Comparison

Persona Chat vs MikuGG

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Persona Chat

Create and interact with custom AI characters for immersive storytelling. Design unique personalities, backstories, and engage in dynamic conversations across various genres. Experience multi-character adventures and personalize your digital avatar.

Highlights
  • Create custom AI characters
  • Design unique personalities and backstories
  • Engage in dynamic, context-aware conversations
  • Group chat mode with multiple AI characters
  • Design a digital avatar
  • Import characters from venus.chub.ai
Features
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PersonaChat - Your AI Chatbot Companion Create your own AI characters and dive into fantasy, mystery, adventure, or any story you can imagine. Design unique personalities, craft detailed backstories, and engage in captivating conversations. PersonaChat puts YOU in control of your AI storytelling experience. KEY FEATURES 【NEW: PERSONACHAT ARC】 A model that follows the scene. Everyday replies stay quick and light. When your story reaches a difficult character moment or a real turning point, Arc hands that message to a model better suited to it, then settles back down again. Nothing to set up and nothing to tune. Choose Arc when you begin a story and it stays with that story. 【NEW: VISUAL REFERENCES】 Show your character something. Attach a photo from your camera or your library and they answer what is actually in it - a room, an outfit, a place, a look on someone's face. GIFs work too. Leave a couple of ordinary exchanges between pictures, so a scene stays a scene rather than a slideshow. 【MEMORY & LORE】 Long stories no longer lose the small details: - Living Memory keeps precise facts from earlier chapters: promises, secrets, relationships, and threads left hanging - Your Lorebook is where you write down what you want remembered - a family tie, the border between two kingdoms, the name of a pet - Both are recalled only when they are relevant, so nothing crowds the conversation - Choose whether an entry applies to one story or to every chat with that character - All of it stays on your device 【CREATE YOUR OWN CHARACTERS】 The #1 feature users love! Build AI characters from scratch in our Character Workshop: - Design unique personalities and traits - Write custom backstories and scenarios - Set conversation styles and behaviors - Import and export characters as files - Give each character its own artwork and scene 【GROUP CHAT MODE】 Lead multi-character adventures where AI characters interact with you AND each other: - Chat with multiple AI characters simultaneously - Smart routing picks who responds based on context - Characters naturally chime in during conversations - Built-in summarization keeps long stories running smoothly - Try "Iron Wake Crew" - an included sci-fi survival scenario 【YOUR DIGITAL PERSONA】 Design your avatar to represent yourself in conversations. Customize appearance and personality to be anyone you want. 【SET THE SCENE】 Place any image behind a chat, with simple sliders for blur and transparency. Set one background for every conversation, or give a single character a scene of its own. 【CHOOSE YOUR AI】 - Several built-in models with different writing styles, plus Arc - Adjust response length, temperature, and more for each one - A controls panel inside the chat holds your model, Lorebook, memories, and last summary, so you never lose your place - Stuck for what to say? Help Me Reply drafts your next line in your persona's voice - Or bring your own OpenRouter key and choose any model you like, including the one behind Memory & Lore 【PREMIUM FEATURES】 - No ads - Unlimited conversations - Edit/delete messages to reshape stories - Regenerate responses with different temperatures - Guide and shape conversations when AI goes off track 【PRIVACY & SECURITY】 - Conversations stored ONLY on your device - We keep ZERO logs of your chats - No access to your personal conversations - SSL encryption & certificate pinning - Your stories remain completely private 【HELP & ACCESSIBILITY】 - Built-in Help & Guides covering memories, Lore, summaries, and how to write speech and action naturally - Dyslexia-friendly font option for comfortable reading Have ideas or feedback? We'd love to hear from you! Join our Discord community to share your thoughts: Discord: https://discord.gg/P2zfv65A9U Remember: While our AI is advanced, all conversations are fictional and for entertainment purposes only. Terms of Use: https://personachat.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://personachat.app/privacy/

About

MikuGG

Experience interactive stories that unfold dynamically with AI-generated content. Explore multiple scenarios, characters, and narrative branches. Utilize items and maps to navigate evolving worlds and shape your unique story.

Highlights
  • AI-generated story content
  • Multiple character interactions
  • Interactive item inventory
  • Map navigation for story worlds
  • Timeline branching for alternate paths
  • User-generated scenes
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Generative Visual Novels are here! MikuGG allows you to play interactive stories with multiple characters and scenarios. Each story generates as you play using the power of AI. Multiple Scenes Novels follow a story and you have multiple scenarios that drive the story forward. You can use the scenes created by the author or generate your own scenes as you play. Multiple Characters You can have scenes with multiple characters and narrate the story with several characters at once. Items Inventory Use items to make the narrations more interesting! Some novels have predefined special items that advance the story.. Map navigation Use maps to navigate to different places in the novel's world. Timeline branches Explore any possibility by anytime going to any point in history in the narration, to any of the possible branches and try a different message or response. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Persona Chat4 screens
MikuGG4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MikuGG at none against Persona Chat's shown. MikuGG also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). Persona Chat's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (81% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Persona Chat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and MikuGG sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MikuGG holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 19 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Persona Chat's written reviews are positive against 67% of MikuGG's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Persona Chat ships an update every 3 weeks, MikuGG every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Persona Chat versus MikuGG: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPersona ChatMikuGG
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (52 ratings)4.8 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings52 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB27 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperVenus Cloud LtdMiku AI LLC

Customer experience

Persona Chat

All ratings50 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative12.9%

MikuGG

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Persona Chat

Subscriptions3
  • 1-Week Premium AI Chat Plan$4.997 Days
  • 1-Month Premium AI Chat Plan$9.991 Month
  • 1-Year All-Access Premium Plan3 Days trial$59.991 Year
2 purchases

MikuGG

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Membership$9.991 Month
  • Platinum Membership$19.991 Month

Questions

Is Persona Chat free?
Persona Chat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MikuGG free?
MikuGG is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Persona Chat or MikuGG?
MikuGG is rated higher. Persona Chat averages 4.4 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while MikuGG averages 4.8 from 19 ratings.
Do Persona Chat or MikuGG have ads?
Persona Chat shows ads; MikuGG does not.
Which is updated more often, Persona Chat or MikuGG?
Persona Chat ships an update every 3 weeks, and MikuGG every 9 months. Most recently, Persona Chat was updated on November 4, 2026 and MikuGG on November 4, 2026.

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