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so there was this website i used to use back in the day 4wall ai, my fav feature of it was the spots and how it was free to add 4 characters. recently i checked it again and it seems the spots feature was removed. you basically had a map and the characters actually moving and talking on their own with eachother. if you know any more SPOTS sites please suggest

I’m basically going to turn a bunch of unhinged fictional character and unhinged YouTubers into primarchs of the 2th legion and the 11th legion and see what happens and then I’m going to tell the ai to make missions with names such as E.L.F.P.P.T.I.N.Y or P.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.N.G.G.S.P.O.T and make them rename powerful weapons they found into names such as D.I.C.K.B.L.O.W.E.R and then ask the ai to make Guilliman and Malcador react to it all

Idk if this is the right place to post this….

Guys, I’ve been a loyal c.ai user for several years.

Lately, with it’s age verification and limited swipes, and it’s greediness for money, c.ai has pissed me off.

So does anyone know good alternatives to it?

Somethings I like is the ability to clarify the character’s apperance and personality, and the abilitity to have mutiple characters in one bot.

I know I spent way too much into AI roleplay apps on my iphone. It can be time consuming to test out so many options from Apple Store. I’d love to hear everyone’s experience with using character AI apps on iphones.

To start, I’ll share a few apps that I particularly find refreshing. This is not an exhaustive list and will be updated depending on how yall wanna do it.

Povchat AI

This one is focused on realistic POV chats with AI characters, including boyfriends/girlfriends, companions, and so on.

Pros:

– Ad-free, no interruptions in the middle of chats.

– Long conversations feel natural and consistent in general.

– Character creation allows very long definition and all the details.

– Is women and LGBTQ friendly so I feel very respected.

Cons:

– Limited to text-only (image feature is not in app yet, according to announcement).

– Free version is solid, but advanced features require a subscription.

Overall: Great for beginners who want to start fast and easy.

Rating: 4.5/5.

HiWaifu

It is all about AI friends, waifus, or custom companions with empathy-driven chats. It’s got a hub for sharing bots and supports roleplay in various relationships.

Pros:

– Highly customizable personalities with good conversational depth.

– Voice and image interactions are nice add ons.

– Active community for sharing bots especially the fandom I like.

– Multiple relationship options (girlfriend, boyfriend, etc.)

Cons:

– Popup ads can be intrusive, especially in free mode.

– Occasional glitches like misinterpretations or repetitive responses.

Overall: Solid for emotional or romantic RP, but the monetization might frustrate free users.

Rating: 4.3/5.

SakuraFM

It emphasizes uncensored, creative storytelling with a huge library of community-made characters across genres like anime, horror, and romance.

Pros:

– High customization with long, detailed responses like povchat.

– Huge community for sharing and discovering characters.

– Clean UI and evolving conversations feel personalized and engaging.

Cons:

– Lacks voice features; it’s mostly text-focused.

– Potential for encountering low-effort bots in the public library.

Overall: Ideal for uncensored creative freedom, especially if you like building or exploring user-generated content.

Rating: 4.4/5.

Chai AI

It is community-driven with tons of bots from casual to intense roleplay. It’s mobile-optimized and known for less restrictive content.

Pros:

– Huge variety of bots with fast, authentic responses.

– Weak NSFW filter allows more freedom in mature RP compared to stricter apps.

– Easy bot creation with story types plus privacy focus.

Cons:

– Response quality changes, sometimes nonsense or repetitive.

– I don’t like the UI, as it’s kind of boring and lack customizations.

Overall: Best for mobile-first users who want variety and fewer restrictions.

Rating: 4.2/5.

If I had to pick a favorite, it’d depend on your vibe: Go with Povchat for authentic responses, and SakuraFM for uncensored freedom, or Character AI for polished, safe experiences. All have improved a ton in 2026 with better memory and updates- just watch for privacy and don’t get too hooked.

What are your experiences? Let me know why you like it and I may add it to my review writing queue.

I have been using Gemini and while quite capable, to me its fucking inability to get rid of follow up questions and topic suggestions is like nails on a chalkboard. Nails that are loudly snapping half way through and still continuing to scratch the board…

I mostly use bots for personal research and searches. I’m hoping for something that can remember preferences between conversations, can be tuned for tone and depth, it is not overly gimped in the number of queries you can do in a day, and has a decent layer of privacy.

Please help me find a AI chatbot/image generator that meets this criteria lol.

Images:

A. Actually follows the prompt

B. No censorship

C. Creates images based on the chat. Aka if we are roleplaying about petting a puppy it shows her petting the puppy. Not just a random one of her smiling.

1. Good memory

A. Doesn’t forget a specific detail I’ve shared 5 messages ago

1. Cost

A. I understand qualify has a cost. But at least make it reasonable!

I’ve subscribed to quite a few but I’ve yet to find one that actually creates images based on the conversation you are having. They all require an exact prompt.

Would love suggestions.

I have been programming for 12 years and also run a service based business in Miami which requires booking and was facing some issues with the booking page of my site but building this plugin actuallly made a difference in my insights and handliung traffic on my site.

From my analytics monitoring tool I notice a spike that a decent number of people were landing on to the site, going though the pricing, services page but a very few number ended up in the booking page. Therefore, to make this pipeline easy and convinient I had to create a custom chatbot with the ability to call an n8n webhook

Did not publish it in the plugins directory tho as this is only targeted for my usecase

Tech stack I used:

• PHP + React for frontend widget
• n8n for the backend workflow
• deepseekv3.2 from deepinfra
• MySQL database (the chatbot checks availability, pricing, and service details directly from here)

How it works
The chat widget appears at the bottom right corner of every page and people can ask about services, pricing, availabity etc. If someone wants to book a desires service they just type and fill in the necessary questions like their perfonal information, date, designated location and also the bot responds with if this service is available for that date. Once all the required placeholders are filled, it fires a webhook to n8n that triggers the workflow in n8n

n8n then creates the actual booking entry in wordpress -> sends confirmation emails to both the client and me -> handles the whole process without leaving the chat and then delivers the confirmation message

This idea is more natural than filling out a form, and lazy people dont want to… pretty happy that it turned out well but I’m worried about if the tech stack for this plugin is appropriate. A review on the tech stack would be really helpful for me

help

right now I am using Chatgpt and it’s not straightforward…

I am not doing productive things anymore like not reading lit

too addicted

Been building AI chatbots and voice agents for a few months now, mainly targeting real estate businesses. My current outreach is cold emails and WhatsApp messages — open rates are okay but conversions are basically zero.

I’m not here to pitch anything. Just genuinely curious how others in this sub landed their first few niche clients — especially if you were going after a specific vertical like real estate, home services, healthcare, etc.

A few things I’m wondering:

∙ Did cold outreach ever work for you, or did you get traction a different way? ∙ How specific was your targeting? (Industry, company size, geography?) ∙ Was there a demo or proof of concept that actually moved people? ∙ Any platform that worked better — LinkedIn, Reddit DMs, Upwork, local Facebook groups? 

My hypothesis is that my messaging is too generic and I’m not hitting the right pain point. But open to being completely wrong. What did your first real conversion actually look like?

just wondering, do you guys actually want your AI companion to do useful stuff?

been thinking about this lately, apps like Replika and c.ai have massive engagement, but they’re basically pure conversation. meanwhile tools like ChatGPT and Claude are useful but totally different.

Seems like there’s an obvious gap here? Something that combines the relationship layer with actual task execution, but I’m not sure if that’s something people actually want, or if adding utility would break the magic.

for those of you who use both types of apps, what’s your experience? do you wish your companion could do real things, or does keeping them separate work better?