Replika
AI companion focused on emotional connection and roleplay.
AI companion focused on emotional connection and roleplay.
Replika is AI companion focused on emotional connection and roleplay. Freemium, with paid plans from $19.99/mo.
About Replika
Replika is an AI companion app from Luka that lets users chat, voice call, video call and even use AR with a personalized avatar designed for emotional support and conversation. The companion learns over time, remembering details about the user's life, interests and mood, and can take on relationship modes including friend, mentor, sibling, partner and spouse. Activities include guided journaling, breathing and mindfulness exercises, role-play scenarios, games and goals oriented around mental wellbeing. Replika has been used by tens of millions of people and is offered as iOS, Android and web apps with a free tier plus Replika Pro and Lifetime upgrades that unlock advanced relationship modes, voice calls, AR and customization. The company has emphasized safety policies and is widely studied as a case of AI companionship.
Replika pros and cons
Hand-derived from the catalog data, strengths and trade-offs to weigh before signing up.
- Free tier available; paid plans from $19.99/mo
- Customizable avatar
- Voice chat
- AR mode
- No autonomous agent, handles single prompts, not multi-step workflows
- Competition is strong in this space, see Pi and Character AI for comparison
3 plans from Replika
Pulled from Replika’s public pricing page. Prices may change, verify on the vendor’s site before purchasing.
Free
Try Replika companion
- Basic friendship mode
- Chat in text
- Voice messages limited
Pro
Most popular plan
- Romantic partner mode
- Voice and AR features
- Activity coaching
- Diary access
Pro Annual
Best value
- All Pro features
- Save 65% with annual billing
- Voice and video calls
- Full personality customization
Replika vs AI Companions
Side-by-side with the top 2 other ai companions in this category.
| Picked from the top tools in ai companions | AI companion focused on emotional connection and roleplay. | Inflection's empathetic conversational AI companion. | Chat with millions of user-created AI characters. |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARTS AT | $19.99/mo | Free | $9.99/mo |
| PRICING | Freemium | Free | Freemium |
| AI AGENT | No | No | No |
| EDITOR'S PICK | No | No | No |
| KEY FEATURES | Customizable avatar, Voice chat, AR mode | Empathetic dialogue, Voice mode, Cross-device sync | Millions of bots, Character creator, Group chats |
| BEST FOR | Emotional support, Conversation practice, Roleplay | Reflective conversation, Emotional support, Brainstorming | Roleplay, Entertainment, Creative writing |
| WORKS WITH | #companion#chat#emotional | #companion#conversational#supportive | #characters#roleplay#chat |