4.28★ from 556,345 ratings · version 1.17.3 · 68 of the last 119 written reviews are one or two stars
Ads interrupt chat constantly
16of the 68 read·24%
Ads appear every few minutes or messages, interrupting conversations mid-chat with long unskippable ads that crash or freeze the app.
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“Downgrade — This app is so buns now. You used to be able to send unlimited messages, unlimited swipes, and there were no ads. The amount of ads now is absolutely ridiculous and it’s getting worse. LITERALLY every 5 minutes there’s a long ad. This app used to be fun, but the way it is now just makes me not want to play with it anymore. I’m done with this app lol” — ★☆☆☆☆“Updates keep getting worse. — I hate that with every update, yall are adding new advertisement moments. It’s very annoying. I don’t know if you do it for money or something but less and less people are using the app. I bet many would agree.” — ★★☆☆☆“Message limits and ads — It’s annoying how I can’t even enter 3+ chats to see if it’s anything I want to role play with before hitting an ad I get stuck looking at for a minute. Especially with how all the ads have hidden ‘x’ buttons that makes it hard to escape even after the ad is done playing through. It went from being free chats to a money scheme. The ads are motivation to get people to pay for a stupid…” — ★★☆☆☆
Message and swipe limits restrict usage
8of the 68 read·12%
App now limits messages and swipes with cooldown timers, forcing users to wait hours or pay, removing the unlimited messaging from before.
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“Limits — It’s annoying to have a limit on swipes, hope you guys change it to where that’s gone” — ★★☆☆☆“Teres — Can you guys just make this have free chat back and we don’t have to pay for free chat like can you guys just get free chat back on character AI please I’ll give you guys a five star if you guys just did that” — ★☆☆☆☆“Swipe limit sucksss😭! — 😔” — ★☆☆☆☆
Age verification system broken or invasive
7of the 68 read·10%
New ID verification requirement doesn't work properly, is unnecessary for verified adults, exposes personal data, and blocks access to the app.
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“. — Ужас, в этом приложении нельзя писать, раньше было лучше, я подтверждаю свою личность 9 раз и все не правильно, хотя мне 19” — ★☆☆☆☆“c.ai rating — Hello! Can you PLEASE remove age verification? One, nobody really plays this anymore due to it. And two, it’s just stupid. Like why? I am NOT risking a face reveal for an app. Thanks, but no.” — ★★☆☆☆“why it's bad — the stupid age verification doesn't work and I can't chat with anyone anymore an I used to be a SO addicted to this app” — ★☆☆☆☆
App crashes and freezes on startup
6of the 68 read·9%
App freezes frequently on load, requires multiple restarts before working, and crashes when skipping ads.
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“errors — Constant chat errors and tons of ads. I can't even really talk to the bot because of the errors. The app was definitely better before.” — ★★☆☆☆“New ads — New ads are extremely bad and they crash when you skip them so the whole app crashes Not worth buying the app not worth using it free now” — ★☆☆☆☆“I am EXTREMELY disappointed. — This app has somehow managed to turn “updates” into a list of reasons to stop using it. It freezes constantly, so opening the app usually means closing and reopening it several times before I can even scroll or choose a character. Then, once it finally works, I get slammed with ads every few chats, because apparently having an uninterrupted conversation is too much to ask. The ad system…” — ★☆☆☆☆
Overall app quality has declined significantly
6of the 68 read·9%
App was better before recent updates removed features, made it less fun, and turned it into a money-grabbing experience.
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“:( — Really disappointed in you guys, it used to be my favorite app until you ruined it” — ★☆☆☆☆“This is the worst game — This game is trash. You always make me watch this ad. I have different AI apps and it’s better than your AI.” — ★★☆☆☆“updates js keep getting worse and worse — icl the app was at its peak in 2024. Now its full of ads and limitations for some reason?? pls js let everyone love ur app instead of purchasing cai+, u know damn well no ones spending money on that. Each update keeps getting more and more annoying” — ★★☆☆☆
Content filter too restrictive
4of the 68 read·6%
Aggressive censorship and content filter blocks normal roleplay and creative writing, treating users like children despite age verification.
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“A little personal opinion — I don’t think I need to say more than PLEASE remove the filter. Specifically because it gets in the way SO MUCH” — ★☆☆☆☆“бесит — Я пишу что просто закричала а оно пишет что контент отфильтрован, 1 звезда, это раздражает!!!!” — ★☆☆☆☆“Censorship — I never leave reviews, but the censorship on this app is kinda too much, I get why it exists, don’t get me wrong, but how am I going from being able to make a full, in-depth persona I can either use or describe in a chat that’s either female/male, fully body description too, put that description in a chat, and now it’s randomly censored? It doesn’t make sense really, and it honestly needs to change if…” — ★★☆☆☆
Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 68 most recent negative ones. Newest review 2 days ago (07.09.2026), last collected yesterday.
Britain
4.13★ from 66,939 ratings · version 1.17.3 · 24 of the last 50 written reviews are one or two stars
Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 24, and the threshold is twelve.
Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 24 most recent negative ones. Newest review 2 days ago (07.09.2026), last collected today.
Germany
4.06★ from 38,095 ratings · version 1.17.3
We have not read this app's reviews yet. Apple rations that feed to about one page per address every ten minutes and refuses datacentre addresses, so the reading is done by hand — the rating above is live, the complaints are not there yet.
Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 0 most recent negative ones. Newest review never, last collected never.