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? What the bankruptcy means
Where the Chapter 11 sale stands, what Disney's offer covers, and what each outcome would mean for your chats.
Read the guide → Export Character AI chatsHow 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.
Read the guide → AI roleplay appHow 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.
Read the guide → Create your own AI characterCreate your own AI character, step by step
From a blank page to a character with a voice: personality, backstory, scenario, and opening scene.
Read the guide → AI group chat roleplayRun 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.
Read the guide → Import character cardsImport character cards on iPhone
Bring the characters you already use into a native iOS app, and keep them private on your device.
Read the guide → OpenRouter iOS appUse 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.
Read the guide → Private AI chatPrivate AI chat: understand where your data goes
What on-device storage and provider processing mean, and how to check any app's privacy claims.
Read the guide → AI story app with memoryAn AI story app that remembers chapter one
How background summarization keeps a fifty-chapter story straight, and what to do when it drifts.
Read the guide → Import Chub AI charactersHow 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.
Read the guide →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.