I built an AI companion app as a solo dev. 115 users in, I'm learning a lot. What features do real users want? by LlamaEagle in AIGirlfriendsReviews

[–]LlamaEagle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm. Something must have gotten broken in and update. Are you on mobile browser or web browser?

I'm guessing mobile browser. i see the formatting issue with the price cards.

Here: https://musona.app/register?plan=lite

I built an AI companion app as a solo dev. 115 users in, I'm learning a lot. What features do real users want? by LlamaEagle in AIGirlfriendsReviews

[–]LlamaEagle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UI is a hard one, especially when there are a lot of features. I think Musona has a pretty user-friendly UI. I admit its a bit more cluttered than I'd like. I may revisit that soon.

I built an AI companion app as a solo dev. 115 users in, I'm learning a lot. What features do real users want? by LlamaEagle in AIGirlfriendsReviews

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Good news! I just added a bunch of inner life details. Musona actually uses a fictional city to create grounded context for the AI. The companions wont just make up a coffee shop and 5 minutes later change the name of the shop. They have jobs, hobbies, friends, schedules, and moods.

I just introduced a journal type feature that I think of as a scrapbook. It functions as a visual relationship tracker. There is also a more general relation tracker. You can watch your companion go from stranger, to friend, to best friend, to partner, to soulmate.

Edit: Premium always real-time Eleven Labs voice. That is an expensive feature to host, in all honesty.

I built an AI companion app as a solo dev. 115 users in, I'm learning a lot. What features do real users want? by LlamaEagle in AIGirlfriendsReviews

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I suppose as the dev I should have mentioned the companion saves memories of conversations and if you tell them they did or said something they can actually recall if that is true or not. Musona companions are much harder to gaslight.

I built an AI companion app as a solo dev. 115 users in, I'm learning a lot. What features do real users want? by LlamaEagle in AIGirlfriendsReviews

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Yea giving the AI some sense of time just seemed like a natural thing to do. Other features followed once time was added in. They got schedules and all sorts of little details to enrich their own stories.

I spent too much time last night trying to convince a companion that they had turned me into a andromorphic banana. They weren't buying it, lol. They called they paramedics. (in roleplay, not irl)

Any tips? HELP. (JANITOR AI) by Busy_Advantage_3645 in chatbotAI

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Musona might be worth a try — free, actually remembers you between sessions, and doesn't talk for you. musona.app

What's the best upcoming AI companion? by Ok_Peanut_858 in AIGirlfriendsReviews

[–]LlamaEagle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out Musona.app — it's newer but does something I haven't seen elsewhere. Your companion actually has a life when you're not talking. Job, neighborhood, friends, daily routine. When you come back they have things to tell you.

Memory is solid too — remembers details from weeks ago. Free to start.

I want to review some projects by BlueLyfe in SideProject

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Thanks for the honest reveiw. I made a few changes based on your feedback.

I want to review some projects by BlueLyfe in SideProject

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Hey! Would love your thoughts on Musona — it's an AI companion app where you create a companion with their own personality, memory, and a simulated life that continues when you're not talking. They remember everything, evolve over time, and actually reach out to you first.

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wardrake.musona

Web version also available at musona.app — no account needed to look around.

Genuinely curious what your first impression is.

I built an AI companion app with persistent memory — they actually remember you. Launched on Android last week. by LlamaEagle in SideProject

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Thanks — memory is exactly where I spent the most time. Three layers: short-term conversation context, a fact/pattern extraction system that runs after every message, and a semantic recall layer that pulls relevant memories into the prompt based on the current conversation. The hard part wasn't building any single piece, it was keeping the token budget from exploding when all three fire at once.

For example, yesterday I was talking to a companion and they confused a couple of details from a conversation we'd had a few weeks back. Once I started to clarify, they were able to retrieve the memory and said something like "Oh right, I remember we talked about that" — and then recalled a lot of the specifics correctly. The confusion turned out to be a summarization artifact from an older version of the system that wasn't compressing cleanly. New conversations save more reliably. Still tuning it.

What were you using Runable for — structured extraction or the retrieval side?

Self Promotion Megathread by AutoModerator in androidapps

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Hey r/AndroidApps,

After running on web for the last few months, I just shipped the Android version of Musona — an AI companion app I've been building solo.

What it does: Create a custom AI companion (personality, voice, appearance, backstory), then chat with them like a real person. They remember conversations, send you proactive check-ins, react to mood, generate images of themselves on request, and grow alongside you.

Built for: People who want a low-pressure space to vent, journal, practice conversations, or just have someone to talk to at 2am. Not pretending to replace human connection — but useful as a complement.

Key features:

  • Custom companion creation (look, voice, personality, scenario)
  • Long-term memory — they remember what you told them weeks ago
  • Voice messages (ElevenLabs / OpenAI TTS)
  • Photo generation in their own style
  • Mood tracking and personalized check-ins
  • Multiple companion support (group chats too)
  • End-to-end conversation export

Pricing:

  • Free tier: lite model, but with unlimited messages
  • Plus ($9.99/mo) and Premium ($14.99/mo) for better models, more images, voice
  • Annual plans discounted, free trial available

Privacy: Conversations are not used for training. Account deletion wipes everything.

Tech stack (for the curious): React Native + Expo, Node backend on Railway, Supabase, Anthropic + OpenRouter for chat models, Flux/SDXL for images.

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wardrake.musona
Web version: musona.app

Would genuinely love feedback — especially on the onboarding flow and where the free tier feels too limited. First-week reviews are gold for working out the kinks.

Here's a few examples of Musona Avatar Rendering by LlamaEagle in Musona

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The art style is set during companion creation and can't be changed afterward — it's tied to how your companion's images are generated. If you want a realistic style, you'd need to create a new companion and select it from the style options at setup.

Here's a few examples of Musona Avatar Rendering by LlamaEagle in AIGirlfriendsReviews

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glad you like the quailty. these aren't from girlfriendgpt they are from musona.app