AI companion apps change quickly: a free plan disappears, a price rises, a company files for bankruptcy or a law starts to apply. This section reports those changes in one place so you can see what happened, when it happened and what it means for people who use the apps.
Here is how we handle news:
- Dated and attributed. Every story says when the event happened and who said so: the company's own blog or help center, a regulator, a statute or a reputable news outlet.
- Labelled uncertainty. If a figure comes from a tracker, a law-firm summary or a single report, the story says so. Where sources disagree, we name both.
- No hands-on claims. We do not create accounts or run the features. We describe what official pages show.
- Kept current. Open stories, such as the Character.AI sale and Ofcom's investigation, are re-checked and updated.
The date shown on a story page can differ from the event date, so each story states when the event happened in its opening lines. The largest open story right now is Character.AI's Chapter 11 sale, which the company expects to finish by the end of November or perhaps early December 2026. Laws and age checks are covered for the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
For app facts that do not change with the news cycle, see the ranking of AI girlfriend apps, the pricing overview and our privacy guides.
Start with the app you use
| If you use... | Read |
|---|---|
| Character.AI | Character.AI files for Chapter 11 |
| Kindroid | Kindroid ends its free plan |
| Nomi | Nomi launches video generation |
| SpicyChat | SpicyChat price increase |
| Janitor AI | Janitor AI launches janitor+ |
| An iPhone or Android app | Apple and Google tighten app rules |
| Any app, in the US | US AI companion chatbot laws |
| Any app, in Australia | Australia's age checks |
| Any app, in the UK | The UK 18+ plan |