The Playbook

Guides for every kind of storyteller.

Practical walkthroughs: what to look for, how it works in PersonaChat, and how to get more out of every chat.

Is Character AI shutting down?

Is Character AI shutting down? What the bankruptcy means

Where the Chapter 11 sale stands, what Disney's offer covers, and what each outcome would mean for your chats.

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Export Character AI chats

How to export and save your Character AI chats and characters

Request the export, copy what it may miss, and see exactly what can and can't move to another app.

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AI roleplay app

How to pick an AI roleplay app for iPhone

Memory, narrative control, and privacy: the three things that decide whether an app can carry a story.

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Create your own AI character

Create your own AI character, step by step

From a blank page to a character with a voice: personality, backstory, scenario, and opening scene.

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AI group chat roleplay

Run an AI group chat with multiple characters

Set up a scene where the whole cast talks to you and to each other, without losing the plot.

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Import character cards

Import character cards on iPhone

Bring the characters you already use into a native iOS app, and keep them private on your device.

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OpenRouter iOS app

Use any AI model on iPhone with OpenRouter

Bring your own key, pick from hundreds of models, and pay only for what you use, with no markup.

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Private AI chat

Private AI chat: understand where your data goes

What on-device storage and provider processing mean, and how to check any app's privacy claims.

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AI story app with memory

An AI story app that remembers chapter one

How background summarization keeps a fifty-chapter story straight, and what to do when it drifts.

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Import Chub AI characters

How to import Chub AI characters into PersonaChat

Save a Chub card as JSON, bring it into the Workshop, and see which fields to copy across by hand.

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Weighing up other apps?

Dated comparisons with Character AI, Polybuzz, Linky AI, Emochi and Chub AI. Each page says where the other app is still the better pick.

Final Scene

Your story. Your cast. Your device.

Download PersonaChat free and start your first scene tonight. The cast is waiting.

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