A beginner’s guide to setting up your first fictional AI companion safely and getting the most from the free tier.
What to check
Use our methodology and privacy benchmark to compare apps on the criteria that matter most to you before creating an account or paying.
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Michelle Fischer is NSFWRating's lead reviewer for AI companion and roleplay apps. She hands-on tests chat quality, memory, voice and image features on fresh accounts, and scores every app against our published methodology. Her focus is simple: which apps actually deliver what they promise — and which ones quietly waste your money.
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