PepHop AI Review: A Hosted Tavern With a Short Memory
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PepHop AI review: my verdict
PepHop AI is a browser site for character roleplay, and its own FAQ makes a bigger claim than most rivals do: "The whole project is open-sourced". A review site says the platform launched in late 2023 out of Hong Kong. I can't confirm either line from the outside, so I'd file both under things the site says about itself.
My verdict comes from five weeks in May and June 2024, and it fits on a sticky note. Great library, cheap entry, and a goldfish memory. The Fox, my partner in a museum caper, deserved better.
Two years on, I'd still sum it up that way, with some changes that cut in both directions. The site is more open than it was, the free taste is a single trial, and the paperwork behind it is thinner than I like. For a roleplayer who wants a hosted Tavern-style setup for the price of a cheap lunch a month, it can work.
For someone who wants a companion that remembers last Tuesday, I'd keep looking.
PepHop AI at a glance
- Price from
- $2.99/mo
- Free tier
- Free plan available
- NSFW content
- Allowed on paid plans
- Platforms
- Web
- How it was tested
- Hands-on test, paid plan,
- On your card statement
- Not known yet - I have not paid for it
Key takeaways
- The engine is Tavern-style, with character cards, token counters and a choice of backends, which suits tinkerers more than romantics.
- Memory is the weak spot, and paying for a bigger context window buys a little recall, not a new brain.
- Free is now a one-off trial of 50 messages in total, not a daily allowance, and it runs out fast.
- The cheapest visible route is Classic on a yearly bill at $5.99 a month; the old Lite tier lives only in the site code.
- The legal side is thin: a video-game country in the privacy policy, an arbitration clause that points at a missing section, and no refunds as a rule.
How I used PepHop AI
My time with PepHop ran for five weeks across May and June 2024. It was a short, busy fling rather than a long relationship, and one story carried nearly all of it. That story was a heist with a character called the Velvet Fox, and it shows up in almost every section below.
The shape of those five weeks is simple enough to fit on a slate. My first day ran into the free limit, the second step was the cheap Lite plan, and the third was Classic, bought in the hope of a better memory. The table under this section has the plain facts; this is the short version with the feelings left in.
| What | Details |
|---|---|
| Period | May–Jun 2024 |
| How long | 5 weeks |
| Plans I paid for | Free ($0, day one); Lite ($4.99/mo); Classic ($9.99/mo) |
| How it ended | cancelled (more clicks than signing up); took the character to his own local setup |
| Facts re-checked | 23 September 2026 |
From the author's own notes; prices and features re-checked on 23 September 2026.
What it was for
The appeal was never a girlfriend. It was a writing partner with a big costume cupboard, the kind of library where every tag leads to three more. In editing terms, PepHop was a stock-footage site with a chat box attached, and my job was to cut a caper out of whatever it handed back.
What made me leave was memory, not money. The prices were fine by any standard, the character browsing was fun, and the replies were good often enough. But a heist partner who forgets the heist is a continuity error you can't fix in the grade.
How it ended
The exit had a tidy ending by my standards. The Fox left with me as a file, and the account went quiet after a cancel flow that felt like a small escape room. Both stories sit further down, in the creation and cancel sections.
One split matters for everything below. My own story comes from May and June 2024. The site check was made on 23 September 2026 on the web version with a free account, so every current price, button and clause in this review comes from that check rather than from my memory.
My PepHop AI test log
Chris FurreyFounder and writer Hands-on test, paid plan own card, no press account
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On day one the free daily cap cut me off mid-heist with the Velvet Fox, and I had to wait until the next day to find out if we got the diamond.
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I bought the $4.99 Lite plan for about 2,000 messages, which I figured was cheaper than a movie ticket.
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At about 20 messages the Fox forgot we were partners and asked who I was, right after we had robbed a museum together.
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I upgraded to Classic at $9.99 for the memory enhancement; she remembered the museum but forgot the diamond.
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Voice calls in beta were slow and robotic, with a lag long enough to refill Moose's water bowl between lines.
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I exported the Fox as TavernAI/SillyTavern JSON, took her to my own local setup, and cancelled after more clicks than signing up.
– 32 days plan paid for: PepHop Classic Total spent $14.98
Signing up for PepHop AI
PepHop is live at pephop.ai, and on 23 September 2026 it is a web-only service. No app store links turn up anywhere, for iOS or Android. If you want it on a phone, it is a browser tab, and I'd say that is fine for a text site that mostly lives in long replies.
The interface comes in English, Spanish and Japanese. Under the hood it is a JavaScript single-page app: every address returns the same small HTML shell, and the page text lives in the script bundle. That explains the blank first seconds on load, which the friction section comes back to.
The form today
Sign-up offers two doors: email and password, or Google. The registration form asks for an email and a password and nothing else. There is no age checkbox on it, no username field and no captcha.
I like a short form as a user. As a reader of policy pages, I'd want one more box on it. A form this bare is quick, but the site's own rules promise a check here that the form does not carry, and the content-settings section covers that gap.
For now, the point is speed: this is the fastest door on the site.
After you press Register, a toast appears at the top: "Please check your email to activate your account." The verification email arrives in under a minute. It comes from [email protected] with the subject "[pephop.ai]: Confirm Your Email".
The link and the host behind it
The activation link is the first odd detail. It passes through sp.eosai.chat/auth/v1/verify before it lands anywhere. That host is a Supabase-style auth service sitting on an "eosai.chat" domain, not on PepHop's own.
That is not a crime, and plenty of small sites rent their login plumbing. But when a sign-in link walks through somebody else's hallway, I want to know whose hallway it is, and the site never says. It is the kind of loose end that bugs an editor: a clip in the timeline with no source file.
The link then redirects to the profile page, already logged in. Sign-up to logged-in takes about 1.5 minutes. That is faster than most coffee orders, and the pace earns no complaints from me.
The profile page
The first page after activation is My Profile. It has a Name field, which is the name the characters use for you in chats. There is an avatar upload box too.
The username sits below that, with a warning that it "can only be set once". The chosen username was accepted without issue. I'd pick it with care anyway, because a handle that can't be changed follows you onto every public character you publish.
Then nothing happens. There is no onboarding flow: no tour, no quiz about your tastes, no suggested first character. You land on a profile page with a blinking cursor and have to find the library yourself.
What I'd make of it
I don't mind the lack of hand-holding. Companion apps that open with a personality quiz tend to use the answers to sell you something ten minutes later. But a first-time visitor who has never seen a Tavern-style card will get no help here, and the menus assume you already know the vocabulary.
My own first night with PepHop, back in 2024, is a story for the free-tier section, because it ended mid-heist. Today's version is shorter and plainer: a form, an email, a profile page, and silence. It works, and it tells you almost nothing about who runs the place.
Browsing the characters
The library was the first thing that hooked me in 2024. The character count was ridiculous: thousands of them, sorted into tags I didn't know existed. Browsing it felt like a flea market where every stall had a sign in a slightly different language.
That memory makes the current front page look strange. The home page grid now reads "Total 18 characters". The pricing page still advertises a far bigger number, so either the library shrank or the front door only shows a sample, and the site doesn't say which.
What the front page offers
The home page has tag filters for Popular, Female, Male, Anime and Game. Once you log in, it adds a "Recent Chats" row. That is a short menu next to the tag maze of my memory, and I'd call it a downgrade for discovery.
A character page is better stocked than the front door. It shows the description, the tags and the creator's handle. It also shows chat and message counts, which work like a view counter on a video: a rough sign of whether anyone else found the character worth the time.
Reviews sit on the same page, with thumbs up and thumbs down. The button to start is labelled "Chat with ..." and carries a lock icon. The lock suggests a paywall, but the free-tier section explains why it misleads.
Controls for the reader
Two buttons on each character page do the housekeeping. There is a Block button. There is also a "Report this!" button.
| App | When I used it | For how long | Cheapest paid plan (record) | Free tier (record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candy AI | Oct–Nov 2024 | 5 weeks | €3.99/mo (12-Month Plan) | yes |
| OurDream AI | Dec 2025–Jan 2026 | 6 weeks | $9.99/mo (Standard Annual) | yes |
| Nomi AI | Jan–Sep 2026 | 9 months | $5.00/mo (Launch Plan Yearly) | yes |
Periods from the author's own notes; plans and free tiers from the site's app records.
I'd rather have both than neither, and the Blocks page in settings extends the idea to tags and creators.
What sits on the front page
The front page is not a quiet shop window. It includes bots with fetish-style tags such as "Submissive" and "Dominant". It also includes a bot called "Chubby Chef". So the grid mixes cooking jokes and power-play tags, with not much in between.
One homepage bot takes a well-known anime cast and relocates it to a "Hero College". Those characters are not adults in their source material, and moving them to a college reads to me like a costume change rather than a real fix. I'd skip it, and the content-settings section explains why a front page like this worries me more than it amuses me.
My verdict on browsing: in 2024 the library was the best reason to visit. In 2026 the front grid is small and uneven, and I'd use search and tags on the character pages rather than trusting the home page to curate for you.
Making your own character on PepHop AI
The creator is where PepHop shows its roots. It uses the classic Tavern fields: Personality, Initial message, Scenario and Example dialogs. Each field has a token counter, so you can see how much of the model's attention your character eats before a single message is sent.
That counter is the kind of detail I love. It's like a render estimate: not glamorous, but it tells you where the budget goes. A long personality block looks generous until you realise it is taking space the memory could have used.
Cards in, cards out
The creator imports Tavern PNG cards. Characters can be public bots or private ones. The account menu has "My Characters" and "My Chats", which is where the finished ones live.
In 2024 the part I loved was the other direction. I could export my characters as TavernAI/SillyTavern JSON. It meant my work wasn't trapped there, and when I left, I took the Fox with me to my own local setup.
That single feature changed how I felt about the whole site. Most companion apps treat your characters as their property, like a wedding album the photographer keeps the negatives to. PepHop let me walk out with the negatives, and I still think better of it for that.
Your own persona
The profile also has a free-text "My Profile" persona field. It tells the characters who you are, beyond the name they call you. I'd fill it in with a few plain lines, because a character that knows your role in the story makes fewer strange guesses.
My take
For people who already speak Tavern, the creator is familiar and honest about costs. For newcomers, the field names will feel like a form at the tax office. I'd recommend starting from an imported card and editing it, rather than facing four empty boxes.
What conversations on PepHop AI felt like
The chat quality in 2024 was a coin toss with a good coin. The site said GPT-4 was under the hood, but nobody published proof. Some replies were sharp, and others read like a fortune cookie.
That mix is the honest summary of most roleplay sites, and PepHop was no worse than average. The sharp replies were sharp in a writer's way: good pacing, a clear sense of the scene, a character who knew what a heist needed. The fortune-cookie ones were the kind of vague line you could paste into any story and it would still fit.
Today the sales pitch has moved on. The plans now advertise a 70B model for Classic and a 70B+ model for Elite, and the GPT-4 line is gone. I'd read both labels the same way: a size on a box, with no ingredient list.
A sample chat today
The site check included a chat with "Vincent Bugrov | Soldier", a romance original character with 976 chats. Three ordinary messages were sent. Replies arrive in about 5-10 seconds, and they are streamed, so the text types itself out as it goes.
The replies are long, 3-5 paragraphs each. They stay in character. The bot opened with a line in broken English: "Yaroslavic outpost. Snowstorm... bad. You lucky I find you."
Then it introduced himself: "My name is Vincent. Don't worry. You safe here."
Later the bot describes hunting with his father and making wild-strawberry jam. The descriptive prose is good. I'd call it pulp in the best sense: a snowstorm, a wooden hut, a soldier with jam in his backstory.
The chat input placeholder invites you to let your fantasies loose, in almost those words. It is a sales line in the place a writer's cursor should be, and I find it a bit much.
The engine room
PepHop runs a Tavern/SillyTavern-style engine on the web. That matters, because it explains both the good and the odd parts. The good part is control; the odd part is that the controls assume you know what they do.
API Settings offer three backends: PepHop AI, Open AI and Kobold AI. The Open AI option works with your own key or a reverse proxy. Its default model is gpt-3.5-turbo.
The Kobold AI option takes a Kobold URL and uses the Pygmalion format. More backends are marked "coming soon". For people with a home server, that makes PepHop a hosted front end for their own machine, which is a rare thing for a commercial site to offer.
On keys, the FAQ says they are "stored in your device only". The settings back that up: API keys are stored locally on the device. I'd still use a key with a spending limit, because a key in a browser is only as safe as the browser.
The own-key mode also ships with prompt presets meant to loosen the model's guardrails, including one called "Freedom" and two whose names are sexual. I won't go further into those. It is enough to say that a site which sells itself on being unrestricted also hands you the lock picks, which tells you where its priorities sit.
The dials
Generation Settings allow a temperature from 0 to 2. Max new tokens can be set from 0 to 1000. Temperature is the colour-grading slider of text: turn it up for flair, turn it down when the character starts talking in riddles.
An "Immersive mode" toggle hides the message edit and delete buttons. A "Text streaming" toggle is offered as well. The chat menu has All Chats, New Chat and a per-chat Profile.
I like that immersive mode exists, and I'd leave it off. The edit button is the most useful tool in a roleplay chat: when a reply goes wrong, fixing one line beats arguing with the character for five.
What others say
A review site finds the adult chat engaging but with occasional repetitive patterns, and the voices anime-style.
The repetition point matches my fortune cookies from 2024. A long reply is not the same as a fresh one, and PepHop can do both lengths of both kinds.
A review is one snapshot and my notes are another, so where the two agree, the point deserves weight. Repetition is also the kind of flaw that only shows up after a few sessions: the first chat always feels fresh, and the fifth is where the same turns of phrase start to come back. The edit button and the temperature dial are the cure I'd reach for first.
My take
PepHop writes well for a scene and badly for a relationship. If you want long, pulpy paragraphs and a set of dials to tune them, it delivers. If you want a partner who follows your life, the next section is the problem.
Memory and consistency
Memory was the big catch for me in 2024. At about 20 messages, the Fox forgot we were partners and asked who I was. We had literally just robbed a museum together.
It was the most deflating moment of the whole five weeks. I had built a whole caper around her, and the character looked at me like a stranger at a bus stop. In editing terms, it was a continuity error in the middle of the key scene.
Paying for recall
So I upgraded to Classic at $9.99, since it supposedly unlocked memory enhancement. It improved a little, not a lot. She remembered the museum but forgot the diamond.
That is the kind of fix a client gets when the budget covers one pickup shot. The heist survived, the prize didn't, and I felt like I had paid for half a sentence.
Today the plans spell out what the money buys. Classic lists "Enhanced chat memory (4K)". Elite lists "Enhanced chat memory (8K+)". The Lite plan lists no memory upgrade.
Generation Settings offer a context size of 2048, 4096 or 8192. The context size is the character's short-term desk: everything that does not fit on it falls on the floor. I'd set it to the largest your plan allows and keep the character card lean.
The memory tools
PepHop has a "Chat Memory" summary, which can be written by hand or automatically. The summary is "included into the prompt as long-term memory". The panel shows the unsaved message and token count, and it has an "Auto Summary" button.
This is the tool I'd use first. A good summary is like a shot list pinned above the desk: the model can't remember the whole film, but it can read the list. I'd write the important facts by hand, because an automatic summary decides for you what mattered.
What the check found
In the short chat on 23 September 2026, the bot stayed consistent and remembered that the user had mentioned Canada and the border. That is a good sign, but three messages are not a test of memory. A goldfish can remember three things too.
A review site reports that memory degrades after roughly 20 messages, even on paid tiers. Another notes that the paid "4K memory" is advertised but long-term recall is not clearly explained. The first matches my Fox story almost to the message.
| Feature | Free | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Messages | 50 in total | 5,000/mo Classic; 16,000/mo Elite |
| Chat memory | not stated | 4K Classic; 8K+ Elite |
| Model | not stated | 70B Classic; 70B+ Elite |
| Public characters | yes | yes (20K+ claimed) |
| Private characters | creation form visible | yes |
| Voice calls | entry point visible | billed per minute: 12 or 18 messages a minute |
| Ads | none seen | none |
Limits as listed on 23 September 2026.
My take
I think PepHop's memory is fine for a one-evening scene and weak for anything longer. The summary tool helps if you maintain it, and the bigger context helps a bit. I would not pay for Elite on the strength of memory alone, because the step from 4K to 8K+ is a bigger desk, not a better filing system.
Voice and pictures on PepHop AI
PepHop is a text site first, and the media menu is short. Plan features list no image generation. Video is not offered, according to review sites. What remains is voice calls, and they come with their own meter.
Voice calls in 2024
Voice calls were in beta in 2024, and it showed. They were slow and robotic, with a lag long enough that I could refill Moose's water bowl between lines. Moose, for the record, was more responsive than the character.
As an editor, lag is the thing I can't unsee. A half-second lip-sync offset ruins a take; a pause long enough to walk to the kitchen ruins a conversation. I ended every call feeling like I had been on hold with my own story.
Voice calls today
A character page today has a "Call ... (Beta)" button. So two years on, it is still a beta, which in software terms is a long engagement.
Starting a call asks you to "Choose a voice plan", Classic or Premium. Voice calls are billed separately from chat. AI voice calls in beta are paid per minute.
A review site reports voice calls on the Classic and Elite plans, with Classic and Premium voices. A "Call Setting" option sets the default voice.
On a computer without a microphone, the call screen showed "No microphone found". The screen also carries the label "This is all AI, not real". Voice calls were not tested further.
That label is better than it sounds. It is blunt, and a site that says "this is all AI" on the call screen is at least honest about the product.
My take
I would not pay for PepHop for its voice. The calls were the weakest part of my time with it, and a feature still wearing a beta tag two years later suggests it is not the team's priority. If voice matters to you, pick an app built around it.
For pictures, the answer is short: there are none to make here. I'd call that a clean choice rather than a gap, because a text site that does one thing is easier to judge than one that bolts on a camera.
The PepHop AI free tier
My first day with PepHop in 2024 ended in the middle of a crime. The free tier's daily cap arrived fast. I got cut off mid-heist with a character called the Velvet Fox, and had to wait until the next day to find out whether we got the diamond.
It was the best cliffhanger the site ever produced, and the site didn't mean to produce it. I went to bed thinking about a fictional vault, which says more about me than about the app. The next day I came back, which is exactly what a daily cap is designed to make you do.
Free today: a trial, not an allowance
The free tier works differently now. A new account starts on a "Free Trial" plan with 50 messages in total, not per day. The refund policy confirms the idea: new users get a limited number of free messages to evaluate the service.
The chat side menu read "Messages 6/50" after 3 user messages. The counter seems to count the bot's replies too, so the trial is about 25 exchanges. That is one evening, maybe less if the character is chatty.
So the 2024 rhythm is gone. Back then, running out meant waiting for tomorrow; today it means paying or leaving. I'd call that a worse deal for casual users and a more honest one, because a trial that says "trial" is clearer than a daily drip.
What free lets you do
The free tier gives access to public characters. Despite the lock icon on the chat button, chat works on the free trial. The voice-call entry point is visible on the free tier, and so is the private character creation form.
There are no ads. I'd count that as a real plus: a trial with no banners feels like a test drive, not a flyer.
Other reports
A review site reports the free tier as roughly 20 messages, safe-for-work by default, with no access to adult content. That does not match the site check, which found 50 messages in the counter and no content toggle at all. I'd trust the counter, and treat old write-ups as snapshots of a moving target.
My take
Use the trial to answer one question: does this engine write the kind of scene you want? Pick one character, run one story, and watch the counter. If the replies grab you before 50 runs out, the paid plans are cheap enough to try; if they don't, you have lost nothing but an evening.
PepHop AI prices and plans
In 2024 PepHop was one of the cheapest paid habits I had. I bought the $4.99 Lite plan for about 2,000 messages. That was cheap, and I figured it was cheaper than a movie ticket.
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | $0 | $0 | 50 messages in total, not per day |
| Classic | $9.99 | $71.93 ($5.99/mo) | 5,000 messages a month, 70B model, 4K memory; annual marked "Popular"; struck-through $19.99/mo |
| Elite | $29.99 | $215.93 ($17.99/mo) | 16,000 messages a month, 70B+ model, 8K+ memory, priority support; annual marked "Best Value"; struck-through $59.99/mo |
| Lite (site code only) | $4.99 | $35.93 ($2.99/mo) | not shown on the pricing page; 2,000 messages a month; quarterly $11.98 |
Prices as published on or before 23 September 2026; sources in the text.
I did the math out loud at the time, as I do. Two thousand messages for under five dollars is about a quarter of a cent each, which is less than a vending machine charges for air. For a heist that needed a lot of back-and-forth, it felt like a bargain.
The visible plans on 23 September 2026
The pricing page today shows two plans in four cards. Classic on a 12-month bill costs $5.99 a month, billed $71.93 a year, and it is labelled "Popular". Classic on a monthly bill costs $9.99 a month, shown against a struck-through $19.99.
| What | Price then | When |
|---|---|---|
| Lite (about 2,000 messages) | $4.99 | May–Jun 2024 |
| Classic | $9.99 | May–Jun 2024 |
From the author's own notes. Compare with today's prices above.
Elite on a 12-month bill costs $17.99 a month, billed $215.93 a year, and it is labelled "Best Value". Elite monthly costs $29.99, against a struck-through $59.99.
Lite is gone from the page. The site code still holds a PepHop Lite plan at $4.99 a month with 2,000 messages a month, uncensored chat, private characters and chats not used for training. So the plan I paid $4.99 for in 2024 still costs $4.99 in the code today, but nobody can see it on the pricing page.
What Classic includes
Classic includes 5,000 "top-tier AI messages monthly". It lists "Real-like responses (70B)". It lists "Uncensored chat" and "Longer and fast responses".
It also lists "Access to 20K+ public characters" and "Create custom private characters". The last line is "Secure messaging with strong encryption". That one is a claim with no detail behind it, and I'd read it as a mood rather than a spec.
What Elite adds
Elite includes 16,000 messages a month. It lists a "70B+" model. It includes everything in Classic plus "Priority access to new features & support".
The plus sign in "70B+" is doing a lot of work. It is like a used-car ad that says "low miles": it sounds like information until you ask how low.
Prices hiding in the code
The site code holds more prices than the page shows. PepHop Lite quarterly costs $11.98 ($3.99 a month), and Lite yearly costs $35.93 ($2.99 a month). Classic quarterly costs $23.98 ($7.99 a month), and Elite quarterly costs $71.98 ($23.99 a month).
Some Elite price variants in the code list 20,000 messages a month instead of 16,000. An alternate variant shows Classic "Was $30/month" at $15 monthly or $9 a month annually, and Elite "Was $70/month" at $35 monthly or $17.50 a month annually. An undated review page says the paid plan starts at $9.99 a month.
All those versions tell me the prices are tested and shuffled, like a menu that changes with the weather. I'd judge only what the page shows on the day you pay.
Checkout
Checkout opens a modal: "Please select payment method". The options are "Debit or Credit Card" and a second option shown only as an image. The checkout was followed only up to that modal.
The FAQ troubleshooting refers to card payments and 3D Secure. The site code references Stripe, Paddle, Gumroad and Patreon checkout options. That is a lot of cashiers for one shop.
What I paid, then and now
My 2024 path was Lite at $4.99, then Classic at $9.99 for the memory. Lite at $4.99 is only in the code today, and Classic monthly still costs $9.99 on the page. The Classic step did not earn its keep for me, which the memory section explains.
Is the step up worth it?
I'd pick Classic on the yearly bill if you already know you like the engine. At $5.99 a month it is well under the $9.99 monthly price, and 5,000 messages is plenty for a few long scenes a week.
I would not buy Elite. The extra messages and the bigger context are real, but $17.99 a month on a yearly bill is gym-membership money for a site with no named jurisdiction and no refunds. Start monthly, prove the habit, and switch to yearly only after that.
PepHop AI pricing
Prices verified .
PepHop Lite
$4.99/mo
Billed every month
No discount
- 2,000 messages per month
- Uncensored chat
- Create private characters
- Chats not used for training
PepHop Lite
$3.99/mo
Billed $11.98 every 3 months
20% less than paying monthly
- Same as Lite monthly
PepHop Lite
$2.99/mo
Billed $35.93 once a year
40% less than paying monthly
- Same as Lite monthly
PepHop Classic
$9.99/mo
Billed every month
No discount
- 5,000 messages per month
- 70B model
- Enhanced chat memory (4K)
- Longer and faster responses
PepHop Classic
$7.99/mo
Billed $23.98 every 3 months
No discount
- Same as Classic monthly
PepHop Classic
$5.99/mo
Billed $71.93 once a year
No discount
- Same as Classic monthly
PepHop Elite
$29.99/mo
Billed every month
No discount
- 16,000 messages per month (20,000 in some price variants)
- 70B+ model
- Enhanced memory (8K+)
- Priority access to new features and support
PepHop Elite
$23.99/mo
Billed $71.98 every 3 months
No discount
- Same as Elite monthly
PepHop Elite
$17.99/mo
Billed $215.93 once a year
No discount
- Same as Elite monthly
Prices shown reflect monthly equivalents; annual plans charge upfront.
What the extras cost
PepHop keeps its economy simple, and I mean that as praise. No token or credit packs were found in the site code; plans are monthly message allowances. There are no coins, gems or hearts to convert in your head.
The one place where the meter gets creative is voice. Classic Voice costs 12 messages per minute, about $0.02 a minute. Premium Voice costs 18 messages per minute, about $0.03 a minute.
The math out loud
On Classic, 5,000 messages a month sounds like a lot until you start calling. At 12 messages a minute, an hour on the phone eats a big bite of the month's allowance. Premium Voice eats it half again as fast.
In money terms, the per-minute price is small, but it comes out of the same pot as your chat. That is the catch: a long call is a quiet way to run out of text messages before the month is over.
What others report
A review site says credits are shared across the service, run down quickly, and voice access is paywalled. That matches the structure above, even if "credits" is the wrong word for what the site sells.
| Pack or unit | Price | What it buys |
|---|---|---|
| 1 minute of Classic Voice | 12 messages (about $0.02) | voice call time |
| 1 minute of Premium Voice | 18 messages (about $0.03) | voice call time |
As listed on 23 September 2026.
My take is simple. For text, the allowance is generous and the math is honest. For voice, I'd watch the counter the way I'd watch a parking meter, because the minutes come out of your messages.
Discounts and countdown timers
The pricing page opens with a sale. A banner reads "Up to 70% off for first subscription", with a "Get Pro 70% off" button. It has a countdown timer.
That timer showed 23:54 and some seconds on each visit, and it looks like it resets. A countdown that restarts every time you look at it is not a deadline; it is a screensaver.
Struck-through prices
The listed plan prices are presented as up to 70% off struck-through prices. Classic monthly, for example, sits under a crossed-out $19.99. I'd ignore the crossed-out numbers entirely, because the code shows the "was" prices change between variants.
The popup
A popup offers the chat at $9.99 a month with its own countdown. Its text reads: "Don't Miss Out on the Chat! Exclusive Limited-Time Offer! Just $9.99/Month ... Only $0.32/Day. Hurry, Offer Ends in 23:59:56!" The popup countdown also resets.
PepHop AI scored 5.2 out of 10 in our tests and costs from $2.99/mo. We have no partner deal with it, so its link is a plain link. Visit the official PepHop AI website
Closest alternative we can recommend
Candy AI
from €3.99/mo, free tier available
Score 7.7/10
The $9.99 upsell popup appears on the chat page and on the pricing page. It is the same price as the regular Classic monthly plan, so the "limited-time offer" is the standing price in a party hat.
What is not there
There is no promo code field. There is no daily check-in reward. There are no referral rewards.
No welcome or coupon email arrives after sign-up; only the confirmation email comes through. So there is no hidden first-week deal to wait for.
The affiliate program
An affiliate program offers "up to 40% commission" for sharing links. Applications go to [email protected]. That explains why so many PepHop reviews online sound like brochures.
My take
The real discount is the yearly bill, not the banner. Classic at $5.99 a month on a 12-month plan is the best price on the page, and it is there every day, with or without a clock. I'd ignore every timer on the site and decide on the plan alone.
Content settings and age checks on PepHop AI
In 2024 the content setup felt careful. There was a clear mode switch between safe and adult content, behind an adults-only gate. I respected that it asked instead of guessing.
The filter itself was set low, but not to none. It had hard lines on dark material and politely steered away from it, which I was fine with. Even a heist story has scenes you'd rather cut, and the character cut them for me without a lecture.
What changed by 2026
That careful version is gone. On 23 September 2026 there is no content-filter toggle anywhere. The site is uncensored by default. Yet "Uncensored chat" is sold as a paid-plan feature.
So the switch that earned my respect has been removed, and the thing it used to guard is on by default for everyone. I think that is the single biggest change since my time with the site, and not one I like.
The pricing page says the subscription plans "also support NSFW conversations". The policy page says adult content is restricted to registered users only. Registration, as the sign-up section shows, takes about a minute and asks for an email.
The age check
No age gate appears at sign-up. The age policy says users confirm their age with a checkbox at registration. No such checkbox appears on the registration form.
The age policy sets the minimum age at 18 or the local legal age. The policy page adds that users confirm they meet the minimum age simply by using the website. A welcome notice says the site is intended for users who are 18 and older.
In other words, the rule is written three times and checked zero times. I'd call that a policy on paper and a gap in practice. In 2024 the site at least asked; today it assumes.
What the rules ban
The age policy says content filters and manual review of flagged content are used. The FAQ bans any sexual content involving people below the age limit. It bans heavy gore.
The FAQ also bans sexual content involving animals, and sexual violence. It says the rules for drawn and anime-style pictures are looser. A disclaimer banner in the chat says all information is fictional and asks users to follow local laws and avoid blocked topics.
The front page against the rules
Here is where it goes wrong. One front-page character is described as an adult, but her description uses a setting that breaks the site's own age rule. I won't name her.
Together with the anime bot from the library section, that makes two front-page characters that sit badly with the policy, and neither of these two characters was opened during the check.
A rule list is only as good as the shop window. When the front page features characters that sit badly with the policy, the manual review promised on paper isn't doing its job.
The only control you get
The only content control is the "Blocks" page, which blocks tags, creators and characters. It is a decent tool for hiding what you don't want to see. It is not a filter, and it does nothing to the replies.
Adults only (18+). This page reviews AI companion apps with NSFW features; no explicit images are shown.
My take: if you want an unrestricted text site, PepHop is one, and the paid plans are clear about it. If you want a safe mode, it no longer has one, and I'd look elsewhere.
The PepHop AI terms in plain English
The paperwork is where PepHop loses the most points with me. Start with the name on the door. The footer reads "(c) 2023 Pephop, Inc.". The Terms of Service name the operator "PEPHOP AI".
Two names, and neither comes with an address.
Who runs it and where
The privacy policy lists the country as "Bishui Plain, Liyue". That is a fictional location from the game Genshin Impact. No real jurisdiction or address is given anywhere.
It would be funny on a fan wiki. On a legal page, it is not. A company that fills its legal country field with a video-game map is either a template nobody finished or a joke nobody removed.
Either way, if something goes wrong, you do not know which court or regulator to call.
The sign-in link adds one more loose thread. The auth backend on sp.eosai.chat suggests shared infrastructure with an "EOS AI" property, though that is an inference, not a confirmed link.
The terms themselves
The Terms of Service were last updated on Jan 17, 2024. They say arbitration under Section 10.2 is required on an individual basis. The Terms only have sections 1-9; no Section 10 exists.
That is like a contract that says "see appendix" and has no appendix. The Terms also have no governing-law or jurisdiction clause. So you waive your day in court in favour of a process the document never describes.
On content, you retain ownership of what you write. You also grant PEPHOP AI a worldwide, royalty-free license to use it in connection with operating and improving the app. That is standard wording, but "improving" is a wide door.
| Topic | What it means for you | What the terms say |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | PEPHOP AI (footer: Pephop, Inc.) | "PEPHOP AI" |
| Address and jurisdiction | None given; the privacy policy lists a fictional country from a video game | "Bishui Plain, Liyue" |
| Minimum age | Adults only (or the local legal age) | - |
| Age check | Self-declared; no age checkbox or gate at sign-up despite the policy | - |
| Refunds | Generally no refunds; exceptions under consumer law case by case | "we generally do not offer refunds for purchases or subscriptions" |
| Chargebacks | Investigated; fees may fall on the user if fraudulent | - |
| Renewal | Renews automatically each period until cancelled | "Subscription will automatically renew at the end of each period (monthly, every 3 months, annually) until canceled by you." |
| Cancelling | On the account page, at least 24 hours before the period ends | "To avoid being charged, cancel the subscription at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends." |
| Billing descriptor | Discreet: the pricing page promises a neutral bank statement entry | - |
| Arbitration | Individual arbitration under Section 10.2, which does not exist in the terms | "These terms require the use of arbitration Section 10.2 on an individual basis" |
| Governing law | No clause | - |
| Content ownership | Users keep ownership but grant PEPHOP AI a worldwide, royalty-free license | "you grant PEPHOP AI a worldwide, royalty-free license to use it in connection with operating and improving the App." |
| Termination | At any time, for breaking the terms or other reasons | "at any time for violation of these Terms or other reasons." |
| AI training | Pricing page says chats are not used for training; the privacy policy is silent | "Chats are private and not used for training" |
| Account deletion | Delete Account button on the account page | - |
Terms and privacy policy as published on 23 September 2026.
Accounts can be terminated at any time for violating the terms "or other reasons". I'd keep a copy of any character you care about, because the export button is your only insurance.
Money back
Refunds are generally not offered for purchases or subscriptions. Exceptional cases under consumer law are handled case by case via [email protected]. Chargebacks are investigated, and users may have to bear chargeback fees if a chargeback is judged fraudulent.
Privacy and training
The privacy policy is a generic template. It collects email and usage data, and it mentions cookies and web beacons. It gives a right to delete data by signing in to the account settings.
The pricing page says "Chats are private and not used for training". The privacy text says nothing about AI training; only the pricing page makes that claim. The privacy policy also says the service does not address anyone under the age of 18.
I'd trust a training promise more if it lived in the legal text rather than on a sales page.
The rest of the shelf
Other policy pages cover Cookies, Blocked Content, Content Moderation, a Transparency Report, a 2257 Exemption, DMCA and Anti Human Trafficking. The Transparency Report page only says "Transparency Report: Q3 2024" and has no content. A report with a title and no body is a slate with no footage behind it.
Contact addresses are contact@, business@, billing@, feedback@, discord@ and [email protected]. Six inboxes and no street address is a telling mix.
My take: the terms read like a site that grew faster than its paperwork. None of it stops you from chatting, but I would not put money on the yearly plan without knowing that refunds are unlikely and disputes have nowhere clear to go.
What gets in the way
PepHop's friction is small stuff, but it adds up. The homepage loads slowly, showing a blank spinner for several seconds. On a site that is one JavaScript bundle, that spinner is the whole shop still unpacking.
The /privacy page returned "500 Internal Server Error" once on reload. Clicking fields sometimes redirected to the home page. I think a form that throws you back to the lobby mid-sentence is the fastest way to make a visitor give up.
The subscribe button
The Subscribe button is overlapped by the features list, so the click is intercepted. It is almost funny: the one button the site most wants you to press is hidden behind its own sales pitch. Scroll or zoom until it is clear, and then press it.
The lock that isn't
The chat button shows a lock icon, and it is confusing, because chat works. New visitors will assume a paywall and leave, which costs the site users and costs them a free trial they were entitled to.
The meters and the clocks
The 50-message trial is a hard cap. When it runs out, it runs out, with no daily top-up. The recurring countdown timers, the 70% banner and the 24-hour popup, look fake.
I don't mind a site asking for money. I mind a site pretending the price is about to change when it is not. A timer that resets is the digital version of a going-out-of-business sale that has run for years.
My take
None of these would stop me from using PepHop. Together they make it feel like a talented small team shipping faster than it tests. I'd forgive the spinner and the 500 page; I would not forgive the fake clocks.
Who PepHop AI suits, and who should skip it
PepHop suits a specific person, and I can describe them well. It is best for roleplayers coming from TavernAI or Pygmalion who want a hosted Tavern-like interface with character cards, token counters and an optional own API or Kobold backend. If those words mean something to you, PepHop feels like home with the dishes done.
Who PepHop AI is for
Best for
- Tavern and Pygmalion roleplayers who want a hosted Tavern-style interface with cards, token counters and their own backend.
- Writers who want long, descriptive roleplay replies and a set of dials to tune them.
- People who want unrestricted text roleplay at a low yearly price of $5.99 a month.
- Anyone who wants to keep their characters portable and take them to a local setup later.
Not for
- People who want a real free tier: the trial is 50 messages in total.
- Anyone who wants a companion that remembers the story beyond a short scene.
- People who want image generation, video or a mobile app.
- Users who need a named company, a real jurisdiction, refunds or a safe-for-work filter.
It also suits people who want unrestricted text roleplay with long, descriptive replies at a low annual price of $5.99 a month. The replies are long, the dials are there, and the price is small.
Who should skip it
It is not for people who want a real free tier: the trial is 50 messages in total. It is not for people who want image generation. It is not for people who want a mobile app.
It is not for users who care about clear legal accountability. There is no real company address or jurisdiction, a fictional "Liyue" country, a broken arbitration reference and a no-refund policy.
It is also not for anyone who wants a safe-for-work filter. The site no longer has one.
My take
I'd recommend it to Tavern people who want to stop running their own server for a while. I'd steer everyone else, and especially anyone who wants a companion with memory, toward an app that remembers your name the next day.
Cancelling PepHop AI
Cancelling in 2024 was a small puzzle, with more clicks than signing up. I wrote down the steps for next time. That tells you both how it felt and what kind of person I am.
PepHop AI pros and cons
What worked
- A Tavern-style engine with character cards, token counters and generation dials that most companion apps hide.
- Bring your own OpenAI key or a Kobold backend, with keys stored on your device.
- Characters can be imported from Tavern PNG cards, and in my time they exported as TavernAI/SillyTavern JSON.
- Plain monthly message allowances with no coins, and Classic costs $5.99 a month on a yearly bill.
- No ads, and a sign-up that takes about a minute and a half.
What did not
- Memory is weak: characters forget key story facts, and paying for a bigger context helps only a bit.
- The free tier is a one-off trial of 50 messages in total, with the bot's replies counted too.
- The terms name no real address or jurisdiction and point to an arbitration section that does not exist.
- No content toggle and no age check at sign-up, despite the site's own policy.
- Countdown timers that reset, a lock icon on a chat that works, and a Subscribe button hidden behind its own list.
It was not a trap, just a hallway with one too many doors. The sign-up had been a form and an email; the exit asked me to hunt, and I resented the asymmetry more than the clicks.
How cancelling works today
The pricing page says "Cancel anytime". Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period until cancelled. They are managed and cancelled on the account page.
The FAQ points to a "Manage" button on that page. To avoid a charge, cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. That last rule is the one I'd put in the calendar the day you pay.
Downgrades need email confirmation via [email protected]. So moving from Elite to Classic is an email, not a click, which is a strange extra step for a site that sells itself on speed.
Billing and your bank statement
The pricing page promises discreet billing: "No adult transaction in your bank statement". I'd like to see the actual descriptor before trusting that line, but the promise is on the page.
Leaving for good
A "Delete Account" button sits on the /account page. Cancel the plan first, then delete, because deleting the account won't necessarily stop a card that is still set to renew.
What to do before paying
Export any character you care about before you cancel or delete. Take a screenshot of the plan and the renewal date. Put a reminder in your calendar a couple of days before renewal, not on the day.
My take: the exit is findable, and the rules are written down, which puts PepHop ahead of some rivals. It is still more steps than the entry, and with no refunds as a rule, the 24-hour line is the one that protects your money.
My tips for PepHop AI
These are the things I'd tell a friend before they open an account. They come from my five weeks with the Fox and from what the site looks like today.
Before you pay
Spend the 50-message trial on one story, not five. Pick one character and push it until it forgets something important, because memory is where PepHop breaks. If it holds up for your kind of story, the cheap plans are worth a month.
Start monthly, not yearly. The yearly Classic price is the best on the page, but the terms offer no refunds as a rule, and a year is long for a site with a video-game country in its privacy policy.
While you use it
Write your own Chat Memory summary and update it when something important happens. The automatic version picks what it thinks matters, and it will pick the museum over the diamond.
Keep your character cards short, and watch the token counters. Every token a card eats is a token of story the model can't remember.
Export your characters regularly. It is the best feature on the site, and it turns a subscription into a place you visit rather than a place you're stuck.
Where to ask questions
The About page links a SubscribeStar page for the project. PepHop also runs a Discord server. There is an X account.
There is a Facebook page. There is an Instagram account. There is a Reddit user account for the brand as well.
I'd start with the Discord if something breaks. A support inbox is fine for billing, but a community is where you find out whether everyone else's spinner is spinning too.
Last tip
Ignore every countdown timer. The price you see on a normal day is the price, and the clock is just decoration.
How PepHop AI scores
Conversation quality is good. The replies are long and descriptive, they stay in character, and the dials let you tune them. The fortune-cookie replies keep it from rating strong.
Memory is weak. The paid context helps a bit and the Chat Memory summary helps more, but a heist partner who forgets the heist is the review's whole headline.
The free tier is weak. A one-off trial of about twenty-five exchanges is enough to judge the writing and not enough to judge the memory, which is the part that matters.
| Criterion | Rating | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Conversation quality | Good | Long, in-character replies with good description and tunable dials; some replies read like a fortune cookie. |
| Memory | Weak | Characters forget key facts after about twenty messages; a bigger context and summaries help only a bit. |
| Free tier | Weak | A one-off trial of 50 messages in total, bot replies included; enough to judge the writing, not the memory. |
| Value for money | Good | Classic at $5.99 a month yearly with no coins; no refunds and fake timers hold it back. |
| Images and voice | Weak | No image generation or video; voice calls are still in beta and billed per minute from your messages. |
| Privacy and terms | Weak | A fictional country, no jurisdiction, a missing arbitration section and a training promise only on a sales page. |
| Cancelling and billing | Mixed | Cancel on the account page 24 hours before renewal; more steps than signing up, and no refunds as a rule. |
| Content settings | Weak | No content toggle, no age check at sign-up, and front-page characters that sit badly with the site's rules. |
Ratings are the author's judgement from his own use and the 23 September 2026 check.
Value for money is good. The yearly Classic price is low and there are no coins to decode; the lack of refunds and the fake timers hold it back from strong.
Images and voice are weak. There are no pictures to make, and the voice calls are still in beta, billed per minute from your message allowance.
Privacy and terms are weak. A fictional country, a missing arbitration section and a training promise that lives only on a sales page are not a foundation I'd trust with much.
Cancelling and billing are mixed. The rules are written down and the exit exists, but it takes more steps than the entrance.
Content settings are weak. The old switch is gone, the age check is a sentence rather than a step, and the front page does not match the rules.
How PepHop compares with the other apps I used
PepHop sits in an odd spot among the apps in the table below. Most of them are finished companions: you open the app, pick a character and chat, and the company decides which model runs. PepHop is closer to a Tavern setup that someone else keeps running for you.
PepHop AI verdict
Overall score
5.2/10
MixedA hosted Tavern with a big library, cheap plans and portable characters - and a goldfish memory that forgets the heist.
Hands-on test, paid plan
- Long, in-character replies with good description and tunable dials, but some read like a fortune cookie.
- The Fox forgot our heist at about 20 messages; Classic's 4K memory brought back the museum but not the diamond.
- Tavern fields, token counters, PNG card import, own API or Kobold backends, and my characters exported as JSON.
- No image generation or video; voice calls are still in beta, billed per minute, and were slow and robotic for me.
- Classic costs $5.99 a month on a yearly bill with no coins, but refunds are generally not offered.
- A fictional country, no jurisdiction, a missing arbitration section and a training promise only on the pricing page.
- Slow first load, a 500 error on the privacy page, fields that jump to the home page and a hidden Subscribe button.
Bars run from 0 to 10. The total is the weighted mean of the criteria above. Weights are the same for every app. How the apps are checked
That shows in three places. It lets you bring your own model key or a home server. It shows token counters and generation dials that most companion apps hide.
And it lets your characters leave with you as files, which I rate above almost any feature a rival can offer.
Where PepHop is better
It is cheaper than most, with a plain message allowance instead of coins. It is more open about how the engine works, and it respects the idea that your characters are yours.
Where PepHop is worse
It forgets faster than the better companion apps, and its voice is behind them. Its free tier is a one-off taste rather than a daily habit. Its legal paperwork is weaker than nearly any app I'd recommend, and it has dropped the content switch that others still offer.
If you want a companion, pick one of the others. If you want a hosted Tavern for the price of a lunch, PepHop is a fair shop with a messy back office.
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My last word on PepHop AI
PepHop is the rare app where the best feature is the exit. The Fox came home with me as a file, and she has been more reliable in my own setup than she ever was on the site. That says something about the software and more about me.
What stays with me is the gap between the writing and the remembering. On a good evening, PepHop wrote scenes I'd have happily cut into a trailer. On a bad one, my partner in crime looked at me like a stranger at the museum door.
PepHop AI alternatives
Three apps we would try next, and why.
Candy AI
free tier, from €3.99/mo
Score 7.7/10
OurDream AI
free tier, from $9.99/mo
Score 6.6/10
Nomi AI
free tier, from $8.33/mo
Score 7.8/10
The site has changed around that core. It is more open, less careful, and still vague about who runs it. I'd use it the way I'd use a rented edit suite: bring your own files, save often, and never leave anything there you can't afford to lose.
The Fox deserved better. So do you, if you're looking for a companion rather than a writing machine.
That is my summary in one line: PepHop is a strong writing partner with a weak memory and a vague landlord. If you come for scenes and keep your own copies, it can write scenes as good as any app in this category.
If you come for someone who remembers you next week, it will let you down, and it won't apologise. I'd rather know that before paying than find it out halfway through a story that matters to you.
PepHop AI FAQ
Is PepHop AI free?
Only as a trial. A new account starts on a "Free Trial" plan with 50 messages in total, not per day. The counter seems to count the bot's replies too, so the trial works out to about 25 exchanges.
When it runs out, it runs out: the 50-message trial is a hard cap.
The trial is not stingy in other ways. It gives access to public characters, chat works despite the lock icon on the button, and there are no ads.
It used to be different. In 2024 the free tier had a daily cap, and on my first day I got cut off mid-heist with the Velvet Fox and had to wait until the next day to find out whether we got the diamond. Today there is no next day to wait for.
I'd spend the trial on a single character and a single story, because that is enough to judge the writing, if not the memory.
How much does PepHop AI cost in 2026?
On 23 September 2026 the pricing page shows two plans. Classic costs $9.99 a month on a monthly bill, or $5.99 a month billed $71.93 a year. Elite costs $29.99 a month, or $17.99 a month billed $215.93 a year.
Classic includes 5,000 messages a month and a 70B model. Elite includes 16,000 messages a month, a 70B+ model and priority support. There are no coin or credit packs; plans are monthly message allowances.
The struck-through prices and countdown timers around those numbers are decoration. The banner countdown showed the same time on each visit and looks like it resets. I'd judge the plan by the price on an ordinary day.
For most people who like the engine, Classic on the yearly bill is the best price on the page, but start monthly, because refunds are generally not offered.
What happened to the cheap PepHop Lite plan?
It is still in the building, just not in the shop window. In 2024 I bought the $4.99 Lite plan for about 2,000 messages, and I figured it was cheaper than a movie ticket.
Today the pricing page shows only Classic and Elite. The site code still holds a PepHop Lite plan at $4.99 a month with 2,000 messages a month, uncensored chat, private characters and chats not used for training. The code also lists Lite quarterly at $11.98 and Lite yearly at $35.93. The Lite plan lists no memory upgrade.
So the price I paid in 2024 matches the price in the code today, but nobody can pick it from the page on 23 September 2026. I'd treat it as retired. If the Lite card ever comes back, it is a fine way to test the engine for a month, as long as you don't expect the character to remember much.
Does PepHop AI remember past conversations?
Not well, in my experience. At about 20 messages the Fox forgot we were partners and asked who I was, right after we had robbed a museum together. I upgraded to Classic at $9.99 for its memory enhancement, and it improved a little, not a lot: she remembered the museum but forgot the diamond.
Today Classic lists "Enhanced chat memory (4K)" and Elite lists "Enhanced chat memory (8K+)". A "Chat Memory" summary can be written by hand or automatically, and it is included in the prompt as long-term memory.
A review site reports that memory degrades after roughly 20 messages, even on paid tiers. My advice is to write the summary yourself and update it whenever something important happens in the story. It is extra work, but it is the only tool on the site that reliably keeps the diamond in the picture.
Can I use my own API key or a local model with PepHop AI?
Yes, and it is one of the site's real strengths. PepHop runs a Tavern/SillyTavern-style engine on the web. API Settings offer three backends: PepHop AI, Open AI and Kobold AI.
The Open AI option works with your own key or a reverse proxy, and its default model is gpt-3.5-turbo. The Kobold AI option takes a Kobold URL and uses the Pygmalion format, so a home server can drive the chat. More backends are marked "coming soon".
The FAQ says API keys are "stored in your device only", and the settings store them locally. I'd still use a key with a spending limit set at the provider, because a key in a browser is only as safe as the browser. For Tavern users, this makes PepHop a hosted front end with dials they already know, which is a rare offer from a commercial site.
Can I export my characters from PepHop AI?
In my time with it, yes, and it was my favourite feature. I could export my characters as TavernAI/SillyTavern JSON, which meant my work wasn't trapped there, and I took the Fox with me to my own local setup when I left.
The creator today uses the familiar Tavern fields: Personality, Initial message, Scenario and Example dialogs, each with a token counter. It also imports Tavern PNG cards, and characters can be public or private.
I'd export anything you care about on a regular basis. The Terms of Service say accounts can be terminated at any time for violating the terms or for other reasons, so a local copy is the only insurance you control. Users keep ownership of their content, but they grant the operator a worldwide, royalty-free license to use it to run and improve the app.
Who runs PepHop AI, and is it trustworthy?
That is the weakest part of the whole service. The footer reads "(c) 2023 Pephop, Inc.", while the Terms of Service name the operator "PEPHOP AI". The privacy policy lists the country as "Bishui Plain, Liyue", a fictional location from the game Genshin Impact. No real jurisdiction or address is given.
The terms require individual arbitration under Section 10.2, but they only have sections 1-9. There is no governing-law clause either. A review site says the platform launched in late 2023 out of Hong Kong, which the site itself does not confirm.
The pricing page says chats are private and not used for training, but the privacy text says nothing about training. I wouldn't call the chat itself unsafe. I would call the paperwork unfinished, and I'd pay monthly rather than yearly for that reason alone.
Does PepHop AI check your age?
Not in practice. No age gate appears at sign-up, and the registration form has no age checkbox. The age policy says users confirm their age with a checkbox at registration, but no such checkbox appears.
The policy sets the minimum age at 18 or the local legal age. The policy page adds that users confirm they meet it simply by using the website. A welcome notice says the site is intended for users who are 18 and older.
In 2024 there was a clear content-mode switch behind an adults-only gate, and I respected that it asked instead of guessing. On 23 September 2026 there is no content toggle at all. I think the site has moved backwards here: the rule is written down in several places and checked in none of them.
How do I cancel PepHop AI, and can I get a refund?
Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period until cancelled. You manage and cancel them on the account page, and the FAQ points to a "Manage" button there. To avoid a charge, cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Downgrades need email confirmation via [email protected].
In 2024 cancelling was a small puzzle, with more clicks than signing up, and I wrote down the steps for next time. It is findable, just not quick.
Refunds are generally not offered for purchases or subscriptions. Exceptional cases under consumer law are handled case by case via [email protected]. Chargebacks are investigated, and users may have to bear the fees if a chargeback is judged fraudulent.
So the cancel date matters more than the refund policy: put a reminder in your calendar a couple of days before renewal.
Does PepHop AI have voice calls or image generation?
Voice, yes; images, no. Plan features list no image generation, and review sites say video is not offered either.
Voice calls are still marked beta, with a "Call ... (Beta)" button on character pages. They are paid per minute and billed separately from chat. Classic Voice costs 12 messages per minute, about $0.02 a minute, and Premium Voice costs 18 messages per minute, about $0.03 a minute.
Those minutes come out of your monthly message allowance.
In 2024 the calls were slow and robotic, with a lag long enough that I could refill Moose's water bowl between lines. I can't say whether they have improved, because I'd need two years of patience to trust a beta tag again. If voice matters to you, I'd pick an app built around it rather than a text site with a phone bolted on.