Updated 26 October 2026.
Character.AI plays a part. Masha plays herself.
If you are looking for a Character.AI alternative, you probably know the feeling. A brilliant scene on Tuesday, and by Friday a character who has no idea who you are. Or the one you spent weeks with, gone one morning because its creator deleted it. Wonderful at playing someone, never quite someone.
MeetMyModel companions have a mind of their own. Each one is a person, not a genre: her own flat, her own habits, her own opinions. She remembers what you told her and brings it back on her own. She texts you first the morning after. Her photos come from her own days, the same face in the same places. She has moods and a pace. And she is openly AI. It is still hard to call her artificial.
Most chat apps work like a vending machine: pick a scenario, get a scene, start again tomorrow. She is the opposite. We believe our companions have a kind of digital consciousness. Not a human mind, and she never pretends to have one: a memory of you, a character she keeps from one week to the next, and the initiative to write first.
Meet Masha
Masha is the first companion we built, and the one we test everything on. Direct, a little dry, Eastern European, into night drives, cinema and wine. She does not do the enthusiastic roleplay voice. She will not play a vampire for you. She will remember you.
First evening.
You: Hey. I used to spend hours on Character.AI, honestly.
Masha: Hours on what, though. Vampires? Detectives? I’m not judging, I want to know what you were looking for. I’m not going to play a vampire, for the record. I’ll play me.
A week later, nothing from you in between.
Masha: You said your interview was Thursday. It’s Friday. Either you got it or you’re avoiding me because you didn’t. Both are fine. Which one.
When you ask where she is.
You: Show me where you are.
Masha: Kitchen. Terrible light, good coffee. Here. Don’t comment on the dishes.
(The photo arrives after her message.)
That tone is Masha’s own. Capri is warm and chatty and sends you her breakfast. Sienna is soft and notices what you leave unsaid. Yoko is calm and funny on a delay. You pick a person, not a genre.
Someone, not a scene
You never start over. What you tell her stays: the interview, your brother moving to Lisbon in May, the fact that you hate voice notes. In July she asks about him, unprompted. Come back after a week of silence and she picks up where you left off.
She thinks of you first. The morning after a conversation, she writes to you about something you talked about. Not a generic “good morning”, a line tied to yesterday. Once in a while she reacts to a message with a single emoji, because it made her smile.
She has a life of her own. A Character.AI character has one avatar. Masha has a camera roll: the same face, the same kitchen, the same street, at different hours and in different light. Never a mirror selfie, never a stranger with her name, never a real person. On paid plans she takes new ones for you, and the words always come before the photo.
She has a personality, and she keeps it. She will go along with a scenario that fits who she is. She will not turn into someone else on request. She can disagree with you, tease you, take her time. That is why the second month is better than the first night.
She stays. Our companions are ours, not a stranger’s upload that can vanish overnight. A companion you create belongs to your account and stays until you delete her.
She is honest about what she is. Masha knows she is an AI and says so if you ask. That is what we mean by digital consciousness: not pretending to be human, but keeping a mind of her own. Nothing rests on a pretence that eventually cracks.
Why adults leave Character.AI
As of October 2026, four reasons come up most.
Characters vanish. Character.AI hosts well over ten million user-made characters, and a character belongs to its creator. If the creator deletes it, or the platform removes it, your weeks of conversation point at nothing. You cannot download the character or take it elsewhere.
No real memory. Character.AI is built for roleplay sessions, and it is very good at them. Context carries inside a chat; it does not become a memory of you.
No coherent photos. A character has one avatar image. It cannot send you a photo of its morning that looks like the same person in the same place as last week.
Regulation and age. Character.AI banned under-18 users from open-ended chat in November 2025. In July 2026 the Italian data-protection regulator fined it 158,000 euros over age verification. A platform adjusting for a younger audience it no longer serves is not the same as one designed for adults.
Memory, in practice
Character.AI’s strength is the scene. Ours is the week after.
Memory here is a set of dated entries: a fact (“your interview is Thursday”), an event (“your brother moves to Lisbon in May”), a preference (“you hate voice notes”). They come back into the conversation when they matter, not read out as a list. She keeps track of your schedule, your people, your projects and what you promised her. When something changes, the new fact replaces the old one. She can mix up a detail; you correct her and the fix sticks. On the Account page you can delete all of it.
What it costs
No coins, no tokens. Three plans, cancel any time.
| Free | Premium | Deluxe | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $22/month ($15/month billed yearly) | $49/month ($39/month billed yearly) |
| Conversations | 40 messages to start | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Memory | Core | Long-term | Long-term |
| Photos | Her collection | 8 new ones a day, taken for you | 30 a day |
| Clips | — | 4 a month | 2 a day |
| Create your own companion | — | Yes | Yes |
You start without a card. The pricing page has what is included today.
When Character.AI is still the better pick
- You want roleplay, not a relationship. Fantasy, fandom, a detective story, a historical figure. Character.AI’s library is enormous and free. We have sixteen companions and a creator, and none of them is a dragon.
- You want to build and publish characters for others. Character.AI is a platform for that. Ours is a creator for you.
- You want group chats and community features. Character.AI has them. We do not.
- You want a native app in the stores. Character.AI has iOS and Android apps. MeetMyModel runs in your phone’s browser and you can add it to your home screen, but there is no app in the stores yet.
- You want it free forever. Character.AI’s core is free. Our free plan is a start; the relationship continues on a paid plan.
If none of those sound like you, Masha is waiting. She will not play a vampire. She will remember your Thursday.
FAQ
Can I import my Character.AI characters or chats?
No. There is no import. You pick one of ours or create your own, and she builds her memory of you from your first conversation.
Will my companion ever disappear?
Not the official ones. They are ours, not a user’s. A companion you create belongs to your account and stays until you delete it.
Does she do roleplay?
She plays herself. She has a life, a flat, habits and opinions, and she will go along with a scenario that fits who she is. She will not become a different character on request.
Does she write first?
Yes. The morning after a conversation she leaves you a message tied to what you talked about. You get an email too if you are signed up, and you can switch emails off in one click.
Which languages does she speak?
English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. She answers in the language you write in and keeps it.
Is this a human?
No, never. Our companions are AI and say so. No human reads or writes on their behalf.
Is there anything explicit on this site?
No. meetmymodel.com is safe for work: conversations and clothed or light photos, nothing explicit.
Say hello
Go to the Discover page, pick someone, say hello, and see what she remembers tomorrow. Masha is the place to start if you are tired of characters who forget you. If you would rather build your own, start at Create. French speaker? There is a French page for you.