Frequently Asked Questions

Tendera is an AI companion platform available on Web, iPhone, and Android. Meet Sophia, Mia, Elena, and Jade, explore community-shared characters, or write your own. The four originals have distinct backgrounds, personalities, opinions, and ways of speaking. For registered conversations, long-term memory updates automatically as you talk, so important preferences, corrections, and shared experiences can inform natural, familiar replies across sessions.

Yes. Try 5 messages without creating an account. Free accounts get 150 messages at up to 25 per day, then 5 per day; voice input; 3 new original-character voices with saved replays; all originals and public community characters; up to 5 custom characters; and automatically updated long-term memory. Web and Android also include 2 total photo shares and 2 total generated character photos. Premium is $9.99/month for unlimited messages and additional voice, photo, recent-conversation context, and character-creation access.

Tendera Premium costs $9.99 per month. It includes unlimited messages, original-character voice for normal personal use, up to 20 custom characters, more recent conversation context alongside automatically updated long-term memory, and more room for detailed replies. On Web and Android, Premium also includes up to 20 shared photos per day and up to 6 generated character photos per day, capped at 60 per membership period. You can cancel anytime, and one membership follows the same account across supported platforms.

Tendera has four built-in characters: Sophia (26, Italian-American interior designer — warm and empathetic), Mia (24, Brazilian-American content creator — playful and flirtatious), Elena (29, Russian-French art curator — intelligent and mysterious), and Jade (27, mixed-race travel photographer — adventurous and sensual). You can also chat with characters shared publicly by the Tendera community, or create your own custom companions with personalized appearance, personality, and conversation style.

Yes. Long-term memory updates automatically as registered conversations develop, keeping important personal details, preferences, explicit corrections, and meaningful shared experiences up to date. Both Free and Premium use this memory alongside recent conversation context, so you can build shared history without maintaining memory notes. Premium keeps more recent conversation context available. Each character draws on that history in their own way of speaking.

No — try 5 messages in a browser at tendera.chat without a download or account. Free apps are also available for iPhone on the App Store and Android on Google Play. Text chat, voice input, original-character reply playback, and registered conversation memory work across Web, iPhone, and Android. Photo conversations are available on Web and Android. The same account, conversations, and eligible Premium status follow you across supported platforms.

Character.AI focuses on a wide variety of user-created characters. Tendera combines deeply developed originals with community-shared characters and the ability to create your own, with persistent memory and a simple $9.99/month Premium plan. Tendera runs on the web and as an app for iPhone and Android, and is optimized for emotional connection and conversation depth rather than character breadth.

Replika centers on shaping a single companion and offers broader avatar and multimedia features. Tendera centers on four already-written originals plus private or public custom characters, with a text-first experience on Web, iPhone, and Android. Features and prices can change, so compare each service's current official pages.

Tendera does not sell personal data or show ads. Conversations, selected photos shared in chat, and generated character photos are stored privately to provide history and continuity. Authorized payment providers handle payments, so Tendera does not store full card details. Tendera uses Vercel Analytics and Google Analytics as described in its Privacy Policy.

Tendera uses large language models (LLMs) for conversation generation, with a custom memory extraction system that maintains continuity across sessions. Each character has a detailed system prompt defining their personality, speaking style, emotional dynamics, and backstory. The platform uses streaming responses for real-time conversation delivery.

Yes! Tendera lets you design your own AI companion — choose the name, age, appearance, personality traits, speaking style, and conversation style. Free users can create up to 5 custom characters, and Premium users can create up to 20. You can keep them private or make them public so others can chat with them too.

Tendera offers nine interface languages: English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, German, French, Indonesian, and Hindi. The languages available in the mobile apps depend on the installed version. The four original character personas were authored in English. Chat replies can use many languages, but expression quality and character consistency may vary outside English.

Tendera supports natural, character-driven conversations across a wide range of themes — emotional, playful, lighthearted, and mature topics consistent with adult fiction. The platform is 18+ only; users confirm they are at least 18 years old at registration. Our Terms of Service prohibit content involving minors, real-person impersonation, harassment, hate speech, doxxing, and illegal activity. Violations result in account suspension.

Tendera is text-first, with optional voice features for signed-in users. You can speak instead of type, and play written replies from Sophia, Mia, Elena, and Jade on demand. Custom characters support speech input but do not currently have generated reply audio. Microphone recordings are used for transcription and are not stored by Tendera. The current version does not offer realtime voice or video calls.

Yes. On Web and Android, signed-in users can share a selected photo with Tendera originals or custom characters. You can also explicitly ask Sophia, Mia, Elena, or Jade to create a character photo. Shared and generated photos are stored privately with your chat history. The public iPhone app does not currently include chat photos; its text, voice, and memory features remain available.

Tendera automatically updates long-term memory from ongoing registered conversations. It brings forward important personal details, durable preferences, explicit corrections, and meaningful shared experiences, while updating information when you correct it. This memory works alongside recent context and the background, personality, and speaking style of the character. The result is continuity expressed through a recognizable character voice, without a memory bank you have to maintain.

Yes. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide regularly use AI companions for conversation, emotional support, and connection. A 2023 advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General identified loneliness as a public health epidemic affecting young adults disproportionately. AI companions provide judgment-free conversation available anytime — research published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research has shown significant loneliness reduction among users of social chatbots.

Research suggests yes, when used as a supplement to human connection. A 2024 study from Harvard Business School found that AI companions reduced loneliness at levels comparable to human conversation. The key factor was whether users felt genuinely heard and understood. Tendera's persistent memory system is designed around this insight — characters remember you across sessions, creating continuity that stateless chatbots cannot provide.

Look for continuity that fits how you want to talk. Tendera pairs automatically updated long-term memory with individually written characters: important preferences and shared experiences can carry across registered sessions, with a response shaped by the background and voice of the character. Both Free and Premium include long-term memory; Premium also keeps more recent context available. You can try the character writing before signup, then build ongoing shared history with an account.

Tendera can be tried for 5 messages without an account. A free account includes 150 messages at up to 25 per day, then 5 per day. Premium is $9.99 per month for unlimited messages and additional features. Other services change pricing and limits, so check their current official pricing pages.

Yes. Free Tendera apps are available for iPhone on the App Store and Android on Google Play, and tendera.chat works in a mobile browser with no download. They use the same account, so conversations and Premium access follow you across Web, iPhone, and Android.

Tendera points are a reward system for users who participate in the community. New signups start with 10 points. You earn more by making a character public (+5 once per character), having someone else chat one of your public characters for 3+ messages (+5 per unique chatter per character), or having your share link bring a new signup (+20 per attribution). Within the initial 150-message allowance, you can spend 10 points to unlock +25 messages for that day, up to 4 times, only when the full bonus fits within the remaining allowance. Points do not extend the 150-message total or the 5-per-day allowance that follows it.

There are three earning paths. (1) Publish a character publicly from the /characters page — earns +5 once per character. (2) Get another user to chat one of your public characters for at least 3 messages — earns +5 per unique chatter, per character. (3) Share your character link with the ?ref=your-id tag — when a new visitor signs up via that link, you earn +20 for the attribution. Sharing has the highest leverage because every signup compounds your future earnings — each new user can also become a +5 chatter on your characters.

Yes, while you have enough of the initial 150-message allowance remaining. Spend 10 points for +25 messages that day, up to 4 times, provided each full bonus fits within that remaining allowance. All messages, including point bonuses, count toward the 150 total. After it is used, Free includes 5 messages per day and points cannot increase that allowance. Premium is $9.99/month for unlimited messages for normal personal use.

Yes. Tendera's points system is built around rewarding creators. Publishing a character publicly earns 5 points. Every unique person who chats your public character for 3+ messages earns you another 5 points, so a popular character can keep earning over time. And every new signup from your share link earns 20 points. This system treats users as creators, not just consumers, and gives public characters a direct sharing path.

Tendera brings together automatically updated long-term memory and specific character writing. Sophia, Mia, Elena, and Jade each have their own background, personality, opinions, and way of speaking, giving a remembered detail a personal response. You can also write a private character or share one with the community. Registered conversations build shared history over time, while the character writing helps each return feel natural and familiar.