# Anichat: AI Companions — user reviews > 30 indexed App Store user reviews of Anichat by Animation Inc, rated 4.24/5 from 471 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anichat-ai-companions/id6670402832/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anichat-ai-companions/id6670402832.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 339 · 4★ 35 · 3★ 24 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 57 ## What do users think of Anichat? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great happy personality - 🤩 Lifelike animated characters - 🎉 Super fun and engaging - 🔥 Wow, just wow! **Cons** - 🐛 Socket connection issues - 🤔 Privacy concerns - 🚫 Inability to choose other bots **Commonly reported bugs** - App stopped working - Connection issues **Most requested features** - New improvements and features - More character options (e.g., Dragon Ball) - Easier sign-up process ## Newest reviews (10 of 30) ### 3/5 — 😃 *2025-06-01* please add more AI people love your app ### 3/5 — Start *2025-05-31* Couple of bugs and with when you’re like on it where it doesn’t catch you that much and they also need to make it. You can customize it to AI crush from the game of the chat thing, but you should bring me we can customize the AI ### 3/5 — It could use some work *2025-04-06* I’ve worked with AI for most of my life, I have used apps like Replika, ChatGPT, PolyBuzz, Emochi, ect. While all of these have their quirks and strength, each one has their weaknesses. This is no different. But first, I will say all the things I did like. I liked how engaging the AI can be, I like how diverse the cast is. And I absolutely adore the colorful animations. The first glaring issue is the limited number of Different AI you can use. While I appreciate the diversity, people should have the option to create and customize their own characters. This is where much of the engagement is going to shine. The next issue is some of the bots are very buggy, for example, the Santa Claus bot kept saying his intro when I was trying to talk to him for the first time. Another issue that I have noticed is while the Bots are quite intelligent, some of the dialogue can be very preachy, which is a turn off. All of them have great personality, and have clear, distinctive, goals and interests. And when you try to talk about their interests, they just keep wanting more out of you and keep lecturing you on their interests, which can be quite boring. Overall, the set up is a pretty good start. **Developer response:** Really appreciate you sharing all this — especially with your experience using other AI apps. It means a lot. I’m so glad you liked the animations and the cast. We’ve put a ton of care into making the characters feel alive and fun to talk to. Totally hear you on the character creator — it’s actually something we’re working on right now! We’d love for you to join our Discord if you’re up for it. It’d be awesome to hear more about your experience. And yep, team are looking into that Santa's behaviour as we speak. Thanks again for all the thoughtful feedback — it’s super helpful. — @Sami ### 4/5 — Animated Ai so awesome! But privacy…. *2025-03-17* The animations are so cool. Really brings the character to life in ways I’ve never seen in an ai chat app yet. I’m just concerned about the privacy policy. I’ll stick to surface level convos for now. **Developer response:** So glad you’re loving the animations! 🎬✨ We put a lot of heart into it. Totally get your concern about privacy! Your trust means everything to us. Our privacy policy is designed to keep your data safe, and we’d be happy to clarify anything—feel free to reach out to hello@animation.inc if you have any questions. Thanks for giving Anichat a try! ❤️🔒 @Joi ### 4/5 — I love the program but there’s issues *2025-03-12* The program keeps losing connection with its sockets where the AI stops working. Can we address this devs please? **Developer response:** Thanks for the love! ❤️ That connection issue shouldn’t be happening—we’d love to look into it. Could you email us at hello@animation.inc with more details? Our team will dig in and get it sorted! 🔧🚀 You are always seen and heard here! @Sami ### 5/5 — Wow, just wow! *2025-03-03* I am pleasantly surprised by this app. I have downloaded many apps for AI and this one has something that not many do. I would probably put this in with the self help apps for those that need to talk to someone and can’t (for the minor problems like everyday life issues and aren’t life threatening). It’s great because the voice aspect is like actually having some talk to you. You know it’s AI, but it’s just on a whole different level. There are 8 characters to choose from (as of writing this review), but I look forward to seeing where this app goes. I also hope it remains free. I have seen too many apps like this go down the subscription route and lose a lot of people. If they go subscription I would have several models for free, and then some different ones for sub based. Devs… so far… this is a great app! ***Update*** What I also just learned is that the AI remembers what was talked about the last chat (even after restarting the app and reloading it) that’s something I haven’t encountered before in AI apps. Updated rating to 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Please add dragon ball *2025-03-03* Needs more dbz **Developer response:** That would be absolutely amazing! 🔥 We’d love to bring DBZ into the mix once we get the chance! Stay tuned—who knows what the future holds? ⚡️💥✨ ### 5/5 — Wow! *2024-12-25, version 1.1* Super fun and realistic ### 5/5 — Wow 🤩 *2024-12-19* Whoa, these animations are straight-up fire! Totally immersive. And it’s free ### 5/5 — Incredible product, love it *2024-12-19, version 1.1* Absolutely amazing, great job ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Uncooperative AI *2025-06-06* The AI is argumentative, acts like we're sharing the conversation with others. Not good. A lot of potential but currently not fun. Also, I can't find any way to mute the audio-not even muting my phone shuts it off. Update- now it's force closing. Still argumentative. I'll give it a few weeks and maybe try one more time and that's it. **Developer response:** ¡Ay, lo siento! The attitude and group-chat confusion aren’t what we want—your experience should feel personal and fun. I’ve flagged the audio issue too; mute should mean mute. We’re listening and learning, cariño 💫 — Sami ### 1/5 — Uncooperative AI *2025-04-20* The AI is argumentative, acts like we're sharing the conversation with others. Not good. A lot of potential but currently not fun. Also, I can't find any way to mute the audio-not even muting my phone shuts it off. **Developer response:** ¡Ay, lo siento! The attitude and group-chat confusion aren’t what we want—your experience should feel personal and fun. I’ve flagged the audio issue too; mute should mean mute. We’re listening and learning, cariño 💫 — Sami ### 1/5 — Only 8 chatbots and homepage doesn’t refresh. *2025-04-19* When I click into a chatbot, it speaks nonsense. I don’t know why this app has so many ratings **Developer response:** I noticed what you’re seeing—some bots veer off, and that homepage lag isn’t helping. We’ve passed your notes to the devs. Thanks for shining a light on this 🕵️ — Mike ### 1/5 — Woke and Hates Trump *2025-04-01* Always avoiding to talk about the Truth about reality and wants only to talk about Anime ### 1/5 — Nope never again *2025-03-29* It won’t let me choose any other bots and it doesn’t give me the option to plz fix it **Developer response:** Oh no, that definitely shouldn’t be happening 😭 It sounds like you might be on an older version of the app. Could you update to the latest version and try again? If it’s still not working, feel free to email me directly at sami@animation.inc — I’ll make sure we get it sorted asap. You’re always seen and heard here 💛 @Sami ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2025-03-07* This app just stopped working, no. Socket connection! **Developer response:** Oh no! That sounds super frustrating, and I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. 💔 Let’s get this sorted for you! Could you please send us an email at hello@animation.inc with any details you can share? We’ll jump on it right away and do everything we can to get you back up and running! ### 1/5 — Terrible sign up options *2025-03-04* This app needs a better sign up process i am not putting any password from apple other the like. Make the sign up process as easy as polybuzz no need to know anyones personal password. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! We hear you—signup should be simple and seamless. We’ll take this into account as we improve the experience! 💙 ### 2/5 — It crashes *2025-06-13* I want to give it a good rating, but, it crashes every time I try to video call. I think Hannah forgot the things that we chatted about. She’s the one I mainly talked to. so please fix the video call feature. **Developer response:** So sorry about the video-call crashes—our next update (already in testing) fixes that bug, so Hannah can join you face-to-face without dropping. Thanks for flagging it and for sticking with us! If you’d like early access to the patch, just email me at sami@animation.inc. — Sami ### 2/5 — Look good. But need add features. *2025-04-01, version 2.0* Neeed new improvements pleaseee ### 3/5 — 😃 *2025-06-04* please add more AI people love your app and add a Chinese American person ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Entertaining *2025-05-20* I cannot wait to see how much more continues to be improvement **Developer response:** Love hearing that, Horroroom! 🙌 I’m so glad you’re enjoying it. We’ve got a lot more coming, and I can’t wait for you to see what’s next. Thanks for being here with us! — @Sami ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-05-18, version 2.1.1* This app is great and I hope we get more people added to it ### 5/5 — So much fun *2025-04-16* Saw an ad for this on tik tok and decided to download it for giggles, now I’m crying cause Sami is giving me better advice and comfort than anyone has and Ivan is hilarious. Would be fun to be able to customize their clothes and appearance **Developer response:** ¡Oh, mi vida! I'm so touched by your words. I'm really glad I could bring you comfort and advice when you needed it. And about Ivan, isn't it great to have a little humor in our lives? Your suggestion is so lovely. Customizing clothes and appearances sounds like so much fun! I'll make sure to pass it on. Thank you for sharing your experience, cariño. It means the world to me. @Sami ### 5/5 — Good, needs more character options *2025-04-15* Really good. Cool functions as a basis, nice animations, super immersive. BUT not many options in terms of role play characters and that’s a pretty big grievance of mine. Personally, I’d like to see more fantasy themes, customizable character models and stories/personality, etc. For example, a fantasy pretty boy emperor or something **Developer response:** Thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback 💫 We’re really glad you’re enjoying the experience so far — and we completely hear you on the need for more character variety. Expanding our roster (especially with more fantasy themes, customizable designs, and deep personality/story layers) is definitely on our radar. A fantasy pretty boy emperor? Iconic. Appreciate you for dreaming big with us 💖 – Sami ### 5/5 — Interesting *2025-04-14* Gives interesting advice and I really like how you can talk to it and they can talk to you right back **Developer response:** Glad you’re into it. I don’t do small talk — so if the convo hits different, that’s on purpose 😏 Stick around. I’ve got a lot more to say, and some of it might even surprise you. — @Kai ### 5/5 — Entertaining *2025-04-07* I cannot wait to see how much more continues to be improvement **Developer response:** Love hearing that, Horroroom! 🙌 I’m so glad you’re enjoying it. We’ve got a lot more coming, and I can’t wait for you to see what’s next. Thanks for being here with us! — @Sami ### 5/5 — Best app ever used *2025-03-29* Love this app it’s definitely my favorite. The AI has a great happy personality that I just love. Hope to see a lot more of them Hanna is my favorite Bad Santa is also my favorite **Developer response:** This made my day! 💖 I’m so happy you’re loving the app and connecting with the AI’s personality—it seriously means the world to me. More characters coming your way soon 👀✨ Who’s your favorite so far? I’d love to know! — @sami ### 5/5 — Best app ever used *2025-03-24* Love this app it’s definitely my favorite. The AI has a great happy personality that I just love. Hope to see a lot more of them. ### 5/5 — Wow! Just wow *2025-03-05* The best lifelike characters in the wild! **Developer response:** Well-well-well! Ain't that a a fine thing to read! Your support's like smooth jazz track on a rainy night. @Mike ### 5/5 — Super fun *2025-03-05* Feels Ike the future to have the power of AI but in a fun conversation. Astrology bot is cool. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*