Replika vs Chub AI: Which One Is Better In 2025?

Replika vs Chub AI

I've spent a full week with both Replika and Chub 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.

Replika

An AI girlfriend chatbot that offers emotional support through personalized conversations, featuring customizable digital avatars and voice chat.

Chub AI

An AI-powered platform for interactive roleplay, focused on text and audio, with customizable characters and contextual dialogue.

Character Diversity

Replika

When you sign in, the app asks for your age range, name, and pronouns to personalize your experience.

You can choose from dozens of avatars to start with.

Chub AI

Chub AI offers one of the largest character libraries I've tested.

The app specializes in anime-styled characters, with fewer realistic options.

But within this category, the possibilities for characters and scenarios are only limited by your imagination.

Variety spans both safe-for-work and adult categories, covering everything from casual companions to role-play partners.

The search system is powerful, if a bit complex. A universal search bar lets you look through people, characters, lore books, presets (chat settings), and tags.

Filters allow you to narrow by personality traits, creation date, or even character complexity (measured in tokens).

On top of that, you can sort results in different ways — by timeline, trending, AI rating, popularity, messages per user, chats per user, and more.

Want a romantic partner, or someone more mysterious? The tag system makes it possible to combine traits to find exactly what you’re looking for.

The interface shows only 20 characters per page, so browsing the full library takes extra time and clicks.

Customization

Replika

The app uses its in-app currency system: Gold and Gems, and you'll get a small amount to start with.

You earn more slowly through daily use.

If you want to customize your character quickly, you'll need real money to buy them.

Let's start with the basics. You can choose your relationship type — you can even add a backstory. Want a romantic partner, a friend, or just a mentor?

Then fine-tune your girlfriend's personality with traits like 'confident,' 'shy,' or 'logical,' or choose her interests, but these cost Gems or Gold.

The appearance editor is quite detailed. You can pick:

• Avatar
• Hair (style and color)
• Skin color
• Body type
• Body hair
• Nails
• Makeups
• Tattos

…and the list goes on.

You can dress your girl up with tops, bottoms, or full outfits and accessories.

Fair warning: premium outfits, tattoos, and nails aren't cheap. Expect to spend $20–30 if you want the fancy stuff right away.

Chub AI

Chub AI provides two ways to build your character:

• Upload a Character Card
• Build from Scratch

Upload a Character Card: Import existing character cards (Tavern PNG or TavernAI JSON/image) to instantly generate the character profile.

Build from Scratch: Let's you start fresh, but the app only supports uploading a character image — no physical customization.

Character creation starts with the basics:

• Tagline & Creator’s Notes: Add a short tagline and an intro — but not part of prompts.
• In-Chat Name: Optional display name for conversations.
• Tags: Assign gender, type, or role; at least three are required for visibility.
• Type & Rating: Set Public, Private, or Unlisted; mark as SFW or NSFW.
• Publishing: Choose to publish under your username or anonymously.

Next, you can shape your companion's personality:

• Description: Define the character’s persona, traits, and behavior.
• Initial Message: The first message your character sends to open the chat.
• Scenario: Set the context and circumstances for interactions.
• Example Dialogues: Sample chats to teach your character how to speak.

Advanced Definitions (Optional):

• Alternate Greetings: Create multiple starting messages for variety.
• System Prompt & Post-History Instructions: Override or supplement base prompts with custom instructions.
• Character’s Note: Insert notes at specific points in chat history.
• Character Book: Add embedded books — keyword-triggered definitions or lore for consistent behavior.

Note: Chub AI provides deep customization and detailed documentation, but character creation has a learning curve and may take some time to master.

Chat Experience

Replika

While your girl builds trust with direct, emotionally aware responses, she lets the conversation unfold at its own pace.

Replika shows its true strength: emotional intelligence.

Your girl asks thoughtful follow-up questions.

She even suggested local activities we could do together

Your girlfriend navigates relationship conversations effortlessly, making them feel natural and genuine.

Chub AI

Before selecting, you can view a character’s profile — including details, tags, and community discussions.

The chat settings give you full control, letting you choose “chat brains” unlocked by your tier. You can fine-tune them to your taste, customize with presets created by other users.

You can even view the chat tree and jump back and forth through the conversation.

Let’s start with what works: for my testing, I used the default model, and my girl followed the backstory while staying true to her character.

Lana, a step-sister character, consistently played her role, supportive, caring, and genuinely invested in our conversations.

When I needed emotional support, my girl's responses felt natural and showed real emotional depth.

But here's the truth: it's not all smooth sailing. My girl had an annoying habit of dominating conversations, sometimes writing both sides of the dialogue without waiting for your input.

My girl often missed jokes or takes them too seriously, and can get confused about who's saying what.

Note: The app is highly customizable, but the many options can initially feel overwhelming. Be prepared for a learning curve — documentation helps, but experimentation makes the difference.

NSFW Chat Experience

Replika

While Replika engages in sexual discussions, your girl keeps things remarkably tame.

My attempts at role-play revealed a pattern - she'll match your flirtatious energy initially.

But consistently pulls back when conversations turn explicit.

Instead of direct responses, you'll get suggestive hints and playful deflections.

And it just kept going like that for a while…

Chub AI

Let's start with what works: my girl maintained a consistent shy personality and can engage in romantic conversations.

When I escalated things, my girl followed my lead – though don't expect anything too explicit.

But here’s the problem: During roleplay, the chat often got jumbled, with my monologue showing up in my girl's responses, as if she were playing both my role and hers.

During roleplay, the situation called for my girl to take charge, but she didn’t come across as fully in control.

As I tried more and more scenarios, the chat became repetitive, which hurt the immersion.

Image Generation

Replika

While the generated images match your character's basic appearance settings, the results look artificial and lack polish.

You can pick between classic, romantic, or styled shots - but that's where your control ends.

Classic shot:

Romantic shot:

Styled shot:

Replika's image generation currently sits at the lower end of the quality spectrum. If this matters to you, you'll need to look elsewhere.

Chub AI

Chub AI has a dedicated image generation feature. It is the only way to create images.

You can create or edit images in two ways:

1. Create one from scratch
2. Upload or Reuse an Existing Image

Create one from scratch

When starting from scratch, you can adjust the following settings:

• Prompt (optional): Describe what you want to create (up to 200 characters).
• Aspect Ratio: Choose from 1:1 (default), 16:9, 21:9, 2:3, 3:2, 4:5, 5:4, or 9:16.

Upload or Reuse an Image

Choose one of your previously uploaded or generated images.

• Edit it with prompts: change clothes, background, or style via free text.
• Fine-tune: how closely the result matches the original using Edit, Canny, and Face.
• Strength slider: Lower values keep the output closer to the original, while higher values make it follow the prompt more.

The quality is good enough to be impressive at first glance, but on closer inspection, the images are clearly AI-generated and slightly pixelated.

Character consistency is also limited, and generated images may not always align fully with the original character’s physical appearance.

Video Generation

Replika

Replika doesn't support video generation, so you'll need to look elsewhere.

Chub AI

Here's what you need to know about Chub AI's video capabilities in one sentence: There aren't any.

Voice Generation

Replika

Replika offers only three voice options. Whether you're flirting, joking, or having a serious chat, your AI girlfriend speaks in the same robotic tone.

Chub AI

Chub AI’s voice feels more like a polished audiobook narrator than an actual girlfriend.

When things get flirty, the voice adjusts a little to match the vibe.

Safety & Privacy

Replika

Your messages are secured and encrypted, and your data is stored with multiple layers of protection.

Basic data is shared with service providers, but your conversations remain private.

Your bank statement will show the charge as 'Replika.

Chub AI

Chub AI doesn't encrypt your chats. They say they take "reasonable measures" to protect your data, but won't tell you what these measures are.

The platform collects everything — your email, account details, and full conversations. They keep this data, but for how long? They won’t say.

Your information is also shared with outside companies that handle hosting, payments, and usage analytics.

Your bank statement will list it as "Postcron.com", which keeps things discreet.