Ori vs Folk
Folk is an AI friend you text on iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp, which also runs tasks for you and has a gallery of characters written by its users. Pick Folk if you want an assistant in the apps you already text in. Pick Ori if you want a character you design down to their face and voice, made for company rather than tasks, with every memory on a page you can edit.
| Feature | Ori | Folk |
|---|---|---|
| Characters | A character you design: their face, voice and personality. Multiple characters and group chats are coming soon to Plus | About 500 characters written by its users; make your own from a name and a line Source |
| Voice | Spoken replies and calls on every plan; Free has a monthly allowance, and Plus raises it Source | Phone calls, 10 minutes a week on the free plan Source |
| Memory | Every memory on one page: read, edit, pin or delete any of them | “Remembers everything, forever” Source |
| What paying changes | Every plan gets the same model and unlimited memory; Plus raises the message, voice and call limits Source | A free plan with daily message limits; paid plans aren’t described on its pricing page Source |
| Ads | None, on any plan Source | Its privacy policy says conversations are never sent for advertising Source |
| Training on your chats | Conversations, memories and characters are never used to train AI models Source | Its privacy policy says your data is never used to train AI models Source |
| Age and content | Adults 18+ only. Romance and flirting allowed; sexually explicit content not Source | Ages 13 and up; characters are for adults 18+ only Source |
| Price | A free plan with daily and monthly limits. Ori Plus is $9.99/month or $79.99/year Source | Free: 100 messages a day Source |
Choices Ori made differently
- Folk’s characters are a gallery of about 500 written by its users, each made from a name and a line. In Ori, you design your character’s face, voice and personality yourself.
- Folk is built to do things too: alarms, calendars, research and connected apps. Ori is made for company and conversation rather than tasks.
- Folk says it remembers everything, forever. In Ori, every memory is on one page, where you can read, edit, pin or delete it.
- Folk is open to anyone 13 and older, with characters for adults only. Ori is for adults 18 and older, with an age check before you start.
Where Folk is the better pick
- Texting where you already are: iMessage, Telegram and WhatsApp.
- An assistant that does things: alarms, calendars, research, and connections to Gmail and over 1,000 apps.
- A free plan with 100 messages a day and a weekly allowance of phone calls.
How we compared
This page is written by the team that makes Ori, so read it with that in mind. Every fact about Folk comes from Folk’s own website, help center, policies or app store listing, and each row links to its source. Where we couldn’t find something there, the table says so instead of guessing.
Folk’s own pages don’t cover looks and media or messaging first, so the table leaves those out.
Facts were checked on October 29, 2026. Apps change often; if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.