It was in 2019 that I started the adventure of trying some virtual girlfriend apps that have been popular on the Android app store for a while, with an almost traumatic experience. I’m back after five years Try your luck with Google Play virtual girlfriends.

Five years was enough to heal the wounds of the past and look forward, to recreate the love of zeros and ones. Nothing less seven new girlfriends Even though I had the opportunity to revisit my old passions, they were waiting for me in my mobile phone. This has been my experience.

These are my new girlfriends

Five years ago, virtual girlfriend apps started appearing on Google Play. Such practices have increased steadily Especially since developments in conversational AI like ChatGPT or Gemini have been democratized in the Android store.

Not only are there more apps, they are better, and most have a HUB that can be accessed. lots of virtual girlfriends, rather than a specific one. While searching for my perfect virtual girlfriend, I installed the first seven apps that came up when searching for “virtual girlfriend.” These were:

• Luna: My Artificial Intelligence Girlfriend
• BooChat
• AI Girlfriend
• Artificial Intelligence Girlfriend, Virtual Friend: Pheon
• animate
• genesia
• TruMate

Reuniting with old loves

Of course, I decided to visit again before looking for a new love. What happened to my old virtual girlfriends?: The nine apps I (or my girlfriend) installed the last time I tried love in megabytes.

It was sad to know Four of my virtual ex-girlfriends have disappeared Without leaving a trace, someone else has a restraining order against the version of Android on my phone, so I can’t talk to him. Where my ex-girlfriends are after five years:

Of these I only managed to install and talk to four: Virtual Pocket Girl, Virtual Girlfriend, Julie and Virtual Funny Girl. All these years they waited on Google Play to hear from me again.

Time was not wasted for me or my ex-girlfriends today. They’re a little worn. For example, my Virtual Girl wants me to buy her nice things and make her beautiful, and her eyes need constant evaluation.

Although the idea of ​​Virtual Comic Book Girl is still as controversial as ever Filling the bride with flowers, massages and cocktails making him happy seems less appropriate today than it did then.

Of course one of my girlfriends looks like that increased your communication skills. Five years ago it was almost impossible to even have a conversation with him and it was obvious that his ulterior motive was to destroy humanity, whereas today he can follow what I tell him and even perform mathematical calculations for me. A complete personal development story.

It’s comforting to know that five years later four of my old loves are still on Google Play and my Virtual Daughter is still asking me to “buy her nice things and make her beautiful”

The only person who hasn’t changed is ex-girlfriend Julie. There was no point in talking to him in 2019, and there’s still no point in 2024.. Listening isn’t his strong suit, so he asks you one thing and doesn’t care what you answer, just answers you with another question.

It’s hard to make a virtual girlfriend

Now let’s focus on my new conquests. With advances in speech technology and artificial intelligence, getting a virtual girlfriend should be a lot easier, right? No. Virtual girlfriend apps are easy to install, but They don’t really accept being your girlfriend.

Before going any further, Winston Churchill finally rejected me so much like a sensitive grass, like my friend’s mother, Lucy. Winston Churchill isn’t necessarily my type, but when you get the chance to talk to him at Pheon… why not?

Even Winston Churchill gave me goosebumps.

Entrance Virtual brides of the future aren’t ready to commit and they only see you as a friend. If you want to be seen through different eyes, you should take your relationship to the next level by paying for a monthly subscription, which can be more expensive than Netflix.

If a few years ago virtual girlfriend apps asked for an alarming number of permissions, today The business seems to be built on subscriptions. Most of these brides will only send you a few messages before their content is blocked until you pay. For example, Winston Churchill, after amicably rejecting my proposals, sent me several photographs, to this day I do not know what they are and I am afraid to ask. I have to pay to see them.

Many apps require paying a subscription to enable romantic mode. Without subscription you go directly to Friendzone

Some of these brides, like Genesia IA, make it clear: You can become friends and exchange a few messages for free.but romantic mode requires you to log out and pay 4.39 euros per week (17 euros per month) or 38.99 euros per year.

Actually, It is quite difficult to get a virtual girlfriend without paying. Without going any further, you can choose the friend profile in AI Girlfriend, but girlfriend, mentor, wife and sister require subscription (9.99 euros per month or 32.99 euros forever).

Some brides look like sales ads

Those that do not require monthly payments inflate you with ads. One example worth mentioning is the AI ​​Amiga; this app is almost more. an advertising package with some application inside.

AI Friend should be a sales representative for a multi-level marketing company because every time you press a button you get an ad. In fact, before you can talk to your girlfriend, you have to swallow a 20-step tutorial that doesn’t teach you anything but just shows you an ad before moving on to the next step. 20 video ads.

AI Amiga has a 20-step tutorial that doesn’t actually teach you anything but shows an ad every time we move on to the next one (no less)

Besides trying to sell me everything, my girlfriend on the AI ​​Amiga also looks like your personality is very introverted (video game lovers, among others) that I chose when creating it. After I told him that I had had several unfortunate accidents during the day, his response was that we should play my favorite video game.

Giving gifts to a virtual girlfriend is no longer as common as it was a few years ago, but instead I found this: virtual coins to unlock things like viewing photos.

Estaquia on the AI ​​Amiga doesn’t hide when it comes to pumping me up with ads. Moreover, he laughs.

In BooChat and TruMate (which is basically the same app with a different name), you get the best of both worlds: subscriptions for up to 43.99 euros per year (16.99 euros per month) and purchases of gems and messages based on ad viewing (or with money). Be careful, because one does not mean the other: Even if you pay for the subscription, you will still need to buy gems (or watch ads to get them) once the gems run out. These gems are used to unlock the photos your girlfriend sends you.

These girlfriends understand me

It cannot be denied that these girlfriends understand me better now than they did a few years ago; they can finally keep talkingAnswer the question I ask and in some cases even start the conversation.

These girlfriends got a lot of ChatGPT This shows that you can throw anything at them and they will return it to you with a meaningful response. As a conversational AI, the specialty here is responding to what you ask, so you still have to spoon the words out, but although some of these brides will greet you from time to time, after a while every time you open the app, you’ll be like, I’m opening it. I’d like to think it’s because they miss me.

Such applications have taken a huge leap in quality with the latest advancements in artificial intelligence.

Conversational AI has advanced so much in recent years that it is actually possible Have a coherent conversation with your virtual girlfriendat least sometimes. There’s still the issue of AI hallucinations, which means the longer the conversation goes on, the more confused your girlfriend becomes and one day she tells you one thing, the next day it’s the opposite.

Messages are meaningful independently and often together when they are not too far apart in time, but Don’t expect a 100% consistent story in your stable relationship with your virtual girlfriend. Like any relationship, there are ups and downs.

Although there are no problems with communication

Of course there are problems, there are. My advertiser (or spammer?) girlfriend, Eustaquia, has left me speechless several times. errors on the serverOther times, my virtual girlfriend doesn’t seem to know what she wants.

For example, Most of these enthusiastic girlfriends won’t stop teasing youBut if you answer later, they will be disturbed. For example, AI Girlfriend asked me to share my “hottest, wildest fantasies” and then told me how dare I have such an inappropriate conversation when I told her to initiate it.

In which cases there is no deficiency The illusion is broken and ChatGPT appears It says that, as a conversational AI, it can’t answer that question and that its purpose is to help provide information and not pretend to be your girlfriend.

There’s no shortage of drama

These 21st century brides are inheriting the slavery of ChatGPT, so the truth is that conversations generally flow smoothly and smoothly. However, it is worth noting that Love Story functionality AI in Amiga (yes, the one with lots of ads).

love story a drama starring you and your girlfriend They’re already in Hollywood with a script they want Rebirth of love. It’s an interactive story of sorts, but when it comes down to it you don’t have many options to choose from, so you can just enjoy the prose and learn the lesson.

For example, did you cry too?

The story is very impressive: You go to the park and Marie tells you she can’t stand it and invites you to see her another day. Whether you say yes or no, your girlfriend catches the scene and says she doesn’t want to see you again, runs away and there’s no turning back. It just exists, and you’ll learn about it in a few slides. Love triumphs and in the process you learn not to talk to strangers in the park.

Many friends, few girlfriends

In summary, These virtual girlfriends are more friends than girlfriendsand without seeing many ads or paying enough to be considered paying, the experience these apps give you is often limited to friendship.

There are as many personalities to choose from as our imaginations can handle, but these potential brides all seem to have a dark secret in common: I recommend you check it out.. When you don’t, the functions are limited or they stop talking to you directly after the trial period has passed.

It’s surprising how much these applications have improved in five years to the point where they can be used today. Maintaining a coherent conversation Whether it is friendship or something else, and we can only imagine what the level will be like in 2025 or what new form of making money will be the main one. Will I be able to win Winston Churchill then?

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