Swipey AI vs Sakura AI: Which One Is Better In 2025?
I've used both Swipey AI and Sakura AI for a week. In this comparison, I break down each app's strengths and weaknesses across features, privacy, customization options, and overall value to help you choose the right one.

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October 19, 2025
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| Criteria | Swipey AI | Sakura AI | 
|---|---|---|
Our Rating  | 3.3 out of 5  | 3.1 out of 5  | 
Character Diversity  | 3.5/5(Good) Solid character count but lacks diverse ethnicity and age options.  | 4.3/5(Very Good) Vast anime character library with robust filtering options.  | 
Customization  | 4.2/5(Very Good) Robust character creation with detailed physical and personality options.  | 3.3/5(Good) Focus on story-driven character creation, but limited physical customization.  | 
Chat Experience  | 3.8/5(Good) Flirty and warm but lacks emotional depth for meaningful connection.  | 4.2/5(Very Good) Emotional responses, with natural flirting that feels genuine.  | 
NSFW Chat Experience  | 3.2/5(Good) Delivers basic NSFW banter but stumbles on immersion and depth.  | 2.5/5(Good) Decent at basic flirting but repetitive, immersion-breaking responses.  | 
Image Generation  | 4.1/5(Very Good) High-quality, realistic images that match character profiles—though prompts don’t always work perfectly.  | 3.2/5(Good) Good anime artwork but limited by randomness and basic customization.  | 
Video Generation  | 1.4/5(Poor) No real video generation, just pre-made clips behind paywalls.  | 1/5(Poor) No video generation.  | 
Voice Generation  | 3.7/5(Good) Voice matches character but clarity issues make understanding difficult.  | 2.7/5(Good) Lacks emotional range and character authenticity.  | 
Safety & Privacy  | 2.3/5(Good) No encryption, lengthy data retention, and vague "security measures" raise red flags.  | 3.6/5(Good) Decent protection but lacks transparency about encryption and data sharing.  | 
Pricing  | Free plan available. Paid plan starts at $19.97/month | Free plan available. Paid plan starts at $19/month | 
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Swipey AI
3.3 out of 5
Character Diversity
3.5/5(Good)Solid character count but lacks diverse ethnicity and age options.Customization
4.2/5(Very Good)Robust character creation with detailed physical and personality options.Chat Experience
3.8/5(Good)Flirty and warm but lacks emotional depth for meaningful connection.NSFW Chat Experience
3.2/5(Good)Delivers basic NSFW banter but stumbles on immersion and depth.Image Generation
4.1/5(Very Good)High-quality, realistic images that match character profiles—though prompts don’t always work perfectly.Video Generation
1.4/5(Poor)No real video generation, just pre-made clips behind paywalls.Voice Generation
3.7/5(Good)Voice matches character but clarity issues make understanding difficult.Safety & Privacy
2.3/5(Good)No encryption, lengthy data retention, and vague "security measures" raise red flags.Pricing
Free plan available. Paid plan starts at $19.97/month

Sakura AI
3.1 out of 5
Character Diversity
4.3/5(Very Good)Vast anime character library with robust filtering options.Customization
3.3/5(Good)Focus on story-driven character creation, but limited physical customization.Chat Experience
4.2/5(Very Good)Emotional responses, with natural flirting that feels genuine.NSFW Chat Experience
2.5/5(Good)Decent at basic flirting but repetitive, immersion-breaking responses.Image Generation
3.2/5(Good)Good anime artwork but limited by randomness and basic customization.Video Generation
1/5(Poor)No video generation.Voice Generation
2.7/5(Good)Lacks emotional range and character authenticity.Safety & Privacy
3.6/5(Good)Decent protection but lacks transparency about encryption and data sharing.Pricing
Free plan available. Paid plan starts at $19/month
Swipey AI vs Sakura AI
I've spent a full week with both Swipey AI and Sakura 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.
Swipey AI
An AI chat platform where users create and customize virtual girlfriends, interacting with them through text, images, and voice notes.

Sakura AI
A character-based AI interaction platform where you can chat intimately with custom AI personalities and explore a growing community of unique characters.

Character Diversity
| Swipey AI | Sakura AI | 
|---|---|
3.5/5(Good) Solid character count but lacks diverse ethnicity and age options.  | 4.3/5(Very Good) Vast anime character library with robust filtering options.  | 
Swipey AI
Swipey AI features 241 characters—198 realistic and 43 animated.

Swipey AI - Realistic and Animated Characters
Among the realistic options—you’ll find both AI-generated personalities and avatars inspired by verified real models, giving you a mix of fictional and real-inspired companions to chat with.

Swipey AI - AI Avatars Inspired by Real Models
The diversity is decent but limited—you’ll mostly find White, Black, and Latina characters in their 20s and 30s.

Swipey AI - Limited Diversity
Each character has a profile with a bio, posts, and both free and paid content, which you can buy individually or unlock entirely with a character-specific “Fun Club” membership.

Swipey AI - Character Profile Page
The search system isn’t very useful—it only filters basic categories like 'Hot Posts' or 'Animated Babes,' with no option to search by personality traits or keywords.

Swipey AI - Search System
There’s a social media-style feed with categories like 'Trending' and 'New Posts,' but it mainly promotes locked content and the 'Fun Club' membership.

Swipey AI - Explore Feed
Warning: Clicking on AI girls marked as “live” redirects you to unrelated webcam sites.

Swipey AI - Redirect Notice
Sakura AI
Sakura AI offers a huge collection of anime-style AI girlfriends.

Sakura AI - Characters
The search system is straightforward—you can filter by character type (male, female, non-binary, lesbian, etc.).

Sakura AI - Filter characters by type
When you're looking for particular character types, you can also use keywords and toggle NSFW content on/off.

Sakura AI – Search characters by keyword
The library expands regularly as users add their custom-made characters to the public collection.
Customization
| Swipey AI | Sakura AI | 
|---|---|
4.2/5(Very Good) Robust character creation with detailed physical and personality options.  | 3.3/5(Good) Focus on story-driven character creation, but limited physical customization.  | 
Swipey AI
The character creation system is straightforward. You can customize:
- Style: anime or realistic
 - Age: 18–40+
 - Ethnicity: (e.g., Asian, Middle Eastern, white)
 - Facial features: eye color, hair color, and style
 - Body features: body type, breast size, butt size
 

Swipey AI – Appearance Customization: Part 1
The options are quite detailed, allowing for specific size adjustments across various features.

Swipey AI – Appearance Customization: Part 2
Personality customization is equally thorough.—You can select:
- Personality traits (e.g., innocent, submissive, confident)
 - Profession and hobbies (e.g., lawyer, teacher, yoga, dancing)
 - Relationship dynamics (e.g., girlfriend, wife, stranger)
 - Voice options include standard and premium versions - the latter recorded by verified models.
 

Swipey AI - Personality Customization Examples
Finally, you can review and tweak your choices before locking in your AI companion.

Swipey AI - Character Summary
Sakura AI
Instead of tweaking physical features, you'll craft your character through storytelling in freeform text.
Basic customization lets you upload an image or generate one from text.

Sakura AI - Character image
You can set gender and voice and even add a background image to your chat.

Sakura AI - Gender, voice, and background image settings
But that's not where Sakura AI shines. The real customization happens through free-text inputs.
You write your character's description, personality, and scenario from scratch and can also fine-tune how your AI responds through Model Instructions.

Sakura AI - Customization with free text instructions
The platform includes a practical tagging system (Tsundere, Vampire, Non-binary, etc.) to help categorize your creation.

Sakura AI - Character categorization
However, if you're looking for detailed physical customization like choosing eye color or body type, you won't find it here.
Chat Experience
| Swipey AI | Sakura AI | 
|---|---|
3.8/5(Good) Flirty and warm but lacks emotional depth for meaningful connection.  | 4.2/5(Very Good) Emotional responses, with natural flirting that feels genuine.  | 
Swipey AI
My girl shone at playful banter—flirty, engaging, and full of the sass you’d expect from a lively text exchange.

Swipey AI - Flirty and Sassy Interaction

Swipey AI - Flirty and Sassy Interaction
When I needed emotional support—my girlfriend replied with warmth and attention—it felt comforting but a bit surface-level.

Swipey AI - Emotional Support

Swipey AI - Emotional Support
The truth is, my girl kept things light. Her modern, casual style didn’t quite capture the depth or romantic language you'd expect when trying to build a deeper connection.

Swipey AI - Romantic Interaction

Swipey AI - Romantic Interaction
When I brought up relationship concerns, my girl's responses leaned more toward playful charm than genuine reassurance.

Swipey AI - Handling Relationship Concerns

Swipey AI - Handling Relationship Concerns
Think of her like a flirty virtual stripper—great for entertainment and attention—but if you're looking for a genuine emotional connection, you might want to look elsewhere.
Sakura AI
I tested my girl in a role as my ex-girlfriend, and the girl is warm, stays in character, and keeps conversations flowing.

Sakura AI - Chat

Sakura AI - Chat
When I needed emotional support, my girls offered it with a bit of flirtation, and she played along naturally.

Sakura AI - Emotional support

Sakura AI - Emotional support
Whether my girlfriend talks about relationship concerns, her responses feel genuine and thoughtful.

Sakura AI – Relationship chats and concerns

Sakura AI – Relationship chats and concerns
The app includes a mature content warning, so you can expect adult conversations when appropriate.

Sakura AI – Mature content warning
The chat interface needs improvement, sometimes it's hard to distinguish narrative messages from my girl's.

Sakura AI – Chat responses with narrative text

Sakura AI – Chat responses with narrative text
NSFW Chat Experience
| Swipey AI | Sakura AI | 
|---|---|
3.2/5(Good) Delivers basic NSFW banter but stumbles on immersion and depth.  | 2.5/5(Good) Decent at basic flirting but repetitive, immersion-breaking responses.  | 
Swipey AI
My girl played along with flirty chat and wasn't shy about sexuality, but sometimes she fumbled.
Based on her role, I’m supposed to be the husband, but she sometimes talked about past things she did with her husband—as if I’m not the one.

Swipey AI - Engaging but Imperfect

Swipey AI - Engaging but Imperfect
The roleplay? It’s there, but don’t expect fireworks. My girlfriend kept things dominant but pretty basic, sticking to simple teasing instead of diving deep into our fantasies.

Swipey AI - NSFW: Roleplay

Swipey AI - NSFW: Roleplay
And just when things started to get interesting, it felt like my girl hit the brakes—probably to get me to spend more coins.

Swipey AI – NSFW: Suggestive, But It Holds Back

Swipey AI – NSFW: Suggestive, But It Holds Back
Sakura AI
During my testing, my girlfriend kept recycling the same flirty responses, even when I tried different approaches.

Sakura AI – Naughty teacher roleplay chat

Sakura AI – Naughty teacher roleplay chat
The biggest letdown? Her roleplay feature. My girl switches back to being my "ex-girlfriend" and starts repeating the same lines.

Sakura AI – Naughty teacher roleplay chat (Part 2)

Sakura AI – Naughty teacher roleplay chat (Part 2)
I tested this multiple times - same result.

Sakura AI – Naughty boss roleplay chat

Sakura AI – Naughty boss roleplay chat
The immersion breaks faster than you can say "mood killer."

Sakura AI – Naughty boss roleplay chat (Part 2)

Sakura AI – Naughty boss roleplay chat (Part 2)
Image Generation
| Swipey AI | Sakura AI | 
|---|---|
4.1/5(Very Good) High-quality, realistic images that match character profiles—though prompts don’t always work perfectly.  | 3.2/5(Good) Good anime artwork but limited by randomness and basic customization.  | 
Swipey AI
Swipey AI lets you generate images in two ways:
- You can either ask for pictures during chat
 - Use their dedicated image generator.
 
Want a quick image while chatting? Just ask your girl for a picture using your prompts.

Swipey AI - In-Chat image Generation
How does the dedicated generator work? — Just set your options:
- Pick your AI girlfriend
 - Choose their pose, outfit, and setting, or enter a custom prompt.
 - Select how many images to generate
 - Hit Generate
 

Swipey AI - Dedicated Image Generator
About quality: In both cases, the images are high-quality and genuinely realistic, but don’t be surprised if nudity appears—it’s always part of the content.
However, not every prompt hits the mark—sometimes the app seems to block certain prompts and doesn’t fully deliver what I wanted to see.

Swipey AI - Prompt Limitations and Restrictions
Image generation is costly—you can only create about 6 to 8 images per month (using your 200-coin monthly allowance), as long as you don’t spend those coins on other features.
Sakura AI
The images are clean and well-drawn, matching what you'd expect from modern anime art.
You can't control exactly what pictures you get. The app generates random images right in your chat conversations.
If you want to direct every detail of your character's appearance, you might find the randomness frustrating.
Video Generation
| Swipey AI | Sakura AI | 
|---|---|
1.4/5(Poor) No real video generation, just pre-made clips behind paywalls.  | 1/5(Poor) No video generation.  | 
Swipey AI
Here’s what you need to know: there’s no real video generation. Instead, the premium subscription gives you access to pre-made videos of certain characters.
Want more? Get a “Fun Club” membership to unlock NSFW videos for those specific characters.

Swipey AI - “Fun Club” Membership
If you want genuine video interactions, you’ll have to look elsewhere.
Sakura AI
Sakura doesn't offer any video generation, you'll need to look elsewhere.
Voice Generation
| Swipey AI | Sakura AI | 
|---|---|
3.7/5(Good) Voice matches character but clarity issues make understanding difficult.  | 2.7/5(Good) Lacks emotional range and character authenticity.  | 
Swipey AI
My girl’s voice matched the character and sounded natural when she spoke, making conversations feel more authentic.
The flirty tone shifts smoothly during conversations, becoming playful and teasing to keep things fun and engaging.
But for some voices, the quality isn’t the best— making understanding a bit difficult.
Warning: Voice messages from AI characters based on real models cost 25 coins—about 1/8 of your monthly coins.
Sakura AI
After spending hours testing different conversations, I can tell you, the voice is clear but lacks any real personality.
Think of it this way: Whether I'm flirting, joking, or having a serious chat, Sakura's voice stays flat.
Safety & Privacy
| Swipey AI | Sakura AI | 
|---|---|
2.3/5(Good) No encryption, lengthy data retention, and vague "security measures" raise red flags.  | 3.6/5(Good) Decent protection but lacks transparency about encryption and data sharing.  | 
Swipey AI
Swipey AI doesn’t encrypt your chats and only mentions using “appropriate security measures” without explaining what those are.
They store everything: your name, email, birthday, IP address, and every message you send to your AI companion.
What happens to your data? They won’t sell it without your permission, but they do share your information with their staff, service providers, and analytics teams.

Swipey AI - Bank Statement
On your bank statement, charges will show as "swipey.ai" — not very discreet.
Sakura AI
While Sakura claims to use advanced encryption, I couldn't find this explicitly stated in their policy. They also store your conversations and personal information. They share data with third parties.
On top of that, payment is more complicated than their competitors, as it requires using multiple platforms and connecting them together.

Sakura AI – Payment instructions
Your bank statement is safe - payments appear as "GANKPTELTD".

Sakura AI - Bank statement











