Guides
Guides
Short, dated answers to the questions people ask us most, with sources.
Step by step
Export from Character.AI
How to export your Character.AI characters and chats
How to request your Character.AI data export, copy the characters and personas you made, keep your chats and recreate a character. Checked November 2026.
Updated November 5, 2026
Character.AI bankruptcy
The Character.AI bankruptcy: what happens to your chats and characters
Character.AI's Chapter 11 in plain words: what Disney's bid covers, the sale dates, what happens to your chats and data, and what to do now. November 2026.
Updated November 5, 2026
Book boyfriend AI
Book boyfriend AI: your morally grey, golden retriever or fae prince
Find your book boyfriend type in Nodera's original men, from morally grey to golden retriever to fae prince, or build your own. Hear him, then get a free 5 minute story.
Updated November 5, 2026
Build with your own AI
How to build an AI character with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini
Step by step: use ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini to write a Nodera character for free, and recreate a character you wrote on Character.AI or JanitorAI.
Updated November 5, 2026
How Nodera works
Free audio romance
Like Quinn or Dipsea, but the story is written for you
Looking for an app like Quinn or Dipsea, but free? Compare prices, voices and sapphic stories, and hear a free 5 minute romance written around you.
Updated November 5, 2026
Sapphic romance · 18+
Sapphic romance, told by her
Sapphic audio romance told by her, in first person, to you. Seven original women, all adults: pick who she is and how hot, hear her first, then talk to her after.
Updated November 5, 2026
Free AI girlfriend
Free AI girlfriend: what you really get for free
What a free AI girlfriend really includes in November 2026: Nodera, Candy.ai, CrushOn, Kindroid, Nomi, Replika and JanitorAI compared, with sources and dates.
Updated November 5, 2026
Pictures and voice
An AI girlfriend with pictures and voice
See your moments with her in pictures, animate them, unlock her gallery as you get closer and hear her replies in 22 voices. Free daily credits, adults 18+.
Updated November 5, 2026
Create your own
Create your own AI girlfriend, free
Make your own AI girlfriend in minutes: pick the bond, her personality, her world and her look, or let ChatGPT write her. Free daily credits, adults 18+.
Updated November 5, 2026
Memory
An AI girlfriend with memory that lasts, and its honest limits
How Nodera's memory works: what she reads word for word, what she saves about you, what she forgets, and how it compares with Character.AI, Replika and Nomi.
Updated November 5, 2026
Safety and privacy
Is Nodera safe and private? What we store, and what we never do
Who can see your Nodera chats, what we store and why, why nobody can make pictures from your photo, how characters keep a no, and how to delete everything.
Updated November 5, 2026
Adult content
Adult AI roleplay on Nodera: what 18+ allows, and what it never does
What adults may do on Nodera, what is never allowed, how age is confirmed, and how ChatGPT, Character.AI, JanitorAI and Candy.ai compare, as of November 2026.
Updated November 5, 2026
Coming from another app
Character.AI alternative
A Character.AI alternative for adults
A free Character.AI alternative for adults: characters that remember you, mature roleplay within safety rules, 500 credits a day, plus the sale status.
Updated November 5, 2026
Janitor AI alternative
A Janitor AI alternative that needs no proxy or API key
A Janitor AI alternative with no proxy or API key: lasting memory, pictures, voice replies and audio stories, plus Nodera's limits and where Janitor wins.
Updated November 5, 2026
SpicyChat alternative
A SpicyChat alternative where memory and pictures are not upgrades
A SpicyChat AI alternative: the free tier, waiting lines, 4K context, the September 2026 price rise, and what Nodera includes free.
Updated November 5, 2026
CrushOn AI alternative
A CrushOn AI alternative with free credits every day
A CrushOn AI alternative: monthly credits, the 7 day chat deletion rule, plan prices, and Nodera's free credits that refill every day.
Updated November 5, 2026
Chub AI alternative
A Chub AI alternative for when you are done managing keys
A Chub AI alternative: what Chub's card hub and own key support do better, what its $20 Mars plan costs, and what Nodera includes free.
Updated November 5, 2026
Sakura.fm alternative
A Sakura.fm alternative where memory is not a paid plan
A Sakura.fm alternative: its daily message limit, what Diamond and Infinite add, card imports, and Nodera's free daily credits and memory.
Updated November 5, 2026
Replika alternative
A Replika alternative for adults who want more than one companion
A Replika alternative for adults: many characters instead of one, romance without a subscription, lasting memory, 500 free credits a day.
Updated November 5, 2026
Kindroid alternative
A Kindroid alternative now that the free plan is gone
Kindroid ended its free plan on October 1, 2026. What changed, where Kindroid still wins, and Nodera's 500 free credits a day.
Updated November 5, 2026
Nomi alternative
A Nomi alternative, and an honest look at what Nomi does better
Nomi keeps a free plan of 50 messages a day, with calls and group chats on Standard. How it compares with Nodera's free rooms, stories and pictures.
Updated November 5, 2026
Candy AI alternative
A Candy AI alternative that starts free, every day
Candy AI gives free users 5 messages. Nodera gives adults 500 free credits a day, about 100 messages, and 800+ characters. Tokens versus credits, compared.
Updated November 5, 2026
Chai alternative
A Chai alternative that works in your phone's browser
Chai left the iPhone App Store on October 22, 2026. Compare its pieces, prices and memory with Nodera, which runs in Safari or Chrome with free daily credits.
Updated November 5, 2026
Talkie alternative
A Talkie alternative for adults, with no ads
Talkie caps free chat, shows ads and syncs only recent chats on the free plan. Compare its rules, prices and voice calls with Nodera, free for adults 18+.
Updated November 5, 2026
PolyBuzz alternative
A PolyBuzz alternative without ads or a memory upgrade
PolyBuzz left the iPhone App Store on October 15, 2026. Compare its ads, memory and prices with Nodera: no ads, free daily credits, works in your browser.
Updated November 5, 2026
Apps like Love and Deepspace
Apps like Love and Deepspace, for when you want to talk to him
Love and Deepspace is a 3D otome game. If what you want is to talk to a male lead freely and hear his voice in stories written around you, here is Nodera.
Updated November 5, 2026
Try Nodera free
500 free credits every day, no card, for adults 18 and over.