Of the eight AI companion apps we checked, only three publish a price you can read without creating an account. The rest reveal it at checkout or on an in-app screen.
We opened every vendor’s own site and looked for a public pricing page. Character.AI, Kindroid and Candy AI publish figures you can read before signing up. Nomi, Replika, Joi AI and Eva AI do not — their prices appear only after registration or inside the app’s subscription screen. That matters because you cannot compare what you cannot see, and it is why almost every "best AI companion" round-up you will find quotes numbers that disagree with each other.
This is not an accusation of bad faith. Store-billed apps often price per region, and a public page would be wrong for most visitors. But the practical effect is the same: as a buyer, you are asked to commit before you know the cost.
| App | Price published? | What their own page says |
|---|---|---|
| Character.AI | Yes | c.ai+ at $9.99/month or $94.99/year |
| Kindroid | Yes | $13.99/mo web, $15.99 via app stores; Ultra and MAX add-ons on top |
| Candy AI | Yes | $13.99/mo, $8.99/mo quarterly, $3.99/mo annually |
| Nomi | No | Terms refer only to "the prices then in effect" |
| Replika | No | Terms: pricing is on in-app subscription screens and in the store |
| Joi AI | No | Pricing routes return 404; figure appears after signup |
| Eva AI | No | No published price; store listing shows unlabelled in-app purchases |
Search for Replika pricing and you will find "$19.99 per month" repeated across dozens of review sites. Replika’s own Terms of Service state that pricing lives on the subscription screens in the application and in the relevant store. Apple’s App Store listing for Replika shows monthly in-app purchase tiers at $7.99 and $14.99 — and no $19.99 item at all.
We are not claiming to know Replika’s current price, because Replika does not publish one. We are pointing out that a number being everywhere is not evidence that it is right. When the vendor publishes nothing, review sites fill the gap, copy each other, and the error compounds. Treat any unsourced price in this category as a guess.
Three habits save money here. First, look for the vendor’s own pricing page rather than a review; if the site has none, that is itself a finding. Second, read the store listing — on Google Play and the App Store, the in-app purchase list is visible on the product page and is harder to misreport than a blog. Third, check whether the app charges more through the store than on the web: Kindroid openly documents both, at $13.99 on the web against $15.99 through the stores.
Also watch for add-ons stacked above the base tier. A headline price of $13.99 tells you little if the experience people describe requires a higher plan on top of it.
Checked 2026-07-16. Prices and features change — verify before relying on a figure here.