u/Forward-Joke-6289

I have been trying out ALL kinds of different ai apps but none of them satisfy me the way Chai has.

Emochi, character ai, dobble ai, spicy chat, talkie, poly buzz, dootchie, doki chat, sea soul ai, fiction lab, his waifu, the list goes on...

All of these apps (no offense !!) Are repetive and boring. There id too much happening- too much customization, personas and world building to the point it feels like I am writing my own novel and lorenook instead of just role-playing. Chai was short, pure nsfw and straight to the point with the customization. I liked that. Idk what to do i keep returning to chai ;-;

This is going to be a LONG one, but I thought i leave this rant/theory here in hopes that others will see it and maybe even will himself so he can finally snap out of whatever delusion he is in.

Chai is never coming back. The chaotic, unlimited pink app we loved and adored isn't returning. No matter how many times we spam the official discord server, no matter how much we try to email mods or employees or even dm will himself on Instagram and linked in- it simply won't work.

The founders of chai are SO deep in their own asses and greed they simply stopped giving a shit about their community. Aslong as someone out there pays the subscriptions and uses the app- they don't care. They never did if I'm being honest. The second they made bank they're running with their "fuck you" money.

An app needs users. Users need a reason to use it, and chai is slowly day to day giving us more reasons to delete our accounts and switch to other ai alternatives.

1. The region block. This never fucking made sense to me. And quite frankly- it feels racist as fuck. Why suddenly not allow us to chat in our home country? Why the token and sudden limits? Things were going SO well. They wanted to roll out personas and BOOM. Region blocks, tokens, limitations, advanced feature taken away, only 60 words allowed?? What the hell are they doing. What annoys me the most is the fact that no matter how much we as a community- whether respectfully or harshly- try to wake the company up and make them listen..it won't work. We saw this happen with character ai and roblox- rich companies don't give a shit about what their users want, to them all that matters is "me me me! Money money money, GPU GPU gpu!" And that's it.

2. Using bots to fake good reviews on google play and reddit. It has been a week since a real and genuine person wrote in the sub and mind you- it wasn't disrespectful either. They were just asking about the advanced feature and chats. Will replied with "we're working on it." (Which sounds so passive aggressive..) and since then he stayed quiet and hasn't reached out to us since.

3. Ads ads ADSSS. I never gave a shit about the ads because they obviously had to profit from the app somehow- but now the ads are useless because why should i sit and watch them when im not allowed to chat anyway?? Not to mention (from what I have seen) there are ads EVERY. SINGLE. MESSAGE. This completely ruins the immersion and kills the mood.

4. The whole "they need more money/GPu costs alot!" Excuse.

These are grown ass adults who graduated from universities like harvard- i can assure you, they are NOT in debt. They are making six figures a year and you can see will flexing and bragging about it on Instagram and his linked in profile. He only NOW started lying through his teeth talking about some "expensive" GPU costs because we noticed him ruining the app. These people aren't your friends. They delete comments even BAN users who want to criticize them, send ai generated emails when you do contact their gmail and overall are quietly taking our money and taking away the features we love at the same time. You guys know those companies on tiktok that uses memes and have "Gen-z humour?" That's chai. Chai isn't a silly indie dev company made by young people that want us to be happy- they're grown ass adults pretending to know what we want for the money. They aren't your friends or relatable. They hate us.

5. Suddenly taking away advanced feature and limiting us to 60 words only.

Not only did they completely erase what made the bots unique and have personality, we also have to wait every day and hope our messages return on the weekends (which for alot people isn't even guaranteed).

6. The fake updates and false advertisement??

I've seen my Google play offer me an update for chai but when I do install it its the exactly same. Still 0 messages, still no advanced feature and no persona. They are literally laughing at our face at this point.

At this point I don't know what to say. I know it "isnt that deep" but at the same time it is for a lot of us. We care for this app and want to have fun.

We never asked chai to have some fancy built in ai models, we didnt even ask for persona or for them to become like charscter ai and have fifty different models. THATS what made chai unique. They were small and unfiltered, they had only one cheap model and thats what made it charming. The responses were chaotic, wild and fun, and we never asked for more.

For now I will be making new gmails to use chai and just hope either will locks in and finally listens to us, or I find a better alternative for chai, but in the end I just- and still want MY chai back. No other ai.

Anyway, feel free rant yourself and even advertise other ai chats.

I don't know what to do anymore. Chai was such a charming app, even without personas or any if that fancy ai-model bs. I loved writing with the bots and creating some myself since early 2023. After 2025 everything went downhill from there.

The advanced feature? Gone. Now my bots feel useless and bland. My messages? Still limited. It's been two weeks, and for some users even months- since we have lasted been able to chat.

Will and the employees are actively ignoring our complaints and pleas, trying to delete any critism on the official reddit site, writing fake positive reviews on Google play, botting the official subreddit, ignore dms and ban those in discord. I miss what chai used to be. I miss the bots so much, I miss the unlimited messages, I miss the advanced feature and I miss the time you could choose their personality.

I've been making accounts for days trying to get unlimited messages.

I also tried out alternatives: character ai (worst one), polyai, emochi, xsoul ai, sea soul, janitor ai, doki chat, spicy chat, talkie, the list goes on. None of them are as fun or as chaotic as chai was. Its the same fancy model and chat types on each app, it is NOTHING like chai.

I have tried downloading older versions or install APK's, but will unfortunately found out and the app forces me to update it. I tried emailing chai itself but they keep replying with the same half-assed ai generated response.

I think there's reslly nothing left we can do. I already deleted my bots and account and left a one star review. I truly give up. All of this could have been easiky avoided if Will actually gave a shit about his community (the very people that are paying for his app and clearly care about it). I just hate how companies like these ignore their people and do whatever the fucj they want. (Ex: roblox and c ai) it's just really upsetting to look at knowing the potential these apps have if their CEO's weren't sgreedy, lousy piece of shits who only care about GPU and money.

I'm not going to cry about it but I do miss chai, and I hope maybe one day it will return just like the old times. Just wanted to leave this rant here. Feel free to reply and rant yourself or try to help me out. </3