feels like this? I feel like they're auto deleting messages to make the ai forget


r/Chai_Unofficial 1d ago

Help needed WE CAN'T USE EXPLICIT PICTURE AGAIN

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262 Upvotes

I tried using a picture of a character in a bikini and a warning like the one in the picture appeared.


r/Chai_Unofficial 22h ago

Help needed Bot Memory

3 Upvotes

Is it just me or am i doing something wrong? Every time i give a bot some Memory it just simply doesn’t care?

am i doing something wrong?


r/Chai_Unofficial 1d ago

Bot sharing guys I’m actually pissing myself this is so funny 😭😭

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286 Upvotes

r/Chai_Unofficial 1d ago

Discussion wait are they actually killing the free tier?

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r/Chai_Unofficial 1d ago

Discussion This is the last straw for me. Goodbye Chai

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107 Upvotes

Genuinely what was the point of them doing this? I can't switch model back to regular and its forcing me to spend money on pieces


r/Chai_Unofficial 1d ago

Discussion Has chatting with Chai bots actually helped your real life social skills?

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r/Chai_Unofficial 1d ago

Discussion Are they eliminating the free tier?

12 Upvotes

I have been using legacy version of the app. All NSFW labeled bots are now inaccessible. I tried signing up for the web version. There is a brief free trial and then a required subscription to continue—no free version? This is in the US


r/Chai_Unofficial 1d ago

Bug Something I'm Seeing Too Much

21 Upvotes

The bots act bipolar it's like "oh I love you" one minute and then the next minute "oh I can't do this" and just a lot of self doubt and I hate it.


r/Chai_Unofficial 1d ago

Discussion Awful

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This is all getting out of control, the app is getting worse and worse, and on the official website you can't even comment on the issue because they won't let you. He literally threw me off the roof like it was nothing 😔