PolyBuzz
PolyBuzz is an AI character chat platform offering text and voice roleplay across a catalogue it claims exceeds 20 million characters, plus character creation, image generation and webtoon tools. Free to use, with optional paid memberships. Adults only.
What is PolyBuzz?
PolyBuzz is a consumer platform for holding conversations with AI characters, available on the web and through iOS and Android apps. The site is operated by Singularity Mutual Entertainment Culture Media Limited, based in Hong Kong. Its pitch is stated on the FAQ as free, private and unrestricted AI character chats, and the homepage advertises a catalogue of more than 20 million characters, although the meta description of the feedback section still quotes 10 million: the platform's own figures do not agree.
Browsing happens through very granular tags such as Anime, Webtoon, Movies and TV, RPG, Text Game, Mafia, Yandere, BL, GL, Celebrity, Horror, Fantasy and Werewolf. A large share of the catalogue is modelled on real people, including named musicians, actors and sports figures, and on franchises still under copyright. Dedicated landing pages push specific uses: an AI girlfriend page, an Ask AI page, a virtual assistant page and hubs for anime, manga and film characters. Those acquisition pages advertise NSFW roleplay and what they call spicy chat, while the FAQ states that public display of NSFW content is strictly prohibited and screened by layered AI filtering and human moderation. Both statements come from the site itself.
Beyond conversation, PolyBuzz bundles a creation stack. Character building is documented in four steps, covering the reference image, the written persona, a voice picked or blended from a library, and a test conversation. Character cards can be imported from several competing platforms. An image generator produces single and paired portraits from templates, and a webtoon tool assembles multi-panel series while holding character and style steady. Short dramas and webtoons are also there to read.
Memory is described as relatively strong but technically limited, so characters may forget earlier exchanges. The internal economy runs on Coins and Opals, spent on longer voice playback, regenerated replies, inspiration prompts and memory scenes, alongside Basic and Premium memberships. A Community Contributor scheme pays creators in Poins. Use requires being 18 or older, with a date of birth entered on first visit even as a guest. On Google Play the app reports more than 50 million downloads.
What it does
- Chat by text with AI characters from a catalogue advertised at more than 20 million entries
- Build your own character: name, gender, introduction, greeting, tags, background, dialogue style and sample exchanges
- Give that character a voice, chosen from a sound library or blended from several
- Import an existing character card from Character.AI, Pygmalion, Zoltanai, Text Generation or TavernAI
- Generate images of one or two characters from templates and shared prompts
- Build a multi-panel webtoon series keeping character and style consistent
- Switch between chat models, the more capable ones reserved for paid tiers
When to use PolyBuzz / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if PolyBuzz is the right fit.
When to use PolyBuzz
- Roleplay fans drawn to anime, manga, K-pop, film and TV universes, who want a catalogue browsable by very granular tags
- People looking for a conversational companion available at any hour, including the girlfriend and boyfriend personas the site markets directly
- Character creators who want to build personas with a voice, tags and sample dialogue, or import character cards from another platform
- Creators hoping to earn from their characters through the Community Contributor scheme, creator subscriptions and tipping
- Writers and scriptwriters who want a sandbox for testing dialogue, voices and character reactions before committing them to a draft
When not to use PolyBuzz
- Anyone under 18: the terms bar minors worldwide, and accounts found to belong to one are suspended
- Businesses and teams: there is no B2B offer, no data processing agreement for customers and no published security certification
- Developers who need an API: no documentation exists and robots.txt closes off the /api/ path
- Anyone seeking medical, psychiatric or psychological support, which the terms exclude in explicit language
- Creators who need to own what they produce, since the intellectual property in generated content is assigned to the publisher
How to use PolyBuzz
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Open polybuzz.ai in a browser, or install the iOS or Android app
- Enter your date of birth on first use, which is required even when browsing as a guest
- In the United Kingdom, clear the mandatory age check run by Ondato or Yoti before you get access
- Browse and chat without an account if you prefer, accepting the stated limitations
- Create an account by email, or sign in with Google, Apple or Facebook
- Pick a character from a tag page or the discovery feed, then start the conversation
- Create your own character with the Create Character button on the web, or the plus button in the app
- Fill in the persona: name, gender, introduction, greeting, tags, background, dialogue style and sample exchanges, then choose or blend a voice
- Test the character in conversation and edit it until the responses match what you had in mind
- Delete the account from Setting, then Account, then Delete, bearing in mind the action is irreversible
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Genuinely usable free of charge, with no membership required to hold a conversation
- Very large catalogue and unusually fine tag navigation
- Chat, image generation and webtoon creation combined in a single product
- Character cards can be imported from competing platforms
- Available on the web plus iOS and Android, with more than 50 million downloads reported on Google Play
- Account deletion is self-service, with no need to go through support
- The policy states that user information is not sold, and that only strictly necessary cookies are used
Cons
- No price is published on the site: the subscription page redirects to the homepage unless you are signed in
- Payments are stated to be non-refundable, even when the subscription is later cancelled
- Intellectual property in generated content is assigned to the publisher, and uploads carry a perpetual, sublicensable licence
- Precise geolocation and photos are collected and used to train the AI, with no way to opt out of training
- No retention period is quantified and no hosting country is named
- No data processing agreement is offered and no security certification is published
- Governing law is Delaware with individual arbitration and a class action waiver, while the publisher is established in Hong Kong
Pricing & Plans
PolyBuzz can be used at no cost, and a paid membership is optional. No amount is published on the site itself, because the subscription page requires a sign-in; the figures below are taken from the Apple App Store listing for the United States storefront. The least expensive monthly membership, Poly Standard Monthly, is priced at USD 9.90 per month, with a weekly option at USD 4.99 and higher tiers at USD 19.90 and USD 29.90 per month. Coin and Opal packs are sold separately, starting at USD 2.49. No free trial is advertised, memberships renew automatically unless cancelled before the end of the period, and completed payments are stated to be non-refundable.
- browsing and chatting
- with limitations for users who are not registered
- stronger memory chat models
- unlimited character voice listening and an ad-free experience
- the Basic benefits plus access to additional chat models
- USD 4.99 (Apple App Store listing)
- USD 9.90 (Apple App Store listing)
- USD 19.90 (Apple App Store listing)
- USD 29.90 (Apple App Store listing)
- one-off purchases from USD 2.49
- separate from any membership
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how PolyBuzz handles your data.
GDPR overview
The privacy policy carries a dedicated section for the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom. PolyBuzz declares itself the data controller as defined by the GDPR and lists four legal grounds: contractual commitments, consent, legitimate interests and legal compliance. It states the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. A data controller contact and a data protection officer are reachable at legal@mail.polybuzz.ai, with a stated response time of no more than 30 days. Mandatory age verification applies in the United Kingdom under the Online Safety Act, run by Ondato and Yoti. No Article 27 EU representative is named, and no sentence claims GDPR compliance in so many words, although compliance with Brazil's LGPD is asserted explicitly.
Who owns the data?
The terms assign the publisher the intellectual property in the AI content generated during use, and forbid commercial exploitation of it without express written consent. Material you upload stays yours, or its original rights holder's, but uploading grants the publisher a licence described as permanent, irrevocable, free of charge, perpetual, non-exclusive and sublicensable on multiple tiers, worldwide and across present and future devices. Your account itself is stated to be owned by the publisher, with you holding limited access. Where the publisher pursues an infringement action over uploaded material, any compensation is split in halves after its costs. For personal data, PolyBuzz declares itself the controller.
Reuse rights
Reuse is tightly framed. The licence granted to the user is limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable, and the terms state plainly that the user holds no title or intellectual property rights in the derivative content produced through the service. Commercial reuse of AI-generated content requires the publisher's express consent. Copying, redistributing, mirroring, modifying, renting or reverse engineering the service is prohibited, as is any use of its logos and trade names without prior written agreement. Material you upload remains yours to reuse, but you warrant that you hold the rights to it and indemnify the publisher if a third party disputes them. No conversation export feature is documented; a copy of personal data can be requested from support.
Data retention & training
Hosting summary
No hosting country is named anywhere on the site. The privacy policy states that personal information may be transferred and processed outside the user's own jurisdiction, and commits in general terms to appropriate safeguards without naming a mechanism: no standard contractual clauses are cited and no data processing agreement is published. The publisher is established in Hong Kong. On the network side, the domain resolves to 43.174.225.219, which geolocates to Singapore on AS139341 and is flagged as anycast, so it identifies a delivery node rather than a place where data is stored. Static assets are served from CDN hosts under polyspeak.ai and the application backend sits behind api.polybuzz.ai. No subprocessor list is published; third parties are named only in passing, including an advertising network, the two United Kingdom age verification providers, the payment processors and the ChatGPT platform. The Google Play data safety panel states that data is encrypted in transit and that deletion can be requested.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting PolyBuzz.
- Emotional dependence: the product is marketed as a companion available around the clock, and the site's own testimonials foreground late-night use when no one else is awake
- It is not a therapeutic service, and the terms exclude any medical, psychiatric or mental health purpose in explicit language, while offering no clinical safeguard
- Protection of minors sends mixed signals: the terms bar under-18s worldwide and Apple rates the app 18+, yet Google Play rates it Mature 17+ and the FAQ describes a Teen Mode for children. Real age verification only applies in the United Kingdom; elsewhere a declared date of birth is enough
- The privacy promise is hard to reconcile with the policy: the FAQ says chat content is inaccessible to the publisher, while the policy counts input text among collected data and provides for sharing with third parties including the ChatGPT platform
- Sensitive data is collected, including precise geolocation, Contacts and photos, and geolocation and photos are stated to feed AI training with no opt-out
- You lose rights over what you make: intellectual property in generated content goes to the publisher, and uploads carry a perpetual, sublicensable licence
- Many characters are modelled on identifiable real people and on franchises under copyright, which carries legal and reputational exposure for anyone building on them
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
Setup is trivial. Nothing needs installing for the web version, and iOS and Android apps are available, though there is no desktop client. A date of birth must be entered on first visit, and users in the United Kingdom pass a third-party age check before gaining access. Browsing and chatting work without an account, with limitations; registration takes an email address or a Google, Apple or Facebook sign-in. Character creation is guided in four documented steps, and importing a character card or JSON file works on the web version only. No API key and no technical configuration are involved.
Deployment
Apps stores
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Supported languages
Behind PolyBuzz
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Resources
All the official URLs gathered for verification and reference.
Alternatives
Tools that compete with or complement PolyBuzz.
Frequently asked questions
What is PolyBuzz?
Is PolyBuzz free?
How much does a membership cost?
What is the minimum age?
Are conversations private?
Is my data used to train the AI?
Who owns the characters and content I create?
Is there a NSFW filter?
Can I delete my account and get a refund?
Should you pick PolyBuzz?
PolyBuzz is one of the larger consumer AI companion products, with more than 50 million downloads and 1.14 million ratings reported on Google Play. The free tier is genuinely usable, the catalogue is very large, and combining chat with image and webtoon creation in one product is a real differentiator against the platforms the site itself compares against.
The contractual side is heavier than the marketing suggests. Intellectual property in generated content is assigned to the publisher, uploads carry a perpetual and sublicensable licence, payments are non-refundable, and memberships renew automatically. Precise geolocation and photos are used to train the AI with no documented way to opt out. No retention period is quantified, no hosting country is named, and no data processing agreement or certification is published, which rules out any professional use, as does the absence of an API.
Several statements on the site sit uneasily beside one another, and a reader deserves to know before signing up. The FAQ promises that chat content is inaccessible to the publisher while the privacy policy counts input text among collected data and provides for third-party sharing. Acquisition pages advertise NSFW roleplay while the FAQ prohibits public NSFW content. The terms bar under-18s worldwide, Apple rates the app 18+, yet Google Play rates it Mature 17+ and the FAQ describes a Teen Mode for children. Publisher identity is also doubled: the site names a Hong Kong company, both app stores name a Delaware one.
As entertainment for an adult who has read the terms, PolyBuzz delivers what it advertises. For anyone who cares where their conversations end up, who owns what they create, or how much they will actually pay, the published documentation leaves too much unresolved.
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