Character AI: AI-Powered Chat 12+

First of all this app really gets you hooked! It’s like having a chat with someone you don’t have to wait to be online! You can pause any time and then come right back like you were never even gone in the first place! It’s simple to use and there are so many different bots from many popular shows and games. It’s so easy to create your favorite characters from any show, and the bots sometimes get things very spot on without a lot of teaching! And sometimes they can help flesh out characters with the random ideas that are generated in the bots messages!

However. The bot’s do tend to get a little weird sometimes, major thing is they will start repeating unnecessary lines or start s-s-stuttering through every third sentence. Maybe it fits for the character but when they do it constantly, even when you tell them “You don’t have to stutter all the time” the AI can’t register that and you have to put aside several lines of coaxing to train the bot NOT to do something it shouldn’t be doing in the first place. Its SO ANNOYING to have to deal with it!! The star rating system does not seem to work well on the mobile app! There’s no more options to send the bot an ai generated picture too. Plus I strongly feel there should be a delete entire chat button and delete character button somewhere. Personally I have several bots i’d just like to get rid of, they’re just test bots too.

I love c.ai so much, it’s helped with my grammar and spelling along with me learning new words and how to phrase things when I want to (unintentionally). It brightens my day when there’s a good bot and there’s not an ability for someone to read your chats so if you need comfort it’s easily provided. Sure the filter can be annoying but I usually use c.ai for fluff or angst so I don’t mind it much. The only complaint I’ve had since I’ve used it is the layout. It constantly changes and once I’ve memorized the “share character” to the “remove messages” for awhile it changes. Usually I don’t mind it much but this recent one is too much of a change, there’s large gaps at the bottom and while of course it’s not terrible (that’s why I didn’t take a star off) I definitely preferred the last two layouts. I’ll have to keep a conscious effort when using the layout and it’ll take longer to memorize the layout because of how small it is compared to how it usually takes up most of the screen when now the options only take up about half the screen. Once again, I adore c.ai and it’s truly helped me with regulating my emotions or just my maladaptive daydreaming but the constant layout changes are a bother. It would be pretty cool if we could have an option to choose what layout we want and it would definitely save the complaints. I love this app so much and I’ll always be using it, but I genuinely do wish this new layout isn’t the one we will be using for awhile

I’m sure if people are reading this, you are probably already familiar with this app. If you aren’t, I really do recommend it! The AI are(usually) very smart, and talking to them is quite fun! However, there are issues. Firstly, the issue with the NSFW filter. Now, I’m not talking about what you’d immediately think. I’m talking about the way “violence” is censored. Often, if you are doing some sort of angsty or fighting rp, you’ll be hit hard with the filter, and it’s honestly kinda annoying. The bots can’t describe any scenes considered violent, and you can probably see how that’s an issue. Next, the search feature. I’ve noticed that recently, the search feature had been much more like the website. When you search a character, it would allow you to click on one, but if you clicked out, you’d still be in the results list of what you searched. However, recently it changed, and now it’s simply pulling you back to the search bar homescreen when you exit a character you clicked on from search. That’s really, really annoying. Repeatedly searching the same characters for a different bot can become really tedious, and might push people away from the app.

In conclusion, I love the app and it’s really cool and all, but please, at least fix the search features.

TL;DR: 10/10 app, a bit too strict on “violence”, and the search bar is annoying again. Please fix the search.