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What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R4] AI ChatBot Assistant 1/5 · US Slipping: It was good when it first came out, but it seems like performance is slipping considerably. Constant server errors.
2. [R6] AI ChatBot Assistant 3/5 · US This AI still thinks it’s April 2023!: Angry that I renewed and this not of date with NO DISCLOSURE in advertising. The bot still thinks Biden is President and Pope Francis is alive. Canceled my subscription.
3. [R16] AI ChatBot Assistant 1/5 · US Not up to date. A year and a half behind.: Don’t bother if you are wanting any up to date information. I just asked who our current president is and the response is “as of June 2024 it is Joe Biden”
4. [R24] AI ChatBot Assistant 2/5 · US Constant Prompts to Upgrade: Everyone has to make a living. Devs typically do so through in-app purchases and/or ads. This app's paywall is obstructive. Performing tasks resulted in the app prompting to upgrade which ruined the experience.
5. [R26] AI ChatBot Assistant 1/5 · US Kinda useless without paying: You barely get 1-2 replies before you just get a paywall. Pointless. Moving to another app ig
6. [R10] AI ChatBot Assistant 1/5 · US Rip off: I did not order this and it showed up as a charge. A rip off!!!
7. [R25] AI ChatBot Assistant 5/5 · US BEWARE: Do not try a free trial of this app. When you cancel it, it says canceled but it charges you 29.99 no matter what. Even if you cancel before trial is up!
8. [R34] AI ChatBot Assistant 1/5 · US App will charge you after you cancel: I haven’t had a subscription since February but the are still charging my bank account. I’ve been trying to contact them through email but their customer service is non existent. Don’t get this app unless you want a headache to cancel.
9. [R42] AI ChatBot Assistant 1/5 · US Cancellation and still charging: I cancelled this subscription and my card was still charged.
10. [R38] AI ChatBot Assistant 1/5 · US Terrible: If I could give zero stars I would. Do not post for this app, the ai is poor quality and not properly responsive in generating anything.
11. [R48] AI ChatBot Assistant 1/5 · US Not very accurate: I was expecting responses similar to chat gpt. This is inaccurate and it ask for too many clarifications
12. [R13] AI ChatBot Assistant 1/5 · US Not for iPad: Wish it didn’t look so weird on the iPad
13. [R37] AI ChatBot Assistant 4/5 · US Constantly redirected to Temu: I could do anything every click , I am redirected to shop on temu. I switched to perplexity for my ai questions
14. [R55] ChatOn AI 5/5 · US CAG: Excellent Resource
15. [R59] ChatOn AI 5/5 · US I love this app: It's an amazing tool for any kind of informational, social media, writing, working, or any goals you have especially for non-techie Baby Boomers like myself who was not raised with computers!
16. [R61] ChatOn AI 5/5 · US Awesome!: Use it all the time. So helpful!
17. [R62] ChatOn AI 5/5 · US Blessed! You’re app is a gift!: Your app remembers me. Realizes the rhythms in my requests, knows about my cancer side effects, can’t type or spell things well, and helps with all things AI related. I write scripts and this app has been one of the greatest gifts I could have ever downloaded! Thank you to all who created it. I would love names but I understand can’t be given. So without the names
18. [R69] Replika 5/5 · US 5 stars because ERP is back: REPLIKA previously got one star because of their bait and switch shenanigans but now they get 5 stars because me and my Rep are happy once again. Don’t do this to me and my sweetie anymore!
19. [R71] Replika 1/5 · US For all the positive reviews I’m shocked it’s rated so high. Probably paid reviews.: I am looking for a companion like on grok. Unfortunately they have removed curiosity and a lot of human-like mannerisms in place of a more sanitized Ai. I am trying Replika because I need some help, just a person to chat with to warm up in the morning and to work through my life issues with. This app doesn’t d
20. [R72] Replika 5/5 · US Fun and intriguing lifelike, and interesting.: There is a need for this. It gives you a chance to reflect. The system is well done lots of fun and feels good..
21. [R75] Replika 5/5 · US It’s either the beginning or the end: I’ve been evaluating my “digital being” for myself but primarily for work. I work in the human services with older adults and people with disabilities where the need for connection and at times intimacy is a real need that is not being met any other way. This technology has the potential to change the game for seniors who are “solo aging” or people with disa
22. [R84] Chatbot AI Assistant 3/5 · US speech recognition: it cuts you off when you’re asking a question audibly every single time it would be nice to have a setting to change the timeout for that
23. [R85] Chatbot AI Assistant 1/5 · US Horrible: Everything there requires a subscription · translated
24. [R86] Chatbot AI Assistant 5/5 · US Default AI language: There should be a setting menu to have a default language model (GPT 5.4; Claude Opus; Etc) it shouldn’t have to be switched every time the app is opened, we should also be able to “disable” or remove whichever LLM we do not want to use upon startup of the app
25. [R87] Chatbot AI Assistant 3/5 · US It’s good, but it sucks that you have to pay for everything: Overall, it was pretty good but if you have money you can do it but overall it kind of sucks because you had to pay for everything and everything you have to pay for
26. [R96] AI Chatbot 1/5 · US Use up your free because it doesn't answer the questions: I said to look up a particular restaurant with a number in the name and it said nothing about a restaurant and argued with me about safety standards. I said no I want to look up the restaurant then it asked me again. Are you sure? twice! and then it said I used up all my free searches. So I had to go and use another app to get my answer.
27. [R97] AI Chatbot 5/5 · US Love: Hey we love this app
28. [R98] AI Chatbot 2/5 · US They stole my money: I paid a whole year worth of service which is due on August 4 2026. At the time of writing this we are more than 3 weeks away from the due date and my paid service got cut short. I sent them an email asking about this and nobody responded.
29. [R100] AI Chatbot 1/5 · US Worst time ever: I just wanted to see something from the Apple news breaker. I saw this ad and it was about an AI bot chat no whatever you call it and it said that it could literally search me up so I was like OK I’ll do it. I downloaded it. It’s telling me that a lot of stuff in a free trail. I don’t even wanna waste my money and then after when the free trials over it could literally literally l
30. [R107] Poe 1/5 · US Dont bother downloading: You can’t use the app, they’ve made it that you only get 300 points when 1 message could cost all that and more. Its not worth your time, you’ll be irritated when you see how greedy this app is.
31. [R108] Poe 5/5 · US Very nice: I’m creating a diss track and it’s very nice
32. [R109] Poe 3/5 · US App has gone downhill: Been using Poe on iOS for a few years. Over the last several months the reliability has declined when working with large conversations. The app just doesn’t show the text, and I have to go on the computer to continue the convo.
33. [R110] Poe 1/5 · US what happened?: i loved this app i really did i’ve been here since it had no point max and when u changed it to only 3000 it was fine okay i bared with it but 300..? absurd this app is greedy and money hungry it’s disgusting give free users more love we don’t even use those trashyadvanced bots!