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A Character.AI alternative for people who want the story to stay theirs
Character.AI is the app most people mean when they say "AI characters", and it is genuinely good at what it does. People usually start looking elsewhere for one of three reasons: the filter, the forgetting, or paying to retry a bad reply. Oomfy AI was built around those three.
| What you are comparing | Oomfy AI | Character.AI |
|---|---|---|
| Retrying a reply you did not like | Regenerate, continue, edit, rewind and branch are free and unlimited on every tier, including Free. Retrying is not a currency here and never will be. | Swipes and regeneration are part of the metered experience, with paid tiers offering more. |
| What the character remembers | Memory you can read and edit, a real lorebook, and a meter that warns you before anything is dropped from context. | Memory is handled automatically and is not directly editable by the user. |
| Which model you are talking to | The model behind each tier is named, with its real context window and per-message cost. | The underlying model is not disclosed. |
| Adult content | An 18+ app. Adult, dark, and morally complicated characters are the product, inside a published safety policy. | A general-audience app with a content filter that applies to every user. |
| Ads | None, on any tier. | Ads appear on the free tier. |
If the filter is what you are leaving over, or you are tired of paying to press regenerate, Oomfy AI is the swap. If you want a general-audience app your whole household can use, stay where you are — this one is 18+.
Every claim about Oomfy AI here describes the shipped product. Claims about Character.AI describe what their own product pages state and deliberately avoid prices and figures, which go out of date. Both apps change — if something here is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.