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

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MyDreamCompanion vs JOI

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 3 of the 4 figures that decide most choices.

MyDreamCompanion logoJOI logo
Rank on this site#20▲#19
Google US, “ai girlfriend”––
Search visits a month800▲34.0K
Name searches a month, US6.6K▲33.1K

In short

JOI is the bigger site; here is what separates them.

  • JOI gets about 34,016 search visits a month worldwide against 800 for MyDreamCompanion, roughly 43 times as many (DataForSEO, September 2026).
  • People search for JOI by name about 33,100 times a month in the US, against 6,600 for MyDreamCompanion.
  • MyDreamCompanion has a free tier and paid plans from Free; JOI has no free tier and starts at $13.99/mo.
  • MyDreamCompanion allows adult content on paid plans; JOI filters or limits it.

What they offer

What they offer
What they offerMyDreamCompanionJOI
Free tier▲YesNo
Entry paid planFree$13.99/mo
Adult contentAllowed on paid plansFiltered or limited
Features
  • Deep companion character creation
  • Personality and appearance customization
  • NSFW chat capability
  • AI image generation (character-matched)
  • AI girlfriend chat
  • Image generation
  • Flexible pricing tiers
Best forUsers who want a companion built around their specific preferences rather than a generic characterUsers seeking image generation and AI companion features at a budget-friendly price point
Not forUsers requiring voice calls, a mobile app, or very deep long-term episodic memoryUsers who need extensive community resources or detailed feature documentation before committing
OperatorMiracle AI UG (haftungsbeschränkt), commercial register HRB 231497, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg; directors Makszim Rimarcsuk and Jonas GaebelJOI 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 notesA free tier now covers core features. Premium runs $11.99/month (about $5.84/month billed annually, $69.99/year), and a new Ultimate tier runs $44.99/month (about $24.99/month billed annually, $299.88/year) with a larger coin allowance for image and video generation. Browser-based access.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, MyDreamCompanion 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. On adult content they are not the same product: MyDreamCompanion allows it on paid plans, JOI keeps a filter. Decide that first and half the comparison decides itself.

The numbers

The numbers
The numbersMyDreamCompanionJOI
Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site#20▲#19
Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026––
Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains#36,055▲#31,348
Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX ReportTop 500,000▲Top 50,000
Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate800▲34,016
Search visits a month, US480▲12,053
Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO6,600▲33,100
Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 10058▲64
Referring domains2,457▲2,966
Backlinks▲1,360,31062,387
Domain registeredMarch 2024July 2003
Public record I read1 videos, 7 Reddit threads, 0 articles10 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

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, JOI is the busier site: 34,016 search visits a month worldwide, more than 45 times what MyDreamCompanion gets (800). 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 6,600 for MyDreamCompanion. 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 is the older domain (2003 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 featureMyDreamCompanionJOI
Chat and roleplayUsers mixedMy test: AgreeUsers mixedMy test: Agree
Memory and continuityUsers mixedMy test: Partly disagree–
Characters and scenariosUsers positiveMy test: Agree–
Character creationUsers positiveMy test: Agree–
Image generationUsers mixedMy test: Agree–
Video, 'Dream Cams' and episodesUsers mixedMy test: Partly disagree–
VoiceUsers negativeMy test: DisagreeUsers mixedMy test: Disagree
Free tier and Dream CoinsUsers mixedMy test: Partly disagree–
PriceUsers positiveMy test: Agree–
Privacy, billing and legitimacyUsers positiveMy test: Agree–
Model switching–Users positiveMy test: Agree
Memory–Users mixedMy test: Partly disagree
Images and Dream Clips–Users mixedMy test: Agree
Characters and customisation–Users positiveMy test: Agree
Free tier–Users negativeMy test: Agree
Price and neurons–Users negativeMy test: Agree
Privacy and billing–Users mixedMy test: Disagree
Safety and legitimacy–Users mixed

“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 MyDreamCompanion: 4 of its 10 features come out positive, against JOI's 2 of 10, with 2 features where the complaints win. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 4 points for MyDreamCompanion and 3 points for JOI, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.

My verdict on each

MyDreamCompanion logo

MyDreamCompanion

#20 on the ranking

MyDreamCompanion is a deep deck of adult scenario cards with a cheap annual plan, and after a month with it that is both the compliment and the limit.

Read my full MyDreamCompanion analysis →
JOI logo

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 →

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