Name Chat vs Sakura
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Name Chat
Connect with individuals who share your name. This app facilitates direct communication with people worldwide who have the same name as you, eliminating the need for indirect social media requests.
- Connect with people sharing your name
- Direct communication
- Global reach
- Social networking alternative
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Name Chat is THE premier place to find all the people in the world with your name. Gone are the days of looking yourself up on Instagram and sending follow requests to people who never follow you back, with Name Chat you can talk directly to these people and show them that you are the alpha.
Sakura
Create and chat with unique AI characters, customizing their appearance and personality. Engage in immersive role-play adventures or use AI assistants for productivity. Connect with a community and explore endless possibilities.
- Create custom AI characters
- Customize appearance and personality
- Immersive AI role-play
- AI assistant for productivity
- AI friend for support
- User-generated AI characters
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Chat with User-Generated AI Characters Create Your Own AI Character Make an AI character that's truly yours - you can customize everything from their appearance to their way of thinking. Build an AI character that understands you and evolves with you over time. Immerse Yourself in AI Role-Play With our app, you can live out adventures through interactive role-play with your AI characters. You can be anyone you want to be and break free from real-world limitations. • Activate your imagination and bring your role-play adventures to life. • Create virtual duplicates of real people. • Get a smart AI assistant to help improve your productivity. • Make a friend who's always there to listen and offer support. Join the Sakura community! Discord: https://discord.gg/ZJD5XQH8XX For subscription and general terms: Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.sakura.fm/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sakura at none against Name Chat's shown. Sakura also leads on ratings volume (22K vs 24) and review sentiment (97% vs 83%). Name Chat's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Name Chat sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Sakura sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Name Chat against 4.8 for Sakura. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sakura has 22K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Name Chat's written reviews are positive against 97% of Sakura's.
Name Chat ships an update every 3 days, Sakura every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Name Chat | Sakura |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (24 ratings) | 4.8 (22K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 96.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 22K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #174 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ryan Moazzami | Sakura AI, LLC |
Customer experience
Name Chat
Sakura
Bugs and requests
Name Chat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sakura
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login and account creation issues
- App crashes and freezes
- Connectivity problems with Discord integration
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to have multiple personas
- Improved AI memory and consistency
- Group chat functionality
- More customization options
In-app purchases
Name Chat
- Peasant$0.99
- Virgin$1.99
- Chad$1.99
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- Zoomer$2.99
- Boomer$2.99
- Daddy$4.99
- Lord$9.99
- King$19.99
- Queen$19.99
- God$39.99
Sakura
- Sakura+ Gold$5.001 Month
- Sakura+ Diamond$19.001 Month
- Sakura+ Infinite$39.001 Month
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- Sakura+ Diamond$131.991 Year
- Sakura+ Infinite$274.991 Year
