Does Chai have a website to chat on?

No. On chai-research.com web chat is marked “Coming Soon”; the site is a company page.

Does Chai allow NSFW?

The service is 18+ but filters: models “refuse the generation of restricted material”, and users can hide mature content further.

Chai app review 2026: free tier, subscriptions, ads, no web version

Chai: the most-downloaded app in the niche — and what is inside

Chai is a mobile app for chatting with user-made AI characters, built by Chai Research Corp. of Palo Alto: 10 million Google Play downloads, 278 thousand App Store ratings, and not a single web page where you can message a character. Here is what is free, what it costs and where it falls short.

Checked 16 September 2026 (methodology). This site is not affiliated with Chai or HoneyChat; 18+ content.

Quick answers

What is Chai AI?

A mobile app by Chai Research Corp. (Palo Alto, USA) for chatting with user-made AI characters. Available for iOS and Android; there is no web version.

How much does Chai cost?

There is a free mode with ads. Subscriptions are sold in-app and not priced on the site; Google Play shows a $0.99–$899.99 purchase range.

Is Chai free?

Yes, with ads and unpublished limits; the Safety Center warns that some regions require a paid subscription.

Contents

Quick answers
What it is
Three things to know first
What it costs
Chai vs HoneyChat
FAQ

What it is

In shortChai is an iOS and Android app where users build AI characters and chat with them. There is no web version: the company site marks web chat “Coming Soon”. A free mode exists with ads and limits; subscriptions are sold inside the app. Operator — Chai Research Corp., Palo Alto, USA. The service is 18+.

What Chai and HoneyChat offer

ChaiHoneyChat

Voice messagesyes“authentic voices” on the App Storeyesexpressive voice notes, from 10 a month on Basic

Photos in chatnot verifiednot verifiedyes3 a day free, up to 250 Ultra HD a day

Video in chatnot verifiednot verifiedyesshort clips, from 2 a month on Basic

Memory between sessionspartlyclaimed; subscribers complain about forgettingyesfacts between sessions; 16K context on VIP, 64K on Ultimate

No sign-up requirednoaccount inside the appyesopens in Telegram or the browser without an account

Explicit 18+ contentpartly18+, yet filters and refusalsyesfive intensity levels instead of a hard filter

Free tierpartlywith ads; a subscription is required in some regionsyes20 messages and 3 images a day, no expiry

Prices visible before loginnoprices only in the appyesall six tiers on honeychat.bot/pricing

Based on the services' public pages and documents on 16 September 2026. “Not verified” — the service does not publish the data or we did not test it ourselves.

Monthly price: Chai vs HoneyChat

Chainot published

HoneyChat Premium$9.99

Chai sells subscriptions only inside the app; Google Play shows only a $0.99–$899.99 purchase range. HoneyChat Premium is the first tier with unlimited messages.

By scale it is one of the largest services in the niche: the site claims more than a million daily active users and “$70M/yr in revenue in 2026”. The catalog is entirely user-made, so anime heroines sit next to “the mean teacher”, a therapist and film characters.

Three things to know first

Phone only

No web chat — the site says “Coming Soon”. Every conversation, payment and setting lives in the iOS or Android app.

About the app and desktop

Ads and purchases up to $899.99

Google Play: “Contains ads”, in-app purchases from $0.99 to $899.99 per item. Rated 3.6 by 832 thousand reviewers.

About pricing

English only

The App Store listing lists one language, EN. The model still answers in whatever language you write.

About features

What it costs

Mode	Price	What is known	Source
Free	$0	with ads; limits not published	Google Play, Safety Center
In-app subscriptions	not verified	Premium and Ultra are named in user reviews; prices only inside the app	store listings
In-app purchase range	$0.99 – $899.99 per item	Google Play shows only the range	Google Play, 16 September 2026

The service publishes no price list on its site; we quote only figures we saw ourselves.

Pricing in detail

Chai vs HoneyChat

The case for Chai

A huge community and catalog, a million daily users, native apps in both stores. If you want a mobile, English-language feed of characters, Chai is battle-tested.

The case for HoneyChat

Works in Telegram and the browser without registration, without ads, in your language. Voice, photos and video are part of the plan, prices are open on the site. 20 messages a day free.