Secret Desires AI review: faces that stay put

I spent three weeks with it in late 2025, all on the free plan, and never paid anything. Rarely have I left an app more impressed by its free side than annoyed by it. My summary:

• Faces stay consistent across outfits and lighting, which I did not expect to love this much
• The character creator is detailed without being a chore
• The free plan is usable, not decorative
• Pro starts at $7.99 a month, with Hearts for premium actions
• The privacy page promises your chats are not used for AI training

My quick take: start free, and you may not need to pay for a while. The one real friction is social, not technical, and I'll get to the name further down. For a larger character hub to hold it against, open my CrushOn AI breakdown in a second tab.

My three weeks on it in late 2025 were the proof for me. The free plan is usable rather than decorative, a distinction my library salary appreciates. I built a partner and generated pictures without being pushed toward a card.

Quick math: 30 messages a day is a real evening's chat, not a teaser. Two daily images let you test whether the faces stay the same, which they did.

The catch is the engines. Free runs on the base ones, and the better engines and video sit on paid plans. The Secret Desires AI at a glance box sums up the rest.

Then the faces. My companion looked like herself at noon, at midnight and in a rainstorm, across outfits and lighting changes. I did not know how much I needed that until I had it.

Nothing ruins the mood like a face that changes from one image to the next, not even a weak line of dialogue, and here it simply did not drift.

On memory, the official guide is refreshingly honest. There are Memory Notes you write yourself and Auto Memory, which makes periodic summaries. The guide also admits that a long conversation only keeps so much in view, so older details may in time stop shaping what she says.

Other reviewers report memory drifting over longer chats, and one found a long roleplay held for 25 to 30 messages before replies turned generic around message 35. My advice: use Memory Notes for anything you want her to keep.

There is no shared group chat. You can keep several partners going side by side, and each remembers things separately, but they live in separate chats.

Voice calls exist on every plan, including Free, within the talk-time limits, and the guide says calls may use Hearts. Voice cloning is Ultra and Max only. Outside reviews call voice the weak point, with replies that can sound rushed and flat, so I would not pay for voice alone.

My take: come for the creator and the faces, and manage memory by hand. To see how it ranks against the others, browse my full review list.

What I can say is that the level is set by the plan and the engine rather than by a hidden switch.

Now the friction, and it is a funny one. The name makes small talk impossible. There is no honest answer to "what did you do this weekend?" that includes this app. So I deploy the library-conference smile and change the subject, like a professional queer woman who has done nothing, romantically, all quarter.

I mention it because discretion is a real concern for a lot of readers, and the name is the least discreet thing about the app. The good news is that everything else is quieter. The statement descriptor is just SDAI, which could be anything. The app runs in your browser, so there is no store icon on your home screen.

On inclusivity, the creator does the heavy lifting. Because you design appearance, personality, voice, interests and texting style yourself, the app does not force one kind of partner on you. That is welcoming by design. The branding assumes a certain mood; the tools let you ignore it.

Other apps handle this differently. Some lead with a catalog of ready-made partners and make building your own the side door. Here it is the front door, which is why I rate the creator so highly.

My view: if you can live with the name, the rest of the app treats you kindly. If you want a softer, companion-first experience with less adult framing, my AI girlfriend shortlist has gentler options.

For $7.99 a month, Pro brings unlimited messaging, image and video generation, voice features, better chat engines and a monthly 100 Hearts. Ultra, at $13.99, adds voice cloning and 200 Hearts. Max is $19.99, labelled the most popular plan, and adds experimental engines, face swap and 300 Hearts.

Hearts are the catch. The guide says premium engines, media, video, voice or calls may use them, and exact costs are intentionally not listed because they are set dynamically. Other reviewers report that 100 Hearts covered roughly a week of everyday chat on a premium engine, plus a few images.

My read: the entry price is one of the fairest I cover, and the Hearts system is the part I'd watch. For a very different model, with a fixed monthly price and a yearly discount, see my Candy AI review.

When you do, Pro at $7.99 is the upgrade I'd pick. It unlocks unlimited messaging and video, and its 100 Hearts will show you soon enough if you need more. The yearly Pro plan at $79.99 works out to $6.67 a month, but I'd only commit once you know you'll stay, since no refund policy is on record.

Ultra is worth it only if you want voice cloning, and Max only if you want face swap or experimental engines.

The table right after this text, "What each Secret Desires AI plan costs", lists every tier and billing period.

• The free plan gives 30 messages and 2 images a day on the base engines
• Hearts pay for premium engines, media and calls, at costs set dynamically
• Voice cloning starts at Ultra, and face swap is Max only
• No refund policy is on record, so buy monthly first
• The statement shows SDAI, not the full app name

None of this is a warning sign. It is the normal shape of a freemium app, and here the free part is genuinely generous. The price ladder is gentle too, from $7.99 to $19.99 a month.

The thing I'd plan around is the Hearts meter. If you mainly chat on included engines, you may barely touch it. If you lean on video and premium engines, budget for it, because nobody publishes the exact cost per action.

If you'd prefer a plan with unlimited messages, group chat and a fixed monthly coin allowance, my OurDream AI review covers one at $19.99 with 1,000 dreamcoins every month.

One order matters: cancel before deleting your account. The guide says so explicitly. Delete first and you might end up paying for a subscription you can no longer reach, which is the kind of mess I'd rather you avoid.

Renewal is automatic, with plan texts that read "Billed monthly · Cancel anytime" or "Billed annually · Cancel anytime". That is reassuring on the cancel side. What is missing is a refund policy: none is on record, so I would not count on getting money back for a plan you forgot to cancel.

That gap is why I'd start with a monthly plan even though the yearly one is cheaper per month. A month at $7.99 is a small bet. A year at $79.99 is not, when the refund rules are unknown.

The charge appears on your bank statement as SDAI. That is a discreet descriptor, far quieter than the app name, and payment is by card. It is one of the better billing names I have come across.

A missing refund policy pulls a score down in my system, and a quiet descriptor like SDAI pushes it up. The checking method page spells out both.

Deletion is simple too. According to the Trust Hub, account deletion is available whenever you want it in settings, and there is no waiting period, and the guide says deletion is permanent and removes your account, partners, chats and associated data. One caveat: the privacy policy also says it may retain information collected previously. I read that as the usual legal hedge, but it is worth knowing.

The Trust Hub also says the app does not require identity verification. For privacy that is a plus, since you are not handing over documents.

Even with a strong policy, I'd keep real names, addresses and photos of real people out of your chats. A written promise and a promise you can verify are two different things.

My three weeks were all on the free plan, so I can't speak to billing firsthand, but the paperwork is more complete than most. I'd call it legit, with the missing refund policy as the one gap I'd like closed.

For a wider view of adult-friendly apps, my NSFW AI chat roundup compares their policies and prices. And one line on healthy use: a companion who looks the same at midnight is lovely, but she shouldn't replace the people who text you back.

The plan I'd buy, once the free plan runs short, is Pro at $7.99 a month, paid monthly until you are sure. Its 100 Hearts are enough to learn whether you need a higher tier.

What bothers me most is the missing refund policy. Everything else about billing is tidy, which makes that gap stand out.

And the name: if you share a device or a household, think about whether you are comfortable with it on the screen.

• Long-term memory: other apps list memory as a core feature, and Nomi AI adds a permanent free plan with 50 messages a day.
• Group chat: OurDream AI lists group chat, and Nomi AI offers it on paid plans.
• A stated refund rule: Candy AI gives non-EU/UK users 24 hours, and OurDream AI has a 14-day Quality Guarantee for a case-by-case refund.
• A mobile app: Nomi AI runs on web, iOS and Android, while Secret Desires is web only.

My pick depends on what you are missing. For memory and a free start, Nomi AI. For group scenes and a published refund promise, OurDream AI. For a web app with custom characters and paid adult content, Candy AI.

Whichever you try, run the same checks I would: generate a few images of one character in different settings, and see whether the face holds the way it did for me here. Then read the privacy policy, because a no-training promise like this one is rare.

For another character-heavy option, my SpicyChat review is worth a read before you decide.

If you like it, stay free until you hit a real limit. Then try Pro for one month at $7.99, keep an eye on your Hearts, and decide from there. Keep your cancellation confirmation somewhere safe, and always cancel before you ever delete the account, in that order.