Price terms as published
Each line is the vendor’s own wording, split from the price capture checked on 2026-10-20. Nothing here is rounded, converted or re-worded — the full sentences stay in the review below. Lines that carry only a price continue the plan named on the line above, in the vendor’s own order.
| # | Plan / term | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lite $5/mo (7,500 credits/mo | 2026-10-20 |
| 2 | 50 characters) | 2026-10-20 |
| 3 | Pro $12/mo (16,667 credits/mo | 2026-10-20 |
| 4 | 100 characters, member chat models) | 2026-10-20 |
| 5 | Max $39/mo (unlimited chat and characters) | 2026-10-20 |
| 6 | one payment per chosen term with no auto-renewal | 2026-10-20 |
| 7 | 1-year term saves 49%, credit packs never expire | 2026-10-20 |
One-liner: Swerve AI Web lets you chat in the browser with a large catalog of AI characters — the site says 50,000+ — or create your own, oriented toward private stories, playful scenes and ongoing conversations.
Verified facts (checked 2026-09-28, official site)
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Web-based AI character chat |
| Catalog claim | 80,000+ AI characters (site copy, 2026-10-20) |
| Entry points | "Start chatting" into the web app; character creation; a dedicated safety guide |
| Pricing | Lite $5/mo · Pro $12/mo · Max $39/mo, published on a dedicated /pricing page; 1-year term saves 49%, no auto-renewal |
| Signup requirement | Not stated on the landing page; the site says chats are only saved once you log in |
Correction note
An earlier third-party list described this product as an "AI hardware companion app." The live site presents a character-chat web application instead; always treat the product’s own current page as authoritative.
Who it is for
Users looking for character-based conversation and roleplay rather than productivity tools.
Things to check before using
- The linked safety guide for content boundaries and age handling.
- Privacy policy, since character-chat services typically retain conversation history.
- Actual monetization is now published (Lite $5 / Pro $12 / Max $39 per month); still confirm inside the app whether the chat model you want sits in the tier you bought.
This page is compiled from official-site information only and is not a hands-on test.
What the official site showed on 2026-10-16
Read through a text extraction service — direct requests from this network are refused by the site’s Cloudflare rules — so the following is the site’s own interface copy.
Headline offer: “AI character chat that feels truly alive”, with 80,000+ expressive AI characters to explore, plus persona creation, private chats and group roleplay stories.
Product surface, from the site’s navigation
| Area | What it does |
|---|---|
| Explore / Discover | browse characters, filterable by tag |
| Create a character | author your own persona |
| Messages | your chat history |
| Groups | create group roleplay rooms |
| Pricing | credit-based, with a “Get 275 credits” prompt (25 now + 7 days) on the homepage |
| Language toggle | interface language switch in the header |
| Login | email login, support contact support@swerveai.app, Discord invite |
The site is explicit that you must log in to save your chats and keep roleplaying — without an account your conversation is disposable. That single sentence answers the question most readers have after a first visit: browsing and chatting are open, persistence is not.
Filters and content mix as observed
The character filters are gender (All / Male / Female / Non-binary) and a long tag list of
scenario and archetype tags — in the extraction these appeared as female oc roleplay, Romance,
Human, Fantasy, malepov, any pov and similar. Character cards show the persona’s name, a
written scene-setting bio, tags, and message counters (the sampled card, “Saga”, a female
fantasy game character, carried tags female / roleplay / Fantasy / game characters). Character
avatars are served from a separate file.swerveai.app host, and sample bios are long prose — the
content model is user-written fiction, which is why tag filtering rather than rating is the main
discovery tool.
What this means in practice
- Content volume versus quality control: 80,000+ characters is a large, community-authored library. Tag filters tell you what a character is about, not whether it is well written or safe for your use case; the bio you read before opening a chat is the only quality signal available.
- Credits are the pricing mechanism, and the plans are now public: Lite $5/mo carries 7,500 credits, Pro $12/mo carries 16,667 and does not charge credits for chats, Max $39/mo is unlimited. Credit packs are one-time and do not expire. Treat any homepage promo figure as a promotion and confirm the rate on the Pricing page.
- Account dependency: chats without login are not saved, so a tool evaluation that matters (for example, whether memory persists across sessions) requires an account.
Source note: navigation, counts and filter labels above were first read from swerveai.app on
2026-10-16 through an extraction service; on 2026-10-20 the homepage and /pricing page were fetched
directly and the plans, credit allowances and the 80,000+ catalog figure were re-read from those
pages. No chat was started and no account was created for this entry — reviewType is official,
and the page says so where it matters.