The editorial team
Two people write the content on this blog. Both bylines are pen names, and the profile pages explain why.
Nora Kessler
Editor, queer AI topics
Writes about AI companions from a queer perspective and checks how platforms handle identity and pronouns.
2 articles · since 2025
Milan Brandt
Editor, platform reviews
Tests chat platforms against fixed criteria and writes down what actually happens when you pay.
3 articles · since 2025
How we test
Every platform review runs through the same points so the results can be compared: getting started without an account, how stable the character stays when you contradict it, memory across several days, size and variety of the roster, language of the interface, and where the subscription, cancellation and support actually live.
Some of the reviewed sites belong to the same network as this one. Where that is the case it is stated above the first paragraph of the review, and the score refers only to the points in which the sites differ. We do not emit star ratings in structured data for sites from our own network.