CrushOn AI alternative: compare message models and account controls

Compare CrushOn alternatives for ordinary fictional chat: message allowances, context, memory controls, subscription terms and deletion.

In this article
  1. Define the missing control before changing accounts
  2. Match the issue to a documented difference
  3. Keep quotas, prices and retention in their own columns
  4. Ten alternatives with different account and conversation controls
  5. Compare the commitment as well as the displayed rate
  6. Check record deletion and billing as separate controls

18+ only. This comparison covers ordinary conversations with fictional adult characters.

Switching from CrushOn AI only helps if the new service changes the feature or account rule that is causing the problem. CrushOn's current information lists three separate allowances: unlimited chats on free models, 100 Pro credits per month and 20 Inspiration Replies per day. If you treat them as one free-message cap, competing offers look more comparable than they really are.

The older subscription wiki counts messages differently, while the current landing page splits allowances by model category. Before you look at another product, work out what the problem is: a paid model budget, a story detail that keeps disappearing, the limit on deleting recent messages, or the billing channel. Each one points to a different set of product facts.

The CrushOn review covers those distinctions in the original service. Below, the alternatives are grouped by the controls they publish. The scope is ordinary fictional storytelling. The list does not promise that a new service will reproduce a character, migrate a balance or keep every line from an existing conversation.

Define the missing control before changing accounts

A context window, a history archive and a saved memory are three different things. SpicyChat publishes paid context capacities of 4,000, 8,000 and 32,000 tokens. Replika describes removing individual facts from Memory. Perchance AI Chat stores history locally in the browser. Each of these answers a different need, so they shouldn't be squeezed into one memory score.

A number on a free plan means little without a period and an action. Nomi's 50 messages per day describe recurring text access. GirlfriendGPT's terms give an example of 10 to 20 messages total in a free sample. HakkoAI's 30 voice minutes have no stated reset. A bigger number is only a bigger recurring allowance if the units match.

Deletion may be what decides it. CrushOn's FAQ allows selective message deletion only for material newer than 24 hours. That is a reason to compare record controls, not to assume every rival lets you remove old history selectively. Replika lets you remove individual memory facts, but removing the full history requires deleting the account. Removing a fact does not erase the conversation it came from.

The companion feature comparison gives wider context on character creation and account features. For a focused choice, keep the requirement narrow enough that a provider's published control can actually answer it.

Match the issue to a documented difference

These rows are routes to a decision, not a ranked league table. Character.AI adds a different kind of constraint: its company announcement of 12 October 2026 confirms that the service keeps operating during a sale process and describes a conditional risk of wind-down. A product can fit your feature needs and still raise a business-continuity concern. Weigh both before committing to a long subscription term.

Reason to compareDocumented distinctionDecision boundary
Monthly Pro-credit planningNomi: 50 free messages dailyDifferent reset and input limits
Saved character facts need editingReplika: individual Memory entries can be removedProfile/messages retained up to 60 days after contract end
A quantified context window mattersSpicyChat: 4,000 / 8,000 / 32,000 paid tokensContext is not permanent recall
Local history is preferredPerchance AI Chat: browser history, checked 28 October 2026Clearing local site data can remove it
Included text versus calling costsOurDream: zero-coin Standard paid text; calls 50 coins/minuteSubscription still required for the paid entitlement
A Canadian Apple item is requiredTalkie Lab: CA$12.99 item labelled 1 MonthWeb and Android entitlement equivalence unverified

Keep quotas, prices and retention in their own columns

Each quantity answers a different question. A 30-pin allowance is not worth 30 messages, and a 1,000-coin wallet is not a 1,000-minute call plan. Where a Canadian store item states its term, the term appears next to it. Otherwise, US-dollar web offers stay labelled in US dollars and are not shown as a Canadian after-tax total.

ServicePublished quantityWhat it describes
OurDreamUS$19.99 monthly; 1,000 coinsPaid plan and regular allocation; Standard paid text has zero-coin debit
Nomi50 messages/day; 400 free input charactersFree text and input-length rules
Character.AI15 free pins; 30 Lite pinsPin controls, not measured recall
Replika100 Training/week; 50 Read My Mind/weekNamed Platinum features
SpicyChat3 free personas; 32,000 top paid context tokensPersona count and separate paid context feature
Talkie LabCA$34.99 for 1 Month Talkie+ ProCanadian Apple item, not every platform
Perchance AI ChatUnlimited messages claimed; checked 28 October 2026Specific browser text tool
GirlfriendGPT5,000 to 20,000 monthly messages in termsPaid allocations without rollover; current prices unverified
Kupid AI4 or 8 custom charactersPro and Ultra plan features
HakkoAI30 sample voice minutes; reset unspecifiedSample entitlement, not a daily grant

Ten alternatives with different account and conversation controls

#1

OurDream: separate included text from coin-based actions

4.1/5
  • Price / monthUS$19.99/mo
  • NSFWyes
  • Age checkself declaration
  • PlatformsWeb

Standard paid text on OurDream costs zero Dreamcoins. The monthly subscription is US$19.99 and includes 1,000 coins, but that allocation is not a message count. Genius and Lively Genius responses cost 1 coin each, and calls cost 50 per minute. This matters if you are leaving a product that already keeps separate counters for free models, Pro credits and reply aids. OurDream swaps one accounting system for another; it does not get rid of counters altogether.

For ordinary character dialogue, check which mode is included before you think about the coin grant. Calls need their own budget, and a message in a premium mode can be charged differently from Standard text. Neither the monthly allocation nor the word unlimited tells you how much a mixed session will use unless you also know which actions you plan to take.

The annual plan costs US$119.88 upfront. Its first 2,000 coins include a 1,000-coin introductory bonus, and later months bring 1,000. Don't carry that first allocation into an ongoing monthly comparison. These amounts are in US dollars; a total with Canadian provincial tax is a separate figure at checkout.

Account exit works differently here, and it is documented: permanent deletion automatically cancels an active subscription and takes 24 to 48 hours to process. Any remaining coins are lost with no refund. Ordinary cancellation keeps paid access until the term ends. Pick the action based on whether you want to stop renewal or remove the account, and keep legal retention exceptions separate from the processing time.

US$19.99/moFull review
#2

Nomi: a daily input budget with editable character information

4.3/5
  • Price / monthCA$12.99/mo
  • Free tier50 msg/day
  • NSFWyes
  • Age checkself declaration
  • PlatformsWeb, iOS

Nomi's free plan allows 50 messages a day, each input up to 400 characters. Paid inputs can be 800 characters. Those limits help if you want to plan a recurring conversation rather than track access across several model categories. A daily message count still can't be swapped directly for CrushOn's monthly Pro credits.

Nomi advertises persistent memory, shared notes, backstories and Mind Maps. These give you specific places to look at character information. They do not prove perfect recall of a long transcript, and they are not a published context-window size. A short character description can do a different job from saved history, even though both affect the conversation.

Standard advertises up to 10 companions and 10 group chats, at US$15.99 a month or US$99.99 a year. Canadian Apple lists CA$49.99 quarterly and CA$129.99 annually. Those store offers bill through their own channel. Don't apply a web price to an Apple purchase, and don't guess another item's duration because its amount looks familiar.

Nomi is explicit about the privacy tradeoff: it says chats are not end-to-end encrypted. It deletes personal information in about 28 days, with exceptions. Paid Credits are extra balances for actions, so a free message allowance does not mean every extra feature is included. Nomi fits the comparison when daily text and organised character notes are what you need.

CA$12.99/moFull review
#3

Character.AI: pinned information with a company-status caveat

4.1/5
  • Price / monthUS$9.99/mo
  • NSFWno
  • Age checkthird party
  • PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android

Character.AI advertises unlimited free messages, though you may hit waiting-room delays. The free tier has 15 pins and Lite has 30. Pins mark information the user wants kept; the count does not measure how closely a character will follow every detail. Private Lorebooks are a c.ai+ feature, a separate control and not a general promise of permanent memory.

The standard c.ai+ web price is US$9.99 a month or US$94.99 a year. Lite starts at US$4.99 a month and varies by region. The Canadian store has items at different prices whose labels don't always state the period, so this comparison uses the clearly stated web terms. Paying changes entitlements, but the ban on pornographic content stays. A subscription does not buy its removal.

Continuity needs particular care. On 12 October 2026 the company announced a voluntary Chapter 11 sale process. Its statement says the service is still operating and subscriptions keep billing. A wind-down depends on how that process turns out; it is not a closure that has already happened. A long commitment therefore raises a different question from a simple comparison of monthly allowances.

The same announcement says export and deletion are still available. Before a new purchase, read the current company notice together with the purchase terms and decide whether a long term suits how you plan to use it. This section compares published controls and business status. It does not claim the dialogue is more accurate or that a future buyer will keep every feature.

US$9.99/moFull review
#4

Replika: individual memory controls and a separate billing exit

3.5/5
  • NSFWlimited
  • PlatformsWeb, iOS

Replika's help material describes a Memory section where you can review and remove individual facts. That is a very different control from deleting a recent message or clearing a whole account. If the problem is a wrong saved preference, the question is whether you can edit or remove the stored fact, not how many lines of history you can see.

The free product includes conversation and avatar customisation, but no daily message number is stated. Compare paid tiers by their named entitlements. Platinum lists 100 Training uses and 50 Read My Mind uses per week. Those counters say nothing about ordinary chat capacity, and the names alone don't show that the companion gets more accurate with each use.

For a longer project, think about what stays after closure. Replika's policy describes keeping profile and message data for up to 60 days after the contract ends, and some financial and device records for at least 10 years. Read those categories separately; the shorter period is not a deadline for every record.

Deleting the account does not cancel subscription billing. That differs from OurDream's documented deletion consequence and makes the original billing channel important. Replika belongs here for its fine-grained memory management. It has no proven larger free quota, and an app-store price can't be mapped automatically to every tier. Decide whether the memory controls solve your problem before comparing paid extras.

#5

SpicyChat: context windows with a dated plan change

3.7/5
  • Price / monthUS$5.95/mo
  • Free tierNSFW on free
  • NSFWyes
  • Age checkthird party
  • PlatformsWeb

SpicyChat publishes paid context sizes of 4,000, 8,000 and 32,000 tokens. A context window is how much material the model can be given at once. It is not a visible archive, a permanent memory store or the number of messages a subscription allows. That helps if you are leaving because older history and what the current reply can draw on got mixed up.

The free tier includes 3 user personas. Monthly paid prices introduced on 8 September 2026 are US$5.95, US$19.95 and US$29.95, with annual totals of US$60, US$199.95 and US$299.95. Older accounts may keep earlier pricing until the plan lapses or changes, including a downgrade. So an old screenshot may show a real older account without showing the new-customer price.

The context tiers give a concrete starting point for ordinary fictional storytelling, but token counts don't measure prose quality. A longer conversation still needs clear character information and a plot you can manage. Setting the paid window against another provider's unquantified memory marketing would compare unlike measures.

Cancelling stops renewal and moves the account to free at the end of the period, and the help material says records are preserved. The documented permanent-deletion action cannot be undone. The available privacy page did not establish general retention and training rules, so don't read the context numbers as a sign of any particular privacy protection. Compare the capacity feature and the account-exit decision separately.

US$5.95/moFull review
#6

Talkie: distinguish the app identity before comparing purchases

3.8/5
  • Price / monthCA$12.99/mo
  • NSFWno
  • PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android

Talkie's Android listing and the iOS Talkie Lab listing have the same publisher, but different names and advertised products. The Canadian Apple listing shows CA$12.99 for 1 Month, CA$34.99 for 1 Month Talkie+ Pro and CA$69.99 for 1 Year. These are named store items. They don't prove that the same purchase or chat history carries over unchanged to Android and the web.

Character creation and community characters are documented. The FAQ also says older conversation can be forgotten because of technical memory limits. That warning is worth noting if your current service keeps losing track of earlier events. A community catalogue offers variety without fixing long-term continuity, and the number of characters available says nothing about recall.

Free installation and in-app purchases come with no stated recurring message allowance. Use the store price to identify the offer and billing channel, and the in-product entitlement description to see what the purchase actually gives you. A generic in-app-purchase list doesn't tell you about provincial tax or cross-platform rights.

Talkie's policy prohibits pornographic content. Its Canadian store age rating is 18+, but a store rating does not change the content policy. For this adult-only comparison, the use in question is ordinary fictional conversation. You cancel through the Apple or Google subscription settings for whichever channel you bought through; deleting the app icon does not cancel billing.

CA$12.99/mo
#7

Perchance AI Chat: local history instead of an account archive

2.7/5
  • Price / monthFree tier
  • NSFWyes
  • Age checknone
  • PlatformsWeb

Perchance AI Chat is one browser tool, not the whole Perchance generator platform. It describes itself as free, with unlimited messages and no signup, email address, phone number or card needed. The text-tool page checked on 28 October 2026 does not state a daily message cap. These are the provider's claims about the tool, not a guarantee of response speed or uninterrupted availability.

The main difference is where conversation history lives. It sits in browser storage, and clearing site data can remove it. The tool describes editable summaries plus save, load and sharing features, so you should know which version is local and which copy has been saved or shared. A conversation without an account is still information on a device that someone else using it might see.

The text plugin says prompts and responses are not stored on its server. That is a narrower claim than end-to-end encryption, independent privacy auditing or a guarantee that a shared copy can be pulled back. The local-storage claim applies to this tool and the plugin statement applies to its processing; neither should be stretched to every community generator.

This comparison may matter if creating an account is itself the hassle. It is not evidence of a native mobile app, cloud-synced history or the same features as Perchance's separate AI Character Chat page. The choice comes down to the storage and account model, and you are responsible for keeping any local story notes you want to hold on to.

Free tierFull review
#8

GirlfriendGPT: check monthly allocation and closure retention together

3.2/5
  • Price / monthFree tier
  • NSFWyes
  • Age checkself declaration
  • PlatformsWeb

GirlfriendGPT's terms describe paid message allocations of 5,000 to 20,000 per month, with no rollover. The same terms give an example free sample of 10 to 20 messages total across 2 to 3 characters. That is not a daily free grant, and the actual starting allocation was not seen in an account, so don't turn it into a recurring budget.

A monthly message allowance can be simpler to describe than a mix of model credits, but the number still needs the plan name and current purchase terms. The available evidence doesn't give a complete current price table. So this comparison keeps the verified allocation model without making up a Canadian price or claiming every paid tier has the same action entitlements.

Custom characters and a community catalogue are documented; persistent-memory capacity is not. If continuity is why you are switching, the catalogue is no evidence that earlier plot details will be kept or that an imported story can pick up automatically. Character creation and memory are separate questions.

The privacy policy normally keeps personal data for 6 years after account closure, with legal and business qualifications. It also describes automated moderation and manual review of flagged content. Cancelling renewal takes effect at the end of the paid period; closure and erasure are separate. GirlfriendGPT is worth comparing for its monthly allocation structure, as long as the longer retention period also suits you.

Free tier
#9

Kupid AI: specific character and voice limits, unresolved renewal wording

3.0/5
  • NSFWlimited
  • PlatformsWeb

Kupid AI's plan table lists 4 custom characters on Pro and 8 on Ultra. Voice allowances are 12 minutes per week and 35 minutes per week respectively. These are clear capacity limits, but the voice label doesn't say whether every minute is a live call. Keep the published feature name with the quantity rather than swapping in a different voice action.

The service describes a context of the latest 100 messages. That is more specific than an unquantified memory promise, but it doesn't show accurate recall of everything in that range, or that Ultra has a larger window. If you're comparing story continuity, tell this recent-message description apart from an editable permanent character record.

Coin expiry depends on where the coins came from. Subscription, trial, promotional and gift coins expire 6 months after they are granted. Packs bought directly do not expire, and coins that expire sooner are spent first. This matters if you will use the account on and off. It doesn't support a blanket claim that all coins expire, or that every balance lasts forever.

The purchase page and subscription terms describe renewal in conflicting ways. Sort out that difference for the offer you choose before paying; this comparison doesn't call it universally recurring or universally one-time. The privacy policy normally keeps data for 6 years after closure. Kupid gives concrete feature limits, but you still need to understand the actual contract and exit conditions.

#10

HakkoAI: a screen-aware companion with a different data boundary

3.7/5
  • Price / monthUS$9.99/mo
  • NSFWno
  • PlatformsWeb, iOS

HakkoAI's official comparison article describes a free sample of 2,100 credits, 30 voice minutes and 5 voice playbacks. It doesn't say when that resets. The figures can be reported as a sample without claiming daily or monthly renewal, and without a verified credit tariff they can't be turned into a per-minute price.

The product focuses on gaming and screen-aware companionship. Its privacy policy says focused-window capture on PC is on by default, while mobile capture depends on permission. That is a different data boundary from typing a fictional story into a text box. A screen can show unrelated conversations, documents or notifications, so the capture setting is part of deciding whether the product suits your use.

Automatically captured screenshots are kept for 3 calendar days. Screenshots you send into a conversation yourself are stored in the chat database and don't follow that expiry. That detail is more useful than calling the service private or temporary in general. The short rule for one kind of capture shouldn't be applied to all chat material.

The product prohibits pornographic interactions and unauthorised impersonation. This comparison concerns an adult's fictional persona and ordinary conversation. The official Apple link did not confirm a current Canadian installation, so the sample figures don't promise local app-store availability. HakkoAI makes sense when you actually need screen awareness; if you just want a text-based character story, it exposes more data than necessary.

US$9.99/mo

Compare the commitment as well as the displayed rate

A longer term can lower the displayed monthly equivalent while raising the amount you commit at once. OurDream's annual payment is US$119.88. Nomi's web annual payment is US$99.99. These are annual charges, not month-to-month prices or Canadian-dollar receipts. Treat each as a contract period first, then consider whether the advertised features fit.

CrushOn lists Standard at US$5.99 a month with 2,000 Pro credits, and Premium at US$14.99 with 6,000. Switching isn't automatically cheaper just because the alternative advertises free text. Check first whether the model or action you need is included, and whether the alternative charges separately for calls, longer inputs or extra characters.

SpicyChat's price change of 8 September 2026 is another reason to read the exact offer on your account. Earlier pricing may last until a lapse or plan change, so moving between tiers can affect a legacy price. Compare the contract available now instead of assuming every screenshot from the same provider shows the same offer.

A balance can also outlast the subscription it came with, or expire before it. Kupid separates granted coins, which expire after 6 months, from directly purchased packs, which don't. GirlfriendGPT says monthly message allocations don't roll over. Don't buy a bigger allocation just because the unit count is higher; what it's worth depends on the action, the expiry and how much you will realistically use during the term.

Check record deletion and billing as separate controls

CrushOn's 24-hour selective-deletion rule is narrower than account deletion. Its FAQ says an active subscription may prevent account deletion. If you are leaving because of an old conversation, don't assume cancelling renewal removes that record. Check the account action and the billing action separately.

The alternatives show why the difference matters. Deleting an OurDream account automatically cancels active membership, with a stated processing time of 24 to 48 hours. Deleting a Replika account does not cancel billing. Nomi describes deleting personal information in about 28 days, with exceptions. None of this reduces to a single rule that deleting an app stops the charge and removes every record.

For ordinary fictional stories, use invented character details and keep sensitive personal facts out of biographies and saved notes. HakkoAI keeps automatic captures for 3 calendar days, but screenshots you share manually follow a different rule. Perchance keeps history in the browser. Where data is stored and how you share it both matter, even when a service doesn't need a paid account.

The adult-platform policy and privacy comparison looks at age and content boundaries without giving access instructions. A paid plan does not override a provider's rules. Character.AI and Talkie prohibit pornographic content, and this page compares ordinary fictional conversation only.

Frequently asked questions

Does CrushOn have a single 100-message free limit?

The current landing page lists unlimited free-model chats, 100 Pro credits per month and 20 Inspiration Replies a day as separate allowances. Older wiki wording describes a different message allowance. The model category and the date of the source both matter; a generic 100-message headline misses how it works now.

Which alternative publishes a recurring daily message count?

Nomi states 50 messages per day on its free plan, with 400 characters per input. That gives both a reset period and an input limit. It is a different kind of allowance from monthly Pro credits, so don't treat the numbers as a direct currency conversion.

What matters if a character forgets an older event?

Compare the control that applies: SpicyChat lists paid context windows up to 32,000 tokens, Character.AI offers 15 free pins, and Replika lets users remove individual Memory facts. These are different tools, and their published quantities don't show which product will recall a particular story correctly.

Can an old CrushOn message be deleted individually?

The FAQ allows selective deletion only for messages newer than 24 hours. Deleting the whole account is a separate action, and an active subscription may block it. Another provider's memory editor is not the same as deleting every old transcript entry.

Is Character.AI already closed?

No. The company's announcement of 12 October 2026 describes a service that is still operating while it goes through a voluntary Chapter 11 sale process, and subscriptions keep billing. It describes a possible wind-down if no viable sale is reached. That is a conditional risk, not a completed shutdown.

Does a Canadian store price apply to the same service everywhere?

Talkie Lab's Apple item labelled 1 Month costs CA$12.99. The Android and web versions have different names and advertised products, and cross-platform purchases and history were not verified. The store amount identifies that item and channel; it is not a universal web price or a final receipt with tax.

Are voice minutes comparable with voice credits?

Only with an explicit conversion and the same action. HakkoAI lists 30 sample voice minutes with no reset period. OurDream charges 50 coins per minute for calls. Kupid lists 12 or 35 voice minutes a week but doesn't confirm that the label always means a live call.

Does cancelling remove personal data immediately?

Billing and retention rules differ. GirlfriendGPT normally keeps personal data for 6 years after closure, and Replika describes keeping some financial and device records for at least 10 years. Cancelling renewal is not an erasure deadline, even when paid access ends with the term.

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Artur Puleev · AI enthusiast

Artur writes about AI companion apps and keeps the prices, free limits and policy notes on this site up to date.