
Offers industry-leading conversational voice capabilities and broad reasoning, though it lacks specialized roleplay games.
#1Perplexity records 88,310,223 monthly visits with -3.7% 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 | perplexity.ai | itunes.apple.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 88.31M (88,310,223) | 27.21M (27,212,532) |
| MoM Traffic Delta |
| -3.39M (-3.7%) |
| -1.87M (-6.4%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (25.5%) | 🇺🇸 United States (35.2%) |
|---|
| Direct Visits / mo | 63.32M | 9.07M |
|---|
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.1 |
|---|
| Supported Platforms | Website | App |
|---|
Real-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
Executes multi-step iterative web and document research across hundreds of sources, cross-checking facts and generating structured, citation-backed analytical reports that can be exported as PDFs or shared as interactive Perplexity Pages.
Lets Pro and Max subscribers switch dynamically between Perplexity's in-house Sonar models and top external models (including Claude 4, o3-pro, and Gemini) or compare multi-model reasoning outputs side by side.
Provides dedicated project workspaces where users upload local PDFs, spreadsheets, and text files, configure custom assistant instructions, and run queries that combine private document retrieval with live internet search.
Extends Perplexity from passive Q&A into agentic execution, turning high-level user requests into completed workflows, multi-tab browser actions, and automated data synthesis via the Comet ecosystem.

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.
#1
Provides fluid multimodal voice interactions and massive context integration, but is less tailored for casual companion games.
#2Provides exceptional analytical depth and writing quality, but does not focus purely on web-sourced search summaries.

Delivers real-time conversational assistance with live web integration, but lacks dedicated hands-free voice companion modes.

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

Delivers agentic multi-source research and page generation, but can feel more cluttered than Perplexity's clean answer engine.

SpecialistOffers a comprehensive free index of academic literature, but lacks conversational chat synthesis for general web queries.


SpecialistFocuses exclusively on peer-reviewed scientific papers for evidence-based answers, unlike Perplexity's broad general web search.


Combines privacy-focused web search with AI summarization, though it requires a paid subscription for full access.
SpecialistAnalyzes scholarly article citations to verify scientific claims, making it superior for academic literature reviews.
Generates structured, cited answers from live web queries, though with less polished UI and advanced model options.

SpecialistFeatures structured language courses with conversational avatar tutors, but lacks open-ended voice gaming.
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 exceptional analytical depth and writing quality, but does not focus purely on web-sourced search summaries.
Delivers real-time conversational assistance with live web integration, but lacks dedicated hands-free voice companion modes.
SpecialistExcels at high-accuracy translation and real-time voice translation, but does not offer conversational companion gameplay.
Delivers agentic multi-source research and page generation, but can feel more cluttered than Perplexity's clean answer engine.
SpecialistOffers a comprehensive free index of academic literature, but lacks conversational chat synthesis for general web queries.
SpecialistFocuses exclusively on peer-reviewed scientific papers for evidence-based answers, unlike Perplexity's broad general web search.
Combines privacy-focused web search with AI summarization, though it requires a paid subscription for full access.
SpecialistAnalyzes scholarly article citations to verify scientific claims, making it superior for academic literature reviews.
Generates structured, cited answers from live web queries, though with less polished UI and advanced model options.
SpecialistFeatures structured language courses with conversational avatar tutors, but lacks open-ended voice gaming.