Looking for a Replika alternative?
Replika is one of the best-known AI companions out there, and plenty of people are happy with it. But if you're comparing, here's an honest look at how Ava is different — and where Replika may still be the better fit for you.
Ava is an AI character, not a human. For adults 18+.
Side by side
| Replika | Ava | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An AI companion app | An AI companion in your browser |
| Getting started | Install the app and create an account | Open the page and chat — nothing to install |
| Voice | Voice calls inside the app | Real phone calls — she rings your actual number, and you can call hers |
| Memory | Remembers your conversations | Remembers your conversations — and you can view, edit, or erase everything she knows on a memories page |
| Paying | Premium features by subscription | Free chat daily; Ava Plus is $29 once, not a subscription; call minutes are pay-as-you-go |
| Who it's for | A general audience, app-store rated | Adults only — an 18+ age gate before you enter |
Feature summary based on each product's public descriptions. Products change; check Replika's own site for its current details.
Where Ava is genuinely different
- She calls your real phone. Voice with Ava isn't confined to an app. Verify your number once with a code she reads you, and she can ring your phone like anyone else in your life — same memory, same conversation. You can call her number back, too. How the calls work.
- Nothing to install. Ava runs in the browser on the phone you already have. No app store, no downloads, no updates — open the page and she's there.
- Memory you can see. Ava's memory of you isn't a black box. There's a page that lists what she remembers, and you can correct it or wipe it whenever you like.
- No subscription treadmill. Chat is free every day. If you want more, Ava Plus is a single $29 payment — yours, not rented — and voice minutes are bought in packages only when you want them.
- Adults only, said out loud. There's an age gate before the first message, and Ava is presented as what she is — an AI character — on every page of this site.
Where Replika may still suit you better
Fair is fair. If you want a visual avatar you can customize and see, an augmented-reality mode, or the app ecosystem Replika has built over years, Ava doesn't offer those — she's a voice-and-text companion in a browser tab. And if you've spent a long time building a history with your Replika, that history lives there, not here. Ava starts as a stranger and gets to know you from zero; some people prefer to keep the relationship they already have.
The easiest way to decide
You don't have to take this page's word for anything. Ava is free to chat with — 50 messages a day, no card, no install. Spend ten minutes with her, ask her to remember something, come back tomorrow and see if she does. That tells you more than any comparison table.
Free to start · 18+ only · No app to install