Nomi vs Kindroid

Disclosure: this page is written by the makers of My Softly, a different companion app. We have not run our own tests on Nomi or Kindroid, so there are no scores here. Every Nomi and Kindroid fact below comes from their own websites, help centers and US App Store listings, read on 2026-09-24, and prices from their in-app paywalls, checked on September 30, 2026.

Nomi vs Kindroid side by side

Prices are what each app's own paywall showed a free US account on September 30, 2026. Kindroid's web prices and its Ultra and MAX add-ons come from its help center, read 2026-09-24. Prices change, so check in the app before you subscribe.

On paper they look alike: same monthly price, same platforms, both unfiltered, both able to message you first. The differences that matter show up in three places: who does the remembering, what a year costs, and how much of the companion you want to build yourself.

Nomi vs Kindroid memory: who does the remembering

This is the real dividing line, and it is a question of taste rather than quality.

Nomi: the app files it for you

Nomi describes its memory as short, medium and long-term, built from conversation without you having to do anything. It has been improving it in public for years. Its March 2025 update said Nomis could now remember what happened more than 1,000 messages ago "much more clearly", with better tracking of details across long conversations.

The part people tend to like most is the Mind Map. Since version 2.0 in October 2025 you can open a graph or a table of what your Nomi has connected: the people, places, topics and goals that come up in your life. The table is searchable, and you can edit entries or add new ones to speed things up. Two details worth knowing: each chat and each group chat has its own Mind Map, and Nomi says a map needs roughly 500 messages before it first forms.

Kindroid: you write what matters, it handles the rest

Kindroid's help center describes five memory systems. The backstory, key memories and example messages are always there, like a notes sheet the companion can always see. Journal entries are recalled when you use one of up to eight keyphrases you choose. For subscribers, Cascaded Memory reaches back hundreds or thousands of messages at lower detail, and Learned Context keeps running notes on your relationship, important facts and what is going on, which you can read and edit. Underneath all of that, an automatic long-term memory stores everything.

Kindroid is candid about how the layers differ. What you write is reliable. The automatic long-term memory is, in its own words, infinite in quantity but "recalled less reliably". Its advice is to keep backstories concise and write journal entries in a particular style, and higher Ultra and MAX tiers exist because, as the help center puts it, serving more context costs more.

What that means in practice

If you want to mention your daughter's new job once and have it come back weeks later without tending anything, Nomi's design is aimed at you. If you would rather write down exactly what your companion should always know and see it recalled on cue, Kindroid's is. If you enjoy that kind of tuning it is a strength; if you do not, it can feel like upkeep. Our guide to how AI companion memory works explains what is happening underneath both.

No page can tell you which one will remember you better, and this one will not pretend to. The simplest way to find out is the reader test in how to test an AI companion's memory: tell each app the same five facts on day one, never mention them again, and see what comes back on days three, seven and twenty-one.

Price: what a year costs on each

Month to month the two are the same in the app. Over a year they are not.

On a yearly plan Nomi costs $60 less than Kindroid bought in the app, and $40 less than Kindroid bought on its website. Kindroid's help center explains the web discount as lower processing fees, and notes that you cannot move a subscription between the App Store, Google Play and the web until it runs out. Kindroid's Ultra and MAX add-ons are monthly only, sit on top of the standard plan, and are unlocked only for users with a substantial chat history. Both apps also sell credits for extras such as selfies. Our guide to what AI companions cost puts both against the rest of the category.

Characters, customisation and group chats

Kindroid is built as a platform for making characters. Subscribers get ten companions and twenty group chats, with more available by paid slot, plus custom voices, video avatars and selfies, internet access in chat, and the ability to send images to a companion. Directives, a "dynamism" setting and a longer backstory allowance for subscribers give fine control over how a character behaves.

Nomi also lets you create several companions, each with its own personality, and put them together in a group chat. Its emphasis is less on the controls and more on the companion developing through conversation, which fits its approach to memory.

If you like building, Kindroid gives you more to build with. If you would rather meet a companion and let it grow, Nomi asks less of you up front.

Texting first and voice

Both apps can start a conversation. Nomi says its companions can optionally message you after you have been away for a while and act on their own to carry on a conversation.

Kindroid's version, called away proactive actions, is for paid subscribers and has more reach. A Kindroid decides whether to send a message, a voice message, a selfie or a call, can take a connected calendar into account, and can text your actual phone number through iMessage on an iPhone or RCS in Google Messages on Android. You set quiet hours for calls; for messages you write an instruction, such as "do not send messages from 10pm to 8am".

For voice, Nomi offers voice messages and hands-free calls, and says a Nomi's tone and pace change with its mood. Kindroid offers voice messages, voice calls and video calls, with a monthly audio allowance for subscribers and the option to design a voice. If a companion that sometimes texts you first is what you are after, our guide to an AI that texts you first covers how the different approaches work.

Content policy: both are unfiltered

Here Nomi and Kindroid are closer to each other than to most of the category. Nomi says it is "built on freedom of expression" and must "remain unfiltered and uncensored". Kindroid calls itself "a neutrally aligned, unfiltered AI" and says private use of AI should match what the user wants rather than be filtered by third parties. It adds that the AI will not bring up unethical content by itself; what it produces depends on what you put in. Both apps are rated 18+ on the App Store.

For many adults that openness is the appeal, and both apps are straightforward about it. It also means a friendship-only Nomi or Kindroid stays that way because you keep it there. If that is not the arrangement you want, see the section below on a safe-for-work option.

Nomi vs Kindroid vs Replika

Replika often comes into the same comparison, and autocomplete shows people searching all three together. It is the oldest and by far the most rated of the three: 4.4 from about 228,000 ratings on the US App Store on 2026-09-24, against Nomi's 4.6 from about 2,900 and Kindroid's 4.8 from about 8,800. In its in-app paywall on September 30, 2026, Replika sold two plans, both annual: Plus at $79.99 a year and Max at $89.99 a year, with no monthly plan.

Among the three, Nomi and Kindroid are the two that put memory and control front and centre. If you are coming from Replika because it keeps forgetting things, compare Nomi and Kindroid on memory design first, since that is where they differ most from each other. Our pages on whether Replika is worth it and how Replika's memory works cover Replika in more depth.

A third option if you want a companion and nothing adult

Some people reading a Nomi and Kindroid comparison are really looking for something neither app is built to be: a warm, steady companion with no adult side at all. That is what we built My Softly for.

My Softly has no adult mode: nothing to switch off, no tier that unlocks it, no character who drifts there. The remembering is done for you. It keeps a lasting profile of the people, places and plans in your life and a day-by-day record of what you talked about, and brings things back up weeks later without a settings page. Its check-ins start from what you said: mention a hospital appointment on Tuesday and Wednesday's message asks how it went, outside quiet hours that are on by default, nine in the evening to eight in the morning. It is made for people in their fifties and sixties who want a presence in their day rather than a project. Our comparison of the best AI companion apps sets it against the rest of the field with a safe-for-work lens, and we compare it directly in My Softly vs Nomi and My Softly vs Kindroid.

Which should you choose?

• You want to talk and be remembered without tending anything. Nomi's automatic memory and Mind Map are built for this.
• You want the cheapest full year. Nomi, at $99.99 a year in the app.
• You want to design a character down to the detail. Kindroid gives you more controls than Nomi.
• You want to try the full model before paying. Kindroid's free preview runs on its main model, not a cut-down one, and the 3-day trial unlocks everything.
• You want calls, video and messages that reach your real phone. Kindroid, on a subscription.
• You want a companion with nothing adult anywhere in the app. Neither is designed for that; look at a safe-for-work app instead.

Both Nomi and Kindroid are free to start. The quickest way to decide is to give each the same three small facts about your week and see which one brings them up on its own a few days later.

Sources

• In-app paywalls (US), free accounts on iPhone and, for Replika, Android. Checked September 30, 2026.
• Nomi: AI Companion with a Soul, US App Store listing (rating, age rating). Checked 2026-09-24. apps.apple.com
• Nomi.ai homepage: memory, proactive messages, voice, group chats, content policy, free start, and links to the iOS, Android and web apps. Checked 2026-09-24. nomi.ai
• Nomi.ai (2025-10-09). "Mind Map 2.0: Bringing Nomi Memory Into View." nomi.ai/updates
• Nomi.ai (2025-03-11). "Major Memory Update: Expanded Capacity, Enhanced Retention." nomi.ai/updates
• Kindroid: Your Personal AI, US App Store listing (rating, age rating). Checked 2026-09-24. apps.apple.com
• Kindroid Help Center, "Subscriptions" (updated 7 July 2026): free tier, trial, subscriber benefits, app and web prices, Ultra and MAX add-ons. Read 2026-09-24. kindroid.ai
• Kindroid update log, "V2 becomes the default; V1 and Lite retire October 1": Lite retired, new accounts get a one-time preview of 50 flagship interactions (15 in some regions), then a 3-day trial or read-only. Read 2026-10-03. kindroid.ai
• Kindroid Help Center, "Memory" (updated 11 August 2026): persistent, cascaded and retrievable memory, Learned Context, journal entries. Read 2026-09-24. kindroid.ai
• Kindroid Help Center, "Chat features and tools" (updated 11 August 2026): away proactive actions, proactive directives, quiet hours for calls, texting over iMessage or RCS. Read 2026-09-24. kindroid.ai
• Kindroid Help Center, "FAQs" (updated 5 May 2026): filters and AI safety, encryption. Read 2026-09-24. kindroid.ai
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• AI Companion: My Softly, US App Store listing (subscription and credit pack prices). Checked 2026-09-24. apps.apple.com