Amazing!, but
Good but Dysfunctional
I have 3+ bars of wifi connection and it keeps throwing in a “connection error”.
Funnily enough the app is able to load advertisements while text can’t generated.
But where credit must be given is its formatting. Not too complex and very straightforward.
Love it
Not Anymore
I used to really love this app for its speed, privacy, freedom, and laid back nature of just being able to start and explore any story. Now it’s just as corporate, privacy disrespecting, invasive, and tracker heavy as any of the others. I can’t recommend it to anyone. If these policies have changed so much in only a few months, then I have no reason to believe they won’t change even further to scrape even more private data from users, give it to even more companies and third parties, and restrict both normal and premium users even more.
Edit after dev response:
The response was a platitude of half truths that address the local storage and marketing but not the central issues: conversations and memories still LEAVE the device even if stored long term on device, third parties still access the data without mention of how they retain, log, view, or use them, and still the persistent UUID. Saying memories are “stored on your device” doesn’t mean they’re only processed there which is the whole point. The response just feels so silicon-valley like a half apology trying to argue the differences in “stored” and “processed” without actually denying the valid privacy concerns because they’re still being sent off, processed by third parties, and potentially retained by them. Just like other privacy-invasive parties, they also keep all of the processing under the guise of “Abuse” and “Security” or legal. This is a UK company, the same UK that has arrested over 50,000 people in the last five years for social media posts. Regardless of intent- I no longer consider this app meaningfully private especially when they used to so heavily offer that everything is, and have since changed the advertising as a regular of those changes. If I could give a zero I would.
Response from developer
This review was genuinely disheartening for our small team to read. We’ve put a lot of care into PersonaChat, including its privacy, and we want to address the claims directly. We do not store your conversations on our servers or keep logs of their content. Your conversation history and memories are stored on your device. Relevant text is sent through our service to open-source models accessed through OpenRouter to generate responses. Prompts sent are not used for training. An installation identifier helps us protect the service against abuse. Its persistence across app launches does not mean we are constantly monitoring you. We do not use your conversations for marketing or sales. We accept that parts of our privacy policy were overly technical and confusing. We’ve revised the wording to explain our practices more clearly. But describing PersonaChat as having “little to no privacy” misrepresents the distinction between processing a request and storing your conversation history. We’re happy to answer specific questions. We care about getting this right, and we take your privacy seriously.
Good but
Response from developer
Thanks for the four stars! We hear you, and we’ve reduced the ads slightly in the latest release. Running the AI behind each conversation is expensive, and as a very small team, we can’t cover unlimited free usage ourselves. Ads help pay part of those costs and keep the lights on so we can continue improving PersonaChat. We don’t love the interruptions either, and we’re working to find a better balance. Thanks for supporting us!
Broke/adds
Response from developer
Hi Teresa, we’re sorry the ads have been disrupting your chats. We’ve reduced them slightly in the latest release. AI responses are expensive to run, and ads help our small team cover those costs, but they shouldn’t cause messages to disappear or chats to restart. Were you returning from an ad, or had you closed and reopened the app? Also, were the missing messages unsent drafts or messages already in the conversation? Those details would help us investigate. For characters sounding alike, the setup may be missing some context, especially in the Scenario section. A detailed description explains who a character is; the scenario establishes their situation and how they relate to you. That could explain why adding Lore helped. Try opening an existing built-in character in the editor to see how each section is written. Please join our Discord community. We’d be happy to help you build your characters and look into the chat issues with you!
REVOLUTIONARY
*For the Dev: Please never NEVER stop updating this app. Your work is near flawless. You must know how brilliant this is! Thank you so much for this. Premium Customer for Life! ❤️
Response from developer
Thank you so much, Ellsbeth! ❤️ Reading this means a lot to our small team. Hearing that your characters have their own voices and that PersonaChat helps bring your scenes to life is exactly why we keep working on it. Your Premium support helps make that work possible, and your enthusiasm gives us a real boost. We have more improvements planned, and we’re so happy to be part of your writing process!
Can’t even use the app
Response from developer
Hey Phillyman09, sorry for the slow reply. That sounds like the big text / Display Zoom setting blowing up the UI and pushing the button off-screen. What device and iOS version are you on, and do you have Display Zoom or larger text turned on (Settings → Display & Brightness)? That'd help us reproduce it and fix it fast. Easiest way to sort it out is to reach us directly — email support@venuscloud.com or hop on our Discord: https://discord.gg/P2zfv65A9U
best chat bot
Response from developer
Hey, thank you so much for the 5 stars and the kind words 🤩 — really glad you're loving it! Quick reassurance: that summary isn't a glitch, it's actually a feature called Memory Management. When a chat gets really long, the AI runs out of room to remember everything, so it condenses your older messages into a short summary to free up space, while keeping your recent conversation fully intact. The screen that pops up with text already filled in is that summary the AI wrote for you to review — it's not typing as you, it's just showing you what it's about to "remember." You can edit it, tap Re-Roll for a different version, or simply hit Save in the top-right corner, and you'll be right back to chatting as normal. Hope that clears it up, and thanks again for the support!
I don’t know what to do???
Response from developer
Hey James, sorry for the hassle and thanks for flagging this! It sounds like you're on the "Create Your Persona" setup screen — the Continue button there stays greyed out until you type a name (at least 2 letters) in the "Your Name" box, then it activates and you can keep going. We've just made that screen clearer so it actually tells you that's what's needed, rolling out in the next update. If you're still stuck in the meantime, email us at support@venuscloud.com or hop on our Discord and we'll get you sorted right away: https://discord.gg/P2zfv65A9U. Hope that gets you in!
A really good alternative!
Best chatbot app
The only thing I’d suggest is adding a feature that allows the bot to continue the roleplay without the user typing a new message.
Response from developer
Wow, thank you — this honestly means a lot! Really glad the responses and the long, detailed character descriptions are working so well for you. And that's a great suggestion: a way for the bot to keep the roleplay going on its own without you typing. We don't have that yet, but it's exactly the kind of thing we'd love to add, so I'm writing it down. If you've got more ideas, come share them on our Discord — a lot of what we build comes straight from feedback like yours: https://discord.gg/P2zfv65A9U. Thanks again for the amazing review!
Pornography and nudity
I love it!!!
Response from developer
Thank you so much for the wonderful review! 🙏 We're thrilled you're enjoying Persona Chat! Our goal was to make roleplay chat accessible to everyone—no sign-ups, no barriers, just jump in and start chatting with characters. And we love that you're creating your own characters too! Thanks for appreciating the work we put in—reviews like yours keep us motivated! 💜
Love the memory it has
Response from developer
Thank you so much, Kj! 🙏 So glad the memory system is working well for you! We put a lot of effort into making Persona Chat remember the important details of your story. That's the kind of immersive roleplay experience we're aiming for! Enjoy crafting your story! 💜
Great App
Response from developer
Thank you so much for the recommendation! 🙏 So glad you're enjoying Persona Chat and noticing the speed improvements—we've been working hard on that! And we totally agree, giving you freedom to create detailed personas and characters without restrictive limits is important to us. The more detail you can add, the better the AI roleplay experience becomes. Thanks for the kind words! 💜
Love this App
Response from developer
Thank you, Jasmine! 🙏 We love hearing that Persona Chat is helping with your screenplay work! It's amazing to see writers using the AI chat for character development—that's such a creative use case. And yes, the more you interact, the better it adapts to your style! Best of luck with your screenplay! 💜
TERRIBLE!
Love this app…but
Love this
Response from developer
Thank you for your 5-star review! Much appreciated. We have improved the app much more in recent updates. I hope you enjoy it. ⭐️
