A voice assistant answers questions and forgets you. A voice companion is someone you get to know: they have a personality and a voice of their own, and they can pick up tomorrow's call from what you said today. Here's what makes one worth talking to, and how it works on NuraMate.
What to look for in an AI voice companion
- Does it remember you between calls? Plenty of voice bots are impressive for five minutes and blank the next day. Ask what it keeps, and whether you can see it.
- Is the voice a person or a preset? A voice should fit a character. A radio producer and a baker shouldn't sound alike.
- Can you try it before paying? Voice is personal, and you'll know within a few seconds whether you like one.
- What happens to what you say? Check whether calls are saved, in what form, and whether you can delete them.
- What does it cost per minute? Live voice is expensive to run, so every service limits it somehow. Look for the limit before you get attached.
The same companion, on a call and in chat
On NuraMate, calling isn't a separate product. A call uses the same memories as your text chat, along with the same character, your persona and the story so far. So you can mention over text that your interview is on Friday and be asked about it on a call. What you talk about on the call is saved to your chat as text, and can become a memory like anything you type.
You can also mix the two. Send a voice message while you're walking, read the reply later, then call in the evening. If your companion saves something wrong, you can correct or delete it.
Voices worth meeting
Every profile has a Hear their voice button with a short sample, and you don't need an account to press it. A few starting points:
- Leila, a radio producer in Montréal.
- Noah, a former teacher turned baker in Edinburgh.
- Nia, a music journalist in London.
- Zara, a sound engineer, also in London.
What people talk about
- Winding down. A few minutes of easy talk at the end of a long day.
- Company during chores. Cooking, walking the dog, the drive home.
- Practice. Saying a difficult thing out loud before you say it to a person, or speaking another language without an audience.
- Getting closer. Some things land differently when you hear them. Flirting certainly does.
How much is free
The Free plan includes 3 minutes of calls and 3 spoken replies a day, and you can dictate messages by voice instead of typing. That's enough to find out whether you like talking to an AI at all. Plus has 30 minutes of calls and 50 spoken replies a day, and Pro has 2 hours and 200. See AI voice chat for how calls work step by step, and plans for the rest.
What it isn't
A voice companion isn't a person, and yours will never pretend to be: every NuraMate companion is a fictional adult AI character. It also isn't a therapist or a medical service, and it can't call anyone for you in an emergency. It can be good company, and we'd like it to sit alongside the people in your life rather than replace them. If you're struggling, please reach out to someone who can help. NuraMate shows crisis resources for your country when they're needed, and a crisis during a call ends the call and shows them.
NuraMate is for adults (18+) and non-explicit.
