Chub AI
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Chub AI, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Chub AI's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | character browsing and creation · BYOK API use · limited hosted-model trial messages |
| Mercury | $5 a month | hosted models · smaller model selection than Mars · monthly |
| Mars | $20 a month | uncensored hosted models · unlimited messaging · full Chub integration · monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Chub AI's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account signup
- The registration page offers signup with email, username, and password, plus Apple, Google, and GitHub registration options.checked 5 Oct 2026
- API integrations
- Documented connections include OpenAI, Anthropic, Mars, Kobold/Ooba, OpenRouter, Google and NovelAI.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Bring your own API
- Users can connect OpenAI and Anthropic through an API key or reverse proxy; the guide recommends official API keys for security and reliability.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Character creation
- Users can create characters with definitions, scenarios and other personality instructions.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Chat export
- Chats can be exported as JSONL for SillyTavern, PNG, or text files.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Chat features
- The guide lists chat tree branching, image generation, and importing and exporting chats among Chub’s features.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Chat import and export
- Chub supports importing and exporting chats, including JSONL, PNG and text formats.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Chat organization
- Users can attach lorebooks to chats; keyword matches insert defined content into the prompt, subject to scan depth and token budget settings.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Chat trees
- Chats support branching trees so users can explore different conversation paths.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Content policy
- Chub describes itself as uncensored and says it does not meaningfully restrict the variety of characters users can post or interactions with them.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The official guide covers onboarding, character creation, chatting, prompting, API connections, lorebooks and stages, with Markdown pages and an index.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Image generation
- Image generation is listed as a supported Chub feature.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Licence
- AlternativeTo classifies Chub AI as proprietary software with freemium pricing.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: mobile availability
- The Chub iOS app is no longer available in the App Store according to archived listing data, leaving browser access as the dependable option.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: moderation and safety
- An independent review reports zero dedicated safety staff and weak output filtering findings from an Australian regulator review.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: onboarding
- Independent evaluation describes Chub as difficult for beginners because API setup, model selection and customization require technical knowledge.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: payment changes
- Trustpilot criticism cites crypto-only payment and removal of the former $5 subscription as major complaints.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: persistent memory
- Reviewers say there is no automatic cross-session memory; users must build Lorebooks for durable recall.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Local models
- Kobold/Ooba connections can use models hosted on a user's own machine, subject to local hardware limits.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Lorebooks
- Lorebooks inject user-written context when keywords appear, adding conditional world information to prompts.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Mobile availability
- Chub’s stage development guide says stages are available on web, iOS, and Android mobile devices.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- An independent review says Venus AI and CharacterHub merged into one Chub site in May 2024.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company identity
- The App Store developer identity is listed as Chub AI Inc.; Chub's own terms are described elsewhere as naming the operator Chub or CharHub.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company revenue news
- A review cites Fortune reporting that the site exceeded $1 million in annualized revenue in January 2024.checked 21 Oct 2026
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