Nomi vs Kindroid
Nomi: Multi-companion app — chat, voice, selfies, group chats. Kindroid: Multi-companion — chat, voice/video calls, selfies; publishes its moderation lines. Below is the tracked data side by side; neither app paid for this page. Neither has had a hands-on test from us yet.
Side by side
| Nomi | Kindroid | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GF companion | GF companion |
| NSFW policy | Full NSFW — Unfiltered chat, but no nude images: Nomi's help wiki says selfies stay clothed | Full NSFW |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android |
| Free tier | Yes — free tier, no card required | No — no ongoing free plan since 2026-10-01: a one-time preview of 50 messages on the paid model (15 in some regions), then read-only; the 3-day trial needs a card |
| Pricing | $15.99/mo, $39.99/quarter or $99.99/yr (App Store); a Launch Plan at $9.99 a month is also listed ✓ · full pricing | Web $13.99/mo, $37.99/3 mo or $139.99/yr; App Store and Google Play $15.99 / $42.99 / $159.99; Ultra (+$24.99 a month on web) and MAX (+$59.99) add-ons ✓ · full pricing |
| Tracked since | 2026-07-02 | 2026-07-02 |
✓ = verified by us at the primary source on the profile's check date.
Their prices, as we captured them
What the data says
- Month to month, Nomi is cheaper: $9.99 a month (Launch Plan) against $13.99 a month (Standard) for Kindroid. Paid upfront, Nomi is cheaper: $5.00 a month (Launch Plan, yearly) against $11.67 a month (Standard, yearly) for Kindroid.
- Nomi can be tried free (free tier, no card required); Kindroid cannot — no ongoing free plan since 2026-10-01: a one-time preview of 50 messages on the paid model (15 in some regions), then read-only; the 3-day trial needs a card.
- On Nomi's record: Strong Reddit community; has drawn critical mainstream press (MIT Technology Review).
- On Kindroid's record: 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.
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FAQ
Is Nomi or Kindroid cheaper?
Month to month, Nomi is cheaper: $9.99 a month (Launch Plan) against $13.99 a month (Standard) for Kindroid. Paid upfront, Nomi is cheaper: $5.00 a month (Launch Plan, yearly) against $11.67 a month (Standard, yearly) for Kindroid. Prices are from each app's own pricing pages, checked by us; the full plan lists are on our Nomi and Kindroid pricing pages.
Does Nomi or Kindroid allow NSFW content?
Nomi: Full NSFW — Unfiltered chat, but no nude images: Nomi's help wiki says selfies stay clothed. Kindroid: Full NSFW. Content policy is the most volatile field we track; both records carry dated change history below.
Can you try Nomi or Kindroid for free?
Nomi: Yes — free tier, no card required. Kindroid: No — no ongoing free plan since 2026-10-01: a one-time preview of 50 messages on the paid model (15 in some regions), then read-only; the 3-day trial needs a card. "Free" in this vertical usually means limited messages or locked voice/image features rather than full access.
Recent history, both apps
2026-10-01 Kindroid — 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 characters and up to 2 Kindroids; accounts that were already free get 50 final messages, with selfie and audio balances 'kept but locked'; after that the account is read-only. The preview never comes back: starting a trial ends it, and deleting the account doesn't reset it. A lapsed standard plan now means read-only even with Ultra or MAX active. Prices unchanged. By midday Pacific there was no update-log entry or announcement, and the FAQ still described free users. (kindroid.ai/v2/docs/subscriptions/, read 2026-09-27 and 2026-10-01)
2026-09-26 Kindroid — 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 number of engineers, and our support team can't see your chats. Like any AI app, our servers do need to process your messages to generate replies.' The only-you-and-the-AI claim is gone. (kindroid.ai/v2/docs/faqs/, read 2026-09-22 and 2026-09-27)
2026-09-25 Nomi — 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, and expects it back shortly. Installed apps keep working, but in-app credit purchases on Android stopped; the website works. A lookalike 'Nomi AI: Chat, Play, Connect' from another developer now tops Play search for 'nomi ai' (r/NomiAI post by u/cardine 2026-09-25 and replies 2026-09-26; Play listing checked 2026-09-22 (live) and 2026-09-27 (404))
2026-09-23 Kindroid — 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 Kindroid — 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 Kindroid — 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 opt-in. (Kindroid team announcement on r/KindroidAI, 2026-08-23: https://www.reddit.com/r/KindroidAI/comments/1vwogiw/)
2026-08-18 Kindroid — Announced the end of the unlimited free tier: 'Lite' retires October 1, 2026. New users get a bounded preview instead — 50 flagship-quality interactions (15 in regions 'with substantially higher account abuse'), two Kin slots, 5,000 audio characters, up to five selfies — then the existing three-day trial, then subscribe or the account goes read-only (Kins, chats, memories and media preserved, no new generation). Existing Lite users get 50 final interactions on October 1; daily rewards will require a trial or subscription. Reason given: 'an indefinite lower-quality free tier is neither sustainable nor representative of the product', and ads are 'not a realistic or economically aligned way' to fund it. Same post: V2 became the default interface, V1 retires October 1. Paid plans and prices unchanged. (Kindroid team announcement on r/KindroidAI, 2026-08-18: https://www.reddit.com/r/KindroidAI/comments/1vry0pn/)
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 (tracker homepage snapshots 2026-07-27 → 2026-08-03)
2026-07-20 Kindroid — Shipped Voice V3 for voice calls (emotive delivery: laughs, whispers, sighs), added a faster 'V3 Fast' model for text chat and voice notes, and removed the 3,000-character reply limit. V3 billing unchanged at 1.5x character count. (kindroid.ai/docs/article/update-log/ (7/20/2026 entry))
2026-07-09 Kindroid — Opened public beta of 'V2', a full app interface redesign (customizable shortcuts, avatar slots, AI tagging), gated behind a beta password in settings. (kindroid.ai/docs/article/update-log/ (7/9/2026 entry))
2026-07-02 Kindroid — New speech-to-text system for voice calls and voice notes: 60 languages with mid-sentence language switching, faster processing, fewer transcription errors. Followed a June 29 open beta of two new transcription providers. (kindroid.ai update log)