Talkie (PolyBuzz on the App Store)
Thousands of AI characters — chat, roleplay, and create
Overview
Talkie, now listed as PolyBuzz on the App Store and Google Play, is a character-based AI chat platform where users can converse with thousands of pre-built AI personas spanning anime, celebrities, and historical figures, or create and share their own. The app is available on iOS, Android, and web, supports 26 languages, and offers voice chat and AI image generation on paid tiers. It is free to download with basic access available without a payment method.
At a glance
Scores
- Conversation
- 3/5
- Memory
- 2/5
- Privacy
- 2/5
- Security
- 2/5
Based on user reviews and published policies.
Pricing
- Basic character chat (free to download)
- Limited daily messages (secondary sources: ~20/day; not confirmed from official source)
Free tier confirmed by app price = $0. Daily message limit of ~20 per third-party review sites; requires human verification against in-app experience.
- Memory unlocked (per secondary sources)
- Voice features unlocked (per secondary sources)
- Advanced AI model access (per secondary sources)
- 20 daily avatar generation attempts (per official membership page)
USD pricing from third-party review sites; official membership page shows €9.9/month (EUR). USD price requires human in-app verification.
- Exclusive AI models: Passion and Tale (per secondary sources)
- Long memory context
- Ad-free experience
- 30 daily avatar generations
- Unlimited voice features
- Multiple chat themes and priority chat
USD pricing from third-party review sites; official membership page shows EUR pricing. Tier name and features partially confirmed from official membership page (EUR).
- All models: Permanent Memory, Overture, Lumina, Conqueror, Saga, Passion, Tale, Standard (per official membership page)
- Unlimited voice listening on chat page
- Full Webtoon access
- Ad-free experience
- 30 daily avatar attempts
- Priority queue access
- Exclusive profile decorations
USD pricing from third-party review sources; $299/year consistent with Google Play max IAP of $299.99. Feature list partially from official membership page (polybuzz.ai/membership).
What users say
Positives
- Massive character library spanning anime, celebrities, historical figures, and community creations — users report years of discovering new bots.
- Immersive roleplay and storytelling experience described by many users as unique among alternatives, including Character.AI and Chai.
- Free to download with basic content accessible without a credit card.
- Intuitive interface — creator users report being able to build and monetize their own bots.
- Fast responses across a wide variety of formats: K-dramas, anime, celebrities, and original characters.
Negatives
- Intrusive 'Take a Break' ads every 5–10 minutes — described as the single biggest experience downgrade in recent v2.2.x updates.
- Very limited memory on the free tier; some users report that even the paid Permanent Memory subscription (~$30/month) loses context after a few hours of chatting.
- Recently tightened filtering: some users report basic action scenes being blocked, contradicting the app's former no-censorship positioning — a recurring complaint among adult users.
- Expensive subscriptions for features users consider basic (memory, voice, ad removal); an additional coins/gems system is perceived by many as pay-to-win.
- Community content quality varies widely — some users report abusive bots that are difficult to remove despite repeated reports.
Users report that Talkie (PolyBuzz) offers an exceptionally large library of AI characters for roleplay and storytelling, which many describe as unmatched in variety among competing apps. However, many reviewers flag two major pain points: a 'Take a Break' ad feature interrupting chat sessions every 5–10 minutes (introduced in v2.2.x), and persistent memory that is widely described as unreliable — with some users reporting that the ~$30/month Permanent Memory subscription still loses context after a few hours. Many adult users also report that the app's earlier no-censorship positioning has given way to significantly tighter filtering in 2025–2026, with basic scenes being blocked, while the overall subscription pricing is frequently called out as poor value.
« It really is unfair to charge $30 a month for "permanent memory" that at best lasts a few hours of chatting before the AI starts forgetting. »
« the app is good but the major problem is that it gives ads every 10 minutes which is ridiculous. »
« it offers a lot of immersive experiences with storytelling that you don't find really in any of the other alternatives. I personally enjoy this feature and love being able to step into a world as opposed to just simply chatting to a character. »
Privacy & safety
- Trains on your chats
- Yes
- Opt-out available
- Yes
- Discloses it's an AI
- Yes
- Data export
- ?
- Account deletion
- Yes
- Age verification
- Self-declaration
PolyBuzz's privacy policy states that user-uploaded photos may be used to train its AI algorithm, and that the model can evolve based on user inputs; the Terms of Use grant the company a perpetual, irrevocable license over submitted content. An opt-out for personalized advertising is available in Settings, but no specific AI-training opt-out has been identified. Account deletion is available and irreversible; data export is conditional on technical feasibility and is not available as a self-service feature. Precise geolocation data is collected and may be shared for advertising purposes. Data in transit is encrypted (confirmed via Google Play Data Safety); at-rest encryption standards and data retention periods are not specified. No independent security audits are publicly documented. These are preliminary findings based on publicly available policy documents.
Our take
A popular roleplay app with an exceptionally large community character catalogue, but the combination of aggressive in-session ads, unreliable paid memory, and recently tightened content filtering has significantly eroded its historic no-censorship proposition. Decent value for casual character roleplay; not recommended for users seeking a reliable AI companion with persistent memory. Preliminary findings — hands-on verification pending.
Best for: Anime and fiction roleplay fans looking for a vast character selection and a straightforward interface, on iOS or Android.
Avoid if: You want a reliable-memory AI companion, cannot tolerate intrusive mid-session ads, or were drawn to the app by its former no-censorship positioning.
Sources
- PolyBuzz — Official website2026-06-26
- PolyBuzz on App Store (trackId 6449190344)2026-06-26
- PolyBuzz on Google Play (ai.socialapps.speakmaster)2026-06-26
- PolyBuzz — Terms of Use2026-06-26
- PolyBuzz — Privacy Policy2026-06-26
- PolyBuzz — Membership page (EUR pricing; USD pricing unconfirmed)2026-06-26
- PolyBuzz — Google Play Data Safety (ai.socialapps.speakmaster)2026-06-26
Last updated 2026-06-26