Character.AI is also being sold in bankruptcy, and it says the platform will be wound down if the sale finds no buyer to keep it running. Below is a straight comparison, including the things Character.AI does better, plus how to save your chats and bring your characters with you.
Is Character.AI shutting down?
Not yet, but it could. On October 12, 2026, Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to sell the company in a court-supervised process. It says the platform stays up during the sale, and that it will be wound down if no buyer offers to keep it running (Character.AI's announcement, TechCrunch). The court has set the sale's dates: bids are due by November 24, the auction is on December 1 and the sale hearing is on December 3 and 4, 2026 (Character.AI's notice).
If you've spent months with a character there, don't wait for the outcome. Request your data export now, since Character.AI says it can take 3 to 4 weeks to arrive, then read it with our free Character.AI export viewer and bring your favorite characters over with the character importer. (Facts as of November 5, 2026.)
Why adults look for a Character AI alternative
Character.AI is built to be safe for a very broad audience, including teenagers. That's a reasonable choice for them, but it means romance hits a wall: conversations get filtered, characters deflect, and explicit roleplay is against the rules.
Naughty Chats starts from the opposite assumption: everyone here is an adult who chose to be here. Characters can flirt, get explicit and follow your scenario, and the only content rules are a few hard legal and safety lines. The uncensored AI chat guide lists them.
What Character.AI does better
It's a bigger, older product, and it shows in a few places:
- A far larger character library, built by its community and covering almost any fandom or genre.
- Voice calls, group chats and video features that we don't offer.
- Native iOS and Android apps.
- A free plan with no daily message cap, paid for with ads and slow mode.
What you get on Naughty Chats
Characters with a full personality, backstory and scenario, in realistic and anime styles. Memory you can actually see: every detail she saves shows up in the chat sidebar, where you can edit or delete it. And Premium photos that match the conversation.
With Premium you can create your own character with a generated portrait. Chats are private to your account. Payments are by card or crypto, and card payments show up on your statement as "NAUGHTYCHATS.AI".
Switching over
Save what you can first. Copy a character's name, greeting and definition from Character.AI (it takes a minute), paste them into the character importer, confirm she's an original adult, and she's ready to chat here. Or pick a character close to the one you liked, or create your own.
Then use your first message to sum up the story so far: who you are, where you are and what just happened. She'll pick it up from there and save the important details as memories.
Updated November 2026