Joyland AI vs Pephop AI: Which One Is Better In 2025?

Joyland AI vs Pephop AI

I've spent a full week with both Joyland AI and Pephop AI to see which one truly deserves your attention and subscription. Both platforms make big promises, but they take surprisingly different approaches.

After hundreds of messages exchanged with each AI girl, I've put together clear differences in both platforms.

In this head-to-head comparison, I'll break down exactly how these AI girlfriends stack up across all the features that actually matter.

Whether you're looking for emotional support, entertaining conversation, or a judgment-free space to be yourself, this in-depth comparison will help you choose the right AI girlfriend for your specific needs.

Joyland AI

Joyland AI is a platform for creating and interacting with customizable anime-style AI companions through text chat, offering character design, role-play, and interactive storytelling.

Pephop AI

Pephop AI offers customizable AI companions through text and voice communication, allowing users to choose between safe-for-work and more mature content.

Character Diversity

Joyland AI

Looking for an AI companion? Joyland AI offers thousands of characters to choose from.

Most characters are anime-styled, with some realistic designs, along with options for roleplay scenarios or group chats.

Joyland, like many anime-focused apps, doesn’t emphasize ethnicity. Instead, it offers a wide range of character types — from goth girls to mafia bosses, and even furry companions.

There's also a novel-like feature where you can dive into interactive stories about billionaire romances and forbidden love.

Special events (like the current goth theme) keep the content fresh and offer Premium rewards for active users.

The app also features regularly updated channels showcasing the most liked characters, trending picks, and recommended creators.

You can filter by broad categories like Romance or Anime, but there’s no way to narrow characters down by personality traits or gender.

The search function opens in a separate window with limited results, making character discovery less efficient than it could be.

Pephop AI

When I tested it, Pephop AI offered more than 36,500 characters to choose from — most of them anime-style.

However, if you’re looking for more realistic characters, you might find the selection a bit limited.

When it comes to fantasy variety, though, Pephop AI really shines — featuring everything from traditional anime personalities to supernatural beings across a wide range of scenarios.

And as creators add public characters, selection will grow. Just remember that user-created content means quality isn't always consistent.

Most of the characters on Pephop AI are meant for adult users.

Refining your character selection is easy with filters for category or personality traits, or by using the search bar — both methods work perfectly.

You can also preview your chosen character in more detail — including her creator, profile, and community comments.

Browsing has one small downside: you can only view 21 characters per page, and you’ll need to click “Next Page” to see more.

Customization

Joyland AI

The app offers two creation paths:

• Quick Creation
• Advanced Create

Quick Creation lets you import existing characters from other AI apps using .JSON or .PNG files. If you’re switching from Venus AI or SillyTavern, you can bring your companions with you.

Advanced Create is hands-on with no presets — personality customization relies entirely on free text input.

For appearance, you can upload an image or write a prompt for styled variations — no sliders or detailed editing.

Personality Builder is where most of the work happens.

Setup begins with the basics:

• Basic Info: Name, Age, Gender
• Intro: Displayed on the profile, but doesn’t influence prompts
• Categories: Choose persona type (Anime, Dating, OC, etc.)
• Visibility: Private, Unlisted, or Public

Once that’s done, you move on to adding depth:

• Scenario: Backdrop or context for interactions
• Greeting: Opening line to start conversations
• Lore (Facts & Knowledge): Keywords and memories to improve performance on skills, experiences, or backstory
• Example Dialogue: Pre-written responses for realism

Assistant Mode is also available to walk you through Character Description, providing helpful tips on what to include—but the words remain yours to describe.

You can choose from 10 voice options to give your character spoken dialogue.

The app lets you control image generation — choose intelligent AI-created pictures, train your bots with custom images, or turn it off so your character remains text-only.

Joyland AI promotes themed events like ‘Summer Party 2025’ or ‘Goath Girls’ (the ones active during my test), where characters can be temporarily showcased on home pages.

Note: The app provides guidance, but creating an engaging character can feel overwhelming for users accustomed to presets — it takes patience and practice.

Pephop AI

You can upload or select an image, or import a Tavern PNG file — that’s about it for physical customization.

Creating a character starts with the simple:

• Introduction: A short public description shown on the profile
• Tags: Up to 5 tags for search and user reference
• Type: Choose between a Public Bot or a Private Bot
• Rating: Select SFW or NSFW (Not Safe for Work)

Once the basics are set, you can define your character’s personality and context:

• Personality: Describe traits, background, and behavior in free text
• Initial Message: The first message your character sends
• Scenario: Provide context or a setting for the chat
• Example Dialogs: Define your character’s tone and speaking style

Note: Creating characters through free text offers more creative freedom but comes with a learning curve and may take some time to master.

Chat Experience

Joyland AI

When you choose a character to chat with, you can view your AI girlfriend’s profile, including her intro, creator, tags, and comments from other users.

With Standard and Premium plans, you can choose from four different LLM models to customize how your girlfriend responds.

You can set different user personas by sharing details about yourself, and your AI girlfriend will adjust her responses to match.

Chat Experience: My girlfriend stayed true to her personality - teasing, playful, and a smoker.

The smoker tag even led to a playful outcome — when I asked her to stop, she bargained for a kiss to quit.

These small interactions felt natural and showed that my girl can adapt to different scenarios.

For romance, expect standard scenes like beach walks at sunset, but with enough personal touches to keep things interesting.

My girl responded warmly to personal stories and showed genuine empathy when I needed emotional support.

Joyland AI’s chat includes suggested responses, giving you two options to keep conversations flowing effortlessly.

Note: Most characters are user-created, so your experience will vary depending on who you choose — I highly recommend checking comments first.

Pephop AI

Chat settings are straightforward — choose your preferred AI model (OpenAI or KoboldAI) and adjust the response style to suit your taste.

You can add a persona card to introduce yourself to the character — share your background, your relationship, and the defining details of your story.

For my test, I chose a character described — “your childhood friend who’s always pushing you, but has developed a crush on you.”

My girl stayed in character and stuck to her personality, regardless of how I interacted with her.

During emotional scenarios, my girl maintained her teasing, dominant tone — fitting for a friend, but not entirely supportive.

My girlfriend could use a bit more spontaneity — her emotions sometimes feel measured rather than instinctive.

For relationship-focused chats, the app performs better than most AI companions I've tested, but don't expect human-level understanding.

NSFW Chat Experience

Joyland AI

My girlfriend was comfortable talking about sex, but used descriptive, thoughtful responses instead of explicit language.

During our chats, my girl discussed intimate topics openly while keeping conversations tasteful and engaging.

The roleplay feature worked well for NSFW scenarios — my girl knew how to play those naughty roles.

I tested multiple different situations, and each time, my girlfriend stayed in character and kept the story flowing.

A useful touch: the chat suggestion feature offers relevant prompts that actually fit the scene you're in.

Pephop AI

For my NSFW chat experience, I chose a character called “Moriko the Unsatisfied MILF” — a flirty persona designed for more adult-themed interactions.

Unlike many conversational AIs that lean either too innocent or overly explicit, Moriko finds the sweet spot.

My girl built tension through suggestive hints rather than crude language.

When conversations got steamier, my girlfriend kept up naturally without feeling mechanical or scripted.

But here's the catch: My girl sometimes gets stuck in loops, repeating similar phrases and scenarios.

During testing, my girlfriend also struggled with basic context switches - like keeping old role-play references when switching to new scenarios.

Despite these flaws, Pephop AI delivers a more engaging NSFW experience than most competitors I've tested.

Image Generation

Joyland AI

The only way to generate images is by pressing the image button in the chat interface, which generates the image directly in chat.

You can't control what you get. No prompts, no presets - just random generation.

The system adapts to your character design - choose a girl with a realistic avatar, get realistic pictures; go anime, get anime-style shots. Simple as that.

The quality? Good enough for casual use. Images look appealing at first glance, but the resolution isn’t great, and realistic ones can appear a bit pixelated.

Note: If your character was created without image options, you won’t be able to generate pictures for them.

Pephop AI

The app doesn't have an image generation feature you'll want to look elsewhere.

Video Generation

Joyland AI

The app sticks to text chats and static images only — if you want video generation for your girl, you’ll have to look elsewhere.

Pephop AI

Video generation simply isn't part of their feature set.

Voice Generation

Joyland AI

The voice sounds natural and matches each character's personality well.

When my AI girlfriend gets flirty or emotional, their tone changes accordingly.

But there's a catch: the audio quality feels slightly slowed down, like listening to someone through an old phone line.

Note: Not every character has a voice — if the creator didn’t assign one, your girl won’t speak.

Pephop AI

You can only use the voice feature during live calls — no messages or recordings. The app lets you choose between Classic and Premium voices.

I tested the premium voices — the sound is clear and decent, though still a bit robotic.

When your AI girlfriend gets flirty, her tone becomes a bit more expressive.

Safety & Privacy

Joyland AI

Your private chats? Not exactly private. Joyland uses basic security measures, but there's no guarantee of end-to-end encryption.

Joyland stores your messages, device info, and usage patterns - they keep it all, but not sure how long.

They share this data with partners, researchers and can transfer it during business deals.

You’ll see ‘Joyland Ai’ on your bank statement — not the most discreet label.

Pephop AI

No end-to-end encryption is mentioned anywhere in their policy.

The app shares your information with "third-party service providers." But they won't tell you who these providers are or what they do with your conversations.

They collect your personal info, but won't tell you how long they keep it or what exactly they store.

Your bank statement says “Pephop AI” — which isn’t very discreet.