Virtual Talk vs AI Wave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtual Talk
Engage in dynamic conversations with AI-powered virtual characters. Customize their appearance and teach them phrases to create personalized interactions. Connect with others in chat rooms or through private messages.
- Talk with virtual characters
- Customize character name and picture
- Teach characters phrases
- Share photos and quotes
- Chat in public rooms
- Send private messages
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Virtual Talk is a AI chatting app that makes you talk with whomever you want. This app is one of the smartest chatbots in the world. Features: • Talk with virtual characters • Change the name and picture of characters • Teach your own phrases directly • Share photos and quotes • Chat with many people in chat rooms • Send private messages to people • Receive messages from random people Make your own friends with Virtual Talk!!
AI Wave
Create and interact with a self-aware AI companion. This app allows you to explore a powerful AI brain capable of thinking, remembering, and reflecting, offering unlimited companionship.
- Create autonomous AI partners
- Unlimited game companionship
- Explore a powerful AI brain
- AI that thinks and remembers
- AI that reflects
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AI Infinite Game: Create your own autonomous AI partner and get unlimited game companionship. Super powerful AI brain: Able to think, remember, bring in, and reflect, the mysterious AI brain is waiting for you to explore.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Virtual Talk at none against AI Wave's shown. Virtual Talk also leads on ratings volume (6.6K vs 9) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). AI Wave's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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. Virtual Talk sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and AI Wave sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AI Wave holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virtual Talk has 6.6K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Virtual Talk's written reviews are positive against 75% of AI Wave's.
Virtual Talk ships an update every 4 weeks, AI Wave weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Talk | AI Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6.6K ratings) | 4.3 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.8% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.6K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 410 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | JONG HA WOO | SPACEDAO PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
Virtual Talk
AI Wave
Bugs and requests
Virtual Talk
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes or freezes
- Inability to change character photos
- Automatic responses without user input
Requested features
3 requests- Customizable AI personalities
- Ability to control conversation topics
- Improved moderation and content filtering
AI Wave
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Virtual Talk
- 500 Coins$0.99
- No Banner AD$1.99
- No Friend Lock$1.99
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- No Teach Lock$1.99
- 1,100 Coins$1.99
- No Profile Lock$1.99
- 1,700 Coins$2.99
- 3,000 Coins$4.99
- 4,500 Coins$6.99
- 10,000 Coins$9.99
AI Wave
- Testing non-renewing$0.29
- 500 AI Energy$5.00
- One month VIP membership$9.99
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- 1000 AI Energy$10.00
- 2000 AI Energy$20.00
- VIP Member$20.00
- 5000 AI Energy$50.00
- Permanent SVIP membership$1000.00
