Joyland
#34 on the ranking
Joyland is the budget roleplay platform for people who left Character.AI, and after a month with it I understand both the pull and the leak.
Read my full Joyland 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 | Free | $19.99/mo |
| Adult content | Allowed on paid plans | Allowed on paid plans |
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| Best for | Users wanting variety across character styles and SFW/NSFW modes at a budget-friendly price | Users wanting seductive voice messages, high-quality NSFW images and chat, and both anime and realistic styles via browser without login gates |
| Not for | Users requiring voice interaction, image generation depth, or a native mobile app | Those needing live voice or video calls, crypto billing, or a free trial |
| Operator | Generatively Inc., a Delaware company (the iOS app is published under the name Eldoria Pte. Ltd.) | Dream Studio USA, Inc. and TEKTOPIA LTD (Cyprus); the iOS app is published by Mindbots LLC |
| Pricing notes | Free ad-supported tier with daily credits, Standard at $9.99/month ($107.99/year), Premium at $19.99/month ($191.99/year, unlimited image generation). Browser-based with mobile-responsive design. | 1 Month: $19.99. 12 Months: $119.88 ($9.99/mo). |
My take
If you want to try before you pay, Joyland 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. OurDream.ai simply does more: nsfw chat, nsfw image generation and seductive voice messages are on its list and not on Joyland's. More features is only better if you will use them.
| The numbers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site | #34 | ▲#16 |
| Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026 | – | – |
| Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains | #113,646 | ▲#11,457 |
| Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX Report | Top 100,000 | ▲Top 10,000 |
| Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate | 233,430 | ▲301,181 |
| Search visits a month, US | 58,185 | ▲98,433 |
| Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO | 49,500 | ▲301,000 |
| Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 100 | 44 | ▲71 |
| Referring domains | 2,656 | ▲4,127 |
| Backlinks | 11,972 | ▲184,582,893 |
| Domain registered | April 2023 | November 2024 |
| Public record I read | 8 videos, 3 Reddit threads, 3 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, about the same as Joyland gets (233,430). 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 49,500 for Joyland. 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 44 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. Joyland is the older domain (2023 against 2024), which counts for something in a category where sites close without notice.
| Feature by feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chat and roleplay | Users mixedMy test: Agree | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Memory | Users negativeMy test: Partly disagree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Image generation | Users mixedMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Voice | Users negativeMy test: Agree | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Characters and customisation | Users positiveMy test: Agree | – |
| Content filter | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree | – |
| Free tier | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree | Users negativeMy test: Disagree |
| Price and credits | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Privacy and billing | Users mixedMy test: Agree | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Safety and legitimacy | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Video generation | – | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree |
| Characters and creator community | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Price and Dream Coins | – | Users negativeMy 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 Joyland's 1 of 10, with 2 features where the complaints win. OurDream.ai gets it on memory and image generation. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 3 points for Joyland and 2 points for OurDream.ai, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.
My verdict on each
Joyland
#34 on the ranking
Joyland is the budget roleplay platform for people who left Character.AI, and after a month with it I understand both the pull and the leak.
Read my full Joyland 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. Joyland and OurDream.ai are two of the sites in my best AI girlfriend ranking, where the whole category is ordered on the same data.