Re vs Chat.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/
Chat.ai
Engage in dynamic conversations with a diverse cast of AI characters, from romantic companions to fantasy adventurers. Build stories together, customize interactions, and even create your own unique personas. Experience immersive roleplay with expressive replies and optional voice and photo features.
- Chat with diverse AI characters
- Build stories collaboratively
- Create custom AI personas
- Expressive roleplay with actions and dialogue
- Alternative replies and regeneration
- Voice and photo features
- Story memory and pinned messages
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Chat with AI characters and build stories together: flirty companions, anime heroes, fantasy adventurers, detectives, dungeon masters and helpful coaches. Or create your own. DISCOVER - Browse characters by category: Romance, Anime, Fantasy, Adventure, Mystery, Games, History and Helpers - Search, read each character's story and pick how your chat starts with alternate greetings - New characters are unlocked with credits CHAT - Characters reply with expressive roleplay: actions in italics, dialogue in plain text - Swipe through alternative replies or regenerate one (funnier, more romantic, shorter...) - "Continue" lets the character keep the scene going - Long-press any message to copy, edit, pin, rewind or start a new chat from that point - Several separate chats with the same character - Chat styles: Classic, Deep (richer stories) and Short (quick texting) MEMORY & PERSONAS - Story Memory and up to 30 pinned messages per chat, always remembered - Personas: tell characters who you are VOICE & PHOTOS - Listen to replies in the character's voice (1 credit each) - Characters can send you a photo of themselves (1 credit each) CREATE - Design your own private characters: generate an avatar, write the personality and greetings, or let AI write the greeting for you WEEKLY PRO SUBSCRIPTION - Required to chat after a short preview, to create characters and to use chat styles. Includes chats with fair use (up to 250 messages per day) and 7 credits every week for voice, photos and unlocking new characters. - New subscribers get a 3-day free trial, then the weekly price shown in the app (for example $3.99 in the US or 4,99 EUR in the eurozone). - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when the trial ends. The subscription renews automatically every week unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused part of the free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. - Extra credits are available as a one-time Token Pack (30 credits). All characters are fictional adults. Conversations are AI-generated: treat everything they say as fiction. Privacy Policy: https://spicychat-chatai.web.app/privacy Terms: https://spicychat-chatai.web.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Re at 100% against Chat.ai's 0%. Re also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Chat.ai's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Re sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Chat.ai sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Re holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Re's written reviews are positive against 0% of Chat.ai's.
Re ships an update weekly, Chat.ai every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Re | Chat.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | FatTail Labs | ilyas inajjar |
Customer experience
Re
Chat.ai
In-app purchases
Re
- Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$59.99
Chat.ai
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Token Pack$29.99









