Friends vs Paradot AI
Friends
web.penguapp.co
Paradot AI
paradot.netSide by side
| Figure | Friends | Paradot AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $9/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 3 |
| Spec score · AI Companion Apps | 7.8 (#18) | 8.8 (#2) |
| Age requirement | The terms state that users must be at least 13 years old, with additional parental-consent rules for users in the EEA. | Paradot's privacy policy says accounts are restricted to people aged 18 or older and minor accounts are erased. |
| Customization | Companion customization includes outfits, accessories, wallpapers, themed rooms, and visual upgrades. | Users can customize a companion’s appearance, personality traits, interests, humor style, affection level and message length. |
| Support | The app listing gives [email protected] as the support email. | The privacy policy lists email and an in-app form for support correspondence and says privacy questions and rights requests are answered within 30 days. |
Plans
In their own words
Friends
Friends is a social AI companion app for Android and iOS that lets people raise virtual pets on their own or with real-life friends. Pengu is a shared companion shaped by two people through conversations, choices, and joint interactions. Mellow focuses on studying, homework, and daily tasks, offering reminders and encouragement. Bao supports self-care, healthy habits, and well-being. Users can share progress, send reactions and gifts, and celebrate milestones together. Companions can be customized with outfits, accessories, wallpapers, themed rooms, and visual upgrades. Home-screen widgets provide check-ins and interactions with Pengu, Bao, or Mellow. The maker says companions learn from interactions, adapt to habits, and remember past moments. Friends is free to download and use, with main features intended to remain free. Pengu Pass is an optional weekly subscription whose price varies by country and appears in the app. Users must be at least 13; additional parental-consent rules apply in the EEA.
Paradot AI
Paradot AI is a chat companion service for companionship and entertainment, built around fictional, software-generated characters. Companions can retain details such as a person's name, job, birthday, or plans and bring them up in later conversations. Users can customize appearance, personality, interests, humor, affection, and message length. The service describes text chat, voice messages, and replies in a chosen tone, and it is available on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Plus costs $9/mo and includes unlimited messages, three companions, full long-term memory, and voice notes. Infinite costs $19/mo and adds unlimited companions, priority replies, and early features. Paradot says chats are encrypted in transit and at rest and are not sold, rented, or traded to third parties for advertising. Account data remains while an account is active, and deleted-account backups are purged on a rolling schedule of no more than 90 days. The service is for adults and is not therapy, counselling, or crisis support.