Free / Open-sourceChat with millions of AI characters or build your own
Free / Open-sourceChat with millions of AI characters or build your own
AskNow records 604 monthly visits with -77.3% month-over-month growth and Paid pricing. Candy AI records 68,041,908 monthly visits with +8.5% growth and Freemium pricing.
Have real-time voice conversations with AI avatars of famous personalities
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | asknow.ai | candy.ai |
| Pricing Model | Paid | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 604 (604) | 68.04M (68,041,908) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -2.05K (-77.3%) | +5.32M (+8.5%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇮🇳 India (71.6%) | 🇺🇸 United States (30.5%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 233 | 9.64M |
| User Rating | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Have real-time voice conversations with AI avatars of famous personalities
Speak your question naturally and hear the avatar answer aloud in its own character voice, with low-latency turn-taking designed to feel conversational.
Choose from personalities spanning historical figures, coaches, fictional characters, and animals, each with a unique voice and persona.
Switch to a general-purpose voice assistant avatar for open-ended questions when you don't need a themed personality.
The plan includes a set number of talk minutes per month that you can spend across any avatars you like.

Multimodal AI companion platform offering customizable virtual partners, live voice calls, photo generation, and video shorts.
Lets users construct bespoke realistic or anime AI girlfriends and boyfriends by customizing ethnicity, facial features, hairstyle, body type, voice pitch, personality archetype, and personal hobbies.
Renders consistent character selfies, custom outfits, backgrounds, and animated short reaction videos directly inside the chat thread using monthly or top-up tokens.
Supports expressive spoken audio replies and interactive voice calling with selectable vocal personalities ranging from soft and calming to bold and playful.
Includes a built-in streaming hub of episodic AI short dramas and digital twin series, offering the first two episodes of standard series free and unlocking later or spicy episodes with Premium tokens.
Free / Open-sourceChat with millions of AI characters or build your own
Free / Open-sourceChat with millions of AI characters or build your own
Features massive community-driven character creation and custom API routing, but relies less on standalone built-in media generation.
Features massive community-driven character creation and custom API routing, but relies less on standalone built-in media generation.

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Offers broader multi-model switching and larger community character variety, but with different photo generation limits.

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Free / Open-sourceMassive AI character chat network with twenty million user-created bots, voice acting, and specialized narrative modes.
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Provides completely unfiltered anime and fantasy character chats, but features a different UI layout.
Provides completely unfiltered anime and fantasy character chats, but features a different UI layout.
Focuses heavily on customizable adult roleplay characters and voice interaction, though pricing structures differ.
Focuses heavily on customizable adult roleplay characters and voice interaction, though pricing structures differ.

Unfiltered NSFW AI character chat and roleplay
Unfiltered NSFW AI character chat and roleplay

Free / Open-sourceChat and roleplay with AI characters who remember you
Free / Open-sourceChat and roleplay with AI characters who remember you

Free / Open-sourceChat, roleplay, and build your own AI companions
Free / Open-sourceChat, roleplay, and build your own AI companions

Delivers superior emotional depth and persistent memory, but lacks the same level of raw unfiltered content.
Delivers superior emotional depth and persistent memory, but lacks the same level of raw unfiltered content.