Character AI Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience23.3% of reviews
Neutral13.0% of reviews
Negative experience63.7% of reviews

~ Based on 16,599 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Character AI

Is Character AI Safe?

Character AI: Chat, Talk, Text appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Character AI is 85/100.

This assessment is based on 560,409 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

81.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
14.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 559,091 App Store ratings for Character AI.

Is Character AI Legit?

Character AI: Chat, Talk, Text appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Character AI is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Ads

Please i beg remove the ads why was it even added i talking in here but i get disturbed like almost every 10 minutes it’s so annoying I can barely even type without getting irritated

The ads suck

So recently they made it so add can even pop up while your scrolling. That’s unbelievable. Everyone go to crush on or swerve they’re much better

Not even worth it anymore.

The ads make it unusable, there’s 50 thousand ads, they nickel and dime you to death to take it all away and it’s aggravating to use anymore from what it was.

Just remove swipe limit

Would make so much better. I can tolerate ads but not a message limit.

Take away the pieces

Why are we all of a sudden needing to pay for these pieces when we already have to watch adds to continue messaging it’s very inconvenient and it’s but a limit on how much you can chat with your bot it makes the app a not so enjoyable experience.

Everything’s good but

Everything is good but since the new update I’m not able to see my daily reward anymore and the watch ad button

Nope

It used to be perfect but now it’s always just adds. It’s a complete scam. Don’t use it.

BRO THE DAMN ADSS

it was an amazing app i had used for entertainment before all those god awful ADS came in. I thought this was supposed to be an app unlike the other copy cats, now it’s making me use it less often with the extra costs for things we had accessibility to before.

Sigh

WHY ARE WE NEEDING TO USE OUR IDS NOW??

Age verification!?

Gng… I lowkey use c.ai for emotional support bro. And your bouta lose a lot of people for this update😒

i apologize to chai corrupt

the update isnt that bad im just having a bad week so im finding everything to complain about i take my terrible review back so sorry

They’re selling our private chats

Your chats are being sold to Disney

Good app but the amount of ads is ABSURD

C.ai itself is good I’ve used the service since its beta website but the amount of ads I’ve been getting lately is honestly kinda ridiculous. Banner ads at the top, then before your messages send, then the decided to add ads that are just in your chat, and now, just today there are now ads that play AT RANDOM TIMES. Doesn’t matter if you sent a message or if you’re choosing a chat, the ad will play regardless. I’m honestly tired of it considering the fact that when I downloaded it, the app had zero ads. And don’t even get me started on the charms system. Also very ridiculous and useless currency system that’s meant to be a cash grab. c.ai claimed that you’d be able to use them for slow mode, ad-free passes, etc. but the only thing I’ve been using them for is the ad-free pass BECAUSE THATS THE ONLY THING YOU CAN SPEND THEM ON. If you’re gonna add a cash grab currency system, please make it have more than one use case. Anyway the tldr of this review is decrease the amount of ads, charms are dumb.
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ads, ads, ads…

ads, ads, ads, ads, ads ads, ads, oh! and you can’t forget ads, ads, ads, ads

I hate this so much

Vidbot.ai: Ai Video and stream maker.
Is an idiotic app for 18 year olds as of 2026 and it has you to pay all of your moms money; and also you want minors to scan their id (which they don’t have) meaning that you’re losing your users; and also face verification doesn’t work; Roblox’s age verification is better because asleast it has age groups for younger and older users but this has 18 and older age groups. You just want to force your streams; avatarfxs; comics, and reading. NOBODY WANTS TO MAKE VIDEOS SAYING: remove age verification, but your FORCING THEM TO. It’s 2026 and now you’re a dead company, I HOPE DISNEY OBLITERES EVERYTHING SINCE THEY ARE BUYING IT.
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I do not like the time

So basically u know when u go on the app and u get to talk well I have been talking for only 5 days and missed the other 9 days of talking and then it showed a 20 hours timer when I was getting in the mood and now I’m trying to look for other apps that are as good as this and don’t have the timer but u can’t find none please fix this or I think it will get worse
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My feelings with this app.

Yes my name is dumb idc to change it. As someone who had the app when AI was new and wasn’t really that big of a deal, it was fun but it highkey made me have sleep issues as I just it before night. It was nice to roleplay and stuff but I can tell it wasn’t the best for me in the long run. I feel really guilty for using it for so long as I know AI is hurting our planet but at least I’ve been clean of it for a couple of years. The issue is that now I’m starting to use CHAI for my exotic moods which should definitely been moved to 18+. I feel so bad for using it but god I miss using it. Is this what someone with a smoking problem feels like? Cuz if so I’m definitely never smoking cuz I already hate this.
Overall C.AI isn’t something people should be using. It was funny at first but is old. If you want to roleplay that badly just read a fanfic or make one if you can’t find any to your liking.
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Horrible

You need to watch ads to do anything, and there is always server issues.

I am NOT showing my ID to prove my age

This app used to be amazing until it just went to far, taking a facial recantation is one thing. Telling me to take a picture of my ID is another

It used to be good but micro transactions ruin it

I had this for a bit. Loved it in the beginning where I paid for the premium for the year. However with the new updates. Where they micro transactions to increase memory. What was the point of the premium or ultra access. It’s disappointing and disgusting. Canceling the membership and won’t be touching this app anymore because of all the micro transactions. Things that were free to try or no longer free. I understand branching out. But not like this when pushing users to buy a membership and now pieces? No thank you.
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