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
JOI leads on 2 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 | Filtered or limited |
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| Best for | Users exploring AI companionship for free who want more than a bare-bones chatbot | Users seeking image generation and AI companion features at a budget-friendly price point |
| Not for | Regular users who will quickly need voice, images, NSFW depth, or a mobile app | Users who need extensive community resources or detailed feature documentation before committing |
| Operator | Core Tech Logic (company number RO 48978529), per the site's terms | JOI AI (as the site's footer puts it); one third-party review names JOI-AI Limited, a UK-registered company, which the site itself does not confirm |
| 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: $20.99 (~$7/mo). 12 Months: $47.99 (~$4/mo). Premium adds image generation and a limited video generation allowance (5 free clips/month, extra via Neurons). |
My take
If you want to try before you pay, LoveCoreAI lets you: JOI 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.
| The numbers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site | ▲#9 | #19 |
| Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026 | #55 | – |
| Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains | #2,343,466 | ▲#31,348 |
| Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX Report | – | Top 50,000 |
| Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate | 1,912 | ▲34,016 |
| Search visits a month, US | 385 | ▲12,053 |
| Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO | 10 | ▲33,100 |
| Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 100 | 17 | ▲64 |
| Referring domains | 878 | ▲2,966 |
| Backlinks | 4,186 | ▲62,387 |
| Domain registered | December 2023 | July 2003 |
| Public record I read | 4 videos, 3 Reddit threads, 0 articles | 10 videos, 1 Reddit threads, 6 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, LoveCoreAI is there at #55; JOI does not appear in the tracked positions at all. That is why LoveCoreAI sits higher here even if it is the smaller site: it is the one the category sends newcomers to. On size, JOI is the busier site: 34,016 search visits a month worldwide, more than 20 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: 33,100 people a month type JOI'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. JOI's Domain Rating of 64 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. JOI is the older domain (2003 against 2023), which counts for something in a category where sites close without notice. In plain terms: JOI is bigger, LoveCoreAI is 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 mixedMy test: Partly disagree |
| Image generation | Users mixedMy test: Agree | – |
| Voice calls | Users negativeMy test: Disagree | – |
| 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: Disagree |
| Safety and legitimacy | Users negativeMy test: Agree | Users mixed |
| Model switching | – | Users positiveMy test: Agree |
| Images and Dream Clips | – | Users mixedMy test: Agree |
| Voice | – | Users mixedMy test: Disagree |
| Price and neurons | – | 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 rate them about the same: 2 of 9 features positive for LoveCoreAI and 2 of 10 features positive for JOI. Where they split, LoveCoreAI gets the better word on free tier. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 2 points for LoveCoreAI and 3 points for JOI, 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 →JOI
#19 on the ranking
Joi is the loudest newcomer in the category, and after a month with it the product is better than the marketing deserves.
Read my full JOI analysis →More comparisons
Written by Hunter Gray, Founder, Owner & Writer. Every figure is from the two brand pages and refreshes monthly. LoveCoreAI and JOI are two of the sites in my best AI girlfriend ranking, where the whole category is ordered on the same data.