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

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HeyReal vs OurDream.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

OurDream.ai leads on 3 of the 4 figures that decide most choices.

HeyReal logoOurDream.ai logo
Rank on this site#60▲#16
Google US, “ai girlfriend”––
Search visits a month12.0K▲301K
Name searches a month, US70▲301K

In short

OurDream.ai is the bigger site; here is what separates them.

  • OurDream.ai gets about 301,181 search visits a month worldwide against 11,977 for HeyReal, roughly 25 times as many (DataForSEO, September 2026).
  • People search for OurDream.ai by name about 301,000 times a month in the US, against 70 for HeyReal.
  • HeyReal has a free tier and paid plans from $12.99/mo; OurDream.ai has no free tier and starts at $19.99/mo.

What they offer

What they offer
What they offerHeyRealOurDream.ai
Free tier▲YesNo
Entry paid plan$12.99/mo$19.99/mo
Adult contentAllowed on paid plansAllowed on paid plans
Features
  • Text-based NSFW chat with adaptive responses
  • Customizable AI companions (realistic/anime styles)
  • Personality and appearance customization
  • Browser-based platform
  • Discord community and email support
  • Affiliate referral program
  • NSFW chat
  • NSFW image generation
  • Seductive voice messages
  • Anime and realistic styles
  • Character customization
  • Browser-based (no app needed)
  • Discord community
Best forUsers seeking emotionally engaging, text-based NSFW chats with realistic companions and strong character customizationUsers wanting seductive voice messages, high-quality NSFW images and chat, and both anime and realistic styles via browser without login gates
Not forThose wanting NSFW images, voice features, or video calls; users preferring mobile apps or free trial accessThose needing live voice or video calls, crypto billing, or a free trial
OperatorNot 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 oneDream Studio USA, Inc. and TEKTOPIA LTD (Cyprus); the iOS app is published by Mindbots LLC
Pricing notesA free plan now exists alongside the paid tiers. Paid monthly: $12.99, $49.99. Yearly: $46.88, $238.88. No crypto. Affiliate program available.1 Month: $19.99. 12 Months: $119.88 ($9.99/mo).

My take

If you want to try before you pay, HeyReal lets you: OurDream.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. HeyReal is the cheaper way in at $12.99/mo against $19.99/mo for OurDream.ai. 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.

The numbers

The numbers
The numbersHeyRealOurDream.ai
Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site#60▲#16
Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026––
Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains#3,541,418▲#11,457
Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX Report–Top 10,000
Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate11,977▲301,181
Search visits a month, US3,070▲98,433
Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO70▲301,000
Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 10031▲71
Referring domains1,084▲4,127
Backlinks4,427▲184,582,893
Domain registeredDecember 2023November 2024
Public record I read3 videos, 1 Reddit threads, 0 articles16 videos, 9 Reddit threads, 11 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, OurDream.ai is the busier site: 301,181 search visits a month worldwide, more than 25 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. Brand searches are the loyalty line: 301,000 people a month type OurDream.ai's name, against 70 for HeyReal. 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. OurDream.ai's Domain Rating of 71 against 31 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. HeyReal is the older domain (2023 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 featureHeyRealOurDream.ai
Chat and model switchingUsers positiveMy test: Agree–
MemoryUsers negativeMy test: DisagreeUsers positiveMy test: Agree
Images and unlock propsUsers mixedMy test: Partly disagree–
Characters and creationUsers mixedMy test: Agree–
Voice and videoUsers negativeMy test: Agree–
Free tierUsers mixedMy test: AgreeUsers negativeMy test: Disagree
PriceUsers negativeMy test: Disagree–
Messages as a meterUsers negativeMy test: Agree–
Privacy and legitimacyUsers negativeMy test: Agree–
FindabilityUsers negativeMy test: Agree–
Chat and roleplay–Users mixedMy test: Agree
Image generation–Users positiveMy test: Agree
Video generation–Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree
Voice–Users mixedMy test: Agree
Characters and creator community–Users positiveMy test: Agree
Price and Dream Coins–Users negativeMy test: Agree
Privacy and billing–Users mixedMy test: Agree
Safety, legitimacy and apps–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 OurDream.ai: 3 of its 10 features come out positive, against HeyReal's 1 of 10, with 6 features where the complaints win. OurDream.ai gets it on memory. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 3 points for HeyReal and 2 points for OurDream.ai, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.

My verdict on each

HeyReal logo

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.

Read my full HeyReal analysis →

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