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

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Yodayo 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

Yodayo leads on 2 of the 4 figures that decide most choices.

Yodayo logoJOI logo
Rank on this site#22▲#19
Google US, “ai girlfriend”––
Search visits a month▲147K34.0K
Name searches a month, US▲49.5K33.1K

In short

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

  • Yodayo gets about 147,476 search visits a month worldwide against 34,016 for JOI, roughly 4.3 times as many (DataForSEO, September 2026).
  • People search for Yodayo by name about 49,500 times a month in the US, against 33,100 for JOI.
  • Yodayo has a free tier and paid plans from Free; JOI has no free tier and starts at $13.99/mo.

What they offer

What they offer
What they offerYodayoJOI
Free tier▲YesNo
Entry paid planFree$13.99/mo
Adult contentFiltered or limitedFiltered or limited
Features
  • Anime AI art generation
  • AI companion chat with anime personas
  • Social community with sharing
  • Community character discovery
  • AI girlfriend chat
  • Image generation
  • Flexible pricing tiers
Best forAnime fans wanting a creative AI art platform with companion chat in a social community contextUsers seeking image generation and AI companion features at a budget-friendly price point
Not forUsers wanting a traditional AI girlfriend experience, voice calls, or no creative/social elementsUsers who need extensive community resources or detailed feature documentation before committing
OperatorMoe AI Limited (the same company runs Moescape)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 notesFree plan with starting Mochi credits, then Plus $9.99/mo, Pro $14.99/mo, or Premium $29.99/mo. Browser-based creative and companion platform.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, Yodayo 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

The numbers
The numbersYodayoJOI
Rank on this siteOn the combined data gathered for every site#22▲#19
Google US rank, “ai girlfriend”DataForSEO ranked keywords, September 2026––
Tranco rank, all domainsAll-traffic rank among the top million domains#42,634▲#31,348
Chrome UX tierGoogle Chrome UX ReportTop 50,000Top 50,000
Search visits a month, worldwideDataForSEO estimate▲147,47634,016
Search visits a month, US▲17,97012,053
Brand searches a month, USGoogle Ads data via DataForSEO▲49,50033,100
Domain RatingDomain Rating by Ahrefs, out of 10053▲64
Referring domains▲3,7172,966
Backlinks▲198,03962,387
Domain registeredSeptember 2022July 2003
Public record I read5 videos, 7 Reddit threads, 1 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, Yodayo is the busier site: 147,476 search visits a month worldwide, about 4 times what JOI gets (34,016). 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: 49,500 people a month type Yodayo's name, against 33,100 for JOI. 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. Tranco tells a slightly different story: it counts every visit, not only search, and there JOI comes out ahead (#31,348 against #42,634). When search and all-traffic disagree, the site that wins on Tranco has an audience that does not come through Google. JOI is the older domain (2003 against 2022), which counts for something in a category where sites close without notice.

What users say, and what I found

Feature by feature
Feature by featureYodayoJOI
Chat and roleplay (Tavern)Users mixedMy test: Agree–
MemoryUsers mixedMy test: Partly disagreeUsers mixedMy test: Partly disagree
Image generationUsers positiveMy test: Agree–
VoiceUsers mixedMy test: AgreeUsers mixedMy test: Disagree
Model choice and settingsUsers positiveMy test: Agree–
Characters and customisationUsers positiveMy test: AgreeUsers positiveMy test: Agree
Free tierUsers mixedMy test: AgreeUsers negativeMy test: Agree
Price and MochiUsers mixedMy test: Agree–
Content filter and the two-site splitUsers mixedMy test: Agree–
Privacy and legitimacyUsers mixedMy test: Agree–
Chat and roleplay–Users mixedMy test: Agree
Model switching–Users positiveMy test: Agree
Images and Dream Clips–Users mixedMy 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 rate them about the same: 3 of 10 features positive for Yodayo and 2 of 10 features positive for JOI. My own month did not always match the crowd: I disagreed with users on 1 point for Yodayo and 3 points for JOI, and each disagreement is spelled out on the brand page.

My verdict on each

Yodayo logo

Yodayo

#22 on the ranking

Yodayo is the NSFW half of a two-site anime platform, and after a month with it I would judge it as a power user's chat with a first-class generator attached.

Read my full Yodayo 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. Yodayo and JOI are two of the sites in my best AI girlfriend ranking, where the whole category is ordered on the same data.