LoveCoreAI
#9 on the ranking
LoveCoreAI is a one-developer AI girlfriend and boyfriend app whose owner has put it up for sale, and whose website now recommends its rivals.
Read my full LoveCoreAI 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
Candy AI leads on 4 of the 4 figures that decide most choices.
In short
| What they offer | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ▲Yes | No |
| Entry paid plan | Free | $13.99/mo |
| Adult content | Filtered or limited | Allowed on paid plans |
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| Best for | Users exploring AI companionship for free who want more than a bare-bones chatbot | Users wanting a widely recognized platform with expressive chat and flexible pricing who can tolerate slower response speeds |
| Not for | Regular users who will quickly need voice, images, NSFW depth, or a mobile app | Those who need real-time live calling or a strong free tier to evaluate before paying |
| Operator | Core Tech Logic (company number RO 48978529), per the site's terms | EverAI Limited |
| Pricing notes | Free tier for basic chat confirmed accurate at the time of testing; several sources now describe a $19/month Pro tier layered on top for full memory, unlimited NSFW, and custom companion creation, not independently re-verified. | 1 Month: $13.99. 3 Months: ~$26.97 (~$8.99/mo). 12 Months: ~$47.88 (~$3.99/mo). Tokens (used for voice, images, and video) are included per tier with add-on packs available. Cryptocurrency payments accepted. |
My take
If you want to try before you pay, LoveCoreAI lets you: Candy 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. Candy AI simply does more: nsfw chat and image generation, character customization and voice messages are on its list and not on LoveCoreAI's. More features is only better if you will use them. On adult content they are not the same product: Candy AI allows it on paid plans, LoveCoreAI keeps a filter. Decide that first and half the comparison decides itself.
| The numbers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site | #9 | ▲#5 |
| Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026 | #55 | ▲#11 |
| Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains | #2,343,466 | ▲#12,246 |
| Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX Report | – | Top 10,000 |
| Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate | 1,912 | ▲592,075 |
| Search visits a month, US | 385 | ▲116,063 |
| Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO | 10 | ▲301,000 |
| Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 100 | 17 | ▲76 |
| Referring domains | 878 | ▲4,683 |
| Backlinks | 4,186 | ▲127,630,165 |
| Domain registered | December 2023 | December 2017 |
| Public record I read | 4 videos, 3 Reddit threads, 0 articles | 17 videos, 8 Reddit threads, 10 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. For the search "ai girlfriend" in the US, Candy AI is at #11 and LoveCoreAI at #55, so Candy AI is the one more newcomers find first. Page one is positions 1 to 10; anything past that is traffic you have to earn by name. On size, Candy AI is the busier site: 592,075 search visits a month worldwide, more than 310 times what LoveCoreAI gets (1,912). 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 Candy AI's name, against 10 for LoveCoreAI. 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. Candy AI's Domain Rating of 76 against 17 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. Candy AI is the older domain (2017 against 2023), which counts for something in a category where sites close without notice. In plain terms: Candy AI is both the bigger site and the one the category search points to.
| Feature by feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chat and roleplay | Users mixedMy test: Agree | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Memory | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Image generation | Users mixedMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Voice calls | Users negativeMy test: Disagree | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Characters and customisation | Users positiveMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Free tier | Users positiveMy test: Agree | Users negativeMy test: Agree |
| Price | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Privacy and billing | Users mixedMy test: Agree | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Safety and legitimacy | Users negativeMy test: Agree | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Video ('Live Action') | – | Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree |
| Price and tokens | – | Users negativeMy 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 Candy AI: 4 of its 10 features come out positive, against LoveCoreAI's 2 of 9, with 2 features where the complaints win. Where they split, LoveCoreAI gets the better word on free tier. Candy AI gets it on memory, image generation and safety and legitimacy. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 2 points for LoveCoreAI and 1 point for Candy AI, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.
My verdict on each
LoveCoreAI
#9 on the ranking
LoveCoreAI is a one-developer AI girlfriend and boyfriend app whose owner has put it up for sale, and whose website now recommends its rivals.
Read my full LoveCoreAI analysis →Candy AI
#5 on the ranking
Candy AI is the category's reference point, and after a month with it I understand why.
Read my full Candy AI analysis →More comparisons
Written by Hunter Gray, Founder, Owner & Writer. Every figure is from the two brand pages and refreshes monthly. LoveCoreAI and Candy AI are two of the sites in my best AI girlfriend ranking, where the whole category is ordered on the same data.