Free AI boyfriend apps: what each free plan lets you do with him

Free AI boyfriend plans compared

Free plans differ more than paid ones. Some count messages per day, some in total, some per chat, and one does not count them at all. This table sets out each free plan as the app describes it.

We left out apps whose free message cap is not published, such as FantasyGF and Dondi.ai, and OurDream, which has no free plan: non-subscribers pay a dreamcoin for every message. Our main AI boyfriend ranking covers all of them on paid features.

Where you can build him for free

Chatting with a ready-made boyfriend and designing your own are different things, and free plans treat them differently.

• Selira AI lets you create 2 custom companions free, the most here.
• Candy AI, TryNectar AI, Kupid AI and My Dream Companion allow 1 custom character on the free plan.
• Nomi AI has no ready-made catalogue: every Nomi is one you create, so the free plan is a builder by default.
• Lovescape lets free users create characters, since character building is never charged in Chips.
• Secrets AI charges Moments for custom characters, and free accounts cannot buy Moments, so on its free plan you chat with its existing characters.

If building him is the whole point, start with Selira AI or Nomi AI, then read our guide to creating your own AI boyfriend for the builders' full options. Our AI boyfriend prompts give you a personality to paste in.

How far free messages go

A relaxed half-hour chat can easily pass 20 messages, so the caps above decide how the free plan feels:

• Daily chat with no counting: Selira AI (unlimited text) and Lovescape (chat never charged).
• A real conversation every day: Nomi AI (50 a day) and Secrets AI (20 a day).
• A short daily check-in: TryNectar AI (15 a day) and DreamBF (10 a day, more on a streak).
• A trial, not a plan: Candy AI (5 in total), Kupid AI (15 in total), My Dream Companion (10 to 20) and Infatuated AI (10 per chat).

DreamBF's streak rewards coming back daily: the allowance grows by one message a day up to 50, but one missed day drops it back to 10. Secrets AI ties its daily limit to your device, so a second account does not reset it. For how free plans compare on the girlfriend side, see the free AI girlfriend ranking.

What free boyfriend plans leave out

Free plans are built to let you meet him, not to give you everything. Across the ten apps above, these are the usual gaps:

• Calls. None of these free plans includes live voice calls. Secrets AI, Nomi AI, TryNectar AI and DreamBF all keep calls for paying users.
• Voice notes. Nomi AI and Kupid AI keep voice messages for paid plans.
• Memory. Selira AI keeps free history for 3 days, Kupid AI's free tier remembers the last 30 messages, and TryNectar AI's free plan keeps 15 messages in memory.
• Pictures. Only TryNectar AI gives a real daily allowance free. Most others give one picture or none.
• 18+ content. Most apps keep explicit pictures and video for subscribers, though Selira AI's free plan includes unlimited 18+ text chat.

So the free plan tells you whether you like how he writes. It does not tell you what the paid experience is like, so try one paid month before any yearly plan.

Free AI boyfriends without the 18+ side

Most apps above are 18+ apps with a men's section. If you want a sweet, SFW boyfriend, two companion apps are gentler:

• Anima runs a boyfriend version of its friendly chat app. Basic chat is free with ads, and its yearly Pro plan works out to $3.33 a month. It scores 5.4 with us, held back by weak memory and few features.
• Replika is free with no stated message cap, but free chat uses the Friend status; the Romantic partner status needs Pro, from $4.17 a month on a yearly in-app plan.

General character-chat apps such as Talkie and PolyBuzz also have boyfriend characters and free plans. They are not AI boyfriend apps as such, so they are not ranked here; our Talkie review and PolyBuzz review cover what they offer.

When paying for him is worth it

Pay when the free plan limits the thing you actually want, whether that is longer chats, his voice or pictures of him. The cheapest ways in:

• Selira AI Lite at $7.99 month to month, or $3.60 a month on a 12-month plan.
• Candy AI Premium at $3.99 a month on a yearly plan, with unlimited chat.
• TryNectar AI Premium at $5 a month yearly, with 50 voice messages.

Watch introductory prices. DreamBF's first year costs $69.99,, but its pricing says the plan then renews at $311.88 a year if not cancelled, and its first month renews at about double. Our guide on whether DreamBF is free covers its free plan in detail, and the AI girlfriend cost calculator works just as well for boyfriend apps.