The Eliza Report
ELIZA/WIRE · 36 apps tracked · 70 events logged · 15 prices verified · last check 2026-08-21

The AI companion industry, tracked.

36 apps under continuous watch: pricing, content policies, model behavior, and the churn nobody else records — dead apps, killed free tiers, quiet price hikes. Every claim carries a provenance flag. No pay-to-play rankings, ever.

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15 of 36 pricing records verified at the source · last check 2026-08-21 · how we verify

From the review desk

GirlfriendGPT review: the community platform whose free tier isn't one

tested 2026-07-07

We read GirlfriendGPT's own terms line by line: the 'free plan' is 10–20 messages in total, subscriptions are metered at 5,000–20,000 credits a month, and the default refund policy is none. Published pricing, named operator, dated receipts.

DreamGF review: read the renewal price before the intro price

tested 2026-07-07

Every advertised price is a first payment — monthly renews at double. We receipt-checked both pricing surfaces (which contradict each other), the use-anything-voids-refunds policy, and the $1.99/mo 'maintenance charge' their membership policy reserves against ex-subscribers.

Candy AI review: the vertical's biggest brand, receipt-checked

tested 2026-07-06

We opened every public surface of candy.ai and read the terms line by line: real US pricing (it renews at the same price — rare here), the 24-hour refund window, token forfeiture on cancel, and the Live Action beta that clones CamSoda's signature feature.

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Latest industry changes

2026-08-21 OurDream AI — 'Comics' added as a new content type in the explore filters (badged New). Footer now names OURDREAM.IO alongside OURDREAM.AI and adds Help Desk / Safety / Affiliates links — ourdream.io itself returns 404 as of 2026-08-21, so it is a reserved alternate domain, not a live mirror yet.
2026-08-21 Swipey AI — Added a 'Complaint Policy' page (swipey.ai/complaint-policy) and linked it from the homepage footer; not present in the 08-03 snapshot.
2026-08-21 Janitor AI — Capacity queue lifted: the 'JanitorAI - Waiting Room' shell that fronted the site in our 2026-08-03 render ('JANITOR QUEUE IS ACTIVATED', estimated wait, 40-second auto-refresh) is gone — the 08-21 render loads straight into 'janitor - Build, share, and explore'. Curl still gets the Cloudflare block; rendered access is back to normal.
2026-08-21 SoulGen — Video credit pricing now lists a SoulGen 3.0 tier at 15 credits per 5-second clip (audio off; +2 credits with audio), above SoulGen 2.0 at 10 credits/5s — a 50% credit premium for the newer model. SoulOmni (audio included) is 18 credits/5s at 720p and 24 at 1080p. Subscription prices are rendered client-side and were not re-verified in this pass.
2026-08-21 GoLove AI — Homepage repositioned around video: the lead section is now 'Explore Feed — hot videos with AI girls and endless content', followed by 'Create character from photos — upload 5 photos, AI does the rest' (marked Only Ultra), 'Edit your videos with AI — transform any video into AI-powered scenes', and 'Next-gen video prompts'. The Scenarios (up to 10 characters) and Calls pitches that led the page on 08-03 moved down; 'Join Free' plus a -70% new-user bonus banner remain.
2026-08-17 Candy AI — Terms of Service revised (revision date moved July 30 → August 17, 2026): new backup-payment-method clause — any payment method you add or pay with becomes the default for future renewals, and if a renewal charge to the default method fails, EverAI may charge a designated backup method 'for the same amount and on the same terms'; also now states 'By subscribing, you authorize EverAI to charge your payment method unless you cancel autorenewal'. Subscription ladder unchanged on the US-served page ($13.99 / $8.99 / $3.99 per month; weekly $5.60 and bi-weekly $9.79 plans still listed).
2026-08-06 OurDream AI — CrakRevenue PPS payouts confirmed tiered at T1 $48 / T2 $44 (offer 10138), and the premium lane at $55 (10402) remains approval-gated. The revshare lane (10139) is unchanged at 30%. Per-click earnings run the opposite way to the payout headline: revshare EPC $0.5449 vs $0.2561 on the gated premium PPS and $0.0857 on standard PPS.

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The graveyard

Where AI girlfriends go to rest — every notable companion death since 1966, with dates, causes, and how much notice users got (the industry record is 40 days; the mode is a week or less). Shutdowns, lobotomies, disappearances — recorded as they happen, because the churn is half the story.

Switching guides

Data-ranked alternatives for the apps people leave, and head-to-head comparisons — generated from the tracker, never sold.

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Why this site exists

The AI girlfriend/companion space is covered almost entirely by affiliate listicles whose rankings are quietly sold. We built the thing we wanted instead: a database of the industry, re-tested on a schedule, where reviews are a byproduct of the data — named for ELIZA (1966), the first chatbot people caught feelings for.