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What "free" actually means in AI companion apps (November 2026)

Almost every AI companion app says it's free to start. What that means varies from "chat all day" to "fifty messages, then read-only". I build one of these apps, Calla, so I read the others' pricing pages, help centres and terms closely. Here is what each free plan actually includes, as of late Oct…

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  1. 2026-11-04 18:58 · DEV Community — AI
    What "free" actually means in AI companion apps (November 2026)

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