Kindroid alternatives
The best Kindroid alternatives in 2026, ranked from The Eliza Report's tracker of 39 AI companion apps, are Nomi, Replika, GoLove AI. Of the 10 apps listed, 10 have a working free tier and 8 allow full NSFW content; 8 have pricing verified at the primary source, most recently on 2026-10-03. The lowest listed monthly price is Animates from $7.99/mo, checked 2026-09-11.
What we checked: rows marked ✓ had their prices read on the app's own site on the date shown. 7 of them were re-read from a US connection on 2026-10-03, logged out and without buying anything. Below, 7 apps show their prices as we captured them, dated. The other 2 rows use secondary sources and are marked unverified.
Kindroid retired its unlimited free 'Lite' plan on October 1, 2026. New accounts now get a one-time preview of 50 messages (15 in some regions), then the account goes read-only unless you take the three-day trial, which needs a card, or subscribe at $13.99/mo on the web. Accounts that were already free got 50 final messages, and the V1 interface and the Equinox and Prism models were scheduled to retire the same day. Kindroid's own post says paid prices are unchanged and ads were ruled out as a way to fund free use. If you were on Lite, or you want a memory-first companion that still has a free tier, here is every tracked app that fits, ordered by our data and weighted toward apps built like Kindroid.
This list is generated from the tracker database and re-ranked whenever the data changes (last data change in this set: 2026-10-03) — see the Kindroid profile for its full change history. Some links pay us a commission (marked on each profile); ranking is computed from the data either way.
Quick picks
- Best free alternative: Nomi — free tier, no card required
- Best alternative without filters: Nomi — full NSFW per our tracking; unfiltered chat, but no nude images: nomi's help wiki says selfies stay clothed
- Lowest listed monthly price (verified): Animates — Free download; Whisper $7.99/mo or $63.99/yr, Heartbeat $19.99/mo or $159.99/yr, Presence $39.99/mo or $319.99/yr (App Store in-app purchase list)
- Hands-on reviewed: DreamGF , CamSoda AI — logged-out recon with dated screenshots and terms receipts
The alternatives, ranked by data
| # | App | NSFW | Free | Platforms | Pricing | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nomi ⚠ | Full | ✓ | Web, iOS, Android | $15.99/mo, $39.99/quarter or $99.99/yr (App Store); a Launch Plan at $9.99 a month is also listed | ✓ 2026-09-27 |
| 2 | Replika ⚠ | Soft | ✓ | Web, iOS, Android | Free Use; Pro, Ultra (annual only) and Platinum priced in-app only. The App Store lists subscriptions at $7.99 and $14.99 monthly, $49.99 and $69.99 yearly, and Platinum at $89.99 | ✓ 2026-09-27 |
| 3 | GoLove AI | Full | ✓ | Web | Pro $19.99/mo, $47.97 per 3 months or $119.88/yr; Ultra $59.99/mo or $359.99/yr; Stars extra | ✓ 2026-09-27 |
| 4 | DreamGF ⚠ | Full | ✓ | Web | Intro pricing: $12.99 first month (renews $25.99/mo), $29.97/3mo (renews $77.97), $69.99/yr (renews $311.88) + token packs $2.99–$179.99 | ✓ 2026-10-03 |
| 5 | FantasyGF ⚠ | Full | ✓ | Web | ~$5.99–12.99/mo | unverified |
| 6 | Promptchan | Full | ✓ | Web | Free daily Gems; Plus $14.99/mo, Premium $23.99/mo, Pro $33.99/mo; annual prices not shown publicly | ✓ 2026-09-27 |
| 7 | Secrets AI | Full | ✓ | Web | Free 20 messages/day; Premium $19.99/mo or $109.99/yr; Ultimate $39.99/mo or $319.99/yr; Moments extra | ✓ 2026-09-27 |
| 8 | CamSoda AI ⚠ | Full | ✓ | Web | Free account; Premium $9.99/mo (1-mo), $4.99/mo (3-mo), $2.49/mo (12-mo) — renews at $19.95/mo per terms; tokens extra | ✓ 2026-09-27 |
| 9 | Nectar AI | Full | ✓ | Web | ~$5/mo annual entry; $9.99–34.99 monthly tiers | unverified |
| 10 | Animates | Soft | ✓ | iOS, Android | Free download; Whisper $7.99/mo or $63.99/yr, Heartbeat $19.99/mo or $159.99/yr, Presence $39.99/mo or $319.99/yr (App Store in-app purchase list) | ✓ 2026-09-11 |
Why each one is on the list
1. Nomi
Multi-companion app — chat, voice, selfies, group chats. full nsfw · free tier, no card required · pricing verified 2026-09-27. Full NSFW: Unfiltered chat, but no nude images: Nomi's help wiki says selfies stay clothed. Heads up: Strong Reddit community; has drawn critical mainstream press (MIT Technology Review).
Latest tracked change (2026-09-25): Pulled from Google Play: the listing (ai.nomi.twa) returns 404 in every locale; it was live on 09-22. Nomi's official account on r/NomiAI says Google's reviewers lost access to their test account and took the app down,…
2. Replika
The original AI companion — chat, voice calls, AR. soft / partial nsfw · free base; romance features behind Pro · pricing verified 2026-09-27. Soft / partial NSFW: Romance and 'spicy selfies' behind the Pro subscription. Heads up: Fined €5M by the Italian GDPR regulator in 2025.
Latest tracked change (2026-08-03): 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…
3. GoLove AI
Girlfriend chat with custom photos, voice notes and long-term memory — 350+ characters. full nsfw · SFW text chat free; the terms mention a usage limit (e.g. 10 messages), and the site's FAQ says all NSFW is paid · pricing verified 2026-09-27. Full NSFW: Self-describes as 18+ AI chat with unfiltered NSFW images.
Latest tracked change (2026-09-22): Pricing verified at the source: there is no pricing page, but a public payment landing page lists Pro at $19.99 a month, $47.97 for three months and $119.88 a year (50 Stars a month), and the plan list the site loads…
4. DreamGF
Girlfriend builder — chat, photo requests, voice. full nsfw · a daily bonus of 10 messages that has to be claimed, growing to 50 a day; the length and limits of the free trial are not published · pricing verified 2026-10-03. Heads up: Advertised prices are first-payment only — per their own pricing pages, the monthly plan renews at $25.99/mo (double the $12.99 intro), quarterly at $77.97, annual at $311.88.
Latest tracked change (2026-10-03): DreamGF's membership policy has gained a clause since our July capture: accepting the special offer '+100 instant tokens and +100 tokens every month' means 'you will not be able to cancel your membership for the next 30…
5. FantasyGF
Girlfriend chat and sexting with voice and image generation. full nsfw · free tier. Heads up: Canonical domain is fantasygf.com — the .ai domain now redirects there; delisted from CrakRevenue.
Latest tracked change (2026-09-11): 'Feed' added to the top nav; the character roster switched from archetype blurbs ('A delicate Lesbian…', 'An Innocent character…') to scenario bios (step-sister, new boss, streamer roommate, best friend's mother), each…
6. Promptchan
AI girlfriend chat plus uncensored image and video generation from text prompts. full nsfw · daily allowance of free Gems for images and chat, no card; amount not published · pricing verified 2026-09-27. Full NSFW: uncensored images and chat for 18+; terms ban non-consensual deepfakes and depicting real people without consent.
Latest tracked change (2026-09-22): Pricing verified at the source and added to the tracker: Plus $14.99 a month (100 Gems), Premium $23.99 (400) and Pro $33.99 (800 plus unlimited basic images); video, custom characters, voice calls and upscaling are Pro…
7. Secrets AI
Realistic girlfriend — chat, voice, image and video. full nsfw · 20 messages a day, reset daily and tied to the device; no images, video or calls on free · pricing verified 2026-09-27.
Latest tracked change (2026-09-22): Pricing verified at the source: Free (20 messages a day, tied to the device), Premium $19.99 a month or $109.99 a year with 8,000 Moments, Ultimate $39.99 or $319.99 with 15,000 Moments; 3- and 6-month plans exist but…
8. CamSoda AI
AI girlfriend chat, image/video generation, and AI 'live shows' from the CamSoda cam brand. full nsfw · free account; homepage says text chat is unlimited on free, voice, photos and custom characters are paid · pricing verified 2026-09-27. Full NSFW: explicit chat, spicy image/video generation, and live-show tip-menu actions; prompt filter blocks restricted terms. Heads up: Advertised $2.49–$9.99/mo (checked 2026-09-22; $0.99–$2.99 in July) is intro pricing — the subscription auto-renews at $19.95/mo per their own terms, and unused tokens are forfeited when you cancel.
Latest tracked change (2026-09-22): Premium prices raised 2.5 to 3.3 times since our July 3 capture: one month is now $9.99 (was $2.99), three months $4.99 a month (was $1.99) and twelve months $2.49 a month (was $0.99), under the same '70% Off' banner;…
9. Nectar AI
Companion suite — chat, image, video, voice, with an SFW mode. full nsfw · free tier.
10. Animates
3D animated voice companions from the studio that built Grok's Ani — the Grok Companions' designated 'new home'. soft / partial nsfw · free download; what the free allowance covers is unverified · pricing verified 2026-09-11. Soft / partial NSFW: 18+ App Store rating; how far the companions go is unverified — bench pass pending.
Latest tracked change (2026-09-11): Added to the tracker as the designated successor to Grok Companions: xAI's in-app notice sends Grok users here from September 1, 2026. Animation Inc has had the app on the App Store since version 1.0 on February 7, 2026…
What changed at Kindroid — the receipts
The switching query exists because the source app moved. This is what our tracker has on record for Kindroid; the full profile has every dated entry. The Kindroid Lite obituary tells the whole story.
- ⚠ Free tier ended October 1, 2026: the unlimited 'Lite' plan was replaced by a one-time 50-message preview, after which unsubscribed accounts go read-only (content kept, no new messages). Announced 2026-08-18.
- 2026-10-01
- Lite ended. The subscription page (now dated Oct 1, 2026) dropped 'Free user features' and its 'Unlimited messages on Lite' line for a new section, 'New account preview and read-only accounts': new accounts get a one-time preview of 50 messages on the flagship model (15 in some regions), 5 selfies, 5,000 audio… — kindroid.ai/v2/docs/subscriptions/, read 2026-09-27 and 2026-10-01
- 2026-09-26
- FAQ rewrote its privacy answer (page now dated Sep 26, 2026). 'Are my chats safe and private?' used to say data is encrypted so that 'only you and the AI can see it' and that 'Kindroid staff and devs will only see encrypted data in our database'. It now says 'Access to our production systems is limited to a small… — kindroid.ai/v2/docs/faqs/, read 2026-09-22 and 2026-09-27
- 2026-09-23
- Rooms left beta: shared chats with other people and their Kins, up to 10 people and 11 Kins per invite-only Room (the owner brings two Kins, every other member one). Subscribers can create and take part; free accounts can join only by invitation, as read-only viewers. — kindroid.ai/v2/docs/update-log/ (9/23 entry, read 2026-09-25)
- 2026-09-09
- Polaris, the new flagship LLM after Ember, released to all subscription tiers with expanded context (more room for recent chat, long-term and cascaded memory). Equinox (V7) and Prism (V7.5) retire October 1; Lyric and Lucid (V8) retire December 1; Reverie stays. Ember kept as the default for now because of launch load. — Kindroid team announcement on r/KindroidAI, 2026-09-09: https://www.reddit.com/r/KindroidAI/comments/1wbxyvi/
- 2026-08-23
- V2 milestone post: conversion to paid among brand-new users up 25% since V2 became the default; every subscriber gifted 25 paid selfie credits; custom message colours, persona-at-creation, editable first greeting, avatar picker for selfies, large-display support, a performance pass, and Repetition Guard switched to… — Kindroid team announcement on r/KindroidAI, 2026-08-23: https://www.reddit.com/r/KindroidAI/comments/1vwogiw/
Kindroid head-to-head
- Nomi vs Kindroid — pricing, NSFW policy and free tier side by side
Common questions
What is the best free alternative to Kindroid?
Of the tracked apps with a working free tier, the highest-ranked by our data are Nomi, Replika, GoLove AI. Ranking uses NSFW policy, free-tier availability, verified pricing, and consumer visibility — not paid placement.
Is there an alternative to Kindroid without content filters?
Yes — Nomi, GoLove AI, DreamGF all allow full NSFW content per our tracking data. Check each profile for the current policy; this vertical changes filters frequently and we log every change we catch.
What is the cheapest alternative to Kindroid?
Among alternatives with pricing verified at the source, the lowest listed monthly price is Animates (Free download; Whisper $7.99/mo or $63.99/yr, Heartbeat $19.99/mo or $159.99/yr, Presence $39.99/mo or $319.99/yr (App Store in-app purchase list); checked 2026-09-11). Watch the renewal terms — several apps in this category advertise an intro price that renews higher, and we flag those on each profile.
Why do people switch away from Kindroid?
Kindroid retired its unlimited free 'Lite' plan on October 1, 2026. New accounts now get a one-time preview of 50 messages (15 in some regions), then the account goes read-only unless you take the three-day trial, which needs a card, or subscribe at $13.99/mo on the web. Accounts that were already free got 50 final messages, and the V1 interface and the Equinox and Prism models were scheduled to retire the same day. Kindroid's own post says paid prices are unchanged and ads were ruled out as a way to fund free use. If you were on Lite, or you want a memory-first companion that still has a free tier, here is every tracked app that fits, ordered by our data and weighted toward apps built like Kindroid.
How this page works: the ranking is computed from tracked fields (NSFW policy, free-tier availability, pricing verification, consumer visibility) — the methodology page has the provenance rules. "Verified" dates are the day we last checked that app's pricing at its own pricing or terms page; unverified rows come from secondary sources and are rendered as such. Hands-on bench scores land here as the first review pass completes.