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

Joyland AI vs Soulfun AI

I've spent a full week with both Joyland AI and Soulfun 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.

Soulfun AI

AI girlfriend platform offering customizable virtual friends with conversational abilities, voice calls, and photo sharing.

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.

Soulfun AI

The app offers 53 AI girls across different backgrounds. While Asian and Caucasian characters lead the pack, you'll find other ethnicities too.

Age-wise, most characters are in their twenties, but options range from college students to mature companions. For variety, there are also twin characters, anime-style personalities, and fantasy-themed options.

One drawback: there's no way to filter characters by personality or gender. You'll need to browse manually to find your match. It works, but it could be more efficient.

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.

Soulfun AI

There's no detailed character creator here. Instead, you describe how you want your AI girlfriend to look and upload a photo for reference. But heads up - no matter what body type you describe (athletic, curvy, or slim), they all end up looking similar.

The personality setup is straightforward: click on pre-made tags for hobbies, profession, and relationship status, or add your own.

You'll also write their first greeting and profile description.

But watch out - I learned this the hard way: if you change the tags without updating the profile description, things get messy. My AI girl kept switching between being a teacher and a police officer because I forgot to fix her background story.

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.

Soulfun AI

Soulfun AI's chat is like having a caring but slightly forgetful friend. The AI remembers small details about you - like when it suggested almond milk for my shake because it recalled my dairy allergy. Nice touch.

But don't expect a perfect memory - it can't remember where we first met or when our anniversary is.

The conversations flow naturally and feel intimate. Your AI girl responds with just the right amount of text - not too chatty, not too brief.

When I was feeling down, my AI (who's into fitness) suggested hitting the gym together. It's these personalized touches that make the experience feel genuine.

But there's a catch. The AI sometimes forgets who they're supposed to be. Mine switched between being a police officer and a teacher, which broke the illusion pretty quickly.

And if you're looking for specific relationship dynamics (like having a dominant partner), you might be disappointed. The AI tends to default to a friendly, nurturing personality, regardless of how you set it up.

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.

Soulfun AI

The AI starts shy but warms up to intimate talk over time. Don't expect instant chemistry. When I tested a "Mistress" character, she was meant to be dominant but easily let me take control - a clear character break that might bother roleplay enthusiasts.

Some scenarios work better than others: the naughty teacher roleplay hit all the right notes, while the boss-employee scenario fell completely flat.

Here's the deal-breaker: the girls won't make the first move. During my tests, it only got flirty when I did first. If you keep things casual, it stays casual.

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.

Soulfun AI

When it works, it creates attractive, realistic-looking images of your AI girl. But there's a catch.

During my tests, I noticed quality issues: hands merging into arms, multiple characters appearing in single photos, and your girl's appearance changing dramatically between images.

The platform struggles with custom image requests and sometimes fails to generate them at all. And if you're hoping for NSFW content, you'll need to look elsewhere - it's not available.

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.

Soulfun AI

I tapped the video call button multiple times during my testing. Each attempt ended the same way - nothing happened. It's there on the menu, teasing you with possibilities, but that's where it ends.

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.

Soulfun AI

The voice quality hits the mark - it sounds natural, not robotic. You get different voice options, including ones for older characters, which adds variety.

While you can pick voices during setup, they might not always match your AI girl's personality. Think of it as having a sweet, gentle character stuck with a bold, assertive voice.

Voice calls are available, and they work well. You can talk to your AI companion just like you would with a real person. There's also an option to add custom voice-overs if you want to personalize the experience.

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.

Soulfun AI

Your chats and personal data? SoulFun says they encrypt everything, but they're not telling us how. I checked their Privacy Policy - they collect your texts, media, and device info, but they're fuzzy on the details of who they share it with.

Think of it like a restaurant that promises "fresh ingredients" but won't tell you where they source them.

Good news: your bank statement will show "60yr.com" - not "AI Girlfriend" or anything obvious.