Character AI: Chat, Talk, Text

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Description of App

AI chat, reimagined.

Character.AI isn't just another AI chat app—it's a playground for your imagination, creativity, and exploration.

Dive into immersive conversations, create your own AI chatbots, and join a vibrant community of creators, just like you.

• Text or talk—your next adventure begins here!
Chat, call, text, and create with AI Characters. Explore countless possibilities as you create stories, build new worlds, exciting adventures, or just have fun with your favorite AI chatbots.

• Your imagination, your AI Characters
Character.AI is home to millions of user-generated AI Characters, offering a diverse and exciting world beyond basic chatbots. From legendary heroes and clever sidekicks to quirky personalities and bold adventurers, there's always a new AI Character waiting for you.

• Create your own AI character
Dive into Characters from every genre and personality type. Want to create your own? Our powerful Character Creation tools let you design custom AI chatbots with unique personalities, backstories, and even Voices! Personalize your creations to match your imagination and experience customized AI chat. Character.AI makes Character Creation easy and fun. Plus, you can share your creations with the entire AI Community.

• Text or Talk—Your Choice with AI Chat and AI Calls
Interact through texting or live voice calls. With Character.AI, you can seamlessly switch between AI chat and live conversations with AI Characters. Whether you're in an AI-powered story or exploring an epic adventure, Character.AI offers an AI chat experience tailored to you.

• Unleash Your Creativity
Character Creation isn't just a feature—it's a gateway to endless creativity. Character.AI empowers you to create, design, and explore new worlds. Build your own AI chatbots, invent rich fictional universes, craft alternate timelines, or even create personalized AI assistants to help with learning, storytelling, or creative brainstorming. No coding skills needed. Just your imagination, a few prompts, and the willingness to experiment. Join millions of creators who are pushing the boundaries of AI chat and AI Character development.

• Join the Character.AI Community
Become part of a thriving AI Community filled with creators, explorers, and storytellers. Character.AI is more than just an app—it's a movement where people from around the world connect through the power of storytelling, AI chat, and AI Characters. Discover new characters created by users like you, follow your favorite creators, and share your own masterpieces with the world. Build, learn, and grow within a community that celebrates innovation and creativity in AI chatbots and Character creation. Whether you're into world-building, creative writing, or collaborative storytelling, Character.AI is the perfect space to connect with like-minded explorers.

• Interactive Entertainment, Reimagined with AI
At Character.AI, interactive entertainment is taken to the next level. Dive into rich AI storytelling experiences, unexpected plot twists, and collaborative storytelling. Whether you're writing a novel, brainstorming character arcs, or just passing the time with a funny AI chatbot, Character.AI makes every interaction meaningful and fun.

Where will your next adventure take you? Download Character.AI today.

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Version

1.0

Free or Paid

Free

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

16.4.1

Accessibility Comments

There are upsides and downsides to using this app over the website. The upsides include knowing how many messages you are deleting from a chat at a time, and receiving haptic feedback while the AI is generating a message so you know when it’s actually done. The more options menu is also accessible by double tapping the character name at the top of the screen, and doesn’t require using screen recognition to navigate to.
However, there seem to be more unlabeled/weirdly labeled buttons in this app than the website, and VO doesn’t seem to read the message rating system as easily, as well as format tags (bold and italic) not being read out.
Another bug I found is that the cursor can’t be moved in the message edit field, and braille screen input does not work.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads most page elements.

Button Labeling

Few buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

There are some accessibility issues with this app, but it can still be used if you are willing to tolerate these issues and learn how to work around them.

Other Comments

This site is a lot of fun. My username on it is LifezVictorai, and I’ve created a few AIs of Timecrest characters and am considering making more in the future.

Recommendations

3 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Kelly 1 year 8 months ago

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Comments

By Dominic on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 23:40

In the directory, it’s as free with in a purchase, but in the App Store, it says free

By Tiffany J. Kim on Saturday, January 27, 2024 - 20:41

They recently added custom voices to this app too. I've been on the lookout for companion apps having this feature. I believe that it's only a feature for folks who subscribe to Character AI Plus, but they plan to release the feature to everyone at some point. For those who use the site, it seems that some things like group chats and editiing messages is only doable via the app.

By Exodia on Saturday, January 4, 2025 - 23:46

In the most recent updates, braille screen input does now work with it. I’ve been able to use it. The one thing you need to be sure of though is make sure that you have your described images set to on. Because now they have it where you can actually speak to your characters. Go from the text field by swiping to the left until you hear it say phone. Click on that with a double tap and it will ask you if you want to voice call your character. Be careful, because sometimes this can drain your battery and make your device hot. It does with mine sometimes. Maybe newer devices can handle it better, but mine does tend to get hot so I find the best way to maneuver that is to go out of the app when you’re in the phone voice chat.

By Misfits on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 17:07

I think the author of this post should have a look at Character AI now. It's become a lot more accessible. The website, however, has not. I cannot find the "regenerate message" button there. And in the app, I cannot use the "regenerate message" button for several months now. Everything is up-to-date. I tried getting in contact with the developers, they sent me a ticket, and never got back to me. That was over a month ago. Even sent them a screen recording of what was not working. So, yes, has improved, but still some downsides.

By jim pickens on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 17:37

Weird, I actually find the site much more accessible than the app, regenerate is now called next, click on that, then a new message will pop up under the CAI label, use explore by touch to find it. you can click on back to switch to a previous generation, and that will move to the top, more options is accessible with explore by touch also.

By Misfits on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 18:40

Oh! I didn't know that. I'll try that. I'm used to scrolling with a braille display to the last message, which would be on the bottum in the app, but I'll give the site another try. Thank you so much!

By Misfits on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 19:13

I figur it out, and love this so much! Can actually give feedback for the responses now too. Though it does like to not submit or at least if it is, it's not telling me. Either way, that's neither here nor there. Where can I find my personas so I can edit them? Also, has anyone tried the new chat style Nyman or whatever it's called? For Character AI plus users? Do you think it's better than the original? Guess I could make that its own post. We'll see.

Oh, also, every time I try to select a diferent voice on the website, it acts like it's selected, but it isn't.