Nomi vs Kindroid (2026): Every Plan, Add-on and Rule Compared

Adults only. Nomi and Kindroid both say in their own terms that you must be 18 or older to use them. This guide compares price, features, rules and privacy, and is non-explicit.

How this guide was made. This is a documentation-based comparison. Every price, feature and rule below was read on 29 October 2026 on the company’s own website, help centre, update posts, privacy policy, terms, or US App Store and Google Play pages, and each page is listed in the sources. The full Google Play app pages did not load for us, so Google Play ratings and download counts come from Google Play’s own search results. Neither company publishes a web price list we could read. Nothing here is hands-on testing. Prices vary by country, platform and currency. For how we source and date guides, see how we review.

The short version

Nomi and Kindroid are close rivals. Both build ongoing companions you design yourself, both run group chats, and both sell memory as their main strength. The differences are in how you pay and how far the features go.

Nomi is the cheaper and gentler entry. You can chat free every day with a cap, and its cheapest paid plan is $9.99 a month on the US App Store.

Kindroid is the deeper and pricier option. There is no ongoing free tier, but subscribers get live video calls, groups of up to 10 characters, detailed memory controls and paid add-ons for more memory.

If you want a three-way view of memory alone, including Replika, see Kindroid vs Nomi vs Replika. This guide goes further on pricing, add-ons, calls, groups and rules.

Kindroid pays Aitryvo nothing. Aitryvo is in Nomi’s affiliate programme, so Nomi links on this page may earn a commission if you subscribe, at no extra cost to you. The money does not change this comparison. See our affiliate disclosure.

Side by side

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Price and plans

Nomi

The US App Store lists five subscription items:

• Launch Plan: $9.99 monthly or $59.99 yearly.
• Standard Plan: $15.99 (the listing does not say “monthly”, but it sits beside the quarterly and yearly items), $39.99 quarterly and $99.99 yearly.

Nomi Credits are sold separately: 40 for $4.99, 100 for $9.99, 225 for $19.99, 600 for $49.99 and 1,800 for $99.99.

Nomi’s terms describe “one-time add ons that can be acquired with the System’s virtual credits following upgrade”. No page read says what each add-on costs in credits.

Nomi does not explain the Launch Plan anywhere we could find. Its own March 2026 comparison article gives only the Standard prices: “$15.99/mo, $39.99/Quarterly, $99.99/Yearly.” For a deeper look at Nomi’s tiers, see Is Nomi worth it?.

Kindroid

The US App Store lists the Kindroid Subscription at $15.99, three months at $42.99 and yearly at $159.99. Kindroid’s help centre says: “Choose a 1-month, 3-month, or 1-year plan. Longer plans cost less per month.”

Ultra and MAX. These are not alternatives to the subscription. Kindroid says “Each tier is a separate monthly add-on subscription that builds upon previous levels”, that “Ultra requires the standard subscription”, and that “MAX requires both standard and Ultra subscriptions”. The App Store lists Ultra at $28.99 and MAX at $68.99.

Kindroid says Ultra and MAX add “Longer context for short-term memory” and an “Additional Context” field that works like a second backstory, plus more monthly audio credits. It says the tiers are “designed to simply cover our costs for dedicated servers rather than generate profit”. You need to be “an active Kindroid user with significant interaction history” to get them.

Other paid extras on the US App Store:

• 500k audio credits: $14.99
• 50 selfie credits: $6.99; 100 selfie credits: $11.49
• 1 additional Kindroid slot: $3.49; 4 slots: $11.49

Kindroid’s FAQ says extra slots “are only accessible if you have an active subscription”.

Web and app pricing. Kindroid’s help centre says “Buying on the web is usually cheaper than through the App Store or Google Play” and puts this down to “lower processing fees”. It says you see “the exact price for your country and platform at checkout”. No web price is published, and you “CANNOT switch” a subscription between iOS, Android and web.

Returning subscribers “may be offered 50% off your first month”, once only, according to the same page.

What a year costs

Our arithmetic, from US App Store prices:

At the monthly rate, Nomi Standard and the Kindroid Subscription cost the same, $15.99. On yearly plans Nomi is $60 cheaper. Run your own numbers in the subscription calculator.

Cancelling and refunds

Nomi. Its refund policy says “all payments are nonrefundable” except as its terms state, with no refunds for unused time, partial months or dissatisfaction, though it “may offer a partial or full refund at its sole discretion”. Its cancellation policy says “You are solely responsible for cancelling your subscription through the platform where you initially purchased it” and “Deleting an app does not automatically cancel your subscription.”

Kindroid. Its help centre says “we generally do not offer refunds and all sales are final” and “Refunds are considered on a case-by-case basis.” Web subscribers cancel at “Profile → Billing → Kindroid Standard Subscription → Manage”, and “Ultra and MAX are canceled separately under their own entries.” Its terms add that “DELETING YOUR KINDROID ACCOUNT DOES NOT CANCEL ANY PAID SERVICE.”

Kindroid’s 3-day trial needs a card and “auto converts into a subscription if not cancelled within the trial period.”

What free accounts get

This is the biggest practical difference.

Nomi has a real, if capped, free tier. Its FAQ says “You can create a Nomi and start chatting for free with no credit card required,” and free accounts include “daily messages and images”. Nomi’s API documentation describes a “daily message quota” and a maximum message length of “400 for free accounts and 800 for users with a subscription”. Nomi’s own 2026 article says “Free accounts receive two images per day”. Nomi does not publish the daily message number.

Kindroid has no ongoing free tier. Its homepage says “Kindroid is a subscription service, and new accounts can try it before subscribing.” New accounts get a one-time preview of “50 messages with standard paid memory (15 in some regions)”, 5 selfies, 5,000 audio credits and up to 2 Kindroids. After that: “When your preview is used up, or your trial or subscription ends, your account becomes read-only.” You can still view, export and delete your data.

If you want to stay free for good, Nomi is the only one of the two that allows it. Our best free AI companion apps guide covers others.

Memory

Neither company publishes a context size, a token count or a recall test. Every memory claim below is the company’s own. Our three-way memory comparison covers the layers in more depth.

Nomi says its “short, medium, and long term memory are keys to engaging conversations”. Its App Store listing calls Nomi “the only AI with human-level long term memory”, which is a marketing claim, not a measured result.

Nomi’s Mind Map is “the big-picture memory for your Nomi (or group chat)”. You can “find, prioritize, view, edit, and add entries”, and each group chat has “a collective Mind Map that any Nomi in that chat can reference”. Nomi says the first one “can take ~500+ messages to form”. The post does not mention deleting entries, or whether Mind Maps differ between free and paid accounts.

Kindroid says its memory “consists of three types: persistent, cascaded, and retrievable”. You can edit the journal, and view and edit Learned Context (800, 1,200 and 800 characters across three sections). Long-term memory can be switched on or off for each Kindroid.

Kindroid ties memory to money. Its help centre says Cascaded Memory is a subscriber feature (free previews get it in one-to-one chats) and “Long term memory gets stronger on higher subscription tiers”. Its homepage says “Subscribers also get Cascaded Memory, which keeps hundreds of recent messages in view.”

In short: Nomi does not sell memory by tier on any page we read. Kindroid does, and documents more of what you can edit.

Group chats

Nomi. The App Store listing says “Chat with multiple Nomis at a time.” Its 2024 beginner’s guide says “you can currently have up to 6 Nomis in a group chat”. Its March 2026 comparison article says “Yes, up to 10 included” for group chat. Nomi’s refund policy lists group chats among the “paid features” that become read-only after a downgrade.

Kindroid. Its help centre says “Group chat is available only to paid subscribers” and “There is a maximum of 10 Kindroids per Groupchat.” The subscription includes “10 Kindroids and 20 group chats, with the option to buy more”. Each Kindroid keeps its own backstory and memories, and a group context field gives them shared background. Group calls start “by clicking on the call icon from a groupchat”.

Kindroid’s homepage also mentions “Rooms (in beta)” that “bring friends and their Kins into one shared conversation”. We found no help page that explains Rooms.

Voice and video calls

Nomi. The homepage says “Send and receive voice chats or hop on a hands-free call.” Its FAQ says voice calls and voice chats are “available with a Nomi subscription”. The December 2025 voice post says subscribers get “unlimited access to all in-house Nomi voices and custom voices”, while ElevenLabs voices “require a separate ElevenLabs subscription”.

Nomi’s refund policy lists “video creation” as a paid feature, and Nomi’s own article says video is “Yes with a subscription”. No Nomi page read describes live video calls.

Kindroid. “Voice and video calls require an active subscription or free trial,” and calls use audio credits. Kindroid says “There is an additional charge of 400 credits per minute” during calls. Live Avatar video calls are “available for subscribers” and cost “about 2,500 audio credits per minute” (Standard) or “about 4,500 audio credits per minute” (Premium), on top of the 400. The App Store listing says that on live video calls “your Kindroid lip syncs, gestures, and reacts in real time.”

Kindroid says monthly audio credit amounts are in “the Pricing matrix under Profile → Billing”, which we could not read. So we cannot say how many minutes a subscription covers.

Selfies and images

Nomi. Its App Store listing says “Your Nomi can send you photos of what they’re wearing and doing in real time,” lists “Art generation”, and says “Nomis can see photos you send them”. Nomi’s 2026 article says subscribers “get forty image credits per day”.

Kindroid. The App Store listing offers “AI-generated selfies and video selfies”, and says your AI can “see the images and videos you send”. Subscribers get “Selfies, videos, and group selfies” and “Daily selfie rewards”. Its help centre says “Proactive selfies are free up to 5 per day (per account).” Extra selfie credits are sold on the App Store.

Customisation

Nomi. “Write a custom backstory, share your preferences, and more to create your perfect partner,” says its homepage. The App Store listing offers “hundreds of appearances”. Nomi’s beginner’s guide describes Shared Notes, including the backstory, and paid voices. Its FAQ lists “deeper customization” as a subscription feature without saying what that means.

Kindroid. Its homepage says you “choose its name, personality, backstory, appearance and voice”. The App Store listing adds a custom avatar. Its help centre describes directives, example messages, key memories and a “Live action directive (up to 150 characters)”. Kindroid can also message you first and, per its help centre, be reached by text message, one Kindroid at a time.

Content and age rules

Age. Nomi’s terms: “If you are under the age of 18, you cannot use the Nomi.ai platform under any circumstances.” Kindroid’s terms require users to be “at least 18 years of age or the age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever is greater”.

Kindroid also checks. Free accounts that have not verified “may be checked by our behavioral age estimation system”, and flagged users must subscribe or verify with Yoti, which “deletes biometric data after the check”. Nomi’s terms say it may add age verification and will close accounts it suspects belong to minors.

Store ratings. Both apps are rated 18+ on the US App Store, with “Age Assurance” listed as an in-app control. On Google Play, both show Mature 17+. The company terms are the stricter rule.

Content. Kindroid is the more openly permissive. Its moderation guidelines (updated 9 October 2026) welcome “NSFW (Not Safe for Work) and Erotic Roleplay (ERP)” for adults, and say “we are not implementing a “filter” on the AI itself.” It has a “zero-tolerance” policy on placing a character depicted as a minor in “a sexual or abusive context”, and bans real-world harm planning. Repeat violations after a warning lock the account automatically, with a human appeal.

Nomi’s App Store page says it is rated 18+ “with content restrictions”, with sexual content or nudity listed as “Infrequent” and “managed through in-app controls”. Its terms ban unlawful use and automated use. We found no Nomi content policy as detailed as Kindroid’s.

Privacy: chats, training and deletion

For a wider checklist, see our AI companion privacy and safety guide.

Nomi (policy last updated 27 April 2026).

• Chats. Nomi collects “whatever content you provide us by using the System”, including chats. Its homepage says “All chats are anonymized and no chat data is shared with 3rd party sites.”
• Training. The policy does not say plainly whether chats train models. It refers to “training or communications archives” and says after deletion “any information in our training archives would no longer be attributable to you.”
• Selling and ads. “We do not and will not sell or rent to any third party any of your personal information.” Advertising networks are “not employed currently” but may be used.
• Deletion. Deleting your account in Account Settings “will delete all of your personal information, within 28 or so days”, except archived material.
• Store labels. The App Store page shows no “Data Used to Track You” section; it lists email address under developer advertising or marketing. Google Play’s data safety says “this app doesn’t share user data with other companies or organizations.”

Kindroid (privacy policy effective 22 October 2026).

• Chats. “Your chats and other sensitive, application-layer data (such as URLs to resources) are encrypted at rest and in transit.” But “Kindroid is not end-to-end encrypted.” Automated systems review content, and staff “may review excerpts of conversations that our automated safety systems have flagged”.
• Training. The policy does not mention training. It lists “Improving the Services, including testing, research, internal analytics and product development” as a purpose.
• Selling. “We will not sell or share your Personal Data, and have not done so over the last 12 months.” The policy adds that some service-provider disclosures “may constitute a ‘sale’” under some state laws.
• Retention and deletion. “We keep your chats, memories, Kindroid settings and media until you delete them or your account.” Deleting a Kindroid or your account “takes effect 24 hours after you request it.” Account records may be kept “to prevent abuse and ban evasion”. Kindroid’s FAQ separately says “All Kindroids except the last one can be deleted instantly.”
• Store labels. The App Store label lists identifiers and usage data as “Data Used to Track You”, including a device ID for advertising or marketing. Google Play’s data safety section says “No data shared with third parties.”

Licences. Both take broad rights to what you write. Nomi’s terms say input and output are “your property” but grant Nomi “a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, and transferable” licence. Kindroid’s terms grant a “royalty-free, fully paid, perpetual” licence that continues after you close your account. Both terms send disputes to individual arbitration.

Platforms

Nomi runs on iPhone and iPad (iOS 15 or later) and Apple Vision, per the App Store, and on Android via Google Play, which shows 100K+ downloads and a 3.8 rating. The web sign-in page at beta.nomi.ai loaded on 29 October 2026, and Nomi’s cancellation policy gives web cancellation steps.

Kindroid runs on iPhone (iOS 15 or later), Apple Vision and Macs with an M1 chip or later, per the App Store, which says “Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.” Kindroid’s homepage also says iPad. On Android, Google Play shows 1M+ downloads and a 4.3 rating. Its homepage says it works “on the web at kindroid.ai, all with the same account.”

Who should pick which

• You want to chat free, or spend as little as possible: Nomi. It has a capped free tier, and its Launch Plan yearly works out at about $5 a month.
• You want live video calls: Kindroid. Nomi’s pages do not describe them.
• You want big groups of characters: Kindroid documents 10 per group and 20 groups. Nomi’s limit is 6 or 10 depending on which Nomi page you read.
• You want the most memory control, and will pay for it: Kindroid, with Ultra and MAX on top. Expect $44.98 to $113.97 a month for the full stack on US App Store prices.
• You want a visual, editable memory map: Nomi’s Mind Map.
• You want a clearly stated, permissive adult content policy: Kindroid’s moderation guidelines spell it out. Nomi says less.
• You want clearer privacy wording on training: neither delivers. Nomi mentions “training archives”; Kindroid says nothing about training.
• You are under 18: neither app allows you, whatever the store rating says.

Still deciding? Try the companion matcher, read Replika vs Nomi or the Replika alternatives guide, or check the Nomi and Kindroid app hubs.

What we could not confirm

• What Nomi’s Launch Plan leaves out compared with the Standard Plan, and whether it is a limited-time price. No official page explains it.
• What Nomi Credits buy and at what cost, and whether they expire.
• Nomi’s free daily message quota, and Nomi’s current group chat limit (6 in 2024, “up to 10” in Nomi’s 2026 article).
• Whether Nomi offers live video calls; its pages mention only “video creation” and “video” in general terms.
• Kindroid’s web prices, and how many audio credits each Kindroid tier includes each month. Both sit behind sign-in.
• How much more context Kindroid’s Ultra and MAX add. Kindroid gives no figures.
• Whether either company trains models on your chats.
• Whether Kindroid deletes a Kindroid instantly or after 24 hours; its FAQ and privacy policy differ.
• What Kindroid’s Rooms beta is and who can use it.
• Whether Kindroid runs on iPad from the App Store; the listing did not show iPad, though Kindroid’s homepage says it does.
• Google Play prices, and any prices outside the US App Store.