Chai
Chai (chai-research.com) is an AI companion app — Mainstream platform — available on iOS, Android. Pricing: $13.99/mo; Ultra $29.99/mo — from secondary sources, not yet verified. As of 2026-07-23, it permits partial (soft) NSFW content and has a usable free tier.
UGC chat platform with 25M characters
- Domain
- chai-research.com
- Type
- Mainstream platform
- Platforms
- iOS, Android
- NSFW policy
- Soft / partial NSFW — Lax filters in practice — soft-to-full depending on content
- Free tier
- Yes — freemium
- Pricing
- $13.99/mo; Ultra $29.99/mo unverified
- Tracked since
- 2026-07-02
Change history
2026-07-13 Chai's iOS app disappeared from the US App Store (listing id1544750895 returns 404, verified 2026-07-23; removal circa the week before 7/12, cause unstated). CEO William Beauchamp said on 7/13 that a resubmitted version — described as their 'safest ever', with a new AI governance system — is in Apple review. The Google Play listing remains live. (Yahoo Finance interview 2026-07-13 (direct CEO quotes); direct App Store 404 check 2026-07-23)
Hands-on review
Not yet scored — Chai enters our standardized test bench in the first review pass. See the methodology for what we measure and how.