What is Replika?
Replika is an AI companion app launched in 2017 — the pioneer of the AI companion category. It serves around 2M active users on a 10M+ total download base. Subscription pricing: $19.99/month or $69.99/year. Replika positions around emotional companionship and wellness rather than character variety — you have one Replika, not a cast. The platform pivoted toward wellness/therapy framing between 2023 and 2025, which frustrated original roleplay users and drove migration to alternatives like Nastia, Kindroid, and Reverie.
How Reverie fits in
Reverie is a Telegram-native AI character chat platform — same category as the platform described above, but with a curated cast (8+ characters), persistent memory across days and weeks, and zero signup friction. Read the full Reverie overview →.