What's new on AI Girlfriend Coach
Every review I publish, every update I add to one, every post that goes live. Newest at the top, dated, linked. If you want to know what changed since your last visit, this is the page.
Last updated October 5, 2026
The roster right now
These numbers move every time something shipsOctober 2026
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I created this live page so you can see what's happening on the site and with my posts, all in one place.
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I refreshed the ghosting statistics page with 2025 and 2026 research, plus numbers from our own survey.
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I published a new blog post: I Tested 21 AI Girlfriend Apps. Here's What My Ideal AI Girlfriend Looks Like.
September 2026
- New post
New in my testing journal: I've Paid for AI Girlfriend Apps. Here's What I Check Before Subscribing.
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I added a September 28 entry to my Candy AI review after their privacy policy changed.
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I added eight new 2026 figures to the AI influencer statistics page, including the new AI labeling rules.
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I published a privacy guide: What does your AI girlfriend know about you?
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Seven of my reviews got a September 24 entry with how often Reddit recommends each app: Kindroid, OurDream, Nomi, Candy AI, CrushOn, SpicyChat and GirlfriendGPT.
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I counted the recommendations so you don't have to: the most recommended AI girlfriends on Reddit.
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I published AI companion surveys compared, a living page on where our survey numbers fit next to everyone else's.
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From our survey: why people say no to AI companions, and why there are two very different kinds of no.
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From our survey: the AI infidelity paradox.
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I explained why we excluded 441 responses from our AI survey, and the exact rule we used.
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From our survey: does an AI relationship count as cheating?
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I published the survey follow-up: what 422 AI companion users told us.
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I added our survey results to the AI girlfriend statistics and AI companion statistics pages.
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Crushi and PovChat joined the 7-day memory test, and my Ruby Chat review got the support follow-up after a reinstall wiped my account.
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I published AI Marriage Is Real, about what people marrying their AI companions reveals about the rest of us.
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I opened the research hub and published my editorial policy, corrections policy and affiliate disclosure.
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I published an explainer: China's AI companion ban.
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Our first original research went live: the AI relationship survey, with 2,150 Americans asked about AI relationships.
Earlier
August 2026Started with 7 reviews, added 9 more, published 27 posts, ran the memory and image tests
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I ran the companion chatbot image test: one request, every app, side by side.
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I published what makes a companion chatbot actually good.
- New review
I published my Ruby Chat review, app number fifteen, along with the Replika user statistics.
Roster: 14 → 15 apps reviewed - New review
I published my CrushOn AI review, app number fourteen, plus the 7-day memory test and why they all feel the same at first.
Roster: 13 → 14 apps reviewed - New review
I published my Crushi AI review, app number thirteen, and the looksmaxxing statistics.
Roster: 12 → 13 apps reviewed - Updated
Both of my cards got declined at Character.AI, and Chai got a second paid week.
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I wrote up how AI chat services are priced, from the paid plans I'd bought so far.
- New review
I published my SpicyChat review, app number ten, and the dating app burnout statistics.
Roster: 9 → 10 apps reviewed - New post
I published how VC funding sees the adult content line, a day after the AI companion funding statistics.
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New in my testing journal: 14 things I learned from testing AI companions.
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I published the Gen Z single statistics.
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I published my first week of testing diary and the conversational AI statistics.
- New review
I published my GirlfriendGPT review, app number nine, and the Character AI statistics.
Roster: 8 → 9 apps reviewed - New post
I published the AI mental health statistics.
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Nine statistics pages went up at once, from loneliness to online dating. They're all on the blog.
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The site started here, with my first seven living reviews: Candy AI, Nomi, Replika, Character.AI, Kindroid, Nectar and Chai, plus the AI girlfriend statistics.
Roster: 7 apps reviewed
How this page works: whenever a review, a post or an update goes live, an entry lands here the same day. Small technical fixes don't get one.
Months older than the last two fold into one line, so the page stays short. Want the apps themselves, side by side? That's on my AI girlfriend comparison.