Sakura vs BIMOBIMO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
BIMOBIMO
Engage in interactive conversations with virtual characters, play games, and receive personalized messages. Create your own characters or explore those made by others for a unique companionship experience.
- Interactive chat with characters
- Play games with virtual characters
- Personalized morning/night messages
- Sleep sounds and white noise
- Create custom characters
- Discover community-made characters
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BIMOBIMO makes sure you're never alone. Here's what's cool about us: - Talk and Listen: Send messages to characters and hear what they say back! - Dating Game: Play games with your bias. A multitude of fun games await your challenge. - Say Hi & Goodnight: Get morning and night messages from your favorite characters with our widget. - Sleep Together: Fall asleep peacefully with whispers and gentle white noise from your loved one. - Make or Find Characters: Find characters made by others or make your own. It's fun and easy! - Create with Tools: Use our tools to make any character you want. You get to choose how they look and sound. Terms of Use - https://www.bimobimo.com/term_en.html Privacy Policy - https://www.bimobimo.com/privacy_en.html
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Verdict
Sakura and BIMOBIMO both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 97% of Sakura's written reviews are positive against 69% of BIMOBIMO's. Sakura also leads on chart position (#188 vs unranked) and ratings volume (22K vs 5.6K). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Sakura sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month and BIMOBIMO sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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 — 4.8 for Sakura against 4.9 for BIMOBIMO. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22K and 5.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Sakura's written reviews are positive against 69% of BIMOBIMO's.
Sakura ships an update every 3 weeks, BIMOBIMO every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sakura | BIMOBIMO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (22K ratings) | 4.9 (5.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.5% of reviews — better | 68.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 5.6K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #188 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 361 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sakura AI, LLC | Palette Beat Inc |
Customer experience
Sakura
BIMOBIMO
User reviews
Sakura
From 22K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤗 Engaging AI conversations
- 🔓 No restrictive filters
- 🎨 Customizable chat experience
- 👥 Active and helpful community
- 💻 Seamless app experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔄 Repetitive AI responses
- 📤 Limited daily message quota
- 💰 Expensive subscription plans
BIMOBIMO
From 5.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎉 Fun and realistic experience
- 🎨 Accurate character portrayals
- 🤖 Engaging AI conversations
- 🎁 Generous daily acorn rewards
Room to improve
- 💰 Limited free features, need to pay for full access
- 🔁 Repetitive and inconsistent character responses
- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- ⏰ Restricted call/message limits
Bugs and 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
BIMOBIMO
Reported bugs
5 issues- Daily call feature not working
- Repeated and nonsensical character responses
- Acorn rewards not being credited properly
- Frequent login and connection errors
- Incompatibility issues with certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add video call and video message features
- Implement an ad-based model to earn acorns
- Provide unlimited free calls and messages
- Improve character language consistency
- Fix bugs and improve overall stability
In-app purchases
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
BIMOBIMO
- One Month Basic$9.991 Month
- BEEMO AI$9.991 Month
- trial(1_month)3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Quarterly Membership$24.993 Months
- One Month Pro$29.991 Month
- Yearly Membership$89.991 Year
- One Card Draw Chance2 variants$0.99
- Replay$0.99
- Top Up 50 Acorns$0.99
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- Top Up 10 Films$1.99
- Get Acorn Small(TEST)$2.00
- Top Up 300 Acorns$4.99
- Top Up 500 Acorns$6.99
- Top Up 500 Acorns$7.00
- Top Up 60 Films$10.99
- Top Up 1200 Acorns$14.00
- Top Up 100 Films$17.99
