Re vs Pretend AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Re
Chat with an AI that mimics the writing style of someone you know, using your actual chat history. Import conversations to capture their words, tone, and personality for a unique AI-powered chat experience. Offers privacy with on-device processing.
- AI style learning from chat history
- Memory recall of past conversations
- Create AI personas manually
- On-device processing for privacy
- Customizable chat backgrounds
- iCloud backup and sync
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Some conversations deserve to continue. Re:vive lets you chat with an AI that mirrors the texting style of someone you know — built from your actual chat history. Import a conversation, and our AI learns how they write: their words, their tone, their personality. ■ HOW IT WORKS 1. Bring in a conversation — export from WhatsApp, KakaoTalk, or LINE, or screen-record an iMessage/SMS thread (read on your device, never uploaded) 2. Tap Re:vive in the share sheet — it imports automatically 3. Choose who you want to talk to 4. Start chatting — AI responds in their style ■ FEATURES • Advanced AI — Our most natural, in-character conversations yet. Works on every iPhone. • Style Learning — AI analyzes real messages to capture unique texting patterns, sentence length, emoji habits, and expressions • Chat Room Themes — imported rooms open looking like where they came from; switch themes anytime • Memory Recall — Ask about past conversations and AI remembers what was said • Photo Sharing — Send a photo into the chat. They'll see it, react to it, and bring it up later. (Advanced AI only.) • Create from Scratch — Build a persona without importing a chat. Describe them in your own words and add the moments you shared. • Custom Backgrounds — Set a personal photo as your chat background • iCloud Backup — Your conversations sync and restore across devices ■ YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE Your imported chats, memories, and settings are stored only on your device — never uploaded to our servers. You choose how replies are generated: • Advanced AI (recommended) — For the most natural conversations, on any iPhone. With your explicit consent, your message and small relevant excerpts of your chat are sent to our secure server to generate each reply. They are used only to create that reply, never to train AI models, and are never stored. • On-Device AI — Everything runs locally, nothing leaves your iPhone. Requires iPhone 15 Pro or later with Apple Intelligence enabled. This model reads text only, so photo sharing is unavailable while it is selected. Switch between them anytime in Settings. ■ IMPORTANT • Re:vive generates AI-simulated responses inspired by chat history — it does not connect you with real people • Supports English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and Japanese conversations — and the AI preserves how they actually talked (formal stays formal, casual stays casual) • Please only import conversations you own or have permission to use ■ FREE & PREMIUM Get started free with 3 conversations, 10 messages a day, and 1 photo a day. Watch a short video to add 10 more messages for that day (up to twice a day). Premium gives you unlimited conversations, unlimited messages, up to 10 photos a day, and no ads. Choose a weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. We'd love to hear from you. Rate and review to help us improve Re:vive. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pretend AI
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Create the chat you wish you could have. Pretend AI lets you build a fictional persona and simulate realistic text-message conversations in their voice. Create someone based on a real person, an imaginary character, a celebrity-inspired archetype, or a totally original personality. Choose how they communicate, define their traits, add shared history, and decide how realistic you want them to feel. Then start texting. What you can do Create custom personas in minutes Choose relationship types like friend, crush, ex, partner, family, mentor, colleague, or your own custom label Set communication styles and personality traits Add backstory and shared context for more realistic replies Pick a realism level: Realistic, Softer, or Idealized Keep separate chats for different personas Add context mid-conversation to shape future replies Customize the look of each conversation with different chat themes Designed to feel like texting Pretend AI is built around a message-thread experience, so chats feel familiar, lightweight, and easy to come back to. Whether you want closure, creativity, comfort, roleplay, or curiosity, you can shape the conversation your way. Private by design No account required Your saved conversations stay on your device Persona photos stay on your device Only the minimum conversation context needed to generate a reply is sent for AI response generation Free and Pro Free users can send up to 20 messages per day. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited messages. Pretend AI is for entertainment and creative exploration. Personas are fictional simulations and do not represent real people’s actual thoughts, feelings, or responses. EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service - https://www.super-even.com/pretendai-tos Privacy Policy - https://www.super-even.com/pretendai-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pretend AI at none against Re's shown. Pretend AI also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Re sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Pretend AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Re | Pretend AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FatTail Labs | Kareena Rogers |
In-app purchases
Re
- Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$59.99
Pretend AI
- Pretend AI Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pretend AI Pro Annual$29.991 Year





