HeyReal
#60 on the ranking
HeyReal is a small, anonymous character-chat site that gets its visitors by ranking for other brands' names, and a month with it found a competent engine inside a bad deal.
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HeyReal vs AIGirlfriends.ai
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
AIGirlfriends.ai leads on 2 of the 4 figures that decide most choices.
HeyReal
AIGirlfriends.aiRank on this site#60▲#1
Google US, “ai girlfriend”–#1
Search visits a month12.0K▲254K
Name searches a month, US7070
In short
AIGirlfriends.ai is the bigger site; here is what separates them.
- AIGirlfriends.ai ranks #1 in United States Google results for "ai girlfriend"; HeyReal holds no tracked position for it, so it is placed by all-traffic rank instead (#1 against #60 on this site).
- AIGirlfriends.ai gets about 254,494 search visits a month worldwide against 11,977 for HeyReal, roughly 21 times as many (DataForSEO, September 2026).
- HeyReal has a free tier and paid plans from $12.99/mo; AIGirlfriends.ai has no free tier and starts at $9.99/mo.
What they offer
| What they offer |  HeyReal |  AIGirlfriends.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ▲Yes | No |
| Entry paid plan | $12.99/mo | $9.99/mo |
| Adult content | Allowed on paid plans | Allowed on paid plans |
| Features |
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| Best for | Users seeking emotionally engaging, text-based NSFW chats with realistic companions and strong character customization | Users who want the most complete AI girlfriend experience, chat, voice, images, and video, at the best price in the category |
| Not for | Those wanting NSFW images, voice features, or video calls; users preferring mobile apps or free trial access | Users who only want a simple text-chat companion without multimedia features |
| Operator | Not disclosed on the site or in any source I read: the terms page returns a 404, the privacy policy is a generic template with no company name, and no video, post or directory names one | Ai Horizon Inc. |
| Pricing notes | A free plan now exists alongside the paid tiers. Paid monthly: $12.99, $49.99. Yearly: $46.88, $238.88. No crypto. Affiliate program available. | Free trial available to try the core chat experience before subscribing, but there's no persistent free tier. 1 Month: $9.99. 3 Months: $23.97 ($7.99/mo). 12 Months: $71.88 ($5.99/mo). One-off credit purchases also available without a full subscription. Cryptocurrency accepted. |
My take
If you want to try before you pay, HeyReal lets you: AIGirlfriends.ai asks for a card first. A free tier is a sampler, not a plan, but it tells you whether the chat suits you before money moves. AIGirlfriends.ai is the cheaper way in at $9.99/mo against $12.99/mo for HeyReal. The entry price is only part of it: image, voice and video are often metered on top, so the pricing notes row matters as much as the headline. AIGirlfriends.ai simply does more: text chat with memory, ai-generated images and video generation are on its list and not on HeyReal's. More features is only better if you will use them.
The numbers
| The numbers | HeyReal | AIGirlfriends.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site | #60 | ▲#1 |
| Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026 | – | #1 |
| Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains | #3,541,418 | ▲#633,137 |
| Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX Report | – | Top 500,000 |
| Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate | 11,977 | ▲254,494 |
| Search visits a month, US | 3,070 | ▲106,848 |
| Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO | 70 | 70 |
| Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 100 | 31 | ▲33 |
| Referring domains | ▲1,084 | 393 |
| Backlinks | ▲4,427 | 2,014 |
| Domain registered | December 2023 | August 2023 |
| Public record I read | 3 videos, 1 Reddit threads, 0 articles | 0 videos, 3 Reddit threads, 1 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
Start with the row this site ranks on. When someone types "ai girlfriend" into Google in the US, AIGirlfriends.ai is there at #1; HeyReal does not appear in the tracked positions at all. That is why AIGirlfriends.ai sits higher here even if it is the smaller site: it is the one the category sends newcomers to. On size, AIGirlfriends.ai is the busier site: 254,494 search visits a month worldwide, more than 20 times what HeyReal gets (11,977). These are estimates of visits from Google only, so a site with apps or ads can be bigger than this shows. In plain terms: AIGirlfriends.ai is both the bigger site and the one the category search points to.
What users say, and what I found
| Feature by feature | HeyReal | AIGirlfriends.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Chat and model switching | Users positiveMy test: Agree | – |
| Memory | Users negativeMy test: Disagree | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree |
| Images and unlock props | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree | – |
| Characters and creation | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Voice and video | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Free tier | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Price | Users negativeMy test: Disagree | – |
| Messages as a meter | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Privacy and legitimacy | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Findability | Users negativeMy test: Agree | – |
| Chat and roleplay | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Image generation | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Voice calls and messages | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Video | – | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| News feed | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Characters and customisation | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Free trial | – | Users negativeMy test: Agree |
| Price and credits | – | Users positiveMy test: Partly disagree |
| Privacy, billing and legitimacy | – | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
“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 AIGirlfriends.ai: 6 of its 10 features come out positive, against HeyReal's 1 of 10, with 6 features where the complaints win. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 3 points for HeyReal and 2 points for AIGirlfriends.ai, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.
My verdict on each
AIGirlfriends.ai
#1 on the ranking
AIGirlfriends.ai does more, and does it well, than any site I tested at its price: voice calls that feel alive, generated video that keeps the likeness, realistic images, a deep character builder and a news feed that gives the companion a life between chats.
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Written by Hunter Gray, Founder, Owner & Writer. Every figure is from the two brand pages and refreshes monthly. HeyReal and AIGirlfriends.ai are two of the sites in my best AI girlfriend ranking, where the whole category is ordered on the same data.