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ChatticaAI: Own your AI chats instead of renting them

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

Most character chat apps rent you access to your own conversations. Chattica doesn't.

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

What owning it actually means

You bring your own API key and pick whatever model you want. Your characters, chats, and memories live on your device, not on my servers. Your messages go straight from your phone to your provider and never pass through me.

Everything imports and exports in standard formats, so your characters and chats can leave as easily as they came in. No proprietary lock-in, no "we own your content" clause.

No message caps, no token economy, no context limits beyond whatever your model supports. If I disappeared tomorrow, your data would still be sitting on your phone where you left it.

18+ rated. Since you're using your own keys, content policy is between you and your provider.

What you get

  • Adventure mode - turn-based RPG with a real GM. Dice rolls, initiative, party members, encounters
  • Image generation - connect your own Stable Diffusion or ComfyUI, or use an image API. Auto image replies, character portraits, backgrounds, per-character styles, LoRA browsing
  • Group chat - multiple characters in one scene with @mentions
  • Workspace - direct model chat with folders and file attachments, if you want a straight assistant instead of a character
  • Voice chat - TTS and STT with ElevenLabs, Fish.audio, lemonfox.ai, or local
  • Memory that holds up - characters remember across sessions, and you review changes before they apply
  • Branching chats - take a conversation down a different path and swipe between variants
  • Import your existing characters - PNG, JSON, CHARX, JSONL, or straight from a link
  • Export in the same standard formats - character cards as PNG or JSON, chats as JSONL, plus full portable archives with media. Your data comes out in formats other apps actually read, so nothing is trapped here

Works with OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI-compatible APIs, nanoGPT, Z.AI, LM Studio, Ollama, Featherless, Amazon Bedrock, and more.

Pricing

Free tier gets 2 characters and 1 persona.

We offer a $2.99/mo subscription which unlocks everything across platforms. And you can purchase Chattica outright for $59.99 and own it for a lifetime.

Track record

Live since December on Android, January on iOS, 10,000+ downloads, weekly patches the whole way. Just shipped 2.1.43 with Workspace, image sharing with vision models, and chat search. A Windows desktop app is in closed beta.


Required Disclosures

🤖 AI Usage

Chattica is designed and reviewed by humans, tested by a 12 person team of industry veterans and built with agentic development tools. AI writes most of the implementation: UI, features, refactors, debugging but it does so to our design, our documentation and is tested within an inch of its life before any new or modified code touches production.

Architecture, data model, security decisions, feature scope, and every release call stay with me. I understand what goes in before it ships.

👤 Developer Experience

My background is tier 2/3 SaaS support, working directly with engineering teams and writing the detailed bug reports they worked from. That's where I learned to reproduce issues reliably, isolate root causes, and tell the difference between a symptom and an actual problem, which is most of what keeps a shipped app stable.

Our Lead Designer is a Behavioral Scientist specialized in narrative identity and former employee of Obsidian Entertainment.

Chattica has been live and actively maintained since December 2025, through two major versions and weekly patches, with every release, store submission, and support ticket handled in house.

🔍 Code Review & Testing

Every change goes through code review before merge, and I test on-device on both platforms before release. I also have an internal beta team that gets builds ahead of public launch. Bug reports come in through Discord and store reviews and get turned around fast. Both apps pass Apple and Google review on every submission.

🔒 Security & Data Handling

API keys are not stored in ordinary app preferences. On iOS, Chattica uses Keychain. On Android, credentials are encrypted in app-private storage using keys protected by Android Keystore.

Chattica has no advertising or general-purpose product analytics SDK, and no integrated third-party crash reporter such as Sentry or Crashlytics. Crash diagnostics stay on the device unless you explicitly export or share them. RevenueCat receives purchase and entitlement information for billing and restoration, not your chats, characters, images, or API keys.

Chats, characters, images, and settings remain local. Current releases do not upload or cloud-sync app content. Cloud sync is planned alongside the desktop release and will be opt-in, off by default, with your own private storage rather than my servers.

Payments are handled by Apple and Google, so I never see card data. No account required to use the app.

Published Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Happy to answer anything!

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u/AM_Interactive — 3 days ago

ChatticaAI: 10k downloads and a month of community events

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

10,000+ downloads. Genuinely did not expect to be typing that.

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

Coming later this week: v2.0.91

Big memory patch.

  • Smart Upgrade and Deep Rebuild now audit and repair retrieval keywords automatically
  • Memory reviews show clearer evidence and proposed keyword changes so you can see what's actually happening
  • Safer conversion of legacy Chattica lorebooks into memories (your own lorebooks stay untouched)
  • Interrupted upgrades recover properly now

Presets got a lot of love too. Imported presets now support variables, conditionals, random choices, dice rolls, character details, persona context, and recent chat history. Imports come with a compatibility summary telling you exactly what's supported, adapted, or unavailable instead of silently breaking. Also added Featherless AI with searchable model browsing.

Plus the usual round of polish: library searches and tag filters persist between visits, the simple Character Builder picked up Physical Description and Scenario fields, better Markdown rendering in chat, and a pile of reliability fixes for branches, variants, and group generation.

New here?

BYOK character chat app. Your chats go straight to your API provider, not to me. Everything stays on your device. No accounts required, no cloud, no backend servers.

18+ rated. Content is between you and your provider.

What it does

  • Adventure mode (turn-based RPG with a real GM)
  • Group chat with @mentions
  • Branching chats
  • Memory management
  • Image gen (Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, APIs)
  • Voice chat (TTS/STT)
  • Backup & restore
  • Import characters (PNG/JSON/CHARX/JSONL) or straight from a link

$2.99/mo unlocks everything across platforms, or $59.99 one-time per platform. Free tier gets 2 characters and 1 persona.


A word from ASCII, our Chief Creative Officer:

> Hey Chat! > > With 10,000+ downloads under our belt to say our community has been growing would be an understatement and we have been doing our very best to provide a home and a community for you to seek help, make friends, and get to know the developers behind Chattica. > > As part of these community building efforts we are proud to announce that we have joined the Community Calendar Program and we have been working with our newly hired Entertainment Manager to provide learning materials, content sharing and discord games. > > The first month is themed 'AI Love' where every day we will explore a different aspect of the Indie AI space, provide custom tutorials, resources, and a place for you to share your chat logs, art and creations with the world! > > Come play with us! > > - ASCII


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u/AM_Interactive — 18 days ago

ChatticaAI: How's adventure mode treating you?

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

Hey everyone, weekly check-in.

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

2.0 has settled in

Adventure mode has been out on both platforms for a bit now and people are actually running full campaigns with it. Dice rolls, party members, a GM that tracks initiative and knows when a fight starts.

If you've been using it, I want to hear how it's going. What's working, what's clunky, what you wish it did. Still tuning it and the feedback so far has been shaping what I fix next.

What's coming

2.1 is shaping up to be a memory update. Long chats are where most apps fall apart, so that's where the attention is going next.

Windows is still happening, just moved to 2.2 so I can give it the time it deserves. Mac folks are already sorted since the iPad app runs natively on Apple Silicon.

New here?

BYOK character chat app. Your chats go straight to your API provider, not to me. Everything stays on your device. No accounts required, no cloud, no backend servers.

18+ rated. Content is between you and your provider.

What it does

  • Adventure mode (turn-based RPG with a real GM)
  • Group chat with @mentions
  • Branching chats
  • Memory management
  • Image gen (Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, APIs)
  • Voice chat (TTS/STT)
  • Backup & restore
  • Import characters (PNG/JSON/CHARX/JSONL) or straight from a link

$2.99/mo unlocks everything across platforms, or $59.99 one-time per platform. Free tier gets 2 characters and 1 persona.


AI Usage Disclosure: I use agentic coding tools (VS Code, opencode, CodeRabbit for review) instead of hand-writing everything myself, but every architecture call, feature decision, and release is mine, and I test and review every change before it ships.

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u/AM_Interactive — 25 days ago

ChatticaAI 2.0 is officially live on iOS and Android

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

2.0 is officially live on both platforms!

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

Adventure Mode is here

This is the big one. Turn-based RPG adventures with your characters. Form a party (including AI-generated party members with their own backstories), face encounters, and let a real Game Master run the show. Dice rolls, initiative, combat detection, the narrator actually knows when a fight starts and tracks who acts when. Long adventures keep their memory too, so the story doesn't fall apart 50 messages in.

Pricing simplified

One subscription now, $2.99/mo, unlocks everything across Android, iOS, and Windows when it lands. There's also a $59.99 one-time Supporter option per platform if you'd rather not subscribe.

Existing users, nothing changes. You're grandfathered in, your current sub or lifetime purchase keeps working exactly like it does now.

Windows in 2.1

Full desktop app is in testing now and landing with 2.1. Mac users are already covered since the iPad app runs natively on Apple Silicon Macs. Subscriber plan covers all of it from day one.

Also in this patch

Rebuilt character creator, big image gen overhaul (per-character styles, smarter LoRA browser), branching chats, upgraded memory system, and a redesigned onboarding flow for anyone new to BYOK.

New here?

BYOK character chat app. Your chats go straight to your API provider, not to me. Everything is stored on your device. No accounts required, no cloud, no backend servers.

18+ rated. Content is between you and your provider.

Questions? I'm around!

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u/AM_Interactive — 1 month ago

Chattica 2.0 is LIVE! Check out our new Adventure mode!

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

Big one this week. 2.0 is live!

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

Adventure Mode is here

This is the big one. Turn-based RPG adventures with your characters. Form a party (including AI-generated party members with their own backstories), face encounters, and let a real Game Master run the show. Dice rolls, initiative, combat detection, the narrator actually knows when a fight starts and tracks who acts when. Long adventures keep their memory too, so the story doesn't fall apart 50 messages in.

Pricing simplified

One subscription now, $2.99/mo, unlocks everything across Android, iOS, and Windows when it lands. There's also a $59.99 one-time Supporter option per platform if you'd rather not subscribe.

Existing users, nothing changes. You're grandfathered in, your current sub or lifetime purchase keeps working exactly like it does now.

Windows is coming

Full desktop app in testing now, landing in the next 2-3 weeks. Mac users are already covered since the iPad app runs natively on Apple Silicon Macs. Subscriber plan covers all of it from day one.

Also in this patch

Rebuilt character creator, big image gen overhaul (per-character styles, smarter LoRA browser), branching chats, upgraded memory system, and a redesigned onboarding flow for anyone new to BYOK.

Android is live now. iOS is submitted and in review, should be out soon.

New here?

BYOK character chat app. Your chats go straight to your API provider, not to me. Everything is stored on your device. No accounts required, no cloud, no backend servers.

18+ rated. Content is between you and your provider.

Questions? I'm around all week!


AI Usage Disclosure: I use agentic coding tools (Claude code and Codex inside of VS Code, opencode, CodeRabbit for review) instead of hand-writing everything myself, but every architecture call, feature decision, and release is mine, and I test and review every change before it ships. 7 months live, weekly patches the whole time, 2.0 just went out.

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u/AM_Interactive — 1 month ago

ChatticaAI: Big 2.0 update almost here

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

Hey everyone, sorry I missed last week. Was heads down getting the update ready and totally spaced on posting.

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

What's coming

2.0 is almost here. Aiming for Friday the 19th if all goes well. Adventure mode is the big one, dice rolling and a GM/Narrator for proper RPG sessions. Been putting a lot of work into it.

Also working on video tutorials and a whole new onboarding flow. The API setup can trip up newcomers, so I'm making it way easier to get started.

New here?

BYOK character chat app. Your chats go straight to your API provider, not to me. Everything is stored on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no backend servers.

18+ rated. Content is between you and your provider.

Features

  • Group chat
  • Memory management
  • Voice chat (TTS/STT)
  • Image gen (Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, APIs)
  • Per-character image styles and TTS settings
  • Import characters from link
  • Backup & restore
  • Lorebooks, context tracking, all that

Questions? Ask away!

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u/AM_Interactive — 2 months ago

ChatticaAI: Big 2.0 update almost here

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

Hey everyone, sorry I missed last week. Was heads down getting the update ready and totally spaced on posting.

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

What's coming

2.0 is almost here. Aiming for Friday the 19th if all goes well. Adventure mode is the big one, dice rolling and a GM/Narrator for proper RPG sessions. Been putting a lot of work into it.

Also working on video tutorials and a whole new onboarding flow. The API setup can trip up newcomers, so I'm making it way easier to get started.

New here?

BYOK character chat app. Your chats go straight to your API provider, not to me. Everything is stored on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no backend servers.

18+ rated. Content is between you and your provider.

Features

  • Group chat
  • Memory management
  • Voice chat (TTS/STT)
  • Image gen (Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, APIs)
  • Per-character image styles and TTS settings
  • Import characters from link
  • Backup & restore
  • Lorebooks, context tracking, all that

Questions? Ask away!

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u/AM_Interactive — 2 months ago

ChatticaAI: Still cooking adventure mode

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

Hey everyone, quick weekly post.

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

What's happening

Still heads down on adventure mode. Dice rolling, GM/Narrator, the whole RPG thing. Want to get it right before I ship it.

New here?

BYOK character chat app. Your chats go straight to your API provider, not to me. Everything is stored on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no backend servers.

18+ rated. Content is between you and your provider.

Features

  • Group chat
  • Memory management
  • Voice chat (TTS/STT)
  • Image gen (Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, APIs)
  • Per-character image styles and TTS settings
  • Import characters from link
  • Backup & restore
  • Lorebooks, context tracking, all that

If you've been using the app, let me know what you'd like to see after adventure mode drops. Always taking suggestions.

Questions? Ask away!

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u/AM_Interactive — 3 months ago

ChatticaAI: Adventure mode coming soon

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

Hey folks, weekly check-in.

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

What's coming

Next patch is in beta testing right now. Some stuff to look forward to:

  • Adventure mode (RPG-style with dice rolling and a GM)
  • Per-character TTS settings
  • AI enhance button on the persona page
  • More font options and a readability slider
  • Tap the model icon in chat to quickly switch presets

Still ironing out a few things but should be out soon.

New here?

BYOK character chat app. Your chats go straight to your API provider, not to me. Everything is stored on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no backend servers.

18+ rated. Content is between you and your provider.

Features

  • Group chat
  • Memory management
  • Voice chat (TTS/STT)
  • Image gen (Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, APIs)
  • Import characters from link
  • Backup & restore
  • Lorebooks, context tracking, all that

Questions? I'm around!

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u/AM_Interactive — 3 months ago

ChatticaAI: RPG support with dice rolling coming soon!

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

Hey everyone, weekly update.

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

What I'm working on

RPG support. Dice rolling and a GM/Narrator mode. Hoping to have it ready by next week.

Recently added

  • Per-character image styles
  • Search bar in character editor
  • Rebuilt prompt composer with cleaner message formatting
  • Timer and token count on guided replies
  • ComfyUI cloud support
  • Fish.audio for TTS

New here?

BYOK character chat app. Your chats go straight to your API provider, not to me. Everything is stored on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no backend servers.

18+ rated. Content is between you and your provider.

Features

  • Group chat
  • Memory management
  • Voice chat (TTS/STT)
  • Image gen (Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, APIs)
  • Import characters from link
  • Backup & restore
  • Lorebooks, context tracking, all that

Let me know if you have questions!

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u/AM_Interactive — 3 months ago

ChatticaAI - https://chattica.ai

Hey folks, weekly update.

📱 Google Play | 🍎 App Store | 💬 Discord

What's new

Rebuilt the prompt composer this patch. Message formatting is cleaner now and prompt composition order is working properly.

Added a search bar to the character edit screen, and there's now an image style dropdown so you can set styles per character. Guided replies show a timer and token count now too.

Also polished up the thinking bubble on swipe, image gen message selection, persona page, JSONL export, and custom chat API image prompts.

New here?

BYOK character chat app. Everything stays on your phone. No accounts, no cloud, no servers. I can't see your chats because they never leave your device.

18+ rated. Content is between you and your provider.

Features

  • Group chat
  • Memory management
  • Voice chat (TTS/STT)
  • Image gen (Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, APIs)
  • Import characters from link
  • Backup & restore
  • Lorebooks, context tracking, all that

Questions? Let me know!

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u/AM_Interactive — 4 months ago