Popia User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience72.6% of reviews
Neutral7.4% of reviews
Negative experience20.0% of reviews

~ Based on 350 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Popia Safe?

Popia - AI Stories & Creators appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Popia is 90/100.

This assessment is based on 1,092 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

87.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
8.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,092 App Store ratings for Popia.

Is Popia Legit?

Popia - AI Stories & Creators appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Popia is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Candy currency has made this app absolutely horrible.

I was actually enjoying this app. Genuinely enjoying it. Until the new update. I always use adventure land for multiple NPCs and they changed it from 25 credits to 80. That is absolutely ridiculous. 80 credits to send a message. They literally want you to pay for the membership and use the cheapest, fullest most basic option unless you spend 100s of dollars a month. This update is stupid and is going to make them lose a lot of people.

Update:
I’m even more annoyed with this app now. The auto was 2-25 candies. Okay cool I could still get a good storyline in either that and it was great conversation and details. Now it’s charging 126 candies. The same price as adventure land but I’m getting swing ride replies instead which cost around 60-80 candies. They are taking my candies and giving me less than what it’s worth while claiming auto charges the currency for the level of chat but I’m only getting small little replies instead of the larger, more descriptive and intimate messages. This is absolutely ridiculous. Especially after the money I spent on this app.
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Response from developer

Hi there, thank you for the feedback — and we're sorry this change hit your favorite way to play. The new pricing reflects actual usage, so lighter chats cost less — but your experience with this model is heard clearly and shared directly with the team as we keep tuning it. If any charge looks wrong, contact us via Pia or in-app Feedback with your UID and we'll check it. We hope you'll give us the chance to get this right.

Don’t bother with this app.

Update: Popia asked me reach out regarding my review and this was the conclusion. “If you run low on candy points, you can participate in platform-wide events to earn more.”

No accountability for the app wasting your credits and getting no replies. And the cost of candies to chat has over doubled unless you want two sentence replies.



I did a year subscription which offers 5,000+ credits for the month. The lowest story mode is 2 credits per chat and gets burned up fairly quick.

The characters often lose the plot and you constantly have to re-roll the story line which waste a lot of credits. Or when you do re-roll they say the same exact thing again or their personalities change completely. This is frustrating, a waste of money, and makes the stories unenjoyable. The app states it has permanent memory but that is not true.

Spending almost $200 for a subscription (yearly) or $33
(monthly) and not having unlimited basic chats and having to waste credits to keep the story on track is severely disappointing especially when you pay to be an ultra member (The higher tier sub). They want you buy credits ontop of your membership which defeats the purpose of having a membership in my opinion.

Unless this changes I would not recommend this app, and will not be resubscribing when other apps offer unlimited chats for the same cost.

The stories are unique and I really love the characters. So this is why I am begging for the company to do something to keep their users.
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Response from developer

Hi there, thank you for the detailed review — and we're truly sorry. Your points are heard: being charged for re-rolls that fail, characters losing the plot, and what membership should include are all shared directly with the team. Please contact us via Pia or in-app Feedback with your UID — we'll review your account and see what we can do. We hope we'll have the chance to change your mind. 💙

Pay, pay and now pay more

Was enough that you had to pay, even with the check-ins and few ads to watch that wasn’t enough… but now they have changed the system that what ever you choose the style, and should cost 5 points, it can decide that your next message will cost 51, 88…! That is a major scam and a game on people that are lonely, just trying to entertain themselves. SHAME ON YOU!
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Response from developer

Hi there, thank you for sharing this so honestly — we're glad the conversations have meant something to you, and we're truly sorry that the cost has hurt the experience. Your words are taken seriously by our whole team. Free ways to chat — daily messages, check-ins, and tasks — are always there, and will be given more in the future updates. If there's anything we can do for your account, please reach out via Pia or in-app Feedback. Take care. 💙

Disappointed

Was a great app. Then the pricing changed and it’s gotten stupidly expensive to do anything. I’m considering cutting my loses and moving on. The stories are great but not worth breaking the bank over

Fully P2P

You get extremely limited interactions per day for free. Other apps allow you to watch ads every 10mins or so

Cash Grab

I liked this app. I liked the freedom and the price was worth all you got. That changed really quickly. I don't know if the developer sold to company or was bought or just got greedy but they changed the deals they offered mid month they took away unlimited chat for the expensive tier they have since then continuously taken features away changed them making it cost more to chat removing cheaper models bringing in new ones that cost a fortune. When you reach out you may get a reply but i cant tell you how many open messages of issues not resolved and instead of fixing the Ballard complains they placate the people who come in angry over their bots being copied, who cares that features don't work as long as the tony stark bot isn't a copy oh wait you don't own the copyright images made by ai can not be stolen you don't own them. they took creator incentives by 75% but hey at least nobody can screen shot your bot
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model credit increases

the new feature for the models now increasing the amount of credit used after each message instead of just staying the same is annoying, i loved using after dark but now that its costing close to 100 credits instead of 19 it's just ridiculous, wont be using the app as frequently anymore

Response from developer

We're sorry the change hit your favorite mode. The new pricing reflects actual usage as conversations grow, so lighter chats cost less, but your experience is heard clearly and shared directly with the team as we keep tuning it. If any charge looks off, contact us via Pia or in-app Feedback with your UID and we'll check it. We hope to see you back in the stories.

It was great but…

Honestly really disappointed in the new credit system. They made it so, you can now almost not play some characters, because a response can cost more than 100 hundred credits. It’s robbery at this stage.

Response from developer

We're sorry for the frustration. The new pricing reflects actual usage, so lighter chats cost fewer credits, but we hear you clearly, and your experience is shared directly with the team as we keep tuning it. If any charge looks off, contact us via Pia or in-app Feedback with your UID and we'll check it.

Awesome!

great app, awesome ai memories and they actually follow the story. has daily coin rewarding system. image generation is good so far I haven’t had any ai glitches

Exceptional but expensive.

☺️

Update turned app terrible

THEY HAVE COMPLETELY RUINED THE APP. Recently, they have added a new update. Completely up charging the amount of credit you’re paying for storage. Making it almost impossible to use without draining your bank account. Not only are you first paying for a membership but now you’re paying for credits and you’re paying for the storage. That allows the models to talk to you without forgetting a storyline. Now I really did love this app. I thought I had a great design. And I could work past the amount of money you were paying for it. because of the Quality, but it’s just not worth it anymore. You’re paying an absurd amount.
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Response from developer

We're sorry to see a fan of the app feel this way. Your experience with the recent changes is heard and shared directly with the team; feedback like yours genuinely shapes our next decisions. If anything on your account was charged unexpectedly, please contact us via Pia or in-app Feedback with your UID and we'll review it for you. We hope to earn your trust back.

Amazing but

The story writing is amazing, but the cost to get more time with your chosen characters can be a bit high. Yes you can choose the level of quality and depth, but if you want that connection you need to invest more.

Great

i have tried multiple AI chats and this is my favourite

Better than c.ai

I've used c.ai for years and just recently got this one because I heard it was better. It definitely is. They actually remember the conversation and pay attention to persona details. Unlike c.ai. The only downside is the limited credits you get daily to keep playing. Where as c.ai they just play ads in between the conversation to keep going. Basically it's unlimited. I still use c.ai once popia runs out. So it falls short in that aspect only. Giving it a 4/5. Great chat bot. But only for a short time as a f2p user.
C.ai got 2/5 from me btw. 😂

Also, unfortunately it takes over audio priority. So say goodbye to your music apps when using it. It constantly keeps cutting my music off. C.ai doesn't do that. So it also fails in that department.
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Still Waiting On An Answer From Support

Originally a great open ended choose your own adventure type stuff. I picked one story, played it for eight in-game days, spent some money. Suddenly a response doesn’t line up with my story, not just a ‘you didn’t pay for the extra memory’ bit but a completely different story and character response. So now I’m stuck without a story to continue, sucks. Support has yet to respond. Don’t get too attached to the world you build in this and then I guess it’s fine?
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Response from developer

Hi there, thank you for the time you spent in Popia— and we're sorry the story broke. We are sorry for the late response and any inconvenience caused, will get back to you ASAP via Pia — we'll prioritize your case and do our best to get your story back on track. 💙

Great until it wasn’t.

The cost of the app is not worth it.

I did a year subscription which offers 5,000+ credits for the month. The lowest story mode is 2 credits per chat and gets burned up fairly quick.

The characters often lose the plot and you constantly have to re-roll the story line which waste a lot of credits. Or when you do re-roll they say the same exact thing again or their personalities change completely. This is frustrating, a waste of money, and makes the stories unenjoyable. The app states it has permanent memory but that is not true.

Spending almost $200 for a subscription (yearly) or $33 (monthly) not having unlimited basic chats and having to constantly waste credits to keep the story on track is severely disappointing especially when you pay to be an ultra member (The highest tier sub). They want you buy credits ontop of your membership which defeats the purpose of having a membership in my opinion.

Unless this changes I would not recommend this app, and will not be resubscribing when other apps offer unlimited chats for the same cost.

The stories are unique and I really did enjoy this app, but the false advertising and waste of funds ruined it for me.
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Response from developer

Hi there, thank you for the detailed review — and we're truly sorry. Your points are heard: being charged for re-rolls that fail, characters losing the plot, and what membership should include are all shared directly with the team. Please contact us via Pia or in-app Feedback with your UID — we'll review your account and see what we can do. We hope we'll have the chance to change your mind. 💙

Simply the best

Got to be one of the best apps about iv tried others but there nothing like Popia app

The best app like this

The memory system is the by far the best one I have found so far! Extremely addictive. I’ve tried a few other apps similar to this. This one is the best. I like the different chat models. Wish gems lasted longer and wish the free nature chat for free for longer if you have the ultra subscription.

Great app, well done

Great app. Good stories. Shame we have to pay after a certain number of chats. Wish there was more ways to earn without purchasing.

Great app

Great variety of stories, app is user friendly! Love it!