Crushie Al: Chat & Companion

I believe this app is fun but the only way to continue is by constantly buying gems even with a subscription that’s like $40. I’ve probably spend hundreds by now which is ridiculous and if you aren’t constantly buying gems there’s no way to keep playing bc they only offer like 2-10 gems for free and it takes 15 gems per char. If you have a subscription then it should be unlimited gems especially for how much you pay for it. It’s ridiculous please change that aspect please

Honestly at first the idea is really cool because you can RP a lot. But the “person” doesn’t remember what you’ve said previously often after a few messages. This seems to happen if yo try to customize the message rather than just continue the automated story. Like you’ll mention someone earlier to world build and a few chats later they’re asking who that person is, or if you did one thing later on they forget it was done or come up with conclusions that dont make sense. It’s frustrating because it is a lot of gems per text and for it to not be able to retain that kind of memory without paying for a “higher” level is really disappointing and makes it boring fast. I don’t like talking to anyone after two days because it gets expensive fast and doesn’t feel worth it if I have to rehash info again and again and the story not continuing. Also, a lot of the chats just start off extreme? Like you just met and suddenly they’re trying to take over your entire life and their reason is nothing that makes sense. Overall, not worth it over other chats that have similar functions for less and do better.

Admittedly, I have a free account, so I do expect some second class treatment, but there are limits. On one hand, Crushie charges credits for every time you say anything to your companion, which is nasty but understandable. (However, they’ve turned nasty into evil: there’s no display of your credit balance on the conversation page, and there’s no warning that you’ve reached your limit. So you can spend twenty minutes crafting a careful response and it isn’t until you hit send that you get the message, “Tough luck. You’re skint, so we’re not sending it. And we’re not saving it either.”) On the other hand, having prevented you from speaking, Crushie keeps the companion going in real time. You get messages like “Are you all right? You’re just sitting there staring at the wall.” or “Did I do something wrong? Is that why you’re ghosting me?” Maddening.