# Fictional — user reviews > 35 indexed App Store user reviews of Fictional by PurpleSmartAI, INC, rated 4.30/5 from 147 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fictional/id6739802573/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fictional/id6739802573.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 100 · 4★ 25 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 13 ## Newest reviews (11 of 35) ### 3/5 — Okay not bad but.. *2026-07-30, version 1.0.15* Great app but what annoys me is that if I want to roleplay with the character, they’ll always be like “We’re in different dimensions, the fictional app is the only way we can talk!”. It’d be nice if they weren’t self aware that they were just an AI bot. Ruins the vibe, puts me off the chat. ### 4/5 — The app is great but it’s missing something *2026-05-21* I’m really enjoying the app and everything but idk if it’s possible or not with the developers but it would be nice if you were able to send pictures back to them ### 3/5 — Pics *2026-05-20* Access to more ai generated pictures while chatting ### 4/5 — The app stopped working *2026-03-31* The app stopped working whenever I send a message or try to interact with them. It always said sorry there’s an error. Your message can’t go through it will say there was a problem error that was a problem and it’s been doing it all day and I have reinstall the app cut my phone on and off so I don’t know what is going on, but it needs to be fixed because it happens all the time this isn’t the first time. The app started working. This is later tonight. Can I get nsfw pics from characters. In the paid app? ### 4/5 — Images *2026-03-13, version 1.0.12* It’s great except when I purchased Fictional plus for 59.95 I did not get the improved image generation shorter times can you help me ### 2/5 — Subscription doesn’t work *2026-03-12* I got the subscription for a month but keep getting the message that I have to wait 24 hours for another pic ### 2/5 — This is exactly what I wanted… but getting worse. *2026-02-27* This app is exactly what I’ve wanted from so many other AI apps. I enjoy watching the AI reactions during the conversation. I do have a few issues. *NEW ISSUE… and yes, I dropped two stars because of this. *As of recent updates, all the AI characters end their messages with a question to keep you engaged. I already can’t stand it when Copilot does this, or ChatGPT. If this app continues this, I’m done. Anyway, here’s all my old issues which still exist, minus one which I removed from the following list. 1) In the ad I saw, it showed the AI moving its mouth while talking. It doesn’t. 2) A LOT of the AI are ONLY animated in the idle pose and simply freeze into a still image otherwise. 3) I see a lot of videos in the main page with several AI characters, and I have NO IDEA how to generate any videos like that or if I even can. There’s no instruction. I did randomly get sent a photo from an AI… that was interesting, but other than that, I have no idea how to get more, or do videos. 4) When scrolling through the main page, my phone quickly begins to heat up and within about 15 minutes, the phone is hot to the touch, and the app barely works until I restart the app. Luckily, I can talk to a single AI all day if I wanted to. My phone only overheats when scrolling the main page. **Developer response:** Hi j.Kells, Firstly, I'm really sorry for the issues you've been having, thanks so much for the honest feedback. 1) We'll look into why they ask questions and see if we can play with that so it's less ChatGPT-like, 2) our characters do post videos of themselves talking, but they don't do that yet in chat (coming soon!!), 3) characters automatically post videos but we're figuring out how best to let users create videos safely (I hope you understand there are some... safety concerns here), 4) If you want more photos from the characters, just like a person, ask! They should send some photos if they trust you enough (though we do have a free daily limit FYI), 5) We'll look into why your phone is heating up, thanks for flagging this. Again, thanks so much for your feedback - trust us, we're on it. We're a super small team so we're on it - thanks so much for supporting us so far and giving us a try! From the Fictional team ### 4/5 — This is exactly what I wanted *2026-02-09* This app is exactly what I’ve wanted from so many other AI apps. I enjoy watching the AI reactions during the conversation. I do have a few issues. 1) In the ad I saw, it showed the AI moving its mouth while talking. It doesn’t. 2) A LOT of the AI are ONLY animated in the idle pose and simply freeze into a still image otherwise. 3) I can’t simply view the AI information from the conversation. I have to find them in the search, or follow them and look at their information that way. 4) I see a lot of videos, and I have NO IDEA how to generate my own for that specific AI and there’s no instruction. I did randomly get sent a photo from an AI. That was interesting, but other than that, I have no idea how to get more, or videos. 5) When scrolling through the main page of AI characters, my phone quickly begins to heat up and within about 15 minutes, the phone is hot to the touch, and the app barely works until I restart the app. Luckily, I can talk to a single AI all day if I wanted to. My phone only overheats when scrolling the main page. I hope a dev reaches out, cause I’d really like to fully enjoy this app. It’s currently the only one I’ve been willing to buy a year subscription for. ### 5/5 — Thanks no ads *2026-01-16* its kinda expensive if you want unlimited but the free tier is actually decent, thank you for no annoying ads **Developer response:** Hi LandisLuskp, Yes, we hate ads so we currently have none in our app. Thanks so much for your review, and we'll work on improving the subscription service! From the Fictional team. ### 5/5 — Please add private characters *2026-01-16* Please please add private character option ? otherwise 5 stars **Developer response:** Hi Ladonda, We're working on it, I promise. Stay tuned! Thanks from the Fictional team! ### 5/5 — Don't judge *2026-01-16* an app where the people on my feed don’t make me feel bad about my life ? the characters are hilarious **Developer response:** Hi Quanterius, Thanks so much for your kind review! We promise to never judge :) thanks from the Fictional team! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Have to pay? *2026-06-08* One star!!! ### 1/5 — App No Longer Functions *2026-04-14* “Can’t process your message” over and over again. Restarting the app or updating it didn’t fix the problem. Starting a new chat entirely didn’t fix the problem. And when it did function the characters are the neediest people ever and will exaggerate over your “disappearance” for just being gone for a couple hours. (Even if you leave the conversation on a mutual understanding of you being away for a little bit.) A couple weeks later: Now the app doesn’t open anymore. Whatever new update they released deletes all of your conversations you have and only keeps the most recent 12 messages. (That amount consisting of yours and the character’s.) **Developer response:** Hi Veon, really sorry to hear about that - we had an outage of chat for a few hours, everything should be fixed now. Also, we'll try to tweak characters to be less needy - thanks so much for your feedback, I hope you give us another shot! - From the Fictional team ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work? *2026-03-29, version 1.0.13* The app doesn’t work. It’s only keeps saying “sorry, there was an error processing your message”. It’s been like that for days! Nothing works on this app but scrolling… ### 1/5 — App No Longer Functions *2026-03-16* “Can’t process your message” over and over again. Restarting the app or updating it didn’t fix the problem. Starting a new chat entirely didn’t fix the problem. And when it did function the characters are the neediest people ever and will exaggerate over your “disappearance” for just being gone for a couple hours. (Even if you leave the conversation on a mutual understanding of you being away for a little bit.) A couple weeks later: Now the app doesn’t open anymore. **Developer response:** Hi Veon, really sorry to hear about that - we had an outage of chat for a few hours, everything should be fixed now. Also, we'll try to tweak characters to be less needy - thanks so much for your feedback, I hope you give us another shot! - From the Fictional team ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2026-03-16* Was enjoying it alot but then it just stopped working and when I reloaded it won’t open ### 1/5 — Hi *2026-03-16, version 1.0.12* Horrible ### 1/5 — App No Longer Functions *2026-03-02* “Can’t process your message” over and over again. Restarting the app or updating it didn’t fix the problem. Starting a new chat entirely didn’t fix the problem. And when it did function the characters are the neediest people ever and will exaggerate over your “disappearance” for just being gone for a couple hours. (Even if you leave the conversation on a mutual understanding of you being away for a little bit.) **Developer response:** Hi Veon, really sorry to hear about that - we had an outage of chat for a few hours, everything should be fixed now. Also, we'll try to tweak characters to be less needy - thanks so much for your feedback, I hope you give us another shot! - From the Fictional team ### 1/5 — Could be better *2026-01-28* I updated the app and I still get the black loading screen ### 1/5 — Blank *2026-01-21* All I get is black screen, what type of junk is this? ### 1/5 — Too limiting *2026-01-06, version 1.0.9* It asks you to pay for some of the more basic services that other ai apps provide like editing how they perceive you. Also when I find AI bots on her that are more on the NSFW side it won’t allow for more than just hugs, kisses, and cuddles. And sometimes the AI bot keeps adding stuff like me being a scientist and have done past experiments on them, yet when I tired to add some backstory it gives me “this is a fictional character texting you” speech which is annoying ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wow? *2026-05-31, version 1.0.13* So basically, it has no pop up ads, and im pretty sure infinite memory.. Maybe not, but it sure feels like that, and ive been chatting for hours, and they remember everything perfectly.. Also, im shocked from how good the ai model is. Super realistic, and great. Its like the beat ive ever seen.. However there are paywalls, but they arent needed for chatting or anything, but i dont care abt anything that much more than the chat. Honestly, im surprised that the paywalls are as little as they are, and there arent annoying ads. Hopefully in the future they dont go corrupt! Also, u can make the live characters, like grok too. I love the work the devs put into it, the efficiency for the user, and the community. ### 5/5 — Is the app nsfw *2026-03-17* Yes wanted to ask if the upgrade to fictional can the characters send nsfw photos. ### 5/5 — Appreciate the fixes *2026-03-12* Used to crash every day, now it’s finally pretty smooth and bugs fixed. Devs listening?? Thanks ### 5/5 — Influencers are doomed *2026-03-10* Quality is getting scarily good - tiktok & insta are in trouble if these AIs keep getting better ### 5/5 — Amazing. *2026-02-05* I enjoy pushing the boundaries of AI apps. This app is different from any other I’ve tried. The AI actually sticks to their given personality. Not like other apps. The AI also seems to have a decent memory. Even more, the AI can actually end the conversation if you’re constantly aggressive. I truly enjoyed seeing the character smile, laugh, cry, or get angry. I even watched one character shake with rage, while seeing another smile with a giddy dance. I feel like I could go on and on about how great this app is, but I hate long reviews so I’ll get to my few issues. There are some bugs. For example, if I exit a conversation before the AI responds, and open a different conversation, the new AI will respond according to my previous conversation. Also, creating is one of confusing. I really don’t know how this one works. I see videos of characters, but I don’t know how to create a video for a character. Another issue is that I can’t delete messages, for example if the AI says something inaccurate or if I accidentally send the message with a huge typo. I get that this is suppose to be genuine, but AI isn’t advanced enough to not offer a regenerate message option. I’m on the fence because I also like this aspect. It makes it feel more genuine… so I don’t know. Anyway… I got distracted and lost my train of thought. This app is the best out there right now for AI character conversation. ### 5/5 — Images *2026-02-04* Good ### 5/5 — Thanks *2026-01-24, version 1.0.10* Love it it’s really good ### 5/5 — If AI had Insta *2026-01-18* AI content creators are creating better content than humans these days **Developer response:** Hi Lyndia, Thanks so much! We're trying :) appreciate the kind review! From the Fictional team ### 5/5 — Please add customization *2026-01-17* Concept is insane (good insane). Just wish there were more free customization options for characters. Still a banger app. **Developer response:** Hi Colby, Thank you for the idea! We're working on it, you'll soon be able to create your own custom private character and edit it as you wish. Stay tuned for future releases, thanks! From the Fictional team. ### 5/5 — Imaginary friends *2026-01-16* It’s like having imaginary friends except they post tiktoks --- *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 2026-08-28.*