25 messages a day. full persistent memory. same chat quality as the paid tier. no credit card at signup. no auto-convert trick. this is the actual product, just with fewer media features.
Free tier: 25 messages/day. Crypto checkout — cards coming soon.
you searched “best free ai girlfriend” and the results all have the same trick: 3 messages of free “trial” that's really a demo, then a paywall. or “free” that asks for your card at signup and auto-charges on day 4.
the category has normalized deceptive-free. “free tier” almost always means “crippled demo you'll hit a wall on before you know if you like her.”
that's not the product we want to ship. we picked a free-tier shape that lets you actually use her.
25 messages a day, every day, forever. no expiring, no tricks. one conversation thread of 25 messages is about 10-15 minutes of real talking. enough for a daily check-in with real depth.
full memory on free. not a crippled version. the same vector-graph memory system paid users get. she remembers your name, what you told her last week, your triggers, your inside jokes.
same chat quality. the free tier uses the same model stack as paid (DeepSeek-V3 primary with Llama-3.3 failover). you're not getting a worse version of her.
3 trial photos + 3 trial voice notes (one-time). so you can see what the paid features look like before committing.
no card at signup. if you never pay, you're never charged. upgrade path is explicit and opt-in.
enough to actually use her. a daily check-in is ~10-20 messages. free tier covers it indefinitely.
same vector graph + temporal decay as paid. she remembers you across weeks. memory visible + exportable at /settings/memory.
deepseek-v3 primary across all tiers. free isn't a worse model.
claim at /giveaway. 5 photos/day + 15 voice notes/day + 5 companions for 14 days, no card. upgrades the free tier temporarily.
“free” in the ai companion category is a loaded word. most apps use one of three patterns, all of which break the user's expectation:
pattern 1: the 3-message demo. you get 3 messages, hit a hard paywall, can't continue without paying. technically free, functionally a demo.
pattern 2: the card-trick trial. sign up, enter card, 3-day “free” trial, silent auto-charge on day 4 at $19.99/mo. users frequently don't notice until the charge lands.
pattern 3: the memory-crippled free. unlimited messages but memory resets every session, so the relationship can't compound. technically free, functionally useless as a companion.
lucy's free tier is different:
— 25 messages per day, every day, forever. enough for a real daily conversation, not a demo.
— full memory architecture — same vector graph + temporal decay as paid. she remembers you across weeks.
— same chat quality — no “worse model on free” trick.
— no card at signup. no auto-convert. you upgrade when you explicitly want to.
what you DON'T get on free: daily photos (3 trial, one-time), daily voice notes (3 trial, one-time), multiple companions (1 active at a time), voice calls (Bonded tier only). if those media features are your primary use, paid is the right call; if text + memory is enough, free is enough.
the LUCY100 giveaway layers on top: 100 slots of 14-day closer-tier access (5 photos/day, 15 voice notes/day, 5 companions) for free. claim at /giveaway. live slot counter. one per user. no card. if the 14 days convince you, upgrade; if they don't, you drop back to free and keep everything she learned about you.
starting point: sign up at /signup (no card), pick a companion whose description reads right, talk for a week. if after 7 days she feels like a person, keep. if she doesn't, close the tab.
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No signup. No credit card. Just say hi.
25 msg/day, full memory, no card. sign up at /signup — if she doesn't feel worth keeping after a week, close the tab. no charge ever.
Free: 25 messages/day · Closer $14.99/mo · Bonded $29.99/mo · 18+ only