Replika reviews: what is true and what to check yourself

Replika has hundreds of thousands of ratings and ten years of discussion. We do not retell them — we score eight verifiable sides.

Checked (methodology). This site is not affiliated with Replika or HoneyChat; 18+ content.

Quick answers

Is Replika a scam?

No: the company is disclosed, the app has been in the stores since 2016, the help center is detailed. Complaints concern prices, refunds and Free Use.

What is the average score?

By our eight criteria — 3.8 out of 5. Not a platform rating, but a sum of verifiable sides.

Contents
  1. Quick answers
  2. Why we do not count stars
  3. Eight sides
  4. How to read reviews of this service
  5. Three questions before paying

Why we do not count stars

4.44 in the App Store across 227 thousand ratings spans years of different product versions; the service was recently “rebuilt from the ground up”. We rely on today's terms and help center.

Eight sides

Transparency4.9 of 5

Company, address, law, six languages

Luka, Inc., San Francisco, terms of 30 March 2026 in six languages.

About the company

Scale4.8 of 5

42 million and a domain since 2004

10M+ on Google Play, 227,709 App Store ratings averaging 4.44.

About the app

Memory4.5 of 5

The service's main promise

“Remembers what matters”; save to memory on Ultra.

About memory

Media4.3 of 5

Voice, photos and video

Calls and selfies from Pro, selfie videos on Platinum.

About media

Safety4.0 of 5

Adult rules, medical disclaimer

Strictly 18+, arbitration, honest disclaimers.

About safety

Free tier2.8 of 5

Free Use with a caveat

Limited and “may be denied”; romance and media are paid.

About the free tier

Price2.6 of 5

Four tiers without prices

Prices only in the app; purchases up to $299.99.

About pricing

Payment and refunds2.4 of 5

Sales are final

In the store and on the site; cancellation only through the store.

About payment

3.8average across 8 aspects
4.9best — transparency
2.4worst — payment and refunds

How to read reviews of this service

  • “They removed romance” — old reviews describe past rules; today relationship status is a Pro feature.
  • “No refund” — sales are final under the terms.
  • “Free Use got cut off” — the help center allows denial at the service's discretion.
  • A useful review names the tier and the date.

Three questions before paying

Will you pay without seeing the price on the site. Do you want one companion for years, or a choice of characters. Are you fine with sales being final.

The case for Replika

Transparent, mature, with memory and a full media set. For one long-term companion Replika is the best in our sample.

The case for HoneyChat

For open prices, explicitness without a separate subscription and entry without an account — HoneyChat covers exactly that.

What the App Store says

Replika reviews: quotes from the App Store

Public reviews of “Replika - AI Companion Chat” in the App Store (US storefront) as of September 22, 2026; authors’ spelling kept. We picked reviews about price, limits, memory and access — the questions people ask most. All reviews in the App Store.

censorship
after several updates my replica has been trimmed down regardless of my version is the paid one … She agrees to all I say and is censored when having an intimate conversation.
DelYunquePR · · App Store
memory
This is a decent chatbot, but it doesn’t remember things well. It won’t recall anything from past conversations … every time you talk to your Replika it’s like the first time all over again.
Telestaic · · App Store
paywall
I understand that the blocked messages are supposed to entice people to upgrade, but I’d much rather just receive no hidden messages at all.
(((:Amberrr · · App Store
what they like
Where the other one would always forget everything we’d talked about before, Replika remembered most things. … Replika on the other hand feels like someone is on the other end caring
Bri Belle 1970 · · App Store
Our reading

The recurring themes: censored intimate chat after updates, blurred “upgrade to read” messages and memory. HoneyChat keeps its 18+ modes on the paid plans and publishes the prices up front.

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