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 →AI girlfriend sites side by side · Both tested first-hand · Data through September 2026
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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.
In short
| What they offer | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ▲Yes | No |
| Entry paid plan | $12.99/mo | $19.99/mo |
| Adult content | Allowed on paid plans | Allowed on paid plans |
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| Best for | Users seeking emotionally engaging, text-based NSFW chats with realistic companions and strong character customization | Users wanting seductive voice messages, high-quality NSFW images and chat, and both anime and realistic styles via browser without login gates |
| Not for | Those wanting NSFW images, voice features, or video calls; users preferring mobile apps or free trial access | Those needing live voice or video calls, crypto billing, or a free trial |
| 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 | Dream Studio USA, Inc. and TEKTOPIA LTD (Cyprus); the iOS app is published by Mindbots LLC |
| 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. | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 estimate | 11,977 | ▲301,181 |
| Search visits a month, US | 3,070 | ▲98,433 |
| Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO | 70 | ▲301,000 |
| Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 100 | 31 | ▲71 |
| Referring domains | 1,084 | ▲4,127 |
| Backlinks | 4,427 | ▲184,582,893 |
| Domain registered | December 2023 | November 2024 |
| Public record I read | 3 videos, 1 Reddit threads, 0 articles | 16 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.
| Feature by feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chat and model switching | Users positiveMy test: Agree | – |
| Memory | Users negativeMy test: Disagree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| 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 | Users negativeMy test: Disagree |
| 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 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
#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 →OurDream.ai
#16 on the ranking
OurDream AI is the fastest riser I track, and after a month with it I think the rise is earned.
Read my full OurDream.ai analysis →More comparisons
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.