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AI girlfriend sites side by side · Both tested first-hand · Data through September 2026

BabeChat logovsJOI logo

BabeChat vs JOI

I bought a membership on both and tested each for a month. What they offer, their measured numbers and what their users say, next to each other, with my verdict on each at the end.

The scoreboard

JOI leads on 2 of the 4 figures that decide most choices.

BabeChat logoJOI logo
Rank on this site#28▲#19
Google US, “ai girlfriend”––
Search visits a month▲188K34.0K
Name searches a month, US480▲33.1K

In short

BabeChat is the bigger site; here is what separates them.

  • BabeChat gets about 188,289 search visits a month worldwide against 34,016 for JOI, roughly 5.5 times as many (DataForSEO, September 2026).
  • People search for JOI by name about 33,100 times a month in the US, against 480 for BabeChat.
  • BabeChat has no free tier and starts at Coin-based; JOI has no free tier and starts at $13.99/mo.
  • BabeChat allows adult content on paid plans; JOI filters or limits it.

What they offer

What they offer
What they offerBabeChatJOI
Free tierNoNo
Entry paid planCoin-based$13.99/mo
Adult contentAllowed on paid plansFiltered or limited
Features
  • NSFW text chat with roleplay capabilities
  • Anime-style character selection
  • Character customization (visual appearance)
  • Mobile app access
  • Discord community support
  • AI girlfriend chat
  • Image generation
  • Flexible pricing tiers
Best forUsers seeking anime-style flirty chat with minimal commitment via a pay-per-use coin modelUsers seeking image generation and AI companion features at a budget-friendly price point
Not forUsers wanting realistic visuals, NSFW images, voice or call functionality, or personality depthUsers who need extensive community resources or detailed feature documentation before committing
OperatorEleven Co., Ltd. (주식회사 일레븐), business registration 291-88-02960, as the site's footer states; a Korean startup database lists the company as BabeChat Inc. with Lee Gwan-hyung as chief executiveJOI AI (as the site's footer puts it); one third-party review names JOI-AI Limited, a UK-registered company, which the site itself does not confirm
Pricing notesCoin-only model, pay per interaction. No monthly subscriptions. No free tier. No crypto payments.1 Month: $13.99. 3 Months: $20.99 (~$7/mo). 12 Months: $47.99 (~$4/mo). Premium adds image generation and a limited video generation allowance (5 free clips/month, extra via Neurons).

My take

Neither has a real free tier, so you are choosing on price and features from the start. BabeChat simply does more: nsfw text chat with roleplay capabilities, anime-style character selection and character customization (visual appearance) are on its list and not on JOI's. More features is only better if you will use them. On adult content they are not the same product: BabeChat allows it on paid plans, JOI keeps a filter. Decide that first and half the comparison decides itself.

The numbers

The numbers
The numbersBabeChatJOI
Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site#28▲#19
Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026––
Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains#83,019▲#31,348
Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX ReportTop 50,000Top 50,000
Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate▲188,28934,016
Search visits a month, US14▲12,053
Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO480▲33,100
Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 10030▲64
Referring domains262▲2,966
Backlinks3,109▲62,387
Domain registeredMay 2024July 2003
Public record I read2 videos, 7 Reddit threads, 0 articles10 videos, 1 Reddit threads, 6 articles

The better value in each row is marked in green. Search visits and brand searches are DataForSEO estimates; Tranco and Chrome UX tiers are ranks, not visit counts.

My take

None of these ranks in the tracked positions for "ai girlfriend", so their places on this site come from all-traffic rank, and their visitors arrive by name, by ads or from app stores rather than from the category search. On size, BabeChat is the busier site: 188,289 search visits a month worldwide, about 6 times what JOI gets (34,016). These are estimates of visits from Google only, so a site with apps or ads can be bigger than this shows. Brand searches are the loyalty line: 33,100 people a month type JOI's name, against 480 for BabeChat. A name people type on purpose is a site they come back to; a site with lots of visits and few brand searches is living on rankings it could lose. Tranco tells a slightly different story: it counts every visit, not only search, and there JOI comes out ahead (#31,348 against #83,019). When search and all-traffic disagree, the site that wins on Tranco has an audience that does not come through Google. JOI's Domain Rating of 64 against 30 means far more sites link to it, which is what keeps rankings stable; the weaker link profile is the one more likely to move, up or down, when Google reshuffles. JOI is the older domain (2003 against 2024), which counts for something in a category where sites close without notice.

What users say, and what I found

Feature by feature
Feature by featureBabeChatJOI
Chat and roleplayUsers mixedMy test: Partly disagreeUsers mixedMy test: Agree
Story Mode and emotion artUsers positiveMy test: Agree–
Memory and lorebooksUsers mixedMy test: Agree–
ImagesUsers mixedMy test: Agree–
VoiceUsers negativeMy test: AgreeUsers mixedMy test: Disagree
Characters and creatorsUsers positiveMy test: Agree–
Free allowanceUsers negativeMy test: Disagree–
Price and ProChatUsers mixedMy test: Agree–
Privacy and billingUsers positiveMy test: AgreeUsers mixedMy test: Disagree
Safety and content rulesUsers mixedMy test: Partly disagree–
Apps and languagesUsers positiveMy test: Agree–
Model switching–Users positiveMy test: Agree
Memory–Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree
Images and Dream Clips–Users mixedMy test: Agree
Characters and customisation–Users positiveMy test: Agree
Free tier–Users negativeMy test: Agree
Price and neurons–Users negativeMy test: Agree
Safety and legitimacy–Users mixed

“Users” is the balance of the YouTube reviews, Reddit threads and articles read for each brand page; “my test” is whether my own month on the site agreed with them.

My take

Users are happier with BabeChat: 4 of its 11 features come out positive, against JOI's 2 of 10, with 2 features where the complaints win. Where they split, BabeChat gets the better word on privacy and billing. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 3 points for BabeChat and 3 points for JOI, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.

My verdict on each

BabeChat logo

BabeChat

#28 on the ranking

BabeChat is a Korean story platform with an English door that opened nine days ago, and after a month with it I would call it a good story app and a poor fit for the AI girlfriend label.

Read my full BabeChat analysis →
JOI logo

JOI

#19 on the ranking

Joi is the loudest newcomer in the category, and after a month with it the product is better than the marketing deserves.

Read my full JOI analysis →

Written by Hunter Gray, Founder, Owner & Writer. Every figure is from the two brand pages and refreshes monthly. BabeChat and JOI are two of the sites in my best AI girlfriend ranking, where the whole category is ordered on the same data.