# Replika: My AI Friend: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/replika-my-ai-friend

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Employee wellbeing and mental health](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/employee-wellbeing-and-mental-health/index.md) | 0% | 118 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Mozilla's *Privacy Not Included* research flagged Replika as one of the worst apps from a data privacy and security perspective." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Employee wellbeing)
- "the Italian data protection authority issued a €5 million fine to Replika's developer for GDPR violations" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Employee wellbeing)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Replika: My AI Friend, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- arxiv.org: 2
- dl.acm.org: 2
- ftc.gov: 2
- ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: 2
- unimelb.edu.au: 2
- welcometothejungle.com: 2
- aarp.org: 1
- abc.net.au: 1
- aitoolclinic.com: 1
- apa.org: 1

### Pages cited

- https://unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/4824404/Mental-Health-Apps-Report-updated-17-Dec.pdf: 2
- http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10011839: 1
- https://aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/fake-supplements-products: 1
- https://abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/mental-health-app-s-unregulated-cause-user-safety-concerns/102380956: 1
- https://aitoolclinic.com/mental-health-app-privacy-concerns-data-sharing-2026: 1
- https://apa.org/topics/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning/health-advisory-ai-chatbots-wellness-apps-mental-health.pdf: 1
- https://apa.org/topics/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning/health-advisory-chatbots-wellness-apps: 1
- https://arxiv.org/html/2605.02016v1: 1

## In its own words

What Replika: My AI Friend's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Meet Replika, the AI companion to do life with. (https://replika.com/)
- Price stated: free AI friend (https://replika.com/)
- Free plan or trial: free (https://replika.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page replika.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 28 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.