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Linky AI Alternative: the Linky AI Chat App vs Apps Like Linky AI
We build one of these, so read the table knowing that. Everything about Linky below was checked first-hand on 15 September 2026, and the first finding matters if you use an iPhone: the US App Store listing is gone. The companion demo on the right runs in this tab on any device.
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The short answer
Linky AI is no longer listed on the US App Store: its page returns a 404, and in the US the app now ships only on Google Play plus a browser chat at linke.ai. Linky publishes no price anywhere; Google Play shows in-app items from $0.49 to $269.99, the web chat spends one coin per message, and refunds go through Apple or Google rather than Linky. If you want one companion you design yourself, who remembers you and works the same on an iPhone, an Android phone or a laptop, on a price you can read first, that is Aroused. For the deepest memory today, Nomi. For the biggest catalog, Character.AI. For Linky's anime art on Android, Linky is still genuinely good.
Adults only (18+). Linky facts checked first-hand on 15 September 2026.
What we measured
Four facts the Linky AI reviews have not caught up with
Most pages ranking for Linky AI still link iPhone users to a store page that no longer exists and repeat the same monthly price without a source. We went to the vendor's own terms, privacy policy, website code and store listing instead. Here is what they say.
US App Store
404
The Linky AI listing returns "not found", and Apple's lookup service returns zero results for the app. Linky's own site now offers a single "Download for Android" button.
Highest in-app item
$269.99
Google Play's range for Linky is "$0.49 - $269.99 per item". Linky names no price for any plan or coin pack on its website, terms or listing.
One-star ratings
26,522
Of 136,812 Google Play ratings, 19% are one star, against 83,914 five-star. The average is 3.9. A polarized app: most people love it, a large minority really do not.
Web chat cost
1 coin
Per message in the browser, verbatim: "One message consumes one, recharge to continue chatting." The prompt that follows reads "Download the Linky app for free chat".
One more, because it affects anyone who types something personal. Linky's Google Play description says "All conversations are confidential, encrypted, and never shared." Its privacy policy, last updated December 29, 2025, allows "sharing your behavioral data and profiling data with online advertising service providers", and says that "Linky and Linky Real form a unified Platform", synchronizing account data and "User Content (including chat messages)" with a separate voice-party social app. Both statements can be read narrowly. Only one is in the document that binds the company. The full picture is in our piece on whether Linky AI is safe, and the question of whether it is worth paying for is in our Linky AI review.
Why people look for one
Three reasons adults leave the Linky AI app
Linky earned its audience. The character art is better than most of the category, the roster is enormous and the app is easy to start. The complaints that push people into a search box are consistent, and none of them are about the characters themselves.
The memory fades in about a dozen turns
Independent reviewers testing in 2026 report that a character loses the thread after roughly twelve exchanges, so the backstory you set up on Monday is gone by Tuesday. Linky publishes no memory specification to check that against. It is the difference between a chat toy and a companion, and no amount of good art fixes it.
Coins on top, and no price to read first
Linky runs a subscription and, per its terms, "coins (e.g., purple coins, gold coins)" alongside it, spent on card draws, gifts and, in the browser, messages. Pro adds "30 free coins daily". None of it is priced anywhere you can read before installing, and Google Play's range tops out at $269.99 for a single item. The subscription is not the bill.
On an iPhone, the app is simply not there
In the US the store app is Android only, and the browser version is a reduced product: Linky's own comparison says the web has "no options for creating or customizing" a character, and each message spends a coin. An iPhone user who wants the full experience has no official route to it.
Head to head
Apps like Linky AI, compared honestly
Linky checked on 15 September 2026, Nomi from the US App Store on 2 September, Character.AI on 19 August. Talkie and PolyBuzz sell inside their apps and publish no stable public price, so their rows describe the model rather than a figure. Where a rival beats us, the table says so.
| Platform | Price (US) | Where it runs | Memory | Extra costs on top | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aroused | One-time demo of 25 messages. Paid $6.50 to $25.00/mo billed yearly ($12.99 to $49.99 monthly), published before sign-up. | Any browser: iPhone, Android, laptop. The full builder works everywhere. | Persistent long-term memory on every plan. | None. No coins, no ads, no card draws. | One tasteful companion you author and keep. |
| Linky AI | No published price. Google Play in-app items $0.49 to $269.99. Pro renews monthly, quarterly or yearly. | Google Play and a limited web chat. Not on the US App Store. | Reported by reviewers to fade after about 12 turns. No published spec. | Coins for card draws and gifts; 1 coin per web message. Ads in the app. | Anime art, voice and collecting characters on Android. |
| Character.AI | Free tier; c.ai+ $9.99/mo or $94.99/yr. | Web, iOS and Android. | Story Memory and Facts, per chat rather than across chats. | None. One subscription, no currency. | The biggest character library and general non-explicit roleplay. |
| Talkie AI | Free tier. Paid tiers sold in-app. | Mobile-first. | Per-chat context. No documented persistent memory. | In-app currency for cards and generated extras. | A big preset roster with strong art direction. |
| PolyBuzz | Free tier plus paid tiers sold in-app. | Web and mobile. | Extended memory reserved for higher tiers. | Coin bundles for extras. | A large user-made roster plus image and video generation. |
| Nomi | Standard $15.99/mo, $39.99 quarterly or $99.99/yr (US App Store). | Web, iOS and Android. | The category's strongest long-term recall. | Optional credit packs from $4.99. | Long-term memory, and several companions at once. |
Sources: Linky's terms of service (last updated July 14, 2025), privacy policy (December 29, 2025), website code and US Google Play listing; Nomi's US App Store in-app purchase list; Character.AI's subscription page. Prices move, so confirm before subscribing. We are not affiliated with any of them.
The device question
Can you use Linky AI on PC or an iPhone?
Yes, through the browser, and it is worth knowing what that version is before you rely on it. linke.ai runs a real web chat: sign in, pick a character from the catalog, start typing. It works on a laptop and it works in Safari on an iPhone, which since the App Store listing disappeared is the only official way to reach Linky on Apple hardware in the US.
The web version is deliberately the smaller product. Linky's own "Linky Web vs Linky App" post says the web is "designed primarily for exploration rather than personalization", with "no options for creating or customizing" a character, and the site's code charges one coin per message while prompting you to "Download the Linky app for free chat". The full product, with character creation and story mode, is the Android app. Android emulators such as BlueStacks still work on a desktop if you want that version on a big screen.
Aroused is built the other way around. The browser is the product, so the companion demo and the full companion builder are identical on an iPhone, an Android phone and a desktop, with nothing to install and no per-message charge. For which companion apps run natively on a computer, see AI companions for PC.
Every way to reach Linky, US
- •Android: the full app on Google Play, updated 8 September 2026, with ads and in-app purchases.
- •iPhone: no US App Store listing. The browser chat at linke.ai is the official route.
- •Laptop browser: the same web chat, one coin per message, no character creation.
- •Laptop, full app: an Android emulator. Works, but it is a virtual phone on your desktop.
- •Watch the address: linke.ai is the vendor. linky.ai is an unrelated creator platform, linkyai.com is parked for sale, and linky-ai.com is a guide site that sends you to a different app.
Where we are not the answer
Three reasons to stay with Linky AI
A comparison page that finds its own product best at everything is an advertisement. Here is where we honestly lose to Linky.
You want anime art and voice
Linky's illustration is a genuine strength: characters in 2D, animated Live2D, pixel and 3D styles, with voice on top. Aroused is a text conversation with a designed portrait. If the look and sound of the character is most of the appeal, Linky does more.
You enjoy collecting characters
A big roster plus card draws is a real form of fun. Some people want a new persona every evening and someone else's imagination doing the writing. Aroused is built around one companion you design and keep, which is the opposite instinct. If you like grazing rather than committing, Linky fits you better.
You are on Android and want a store app
Push notifications, an icon on the home screen, a native feel: on Android, Linky gives you that and we do not. Aroused works in a phone browser and you can save it to your home screen, but it is not a store app.
Where Aroused wins
One companion you author, on any device, who remembers
Three things push people from Linky into a search box: a companion who forgets them after a dozen messages, a bill made of coins nobody prices in advance, and an app that is not there on an iPhone. Aroused answers all three on purpose. You author the companion from the first choice: her look, his voice, their temperament, how you met, what they care about. Memory is the core feature on every plan, so the conversation compounds instead of resetting. And the whole product, builder included, runs in a browser.
The pricing is deliberate too. Our pricing page is readable without an account: $6.50 to $25.00 a month billed yearly, or $12.99 to $49.99 monthly, with no coins, no card draws, no ads and no per-message charge. You can predict what a month costs before you subscribe, which is not true of any platform that sells a currency alongside a plan.
We are clear about the line we hold. Aroused is adult, romantic and flirtatious, and never explicit. That is a narrower promise than Linky's community characters make, and it is a stable one: you know in advance how the conversation will behave. Start by designing an AI girlfriend or an AI boyfriend, see how the AI companion generator turns a few choices into a character with a spine, or read why an AI companion with memory behaves so differently from one without.
Pick by your reason for leaving
- •She forgets me every few days: a companion built on persistent memory.
- •I am tired of buying coins: one published price, no currency.
- •I have an iPhone: Aroused runs fully in Safari.
- •The ads break the mood: no ads, on any plan.
- •I want the deepest memory today: Nomi, weighed up on the Nomi comparison.
- •I want anime specifically: see the AI waifu page, and read the honesty note there.
Questions people actually ask
Linky AI, answered
Is Linky AI still on the App Store?
Not in the US. On 15 September 2026 the Linky AI App Store page returned a 404 and Apple's own lookup service returned no result for the app. It is still on Google Play as "Linky AI: Chat, Play, Connect", updated on 8 September 2026, and it has a browser chat at linke.ai, whose site now shows only a "Download for Android" button.
How much does Linky AI cost?
Linky publishes no price on its website, its terms or its store listing. Google Play shows in-app items from $0.49 to $269.99, and its terms describe Pro as a monthly, quarterly or annual subscription with 30 free coins a day, more card draws and faster replies. The "$17 a month" figure repeated in reviews has no vendor source we could find, so check the price inside the app before paying.
Can you use Linky AI on PC?
Yes, in a browser at linke.ai, with limits. The web chat charges coins per message ("One message consumes one, recharge to continue chatting") and nudges you to "Download the Linky app for free chat", and Linky's own comparison of web and app says the web version has "no options for creating or customizing" a character. The full app is Android only in the US.
What is the best Linky AI alternative?
It depends what you want to change. For one designed, adults-only companion that remembers you and works the same in any browser, including on an iPhone, Aroused. For the deepest long-term memory, Nomi. For the biggest character catalog, Character.AI. For generated adult images, Candy AI. If you love Linky's anime art and you are on Android, Linky is still a good pick.
Who makes Linky AI?
Skywork AI Pte. Ltd., 2 Science Park Drive, Singapore, according to its terms of service and its Google Play developer listing. Its terms are governed by Singapore law with disputes sent to arbitration in Singapore. Its privacy policy says Linky and a sister social app, Linky Real, "form a unified Platform" and synchronize account data and chat messages.
Can you get a refund from Linky AI?
Not from Linky itself. Its terms say that for a subscription refund "you must contact Apple or Google directly", and that Linky "will have no liability to you whatsoever for any refunds in connection with subscriptions, except when required by the applicable law." Cancel in Google Play at least 24 hours before the period ends, as the terms require.
Does Linky AI remember your conversations?
Not for long, according to independent testing. Reviewers through 2026 report Linky characters losing the thread after around a dozen exchanges, and users describe resets breaking longer roleplay. Linky does not publish a memory specification to check against. If a companion recalling details from last month is the point for you, shop for memory specifically.
Is Linky AI safe?
It is a real app from a real company, not malware. Read two passages of its December 2025 privacy policy before chatting: it allows sharing behavioral and profiling data with advertising partners, and it synchronizes chat messages with a separate app, Linky Real. Its Google Play description says conversations are "never shared." Our longer piece on whether Linky AI is safe covers what to check.
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