Grok AI girlfriend alternative with a companion at a flat plan from $9 and no SuperGrok subscription

Why look for a Grok AI girlfriend alternative?

The first reason is what you are actually buying. Grok is xAI's assistant: search, coding help, image generation, X integration. Companions were a mode inside it, and since 1 September 2026 even that mode is gone: xAI retired the 3D avatars and left Ani as a plain chat persona. Apple's US App Store listing for Grok, seller X Corp., re-read 30 September 2026, still lists SuperGrok at $30.00, SuperGrok Lite at $10.00, SuperGrok Plus at $100.00 and SuperGrok Heavy at $300.00, and its description no longer mentions companions once. So anyone who subscribed for Ani is now paying the full model price for a feature that was taken out of it.

The second reason is on the same listing and gets missed. Alongside those subscriptions, Apple shows Extra Usage Credits at $5, $20, $50 and $100. A credit pack next to a subscription means the plan has a ceiling and heavy use costs more, which is the same structure that makes token-metered companion apps unpredictable to budget for.

The third is register. The Grok listing carries a 16+ age rating with Mature or Suggestive Themes marked Frequent, and Sexual Content or Nudity marked Infrequent. That is a general assistant that sometimes goes there, not a product designed around a relationship.

• The 3D avatar Companions were retired from 1 September 2026
• Apple lists SuperGrok $30.00, Lite $10.00, Plus $100.00, Heavy $300.00 (30 Sep 2026)
• Extra Usage Credits packs of $5 to $100 sit on top of the plan
• The Grok app description no longer mentions companions once

How Tempted.ai compares to Grok companions

Price is the plainest gap. Tempted.ai starts at $9 a month and that is the whole bill. There is no credit balance to watch, no higher tier holding back the part you came for, and no assistant features padding the invoice. If the companion is the product you want, you should be able to buy only the companion.

The second difference is who starts the conversation. Grok, like almost every assistant, waits. You open it, you type, it answers. Tempted.ai texts you first: a good morning, a question about the interview you mentioned, a goodnight. That is what makes it feel like a relationship instead of a session, and it is the single feature people notice within a week.

The third is continuity. A girlfriend app lives or dies on whether she still knows you next Tuesday. Long-term memory is in the base $9 at Tempted.ai, not gated to a higher tier and not something you re-establish every time you open the app.

Who should stay with Grok?

Stay if you already pay for SuperGrok. If the model subscription earns its keep for work, search or coding, then Ani is free at the margin and there is no financial argument for adding a second bill. That is an honest answer and it applies to a lot of people.

Stay too if your history with Ani is the point. xAI says chat history and affection levels stay on your account, and you can keep talking to her in normal Grok chat. If years of context matter more to you than the avatar did, starting fresh anywhere, including here, costs you that. What you can no longer stay for is the 3D character with live voice: xAI took that away, and the studio behind it moved to a separate app where nothing you built in Grok transfers.

And stay if you want one subscription covering everything. Bundles are genuinely efficient when you use the bundle. The case for switching is narrow and specific: you wanted a girlfriend, you do not need a frontier model, and $30 a month for a feature inside a product you barely open is a bad trade.