heyaifriend is a text-based AI companion for adults who want an ongoing conversation in Telegram rather than a separate chat account. You message @heyaifriendbot about your day, plans or preferences, and it keeps short notes that can help later conversations pick up where earlier ones left off. It is for people looking for casual company through messages, not a therapist or a service to contact in an emergency. There is no separate signup form, though you need Telegram to use it.
What can heyaifriend do?
The conversation happens in a Telegram text chat. Instead of asking you to rebuild the context each time, heyaifriend keeps short notes about people you mention, your plans, preferences and the conversational style you prefer. That makes it suited to continuing a thread about something you brought up before, while keeping the actual interaction as simple as sending a message to the bot. Its memory is a set of notes, not a promise that it will retain every word from every exchange.
- Start by messaging @heyaifriendbot in Telegram; there is no separate signup form.
- Talk about people, plans and preferences that may be relevant to later chats.
- Receive occasional check-ins initiated by the bot, or ask it to stop messaging first.
- Ask what it remembers, tell it to forget an item, request a copy or ask it to delete everything.
The operator says conversations are stored on its own servers in the Netherlands, not sent to other AI companies or used to train models. Those are the operator's stated practices, not an independent audit. The memory controls let you check what carries over between chats rather than leave that entirely opaque.
Who is heyaifriend best for?
Choose heyaifriend if you already use Telegram and want a continuing text conversation that can remember a few details about your life. Its short notes fit chats that refer back to people, plans or preferences you have mentioned before, while its check-ins may suit someone who likes an occasional prompt to talk. You can also ask it not to initiate those messages. It is meant for adults, including people who prefer a single ongoing companion over a menu of selectable characters. If you want a clinical opinion, crisis help or a voice-led experience, this is not the right service.
heyaifriend pricing in brief
heyaifriend is offered for free, with a daily limit on messages. The published free-offering page does not state how many messages you can send in a day. It also does not describe a card requirement, trial, renewal or paid tier, so there is no paid upgrade to compare in the published information. If you expect to send many messages, the unspecified cap matters more than a plan comparison: you cannot tell from the published page how much daily conversation is available before reaching the limit.
Limitations to know about heyaifriend
This is text chat, not a voice or image companion: voice messages, calls, images, selfies, avatars and multiple selectable characters are not included. Telegram conversations with the bot are not end-to-end encrypted, and the service must read your messages to reply. The operator says raw conversation history is deleted 30 days after you stop writing, but remembered notes remain until you ask it to forget or delete them. The service can be wrong, does not act as a therapist or emergency service, and is restricted to adults. An optional 18+ mode requires age confirmation; the published facts do not spell out its content boundaries or age-check method.
Alternatives to heyaifriend
If the Telegram-only text format or single-companion setup does not fit, compare Character.ai for a different character-chat experience and Janitor AI for another AI character conversation option. These are starting points for comparing chat companions, not claims that either service follows the same memory, message-limit or privacy practices. Check their own current terms and features before choosing between them and heyaifriend, especially if storing conversations or choosing characters is central to your decision.
