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

Replika vs Secrets AI

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

Secrets AI

A platform that lets you build a personalized AI girlfriend, offering chat and phone call interactions along with image and video generation of your companion.

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.

Secrets AI

Secrets AI gives you 94 realistic AI girls to choose from.

No anime characters here — just lifelike digital partners.

Most characters fall into a narrow demographic: predominantly white women in their 20s with slim builds.

I did find a handful of Latina, Asian, and Black characters, plus a few mature options and curvier body types — but these are exceptions rather than the norm.

If you're looking for representation beyond young, slim characters, you may find the selection somewhat restrictive.

The selection interface is straightforward, with a search bar and filters for gender, popularity, and recency that make finding your ideal match quick and hassle-free.

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.

Secrets AI

You begin creating your character by picking a gender.

Profile and Appearance Editor is straightforward, allowing you to customize:

• Name, location, age
• Ethnicity (9 choices)
• Skin tone and eye color (many options)
• Facial features: eye color, hair color, hairstyle (wide variety)
• Body type (6 options)

Then you can choose from six voice options to shape how your companion sounds.

After that, you can review your girl and add additional details via free-text.

Once you create her, you’ll get four image versions of your girl to choose from, plus one free regeneration if needed.

Personality setup happens only before you start chatting with her:

• Profession (5 options)
• Personality type (5 traits such as “warm and nurturing” or “ambitious and driven”)
• Hobbies (optional)
• Additional traits or details using free-text input

Note: Several ethnicities and body types look very similar, resulting in fewer meaningful choices than advertised. Additional characters also cost 1,000 Moments each.

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.

Secrets AI

You get three different AI models to choose from, each offering its own style of interaction.

There are also 12 conversation starters, half casual - half spicy — to help kickstart natural interactions.

The emotional intelligence impressed me—my girl started with warm engagement, asked relevant follow-up questions, and gradually became more playful as we talked longer.

My AI girlfriend remembered what we actually discussed, rather than creating fake memories.

My girl stayed consistent even when I tried to confuse her or break character.

When I brought up relationship concerns, my girlfriend responded with calm, grounded reassurance, acknowledging everything without making exaggerated promises.

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…

Secrets AI

My girlfriend was open about sexual topics but maintained a consistent PG-13 boundary.

Even when I pushed toward explicit territory, my girlfriend kept things suggestive rather than graphic—creating a tease that worked surprisingly well.

The roleplay feature is where Secrets AI truly shines. I tested three scenarios: teacher, landlord, and boss.

In both the teacher and landlord scenarios, my girl built tension gradually and stayed firmly in character.

The boss scenario felt somewhat rushed, but remained engaging throughout.

What matters is that my girlfriend maintained character consistency while keeping the interactions hot.

Not everything was perfect: my girl phrasing sometimes confused me, especially when she switched between ‘someone’ and ‘they’ when talking about past partners.

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.

Secrets AI

There are two ways to generate images:

1. Dedicated Image Creator
2. In-chat Generation

In-Chat Generation: Type "/send me" followed by your free-text prompt for what you want to see.

Dedicated Image Creator: A separate tool with more control and customization.

• Character selection: Pick from the full roster
• Free-text prompt: Write what you want to see
• Preset options: Choose from a small set of presets

The limitation? Only four presets, so you’ll be relying on free-text prompts and your own experimentation.

After testing extensively, I can confirm the quality is good—not perfect, but definitely impressive.

You’ll notice occasional glitches, particularly with hands, and some upper-body proportions can look slightly elongated in certain poses — but these issues aren’t deal-breakers.

You can also unlock media bundles with extra images and videos to expand your companion’s visual presence.

Each bundle includes 17 to 34 pieces of media, mostly NSFW content.

Video Generation

Replika

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

Secrets AI

This is a photo-to-video feature rather than full video generation. Here’s how it works:

• Choose an image from your generated collection
• Write what you want to see using a free-text prompt

The videos look good, move smoothly, and stay natural most of the time.

Yes, you'll notice some AI glitches if you look closely, but they rarely distract from the experience.

Note: There are no preset options here, only a short guide on how to write effective prompts for video generation.

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.

Secrets AI

Secrets AI delivers voice generation that sounds genuinely human. No robotic tones or awkward pauses—just smooth, realistic dialogue.

When discussions turn flirty, the voice immediately responds with appropriate tonal shifts—becoming more playful and expressive.

One limitation: voice features only work through calls, not recorded messages.

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.

Secrets AI

• Looking for encryption details? I found none.
• Searching for data retention policies? Nothing concrete.
• Wondering if they share your intimate chats with third parties? They don't say.

The app clearly stores your conversations, but it provides zero details about what they keep, for how long, or who might access them.

The only privacy feature that actually works is discreet billing - charges appear as "Sun Clinical Laboratories" on your statement.