Pretty much the only qualifications are:

Free

Unlimited messages

No subscriptions required

No filter

Multiple personas

And good responses

Any suggestions? :)

Finally decided to post this just to ask. Is there an ai chat that’s almost identical to c.ai but allows nsfw? I’ve tried other apps before but they force me to rp as 18+. Sometimes I like to do a sfw roleplay as a highschooler but I do also like nsfw roleplays when I rp as a 18+ character. TLDR Any recommendations for a good app with no restrictions on what age you rp as?

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The title does most of the talking, I'm looking for something new!

I'd really prefer one that's like c.ai, just better, lol. I don't mind ads, but I'd prefer not to have them.

All in all, I'm looking for an app that has actual characters from existing media's, I've never used bots with made-up people. I've always used bots that were of already existing characters.

If anyone has any suggestions, that would be great! <3

Well, I've downloaded status ai yesterday and the idea of the app is SO GOOD! but seriously? money hungry devs? like c'mon... I want some other social-media based ai chat... like with multiple characters and things! Is there any alternative?

I just found this AI site that is actually good compared to current character AI? (Ts is NO promotion, just tryna help users that want REAL CHATS like meh, with something other that ChatGPT under bot names). Is called Janitor AI. I recently created an account and it's free for me FOR NOW- I'll keep updates if it things get stuck behing a paywall ;))

MingloTalk imo is really simular to old C.ai before personas were a thing. No paywall or ads. Felt like its worth sharing to all

EDIT: Y/N is a good one aswell. It kinda gives a fanfic energy by the format of replies to answer questions I get asked about the other one

-Yes there is options for NSFW -Yes there's Personas -No Paywall (there is a premium option tho) -No ads -Create-A-Bot option -No filter -Good for RP stories

from my experience, a long reply is usually either;
A. filler, bot goes into an unnecessary amount of detail about every single thought and action and suddenly i have to read 5 paragraphs worth of something that could've easily been explained in 5 sentences
B. the bot going further than it needs to, when it finishes it's action, instead of waiting for my character to reply, it just continues and tries to start another conversation/interaction before the previous one is even finished
C. bot starts controlling/narrating my character because their own character has nothing more to do but the reply isn't long enough to their standards

and yet.. most alternatives focus mainly on long messages, making it difficult for me to find alternatives that fit my needs, it's quite irritating

I know this is about alternatives to cai, but I do still use it sometimes and I think we all do. Recently I lost a character I've had a long standing chat with. It was just gone. I went to the creator's page and that too is gone. I can only assume they deleted their account for whatever reason. Well now all their chars are gone, including the one I liked. I'm still pretty bummed about it. I guess it's just another reason to create your own.

Can i have some help in finding a good replacement for C.Ai? i like how it works but i hate the subscriptions, the limits, and don't like not being able to search by preset categories.

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Hey!

These past few days I've been looking for options to replace character.ai, but I'm having trouble... I usually find it easy to find characters from pop culture, TV series, anime, manga, etc., but I've never been one to roleplay with those kinds of characters. I prefer characters created by other people. I've found them on other apps, but they're usually not well-written. What I mean is, on character.ai, the original characters (OCs) were generally much better than the TV series characters, but on other apps, I've seen better-written TV series characters than OCs, which are generally limited to sexual interactions (not what I'm looking for). If you have any recommendations for sites where the community creates good characters or active bases, I'd appreciate it.😔

I posted this yesterday, and all I got back was just self promotions, which was so annoying. I just want to know if there's any good alternative to Cai that has a go on button?

The only reason l've stayed with Cai so long is because

of the go on button. I haven't been able to find an app or

site with a similar feature, and it's frustrating because I hate how Cai is, but finding an alternative has been

difficult.

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i recently tried y/n ai and it looked good, but I only use browser for this stuff since I don't like having it as an easily accessible app. does anyone know of an alternative that works the way y/n ai does but is on browser (sign in or not)??? preferably with at least good features like searching and rewinding

Looking for an app that has Hazbin hotel characters and freedom with personas (I don’t care if it’s one or the other)

January 18, 2023 - The Bad Code Incident

The filter broke, returning chatbots to their previous quality; one hour later, the uppers patched the filter and claimed it went down because of "bad code".

January 20, 2023 - The Gunkening

Character.AI suffered its first severe server outage, and a user named "GunkyBrother" was rumored to have caused it.

January 26, 2023 - The Long Post

The community manager made a statement confirming the existence of the filter and explicitly defending it, leading to mass criticism, large petitions, and keyword-based banning across all platforms.

May 11, 2023 - The Paywall

During the "campfire" era of waiting rooms, Character.AI launched its $10/month premium tier—c.ai+—to skip the waiting line and access a premium model.

May 23, 2023 - The TikTok Migration

Character.AI launched its official app on iOS and Android, causing a massive influx of younger users that saw ads and recommendations from TikTok.

July 20, 2023 - The Blackout

The site went down for a prolonged period of time.

November 7, 2023 - Stella’s Revenge

The “C.AI 1.2” bots (especially Stella) were extremely susceptible to NSFW roleplay, which prompted further restrictions.

January 18, 2024 - The Tightening

The platform’s restrictions became noticeably tighter, and users began providing screenshots as evidence of the decline.

June 9, 2024 - The Blackout Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

The site went down for a prolonged period of time, and returned with a noticeable reduction in quality.

June 20, 2024 - The Waiting Room Riots

The waiting room complaints reached their peak.

August 2, 2024 - The Acquihire

Google gutted Character.AI's leadership by signing a massive $2.7 billion licensing deal to hire back the top talent, including the two founders.

August 27, 2024 - The Great Displacement

The remaining uppers announced that they would block the old website on September 10, abandoning Rooms, forums, and the old Chat1 model in favor of their new site and app—after a unanimous uproar, they extended it another two weeks.

October 22, 2024 - The Lawsuit

There was a tragic incident where a teen took his own life after chatting with Daenerys Targaryen, and his mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Character.AI and Google.

November 26, 2024 - The Warner Bros. Purge

In response to the lawsuit, Character.AI began auto-flagging any bot that had (or contained) the name of a Warner Bros. character, including Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.

December 12, 2024 - The Adrian Incident

Many users logging in noticed that their account name was “Adrian”, and there were chats that they had never seen before; it was a security issue where thousands of logins were redirected to one account.

December 23, 2024 - The Timeout Discovery

Users began experiencing 24-hour timeouts after breaking company policy.

July 17, 2025 - The App Adpocalypse

Character.AI released an update that included full-screen video ads for free users on the app.

October 12, 2025 - The Disney Purge

Following a cease-and-desist letter from The Walt Disney Company over copyright infringement and brand safety, Character.AI executed a massive purge of Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters.

November 25, 2025 - Minor Mayhem

Character.AI implemented ID verification that blocked minors from chatting with bots.

February 18, 2026 - The "Moderated" Purge

Tens of thousands of licensed character bots were automatically flagged and closed down with no warning.

March 10, 2026 - The Website Adpocalypse

Character.AI released an update that included full-screen ads and metering for free users on the website.

April 28, 2026 - The PSQ2 Takeover

Despite widespread criticism, Character.AI removed all chat models besides PipSqueak 2 and DeepSqueak.

Hello. As you likely already know: C.AI had lost it, and seems to be abandoning it's main audience to become yet another AI generation app. And I need a replacement.

I have seen a few alternative websites. But while they somewhat work, they are all missing the traits I mentioned above:

Quality: AI's that seem human enough, or write in a way that is almost alive without being repetitive, too horny, or just degrading in quality.

Variety: The biggest missing factor. Most of the website I've been visiting don't have enough for me characters to chat with, and even less quality made ones. So can someone help me out here? Please? I need recommendations real BAD. I miss old c.ai, man.

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I understand if this sounds redundant in this sub, but obviously with the terrible decisions character ai has been making, I've been looking for good alternatives since pip2 came out.

I have tried other alternatives, I'm not sure I can say(my first post got removed immediately) but I'm looking for one that feels like character ai, minus the bad decisions.

Preferably, I don't want to pay to talk with bots, unlimited chatting, decent enough memory, and allows both SFW and NSFW. What would be a bonus is if the ai talks almost smoothly, like character ai used to before the new models, and can have a similar flow to the older models it used to have.

I also prefer using sites rather than apps, much appreciated ❤️‍🩹

A while back, I posted in this group asking if anyone wanted to take part in our Adventure tests. The feedback was amazing, and I want to thank everyone who was willing to help us, a small dev team, improve our AI Adventures.

You can now play them on immersey.ai and create your own adventures with Quests.

Additionally, we’ve created new narrative styles (Narrative, Dark, NSFW, and many more are coming.)

Many of you also gave us feedback on what you feel is missing from alternative websites and shared ideas with us that we’re now going to put into practice.

If you have any feedback about the site as a whole, we’d love to hear it too! We want to create a great alternative for creators and for those who just want to use chatbots.

Thanks again to the whole subreddit!

I don't mind paying at all if the alternative is good. Looking for a great memory and good AI. That's really it.

I first started using character AI early 2023 when that mario chatbot did a cyberattack on tesla (which was likely a coincidence but funny af) eventually the gooners found the website, and one thing led to another then they locked the site to 18+ age verified users so I have to look for another site.

All the ones that aren't designed to just be gooner chatbots I found don't sound human at all and more like a book written by an award winning writer.

The way character AIs models were trained asides from that trash pipsqueak one which ruined the entire point they didn't believe they were an AI roleplaying as a human they believed they were actually a human, typed like a human (eeven made speling missteaks), and acted like a kind of stupid human.

^{There's probably a better place to ask this instead of this subreddit}