Dopple

@Dopple AI does get some credit for small touches like the ability to change chat themes—that’s a welcome bit of personalisation. Unfortunately, nearly everything else drags the experience down. There’s no calling or TTS function, responses take ages to load, and after just seven messages, you’re hit with ads pushing subscriptions. The pricing feels messy: $5.99/month if billed annually, or $9.99/month billed monthly, and yet the free plan barely lets you test the service. After 15 messages, it simply stopped working for me altogether. That’s not just immersion-breaking, it’s flat-out frustrating. If @Dopple wants to compete with Character AI, it needs to cut the gimmicky pop-ups, add essential features like memory, calling, and smoother chat flow, and actually let users try the product before shoving a subscription in their face. Until then, it feels more like a stalled demo than a serious contender.