Companion AI apps in the Netherlands: everyday conversation compared

Nomi suits someone who wants to come back to the same character over weeks rather than browse a catalogue. Its documented continuity tools are persistent conversational memory, Mind Maps, backstories and shared notes. These give you fixed places to define a fictional background so you don't have to repeat it in chat. They are published features, not a measured recall score, so expect to correct details now and then.

The free plan has no end date and allows 50 messages per day (checked 2026-10-28). Free messages are capped at 400 characters each; paid accounts get 800. You don't need a card to start. Without a subscription, voice features become read-only.

Nomi's own marketing lists Standard at US$15.99 a month, US$39.99 per quarter or US$99.99 per year. Standard includes up to 10 companions, 10 group chats, voice calls and video. The official pages do not show the Dutch App Store listing when we checked, so the official pages do not confirm a euro total, iDEAL support or inclusion of 21% BTW.

Credits are optional and never expire, and you can only buy them with an active subscription. A selfie costs 1 credit, a standard-definition video 6 credits and an extra companion slot 100 credits.

Privacy is the main caveat. Nomi says chats are not end-to-end encrypted. The operator is Glimpse.ai, Inc. in Maryland, United States.

To delete the account, go to Profile, Account Settings, Delete account, confirm by email and type DELETE. Personal information is removed within about 28 days, except for support emails and data kept for legal reasons.

If you cancel under Profile, Subscription, Manage Subscription, you keep access until the current term ends. Uninstalling the app does not stop billing, and refunds for unused time are not routine. Age is self-declared through a date of birth. Trustpilot showed 2.3 from 42 reviews on 2026-10-28. The Nomi review covers plans and settings.

Replika centres on one avatar that you customise and talk to as a routine. Chat and avatar customisation stay free, and there is no paid trial (checked 2026-10-28). Each paid tier adds more:

• Pro adds activities, relationship status, image generation, voice messages and calls.
• Ultra adds saving messages to memory and self-reflection features.
• Platinum lists video recognition and 10 realistic selfie videos, with no stated period.

Memory is unusually transparent. Under Home, your Replika's name and then Memory, you can read and remove individual saved facts. Conversations are another matter: you can only remove the whole chat history by deleting the account. In the app, that is Settings, Account Settings, Delete Replika. On the web, it is Delete My Account.

The Dutch App Store shows several euro SKUs:

• Monthly: €8.99 and €15.49
• Annual: €50.99, €55.99 and €64.99
• Annual ULTRA: €74.99
• Platinum: €78.99, with no duration

These are store listings, not a checkout, so the plan you are offered may differ. Sales are final once access starts, and Apple or Google handle refunds for store purchases. Deleting the app or the account does not cancel a subscription. PayPal subscribers cancel under Manage Automatic Payments.

Under the privacy policy dated 2026-05-27, profile data and messages are kept for up to 60 days after the contract ends. Some financial and device records are kept for at least 10 years. Italy's Garante fined the operator, Luka, €5 million on 2025-04-10 over legal basis, transparency and age verification, and noted an appeal.

Dutch is not one of the listed interface languages. Apart from the 18+ requirement, we could not establish any age-check procedure for subscribers. The Replika review explains the tiers in more detail.

Character.AI fits users who like switching between many characters rather than sticking with one. The official FAQ promises unlimited free messages, with a possible waiting room when traffic is high (checked 2026-10-28).

Plans and memory pins:

• Free accounts get 15 memory pins.
• c.ai lite raises that to 30 and starts at US$4.99 a month, depending on region.
• c.ai+ costs US$9.99 a month or US$94.99 a year. It adds priority access and a fuller memory suite with private Lorebooks.

The Dutch App Store lists four price points (9.99, 99.99, 2.99 and 5.99) with no duration labels, so don't read them as monthly or yearly prices.

The service is SFW. Pornographic content is not allowed, and paying does not remove the filter.

Its age assurance is the most developed in this list. Persona estimates age, asks for a selfie when needed and falls back to ID. Character.AI says it does not receive the identity images, and Persona deletes biometric data within seven days. A Dutch interface is listed, but we have not assessed chat quality in Dutch.

Continuity is the main risk. On 2026-10-12 the company announced a voluntary Chapter 11 sale process. The platform is still running and subscriptions are still billing, but the service may wind down if no viable bid comes in. The expected timetable is late November or early December 2026.

Italy's Garante fined the company €158,000 on 2026-07-03 over transparency, accountability and related issues. Trustpilot showed 1.2 from 740 reviews, while the Dutch App Store rating was 4.1. On the web, account deletion is under Profile Settings, Account, Manage Account and Data. Until the sale outcome is known, a monthly term limits your exposure better than an annual one.

Talkie is a widely installed character app. Google Play listed it at 4.5 with more than 50 million downloads (checked 2026-10-28). The iPhone version is called Talkie Lab and comes from the same seller, SUBSUP PTE. LTD. in Singapore. Features, history and purchases may not carry over between versions.

Installation is free, with ads and in-app purchases. Talkie publishes no numeric daily chat limit.

For Dutch readers, Talkie has the clearest local price. The Dutch App Store lists 1 Month at €9.99 and 1 Month Talkie+ Pro at €29.99. That is a storefront amount, not a completed checkout with a BTW breakdown. Gems are separate in-app purchases, and the listing does not give quantities. To cancel, use the Apple or Google subscription settings for the store you bought from.

By Talkie's own account, memory is the weak point. Its FAQ says earlier conversation can be forgotten because of technical limits, and it does not guarantee permanent recall. The service bans pornographic and violent content.

The age rules don't match: the terms set a minimum age of 16 for the Netherlands, while Apple rates the app 18+. Dutch is not one of the listed interface languages.

The privacy policy gives no fixed retention period. Interaction data is used for personalisation, and the policy does not explicitly rule out model training. You can delete the account in account settings.

Australia's eSafety Commissioner published a consumer guide on Talkie on 2025-09-19 describing age and content risks. That guide is not an enforcement finding.

Candy.ai is an adult character service run by EverAI Limited in Malta, and card statements show EverAI. For companionship it has custom characters, chat clones and memory slots, and adult content with fictional adult characters is part of the offer. Images come in realistic or anime styles. The service runs in the browser, with an Add to Home Screen option.

The free allowance is small, and no renewal schedule is given: 5 chat messages in total across characters, 1 created character and 1 generated image (checked 2026-10-28).

Premium prices carry a dollar symbol, and the official pages do not confirm the currency:

• First month: $9.99, then $13.99 per month
• Quarterly: $26.97
• Yearly: $47.88

The euro amount and BTW treatment only appear at checkout. Don't add 21% to a figure that may already be gross.

Paid accounts get 100 tokens a month. Premium Plus gives 330 tokens, 20 memory slots and 5 chat clones. Token pack prices are not public, so your monthly cost is the subscription plus whatever extra tokens you buy. Card, crypto, Apple Pay and Google Pay are listed; iDEAL is not.

EU rules help here. Section 10.4.3 of the terms gives a 14-day withdrawal right on the first purchase, counted from the confirmation email. The value of services already used is deducted, and renewals are not covered.

Cancel under My Profile, Settings, Unsubscribe. Deleting the account is a separate step under Settings, Danger Zone.

The privacy policy dated 2026-10-19 allows chats to be used for AI training, and de-identified interactions may be reviewed by people. Account data is generally kept up to 3 years after last activity, and financial records for 10 years. Age is self-declared. The Trustpilot profile showed a removal notice on 2026-10-28.

Kupid AI is run by Servalot Ltd in Cyprus and sells companionship as weekly quotas (checked 2026-10-28):

• Pro: 25 photos, 8 videos, 12 voice minutes and 4 custom characters per week
• Ultra: 75 photos, 25 videos, 35 voice minutes and 8 custom characters per week

Voice comes as messages, and the Talk to Her label does not confirm live calls. The pricing comparison lists a context of the last 100 messages. That is a stated limit, not tested long-term recall.

Read the euro figures carefully. Pro appears as €3.44 per week next to a crossed-out €12.99, and Ultra as €5.75 per week next to €24.99. We could not read the billed upfront amount or the term. The pricing page also says one payment with nothing renewing, which conflicts with the cancellation wording in the terms. Confirm the total, the term, renewal and BTW inclusion at checkout.

The privacy policy allows a few test messages before registration. Third-party claims of 15 free messages contradict each other and are not a confirmed quota.

Coins that come with a subscription, trial or promotion expire 6 months after they are granted. Packs you buy directly do not expire, and the coins that expire first are spent first.

To cancel a subscription, you email support through the link in the terms. Digital sales are described as final after use.

Although the marketing mentions anonymous use, the privacy policy normally keeps personal information for 6 years after account closure. You request erasure through the controller contact. The terms require users to be 18 or the local age of majority, but we could not establish an ID check for ordinary subscribers. Trustpilot showed 3.1 from 17 reviews.

Check the domain first. On this page, GirlfriendGPT means gptgirlfriend.online, run by NextDay AI Incorporated in Montreal, with subsidiaries in the EU and the US. Services with similar names in search results may be different products.

It is a browser-based catalogue with custom character creation. The official guide installs it as a web app or an Android APK, and we found no native store edition.

The free start is small and counted in total, not per day. The terms give an example of 10 to 20 messages across 2 or 3 characters, and you can earn extra credits through tasks (checked 2026-10-28). Paid tiers allocate 5,000 to 20,000 messages a month, which do not roll over.

The official pages do not confirm a euro plan price, iDEAL support or BTW inclusion. The policy footer shows Visa, Mastercard and Discover, and CCBill also processes payments. Voice messages and video are listed, but the site does not say which plans include them.

You cancel in your account under Manage subscription, then confirm by email. CCBill subscribers use Billing, Cancel Subscription. Refunds are generally limited to payment errors or technical problems; other requests are reviewed case by case within 14 days.

Cancelling does not erase your data. You request erasure separately through Support. The privacy policy dated 2026-04-13 grants GDPR rights to EU users but normally keeps personal data for 6 years after account closure. Flagged content may be reviewed by hand, so confidentiality here does not mean end-to-end encryption.

Age is a self-declared 18+ gate. Trustpilot showed 2.7, from only 4 reviews.