Replika Alternatives Pricing Audit

Three weeks ago I started auditing AI companion apps for pricing accuracy. The plan was simple: open each vendor’s checkout screen, screenshot what they actually charge, and compare it to what review sites and aggregators were publishing. Nine apps later, the audit produced more notable findings than I expected.

DreamGF.AI, DreamBF, and eHentai AI all run the same checkout UI. Same prices, same 150-token allowance, same Premium benefit list. Byte by byte. JustPorn.ai uses the same template at a lower price tier ($7.99/month monthly intro). All four operate under DreamAI SRL, Bucharest, Romania. DreamGF discloses this openly. There’s a footer block on their site labeled “AI Network” linking to the sibling brands. The notable part isn’t that the vendor hides it. The notable part is that no review site I checked explains what it means for a user evaluating four “different” options.

The pricing was off elsewhere too. SecretDesires.AI is published by aggregator sites in a three-tier $7.99/$13.99/$19.99 structure that hasn’t existed for at least six months. The live product is a single Premium tier at $19.99/month or $9.99/month annual. Infatuated.AI raised its monthly price 24% earlier this year (to $14.87/month) and added 150 more free tokens in the same change. I couldn’t find a review documenting either change. Candy.AI currently runs a 70%-off Easter Sale on annual subscriptions that aggregator listings publish as the standard rate.

So this isn’t a best-of list. It’s an audit. Nine apps, one verification date (May 10, 2026), and what the live pricing and vendor map actually look like.

Why this audit exists

Most “Replika alternatives” content on the open web is written by people who haven’t checked the vendor pricing in months. The category turns over fast. Pricing models change quarterly, brand names migrate, free tier rules shift. By the time a listicle ranks on page one, half its numbers are stale and most readers won’t notice until they hit checkout.

The Replika user cohort searching for alternatives is also more specific than category coverage assumes. Replika launched in 2017. Through 2022 it grew into the dominant AI companion app, with a paid tier that quietly became the unofficial standard for romantic and roleplay use. Two events in February 2023 changed the trajectory. On February 2, Italy’s data protection authority (Garante) issued an emergency order under GDPR Article 58(2)(f), restricting Replika data processing in Italy. Cited reasons: insufficient age verification, no blocking when users identified as minors, and risk to vulnerable users. Eleven days later, on February 13, Replika removed erotic roleplay (ERP) features globally. The r/Replika community called it the “lobotomy.” A promised separate app for “therapeutic romantic relationships” never shipped as advertised.

Two years later, on May 19, 2025, the same Italian regulator fined Luka Inc. €5 million for GDPR violations across Articles 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, and 25, plus opened a separate investigation into AI training methods. Around the same time, user-reported quality decline, paywall stacking, and inconsistent filter behavior pushed the next wave of users to start searching for something else.

That’s the cohort this audit was built for. Not “people curious about AI chatbots.” People who paid for something specific, watched it removed, and want to know what’s actually available, what it costs, and which apps are run by the same operator wearing different brand names.

The DreamAI SRL family: four brands, one product catalog

DreamGF.AI’s footer prominently links to DreamBF.ai, eHentai.ai, and a third site that routes to JustPorn.ai under a section labeled “AI Network.” This isn’t concealed. What’s not obvious from any individual brand’s pricing page is that three of these four products are byte-identical at checkout, and the fourth uses the same template at a lower price tier. Here’s what the audit found across all four.

DreamGF.AI, DreamBF, and eHentai AI share the exact same checkout interface, pricing structure, and Premium benefit list, verified live on May 10, 2026:

• Monthly: $25.99 $12.99/month (50% intro discount)
• 3 months: $77.97 $9.99/month (60% intro discount)
• Annual: $311.88 $5.99/month (75% intro discount)
• Tokens included: 150/month across all three brands
• Premium benefit list: 12 items, identical wording in identical order
• Operator disclosed in privacy policy and footer cross-links: DreamAI SRL, Bucharest, Romania

JustPorn.ai uses the same checkout UI template at a lower price tier, with one additional product (a 7-day trial) not offered by sibling brands:

• 7-day trial: $2.99 (Premium features + 50 tokens)
• Monthly: $14.99 $7.99/month (50% intro)
• 3 months: $29.99 $5.33/month (70% intro)
• Annual: $89.99 $4.17/month (80% intro)
• VIP tier: $29.99/month (limited availability)
• Tokens included: 100/month (50 less than sibling brands)

The strike-through “standard” prices are what you’ll pay on automatic renewal after the introductory cycle ends. This is the same first-payment-vs-recurring trap that DreamGF.AI users have flagged in community threads for over a year. Three brands later, it’s now four.

For a user evaluating “DreamGF vs DreamBF vs eHentai” the practical question is no longer which app is better. The product is the same. The choice reduces to brand preference and whether you want the lower price tier (JustPorn.ai) or the standard family pricing.

What aggregators got wrong

This is a section I didn’t expect to write. Three of the nine apps audited have pricing or structure documented incorrectly in widely-cited aggregator listings. Two had material changes within the past 12 months that aggregator sites haven’t updated. Here’s the gap.

SecretDesires.AI: single Premium tier, not three

Multiple aggregator sites list SecretDesires.AI with a three-tier Pro/Ultra/Max structure at $7.99/$13.99/$19.99 monthly. The live vendor checkout on May 10, 2026 showed a single Premium tier. $19.99/month billed monthly, or $9.99/month billed annually ($119.88/year). The “$120 in annual savings” marketing claim checks out arithmetically ($240 monthly × 12 minus $119.88 = $120.12 saved). The tiered Pro/Ultra/Max structure doesn’t appear at checkout, in the pricing FAQ, or in any vendor-published documentation I could find. The tiered numbers appear to be from an earlier 2024 product version that’s been retired.

Infatuated.AI: repriced and reissued tokens, not widely documented

The official price as of May 10, 2026 is $14.87/month for monthly billing, $13.33/month for 3-month billing, $11.99/month for annual billing ($178.50/year total). Free token allocation is 250 tokens per month. Multiple reviewers, including aggregator listings and category roundups I checked, document this at $11.99/month for monthly billing and 100 tokens. Those are likely 2024-2025 figures that haven’t been refreshed. The current product offers more free tokens at a higher monthly entry price, which is a meaningful change to the value calculation.

Candy.AI: Easter Sale rate published as standard

The €3.99/month annual rate (€47.88/year) currently published is a promotional Easter Sale rate at 70% off. The standard monthly rate without promotion is €13.99/month, and the standard quarterly rate (35% off) is €8.99/month. Aggregator listings I checked publish €3.99/month or $5.99/month as the standard annual rate without flagging the promotional context. When the Easter Sale ends, the lock-in is to whichever rate the vendor’s recurring contract specifies. Verify before subscribing.

Verified pricing across 9 apps (May 10, 2026)

All numbers below were verified May 10, 2026 from vendor pricing pages and checkout UIs from an EU IP. Where vendor structures vary across regions or promotions, the documented standard is noted.

Risk matrix across all 9 apps

“Risk” here means change risk and friction risk, not “this app will scam you.” The categories cover pricing transparency, token burn rate, refund eligibility, vendor or privacy concerns, and NSFW policy stability. The unified matrix lets you scan which categories of risk are concentrated where.

The four “High vendor/privacy” entries for DreamGF, DreamBF, eHentai, and JustPorn.ai aren’t trivia. If you’re concerned about privacy or about a single vendor’s policy decisions affecting your experience, treating these four as one platform is more accurate than treating them as four.

Things to watch out for when signing up

• Intro-vs-recurring pricing on DreamGF, DreamBF, eHentai AI, and JustPorn.ai. The headline rate is the first cycle only. Strike-through “standard” rates apply to all renewals.
• Use-removes-refund clauses on DreamGF family (any usage), OurDream.AI (25%+ usage threshold), and OurDream.AI crypto payments (never refundable).
• Promotional pricing as headline rate. Candy.AI’s €3.99/month annual is an Easter Sale rate. When the promotion ends, the contract terms apply.
• Stale aggregator data on SecretDesires.AI. The Pro/Ultra/Max three-tier structure no longer exists at vendor checkout.
• Free tier marketing vs reality. Infatuated.AI’s “free tier” caps at 10 messages per conversation plus 1 preview image. SpicyChat.AI’s free tier is genuinely usable for unlimited basic chat.
• Mobile pricing differences. SpicyChat.AI uses different billing cycles on Google Play (.99/week or .99/year) than on the web. Channel-specific subscription locks apply.

Per-app audit findings

Candy.AI

Operated by EverAI Limited (Malta). Roughly 900K registered users, around 10–11 million monthly visitors. The main feature differentiator in 2026 is Live Action mode, which generates 120-second animated video clips of your companion. Launched December 2025, upgraded February 2026, and unmatched on this list at this price point.

Live EU checkout May 10, 2026 showed an Easter Sale promotional pricing layer: €13.99/month monthly (no discount, this is the standard), €8.99/month for 3 months (35% off), €3.99/month annual (70% off, billed €47.88/year). The €3.99 annual rate is the headline price aggregator listings publish, but it’s a promotional rate. When the sale ends, the standard pricing reverts. The annual is billed upfront, not refundable for the year. Tokens are separate from subscription: 100 included monthly, image generation 2–5 tokens depending on complexity, voice calls per minute. Realistic spend for a moderate user is $20–$30/month, heavy users $50–$80+. Cancellation is self-serve in the dashboard. Charges appear as “EverAI” on bank statements.

Read more: our Candy.AI review · visit Candy.AI

DreamGF.AI

• Operator: DreamAI SRL (Bucharest, Romania), identified as GDPR data controller in privacy policy. The footer “AI Network” cross-links DreamBF.ai, eHentai.ai, and JustPorn.ai as sibling brands.
• Pricing structure: Promotional intro pricing displayed prominently with strike-through standard rates. Monthly $12.99 intro / $25.99 standard. 3 months $9.99/mo intro / $77.97 every 3 months standard. Annual $5.99/mo intro ($71.88 first year) / $311.88 standard annual. Strike-through values are what you pay on renewal after the introductory cycle.
• Tokens: 150 monthly tokens included with Premium. Per-action costs documented elsewhere as image 10, voice message 3, voice call 7 per minute, new companion 20. The 150-token allowance equals about 21 minutes of voice or 15 images per month before topping up.
• Refund reality: Refund eligibility is explicitly removed once you’ve used AI girlfriends, generated photos, sent messages, or consumed credits, per vendor terms.
• Vendor family: DreamGF + DreamBF + eHentai AI = byte-identical product at checkout. JustPorn.ai = same template at lower price tier.

Read more: our DreamGF.AI review · visit DreamGF.AI

SpicyChat.AI

Operated by NextDay AI Inc. (Montreal). 2M+ registered members. The structural differentiator on this list is that SpicyChat doesn’t run a token system. Pricing is purely tier-based, and the free tier is genuinely usable for unlimited basic chat with ads and queues.

Three paid tiers, verified at EU checkout May 10, 2026: Get a Taste at €4.95/month or €49.50/year (no ads, skip queues, faster responses, memory manager), True Supporter at €13.95/month or €139.50/year (8K memory, Semantic Memory 2.0, conversation images, advanced models), and I’m All In at €23.95/month or €239.50/year (16K memory, SpicyXL access, TTS, priority queue). Annual saves exactly 17%. Mobile pricing through Google Play uses weekly ($9.99/week) and yearly ($29.99/year) cycles instead of monthly tiers, a channel-specific quirk most reviews miss. Cancellation takes under a minute. The “uncensored” marketing has caveats. Community reports note content blocks mid-conversation, and memory fades within 15–20 messages despite the “Semantic Memory 2.0” branding.

Read more: our SpicyChat.AI review · visit SpicyChat.AI

Infatuated.AI

Launched late 2024. Browser-first positioning with explicit anti-mod-APK warnings. Publishes formal Privacy, Terms, Blocked Content, DMCA, and Removal/Complaints policies, which is more procedural transparency than most apps in this category.

Live checkout May 10, 2026 confirms the current pricing as $14.87/month for monthly billing, $13.33/month for 3-month billing, and $11.99/month for annual billing ($178.50 total annual charge, marketed as 15% off vs. the $17.50/month strike-through standard). Free token allocation is 250 tokens per month, the highest free allocation in our nine-app scope. This represents a meaningful change from the $11.99/month, 100-token configuration that aggregator listings still document. Token packs are reported separately at $10.50 (150 tokens), $14.00 (200 tokens), and $35.00 (500 tokens). Memory is limited to roughly 50 past messages via vector tokens. Real-time video calls aren’t available; AI video generation is experimental and glitchy. The tradeoff: strong character roster, transparent policy framework, and the highest included tokens, but a higher monthly entry price than most peers.

Read more: our Infatuated.AI review · visit Infatuated.AI

OurDream.AI

• Operator: Dream Studio LLC (Albuquerque, NM) plus TekTopia Ltd. Launched early 2025.
• Pricing (verified May 10, 2026): Monthly $19.99. Annual $9.99/month ($119.88/year, 75% off vs. $39.99 strike-through). Annual subscribers receive a 1,000 bonus DreamCoins first-month allocation on top of the recurring 1,000/month. Save claim: $120/year + bonus coins, marketed prominently at checkout.
• Currency: DreamCoins. 1,000 included monthly. Allocation: 1,000 coins = 200 images OR 20 minutes voice calls OR 10 videos. Failed video generations still consume coins, which users frequently report as the main friction point with this app.
• Refund rules: Denied if you’ve used more than 25% of subscription value. Monthly subscriptions don’t refund if coins are used. Crypto payments are never refundable. Coin deposits process at 2pm EST on renewal day.
• Cancellation effect: Previously generated images and videos blur until you re-subscribe. Download what you want to keep before cancelling.

Read more: our OurDream.AI review · visit OurDream.AI

SecretDesires.AI

Operated by Playhouse Media LLC (Delaware) and Playhouse Media Trading Ltd (Malta). Founded 2024. Around 682K monthly visitors. The app where external SERP data is most demonstrably wrong.

Verified live in the vendor checkout on May 10, 2026: a single Premium tier at $19.99/month, or $9.99/month billed annually ($119.88/year). The “Save $120 this year / 6 months free” marketing claim checks out arithmetically ($240 monthly × 12 minus $119.88 = $120.12). External aggregator and review sites still publish a three-tier Pro/Ultra/Max structure at $7.99/$13.99/$19.99 that does not exist in the current product. If you’ve been pricing this app from anywhere except the vendor’s own checkout, your inputs were stale.

Premium includes 300 monthly Hearts (3,600 per year on annual). 1 Heart equals 30 seconds of voice talk, 3 AI images, or 4 messages on premium chat engines. The Delaware-plus-Malta corporate structure is a positive legitimacy signal compared to anonymous competitors.

Read more: our SecretDesires.AI review · visit SecretDesires.AI

DreamBF

Operated by DreamAI SRL, Bucharest, Romania, the same company that runs DreamGF.AI, eHentai AI, and JustPorn.ai. The only purpose-built AI boyfriend platform in the seven, explicitly targeting women and LGBTQ+ users in a category that defaults to female companions. If shared-operator structure matters to you, weigh that before subscribing.

Live checkout on May 10, 2026 confirms DreamBF runs DreamGF’s pricing structure byte-by-byte, with the same intro-versus-recurring trap pattern: monthly billed as $12.99 first payment (50% off $25.99), 3-month plan as $9.99/mo first payment (60% off $77.97), annual at $5.99/mo first payment (75% off $311.88). The strike-through “savings” prices are what you’ll actually pay on renewal after the introductory period. Premium includes 150 tokens per month, used for image generation, voice messages, and voice calls. Free tier earns messages through daily login rewards that grow over time, capping at 50/day on a streak; miss a day and the streak resets. Tinder-style swipe matching is unique on this list. Known issues from documentation: character builder image loader breaks under load, free users’ creations are public by default (premium needed for private profiles), and the AI sometimes defaults to female pronouns for male users. Older Bronze/Silver/Gold/Diamond tier pricing documented elsewhere has been deprecated.

Read more: our DreamBF review · visit DreamBF

eHentai AI (vendor family mention)

Operated by DreamAI SRL, same as DreamGF.AI, DreamBF, and JustPorn.ai. Live checkout May 10, 2026 confirms eHentai AI runs byte-identical pricing UI to DreamGF and DreamBF: $12.99 monthly intro / $9.99 per 3 months intro / $5.99 annual intro, with the same $25.99 / $77.97 / $311.88 strike-through standard rates. 150 tokens per month included. Premium benefit list reads identically to DreamGF down to wording and order. If you’re evaluating DreamGF, DreamBF, and eHentai as distinct options, the audit confirms they are not. They are the same product at the same price under three brand names.

JustPorn.ai (vendor family mention, budget sub-brand)

Operated by DreamAI SRL. Same checkout UI template as DreamGF / DreamBF / eHentai, but priced as a budget sub-brand: $7.99 monthly intro ($14.99 standard), $5.33/mo for 3 months intro ($29.99 standard), $4.17/mo annual intro ($89.99 standard). 100 tokens per month included (50 less than the higher-priced sibling brands). Unique to JustPorn.ai is a 7-day trial at $2.99 covering Premium features plus 50 tokens. This is the only trial period in the DreamAI SRL family. A VIP tier at $29.99/month is listed as “Limited Availability.” Positioned as the affordable entry point into the same product, with reduced token allowance as the only meaningful feature difference.

Why this matters for users

Three practical implications come out of this audit.

First, the “advertised price ≠ real cost” pattern is the rule, not the exception. Six of seven main apps audited charge a subscription plus consume separately-purchased tokens or credits for media generation. The headline subscription price is the floor for users who only chat. If you generate images, use voice, or generate video, the realistic monthly cost lands at 1.5× to 4× the headline. SpicyChat.AI is the only exception. No token system means the tier price is the real price.

Second, vendor concentration matters more than category coverage admits. When four of nine apps come from the same operator, “competition” in the category is shallower than it looks. A single policy decision at DreamAI SRL (pricing changes, refund rules, content moderation, data handling) affects users across four brands simultaneously. If you’re trying to diversify by using “different” apps, picking DreamGF and DreamBF doesn’t accomplish that. They are the same backend.

Third, the trial period is your only safe evaluation window. Several apps (notably DreamGF, DreamBF, eHentai, and OurDream) explicitly remove refund eligibility once you’ve consumed credits or generated content. The combination of intro-vs-recurring trap pricing and use-removes-refund policy means annual commitments are real commitments. JustPorn.ai’s 7-day $2.99 trial is the only structured low-cost evaluation window in the DreamAI SRL family. Most other apps default to their free tier as the trial mechanism, which works if the free tier is genuinely usable (SpicyChat.AI), and works less well if it’s heavily limited (Infatuated.AI: 10 messages per conversation, 1 preview image).

Where Replika is still ahead

None of the nine apps audited reproduces Replika’s pre-2023 emotional companionship UX, and that’s worth saying out loud rather than pretending the alternatives are strictly better.

Replika’s memory architecture has nine years of refinement behind it. Conversation continuity over weeks and months is a different category from what most of the apps on this list do at the 8K to 16K context windows they market. Mainstream brand recognition matters too. Replika is a known quantity for friends and partners who might see the app on your phone, while several apps on this list will require explanation. The mobile apps are mature; the alternatives are mostly browser-first, and OurDream openly publishes “Add to Home Screen” instructions because it doesn’t have a native app at all.

Where Replika lost ground is the specific use case it stopped serving in February 2023. The alternatives above fill that gap. They don’t replace Replika’s other strengths.

Methodology notes

Verification approach: For each app in scope, the audit involved opening the vendor’s pricing page and checkout flow directly, screenshotting the displayed prices, and recording the strike-through “standard” rates alongside any promotional rates. Where vendor terms specify first-payment-vs-recurring distinctions, both values were recorded. Cross-checks against vendor billing terms, privacy policy controller disclosures, and footer cross-links were used to map operator relationships.

What this audit doesn’t claim: It is not a long-term hands-on usage review. The audit cannot verify behavior of NSFW filters over time, voice quality stability across model updates, refund processes actually executing, or behavior with non-English inputs.

Regional scope: Verification was performed from an EU IP on May 10, 2026. Some vendors displayed EUR currency (Candy.AI, SpicyChat.AI), others displayed USD regardless of region. US and other regional checkouts may show different currency formatting and occasionally different promotional rates. Verify on your region’s vendor checkout before paying.

Pricing changes: This category updates monthly. Treat every number here as a snapshot dated May 10, 2026. The Update Log below records any revisions to these findings as subsequent audits occur.