The Eliza Report
ELIZA/WIRE · 36 apps tracked · 63 events logged · 15 prices verified · last check 2026-08-06

The AI companion industry, tracked.

36 apps under continuous watch: pricing, content policies, model behavior, and the churn nobody else records — dead apps, killed free tiers, quiet price hikes. Every claim carries a provenance flag. No pay-to-play rankings, ever.

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15 of 36 pricing records verified at the source · last check 2026-08-06 · how we verify

From the review desk

GirlfriendGPT review: the community platform whose free tier isn't one

tested 2026-07-07

We read GirlfriendGPT's own terms line by line: the 'free plan' is 10–20 messages in total, subscriptions are metered at 5,000–20,000 credits a month, and the default refund policy is none. Published pricing, named operator, dated receipts.

DreamGF review: read the renewal price before the intro price

tested 2026-07-07

Every advertised price is a first payment — monthly renews at double. We receipt-checked both pricing surfaces (which contradict each other), the use-anything-voids-refunds policy, and the $1.99/mo 'maintenance charge' their membership policy reserves against ex-subscribers.

Candy AI review: the vertical's biggest brand, receipt-checked

tested 2026-07-06

We opened every public surface of candy.ai and read the terms line by line: real US pricing (it renews at the same price — rare here), the 24-hour refund window, token forfeiture on cancel, and the Live Action beta that clones CamSoda's signature feature.

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Latest industry changes

2026-08-06 OurDream AI — CrakRevenue PPS payouts confirmed tiered at T1 $48 / T2 $44 (offer 10138), and the premium lane at $55 (10402) remains approval-gated. The revshare lane (10139) is unchanged at 30%. Per-click earnings run the opposite way to the payout headline: revshare EPC $0.5449 vs $0.2561 on the gated premium PPS and $0.0857 on standard PPS.
2026-08-03 SpicyChat — Shipped 'Lorebooks' — reusable world-info/lore entries for roleplay — as a new nav section with a 'New' badge; web version 2.41.2
2026-08-03 HeraHaven — 'Videos' tab added to the main app navigation, visible logged-out — AI video generation surfaced as a first-class feature (the homepage title had advertised videos since late July)
2026-08-03 Nomi — Retitled the homepage from the broken-looking 'Index - Nomi.ai' to 'AI Companion With Memory - Nomi.ai' — memory is now the headline positioning
2026-08-03 Lovescape — Homepage added explicit 'AI Roleplay Porn' and 'Weird Stuff' category landers — leaning into porn-keyword SEO most competitors avoid
2026-08-03 Janitor AI — Site now fronted by a capacity queue: 'JANITOR QUEUE IS ACTIVATED', estimated wait time, 40-second auto-refresh — third access-control regime since the 2026-07-16 lockdown
2026-08-03 Replika — Subscription ladder is now four tiers — Free Use, Pro, Ultra, Platinum (real-time video recognition, Training Mode, 'Read Replika's Mind', selfie videos) — with prices published only in-app; the help center also notes free access 'may be denied at Replika's discretion'

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The graveyard

Where AI girlfriends go to rest — every notable companion death since 1966, with dates, causes, and how much notice users got (the industry record is 40 days; the mode is a week or less). Shutdowns, lobotomies, disappearances — recorded as they happen, because the churn is half the story.

Switching guides

Data-ranked alternatives for the apps people leave, and head-to-head comparisons — generated from the tracker, never sold.

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Why this site exists

The AI girlfriend/companion space is covered almost entirely by affiliate listicles whose rankings are quietly sold. We built the thing we wanted instead: a database of the industry, re-tested on a schedule, where reviews are a byproduct of the data — named for ELIZA (1966), the first chatbot people caught feelings for.