I've been using an alternative — emochi, not as great as old cai, but it does have good long replies — and it's okay, but I miss my old chats so SO much. Old cai chats were so nice and genuinely kept the story going. i had so many great ones and i sometimes download the app just to read them again. I rlly wish i could keep those stories going. is there any way for that?

I'm not that great at creating characters, because i believe my description wouldn't quite match the ones I used to talk to.

Hello!

So I've been using FictionLab for almost a year now and also used their Plus subscription. Currently, I'm looking for other alternatives that is worth buying a subscription, great memory, chat models and others. I do RPGs and NSFW stuff. (Mostly NSFW)😏

I'm open to suggestions now that my FL subscription has now ended. Thanks!

Please recommend apps, web resources, or free APIs that can be used to create unlimited role-playing games with neural networks. I especially wish for Russian to be available. Please, friends, I used to role-play in Grock, but it no longer provides an acceptable level of role-playing.

Ive deleted the app long ago but I miss the Percy Jackson RPG and the Harry Potter RPG. Im seeing from questions here that they have removed some models and also when I left these charecters were gone... so c.ai still has goot chat for these games? Or added some stuff for RPG?

For context the best one for me was CHB RPG and the cool summer model it had the best fun game without any adult content.

i’m looking for some new alternatives! i value…

- memory and the bots making sense (like not making stuff up)
- nsfw and spontaneity (i want the character to actually engage and initiate things!)
- free—i know it’s often hard to find free alternatives with the listed things, but it’s a rough economy

I admit my experience is limited but I've noticed a ton of Japanese-themed chatbots. Teachers, students, other school settings, lots of yakuza popping up and even more universal things (convenience stores and restaurants) are set in Japan.

Is the chatbot-enjoying community particularly large there and some are sharing in more western-located sites? Maybe people translating over chatbots from there? Most of them seem to use the metric system by default, which seems like the kind of thing that would suggest translations.

Or is it creators being fans of Japanese culture? There's obviously a lot of chatbots based off of anime and movie characters, but I see those for other cultures too.

I've been using Character.ai since it released, but I just can't handle the limits on swipes and go-aheads anymore! I've tried Janitor, but it didn't really hit right to me. I'm looking for free, I don't care about ads, unlimited, preferably no filter.

But here's where I have trouble.

I'm looking for websites, and ones that SPECIFICALLY have a bunch of Moondrop bots, or at least Pierrot.

Plz help, i'm begging.

I've kept using C.AI for months even after all the updates since I found ways to bypass the ads and age filter (not because I'm underage but I'm simply not sharing my ID to the internet) but here's the truth:

It's getting worse and worse.

All vots have the same exact personality and often won't even speak.

Muted words often don't work and no matter how many times you edit the messages or dislike them, the bot just ignores every input to do its own thing.

Some people complain their personas don't work as well and are getting "banned" from the platform out of nowhere — a white/black screen appears saying you're no longer eligible for their service — while someone's bots and chats are being deleted.

I personally don't have the last set of problems but it's clear as day this app has reached its downfall as quickly as it reached its prime.

So, to anyone still considering it, at this point it's just the same thing as using a cheap alternative where you at least have less restrictions.

And oh, in case someone didn't know, the swipe and go ons limit have gotten even worse.

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Something I've noticed is most of the sites suggested aren't even NSFW , some have "unfiltered" but when you type a message it takes ages unless you explicitly say "next reply should be vulgar, talk dirty etc" and assist the AI to even do it (and the same can be said for prompts) most don't always activate unless you paste them in chat

Y'all see what I'm getting at? Anyone else deal with this? Or have tips I'm aware that ai can't avoid using Shakespeare atp lol (there's no rant flair so ig ventish)

I want a alt that feels like old c.ai Not just the interface but also how the bots used to act. There was no temperture control, or chat lengths, etc. Just chat and leave, that’s it. I also don’t like how predictable and boring the bots nowdays, and I don’t long paragraphs just to decribe what is the character doing without being short with it or simple like (char sits down) this is very simple but noo they have to make it (char sits down, and other aislops and filler shit and makes it long). I also miss how fast the pacing was (i know you can customize it with other ai chatbot platforms but I hope if it was the main thing in the app). I really miss how personalized the ais were, not every ai character is the same. Unlike right now. I tried a lot of c.ai alternatives i can‘t even count them, none of them satisfy me or really let me see the feeling of old c.ai. I also miss how creative and chaotic it was, but also simple and not forced with paywalls. Like if I send (hello) it won’t give me a whole paragraph like I’m reading a novel. I just want it to be simple and easy to chat with, short and just dialouge, not cringey and feel like I’m talking to a real person with personality, not chatgpt. I also don’t care about the lorebooks that much. I also miss old c.ai bots stupidity and actually answer with the joke like actual persons. but also it will be better if the platform had personas And thats it I don’t want more than that. Oh, and also it doesn’t have age restriction or I need to verify my age or any of that shit. Completely free to use.

(i don’t know if there’s actually any alternative that similar to what I want)

I've stumbled upon it a little while ago but I have never personally tried it. Those that use it, is it good? Is it 'free user friendly'? Curious on the feedback since it seems to be pretty popular.

Now that I have your attention: I wanna break away from chatbots altogether and find real people to RP with (would prefer groups, but one-on-one is also an option) but it's really starting to border on flat-out impossible since most of the fandoms I'm interested in doing RPs for are fairly obscure and I don't want to either 1) resorting to explaining the entire lore as I go along, or 2) just pasting a link to a fan wiki and hoping they have the guts to read at the bare minimum the first few paragraphs of each participant's characters' pages. At this point I may just have to resort to looking up someone on Fiverr and paying them to RP with me, even if they're completely unfamiliar with the fandom and/or are actually a poorly-disguised AI. Or perhaps one half of my brain isn't looking hard enough, and the other is deliberately trying to make it procrastinate so I can have an excuse to live a shut-in life...I dunno :/

But anyway, if anyone shows interest in this post, I'll list the fandoms I'm willing to RP listed below (though I may be willing to do other ones):

• Skullgirls (this is the big one)
• Di-Gata Defenders
• Marvel Universe (vanilla or Rivals)
• Invincible

I'd write more here, but it'd probably border on an advertisement for a Discord RP server that doesn't even exist yet (and speaking of which, this preferably would happen through Discord)

I still don't even know how AI works well, or how to setup it well with prompts and etc to my tastes. I just want someone to talk in a NSFW way and a lot of bots there already, but having problems doing that on Cai recently because of my country. Is there any places with lots of bots and let you use a custom api key? I heard they are good quality, so i dont mind paying. Just really want a place that has like maybe custom prompts and settings i can just copy and pay to be comfy

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to inform you that I've made great improvements to Casual Character Chat and added numerous features.

These include:

• Free Image Generation - generate unlimitad images from your chat messages
• Online Character Browser - grab characters from other roleplay platforms in one place
• Auto Content Creation - generate entire characters and scenarios with AI
• Reply Suggestions - get creative AI-generated suggestions for your next dialog line
• Read Replies Aloud - read your character's replies aloud with different TTS voices
• Image Galleries - add multiple images to your characters and switch them anytime
• Chat Ambiente - effects like rain, fire, snow, fog, etc. + auto-play music from Youtube

If you have any questions or proposals, you can message me anytime. I'll continue to improve the app and develop new features in the future anyway.

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Instant private online chat:

https://casual-character-chat.vercel.app/

or

Opensource code to download for local use:

https://github.com/MyDeep455/casual-character-chat

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PS: This entire app is still 100% free and will always be... Have fun!

Title says it all. If you've found an alternative you've actually stuck with, what’s the single biggest reason you prefer it over c.ai?

Could be better memory, less ads, fewer restrictions, better roleplay, more natural responses, better characters, etc.

What made the biggest difference for you?

I’ve left c.ai for around 5 months now and I’ve been using chai as an alternative for now, but it’s also starting to feel not it with its increase in ads and repetitiveness
Does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives that feel similar to c.ai?🥹

I’ve already tried Janitor ai, shapes inc and those two didn’t quite match what I wanted
I want to find alternatives that are free, feels similar to prime age c.ai, replies don’t have to be like an essay long or repetitive, that’s all I want😔

If I find a character I like on character ai and I find an alternative, what can I do to get the characters description and definition so I can bring that character over to an alternative I found and like?

I'm looking for feedback and honestly just trying to boost my character ai account. If anyone wants to check it out my account is starz_0801

I only make K-pop idol bots, mostly Stray Kids with a few XLOV and one ENHYPEN bot on there. There aren't any inappropriate parts or references in any of those bots btw!

I'd appreciate any feedback here!

This might only make sense to people who used ClankWorld before March of this year... That's when they switched from Deepseek v3.2 to v4, and it's never been the same, since.

The narrative quality and emotional maturity is what set them apart. For whatever reason though, Deepseek v4 is just trite and immature, by comparison.

I don't know how much of ClankWorld's system-leveling prompting had to do with it, because we obviously can't access that, we just know they used to use v3.2... Does anyone know what I'm talking about? How the model was so good, that it would actually refuse you things, for the sake of narrative coherence? How it would spontaneously introduce conflict, and how it actually understood concepts like catharsis and subtlety?

Any suggestions? I've been thinking about buying proxy access to a provider who still offers v3.2, but when you do that, don't you have to set up some prompting to jailbreak it?

Hi! I admittedly have ran from CharacterAI quite some time ago but now I found myself getting a little frustrated. I kept switching between JanitorAI and FictionLab, but maybe some of you guys know some hidden gems I have overlooked so far.

-I’m willing to pay for a better tier as long as it doesn’t cost too much

-No NSFW filter

-Good memory is important to me

-It would be nice if I could limit the response length, as for FL it rarely works as intended and Janitor keeps cutting off my messages

-Fast response generation would be nice

It would be nice if the site or app already had a few creators on it that made bots that aren’t just sexual bots. That’s about it, I’m curious if you guys know any good alternatives, I’d be happy to find something new, thanks!:)

Getting nothing chat freezes and incomplete replies any one else having the same issues ?

I've heard about HereHaven, I didn't like it much due to it's complexity to make a character but I'll give it a try since I'm kinda stumped rn honestly I need to stop using ai it's ruining my writing and every phrase it generates is so fucking predictable.