# Replika review (2026): is it worth it? > AI companion you talk to by text, voice call and video Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Replika is an AI companion app from Luka, Inc. You set up a character, customize how it looks, and talk with it by text, voice calls and video. It keeps a memory of the people, plans and interests you mention and can send proactive suggestions, images and selfies. The app is free to download, and paid subscriptions unlock more. - **Category:** AI Assistants - **Made by:** Luka, Inc. - **Website:** https://replika.com - **Runs on:** iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to know the price first, as none is published on the pages we read. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Replika's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Text, voice and video conversations:** You can chat in text, call your Replika by voice, and show it what you are looking at on video. - **Memory of your life:** The companion keeps track of the people, routines, plans and interests you tell it about, so later conversations can refer back to them. - **Avatar customization:** The look of the companion can be changed in detail, and the store listing describes avatar customization as one of the app's features. - **Proactive check-ins and suggestions:** The app lists proactive suggestions and follow-ups, such as nudges to reconnect with a friend or start a hobby. - **Images and internet access:** The App Store listing names image generation and exploring the internet together as features, and the site says the companion sends selfies. ## Good for - People who want a conversational companion on a phone - Users who want a customizable avatar with a persistent memory ## Worth knowing - No plan names or prices could be read from the vendor's pages. The terms say plans, prices and allowances are shown on the subscription and checkout screens. - The terms say plans and features differ by version (classic and Replika 2.0), by platform and by country. - Usage allowances such as daily chat replies, call minutes and weekly images can apply to a plan, per the terms. - The App Store lists an 18+ age rating. The homepage lists iOS and Android apps, and a legacy web app is linked from its footer. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Replika is an AI companion you talk to by text, voice and video, with a memory of what you tell it. The app is free to download, but no plan names or prices could be read from the vendor's pages, plans differ by version and country, and it is a companion, not a work assistant. - **Value for money: C.** No price could be read: the terms say plans are shown on the subscription and checkout screens. With nothing on record it sits in the middle. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free to download, but what the free version allows is not published, and the terms say daily replies, call minutes and weekly images can be capped. - **Features: C.** Text, voice and video chat, a memory of your life, avatar customization and check-ins. It does that one job fully, and it is a smaller job than an assistant. - **Ease of use: B.** The listing shows an app you install and start using, with nothing to set up. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** iPhone and Android apps, with a legacy web app linked from the footer. No desktop app and no integrations. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Replika's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. Its pricing page showed no plan prices in the text we could read, so the grades lean on the listing. ## Where it stands among AI assistants - Replika's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 15 of the 87 other AI assistants we grade, and level with 15. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 40 of 87) and worst on features (C, above 1). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-assistants ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Replika you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 57 of the 87 other AI assistants grade higher. - You could not: An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.4 out of 5 from 227,660 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1158555867 **Tags:** Chat assistant, AI features, Image generation ## Alternatives - [Character.AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/character-ai): Chat and voice calls with user-made AI characters. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/character-ai-vs-replika) - [Pi](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pi): Emotionally intelligent personal AI for talking things through. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pi-vs-replika) - [Chai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/chai): Mobile app for chatting with AI characters that users create. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chai-vs-replika) - [Sesame](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sesame): Voice-first personal AI agents on iOS and Android. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/replika-vs-sesame) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://replika.com - https://replika.com/legal/terms - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/replika-ai-companion-chat/id1158555867 - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.replika.app Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/replika Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).