Character AI: Chat, Talk, Text

Character AI: Chat, Talk, Text comes from Character.AI and is one of the best-known apps for chatting with fictional AI personalities. Users talk to characters created by a huge community, or design their own, for role-play, storytelling or casual conversation.

Millions of user-made characters are available, from heroes and villains to sidekicks and deliberately odd creations, spread across every genre and personality type. Conversations can happen by text or voice call, and the developer says characters remember earlier exchanges and adapt to the user's style. People use it to write stories together, build fictional worlds or play out adventures. The creation tools let anyone define a character's personality, backstory and voice, then share it with others. A strong community element runs through the whole app, with creators publishing characters and others discovering and chatting with them.

Ratings tell a harsh story. Despite 50,000,000+ installs, the app averages just 2.2 from 2,442,017 ratings, and 62% of those are one star against 24% five stars, so a large share of users are unhappy. It carries ads, and in-app purchases range from $0.99 to $99.99 per item. The latest update is dated 2026-09-03, it needs Android 7.0 or newer and is rated Teen. We list 52 versions; version 1.17.3 is the newest at 270.4 MB.

Role-play fans who enjoy browsing a vast cast of community characters may still find it worthwhile. Given the heavily negative ratings, the large download and the ads, many people will want to compare it with alternatives before committing.