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Nectar AI

A web and app platform for creating AI companions and chatting with them, with image and video generation, group chats and video calls.

App facts checked on 19 October 2026 18+ content

Official site (nectar.ai)

Alternatives

Where people go when Nectar AI is not working for them.

Character.AI Alternatives (2026): 7 Apps Compared, Free and Paid No single app replaces Character.AI for everyone. For free, open-ended roleplay with user-made characters, Janitor AI and SpicyChat both say their core service stays free, and both are 18+. For one long-running companion with deep memory, Kindroid ($15.99 a month on the US App Store) and Nomi ($15.99, or $9.99 on its Launch Plan) are built for that, also 18+. Replika suits people who want one steady companion rather than many characters. Chai and Talkie are mobile character apps whose listings do not say what the free tier includes. Talkie is the only one here whose terms allow users under 18 (14+ in most countries). Checked 22 October 2026

Pricing: is it worth it?

What the paid plan gets you, real prices, and who should skip it.

Nectar AI Review 2026: Plans, Credits and Is It Worth It? Nectar AI is a browser-based AI companion service for creating characters, chatting, and generating images and video, run by Nectar AI (Dover, Delaware) and Lick Labs Ltd (London). On its pricing page (3 November 2026) Premium is $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year, Pro $19.99 or $119.99, and Ultimate $34.99 or $179.99. Premium caps you at 6,000 messages a month and 8K context; Pro gives 9,000 messages, 16K context and unlimited image generations; Ultimate gives unlimited messaging, 64K context, long-term memory, video and voice chat. Credits are sold separately from $4.99 for 2,500 and pay for extras such as some models, voice and calls by the minute. Its terms say subscription fees are non-refundable except where the law requires. Its FAQ says the free plan includes the character creator, AI chat and a limited number of image generations, but gives no numbers. Worth it if you want images and video with a long memory and will pay yearly; skip it if you want free-tier limits in numbers, an app-store app or refunds. Checked 3 November 2026

What changed for Nectar AI

Merged from the change logs of every guide above, newest first. Each entry links to the guide that records it.

3 November 2026

Corrected: added the FAQ's description of the free plan, its account-deletion route (Discord or support@nectar.ai) and its under-18 rule, which is stricter than the terms. Checked on trynectar.ai/faq, 3 November 2026
Nectar AI Review 2026: Plans, Credits and Is It Worth It? · Worth It
3 November 2026

New guide published; plans, prices and credit packs read on Nectar's pricing pages while signed in, and features, credits, memory, refunds, age rules and privacy checked on its docs, terms (v2.2) and privacy policy on 3 November 2026
Nectar AI Review 2026: Plans, Credits and Is It Worth It? · Worth It
3 November 2026

Added a no-filter section for adults (Kindroid, SpicyChat, Janitor AI and Nectar AI content and age rules) and a matching FAQ, from those companies' own pages read 22 October to 3 November 2026. Nectar AI links are affiliate links and are disclosed. The seven-app comparison did not change.
Character.AI Alternatives (2026): 7 Apps Compared, Free and Paid · Alternatives
3 November 2026

Aitryvo is now in the Nomi and SpicyChat affiliate programmes; links to those two apps on this page are affiliate links and are disclosed. The list and trade-offs did not change.
Character.AI Alternatives (2026): 7 Apps Compared, Free and Paid · Alternatives
29 October 2026

Platforms corrected: Janitor AI has a US App Store app, SpicyChat has an official Android APK but no App Store app, and Chai's US App Store listing was not found on 29 October 2026.
Character.AI Alternatives (2026): 7 Apps Compared, Free and Paid · Alternatives
29 October 2026

Updated for Replika's terms of 28 October 2026: Replika age rule now quotes the new section 6.4 wording. No verdict changed.
Character.AI Alternatives (2026): 7 Apps Compared, Free and Paid · Alternatives
22 October 2026

New guide published; prices, age rules and limits checked on official pages and US App Store listings on 22 October 2026
Character.AI Alternatives (2026): 7 Apps Compared, Free and Paid · Alternatives