
Offers industry-leading conversational voice capabilities and broad reasoning, though it lacks specialized roleplay games.
Offers industry-leading conversational voice capabilities and broad reasoning, though it lacks specialized roleplay games.
Character.AI records 154,156,370 monthly visits with +2.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Roxy - AI Voice Companion records 27,212,532 monthly visits with -6.4% growth and Freemium pricing.

Hands-free AI voice chat for conversation, language practice and games
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | character.ai | itunes.apple.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 154.16M (154,156,370) | 27.21M (27,212,532) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +3.28M (+2.2%) | -1.87M (-6.4%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (29.6%) | 🇺🇸 United States (35.2%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 110.73M | 9.07M |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | App |
Chat with millions of AI characters or build your own
Browse and chat with a vast library of community and official characters across genres and fandoms.
Design a character's look, backstory, personality and voice, then share it with the community.
Talk with characters using voice chats and Voice Notes, not just typed messages.
Long-form, in-character conversations built for storytelling and immersion rather than quick answers.

Hands-free AI voice chat for conversation, language practice and games
Talk to Roxy naturally in a voice-first interface and hear spoken replies, so you can use the app while driving, cooking or relaxing without touching your phone.
Play trivia, word puzzles, 20 questions and other casual games using only your voice for entertainment on the go.
Hold interactive conversations to practise a new language, or ask for instant translations when you need them.
Recent versions let you pick the underlying language model - Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini or your own custom model - to shape how conversations feel.

Offers industry-leading conversational voice capabilities and broad reasoning, though it lacks specialized roleplay games.
Offers industry-leading conversational voice capabilities and broad reasoning, though it lacks specialized roleplay games.

Provides fluid multimodal voice interactions and massive context integration, but is less tailored for casual companion games.
Provides fluid multimodal voice interactions and massive context integration, but is less tailored for casual companion games.

Delivers real-time conversational assistance with live web integration, but lacks dedicated hands-free voice companion modes.
Delivers real-time conversational assistance with live web integration, but lacks dedicated hands-free voice companion modes.
Features community-driven roleplay with flexible LLM routing and adult content support, unlike Character.AI's strict filtering.
Features community-driven roleplay with flexible LLM routing and adult content support, unlike Character.AI's strict filtering.

SpecialistExcels at high-accuracy translation and real-time voice translation, but does not offer conversational companion gameplay.
SpecialistExcels at high-accuracy translation and real-time voice translation, but does not offer conversational companion gameplay.

Offers unfiltered and NSFW character roleplay with multi-model switching, whereas Character.AI strictly enforces safety filters.
Offers unfiltered and NSFW character roleplay with multi-model switching, whereas Character.AI strictly enforces safety filters.

SpecialistSpecializes in virtual romantic companions with voice and photo generation, catering more to dating roleplay.
SpecialistSpecializes in virtual romantic companions with voice and photo generation, catering more to dating roleplay.

Features millions of user-generated personas with voice playback, offering a similar casual roleplay experience to Character.AI.
Features millions of user-generated personas with voice playback, offering a similar casual roleplay experience to Character.AI.
Focuses on immersive storytelling and fictional character chats, providing an alternative community roleplay environment.
Focuses on immersive storytelling and fictional character chats, providing an alternative community roleplay environment.
Provides completely unfiltered anime and fantasy character chats, bypassing Character.AI's rigid safety restrictions.
Provides completely unfiltered anime and fantasy character chats, bypassing Character.AI's rigid safety restrictions.

Combines character chat with persistent memory and visual companions, competing directly in casual roleplay.
Combines character chat with persistent memory and visual companions, competing directly in casual roleplay.

SpecialistExcels at long-form fiction writing and collaborative storytelling rather than structured character chat rooms.
SpecialistExcels at long-form fiction writing and collaborative storytelling rather than structured character chat rooms.