# Cycle AI: Chat & AI Friends

> Escape into endless stories. Chat with AI companions and shape your romance!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cycleai.android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cycleai.android)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.cycleai.android`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Beefun Pte. Ltd.
- **Category:** ENTERTAINMENT
- **Downloads:** 3,524,026
- **Rating:** 4.21 / 5 (32,793 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.9.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-18
- **First published:** 2025-07-22
- **Publisher country:** SG
- **Size:** 87 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cycleai.android)
- **Website:** [https://cycleai.ai](https://cycleai.ai/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://cycleai.ai/privacy](https://cycleai.ai/privacy)

## Description

**Cycle AI: Chat & AI Friends** is an interactive AI storytelling app where you take control of endless romance, fantasy, and roleplay adventures. Chat with AI companions, build emotional connections, and shape every story through your choices.

Create custom AI characters by describing their names and personalities, explore story tropes like enemies-to-lovers and billionaire romance, and enjoy AI roleplay with companions that remember past conversations. Cycle AI also lets you turn memorable chat scenes into generated images and share custom characters with its community.

## Rankings

- #31,149 — Overall
- #39 — Entertainment (Gross)
- #88 — Entertainment (Free)
- #140 — Application (Gross)
- #25 — ai
- #85 — ia

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_CUSTOM_AUDIENCE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.applovin.array.apphub.permission.BIND_APPHUB_SERVICE`
- `com.cycleai.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`

## Review summary

Cycle is loved for its memory and engaging, smart AI characters and easy, fun play with affordable entry. Repeated concerns center on memory reliability, intrusive ads/free-message limits, multi-character chat issues, and inconsistent AI storytelling quality. Some users also report occasional sign-in bugs. Overall, it's a fun, imaginative app, but reliability and monetization frictions limit long-term use for some users.

### Pros

- Strong memory of conversations and prompts across chats.
- Smart, responsive bots with excellent characters for engaging roleplay.
- Easy to use and intuitive; fun and engaging experience.
- Free content and affordable entry options thanks to ads and rewards.

### Cons

- Memory inconsistencies; the AI forgets starting scenarios and contradicts itself.
- Ads during conversations and a restrictive free-message limit (and perceived premium cost).
- Poor handling of multi-character conversations; other bots go silent or dominate.
- AI storylines sometimes ignore prompts or derail, indicating uneven quality.
- Occasional sign-in bugs or other UX issues (e.g., sign-in not working).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cycleai.android)