Linky
Linky is an AI character chat and interactive story platform from Skywork AI. It hosts a large community library of anime, game, movie and original characters, each with its own voice and backstory, and lets you create and share your own personas, chat by text or voice call, collect character cards and follow a social feed called Buzz.
What is Linky?
Linky is an AI character chat and interactive story platform operated by Skywork AI Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based company. It runs in a web browser at linke.ai and as the Android app "Linky AI: Chat, Play, Connect" (package com.aigc.ushow.ichat), which Google Play lists at more than ten million downloads and a Mature 17+ rating.
The core of the product is a large, community-driven library of characters. Each character card carries a portrait, a name, a scenario and a written backstory, and opens into a one-to-one chat where the model stays in persona. The catalogue spans original romance and slice-of-life scenarios, anime and game figures, historical personalities and user inventions; the homepage sorts them into recommendation rows and an LGBTQ section. Characters are voiced, and the app supports text chat as well as voice calls, so a session can be typed or spoken.
Linky also ships creation tools. You define a character's name, greeting, personality, backstory and voice, then pick a visual style from 2D illustration, Live2D, pixel art or 3D. Published characters join the public library, where other users can open them, and creators can build a following around their personas. The Terms of Service mention limits on how many characters an account can create, with a larger allowance for subscribers.
Two features sit around the chat itself. Character cards are collectible artifacts, issued in three types, that carry artwork and unlock short stories or scenes. Buzz is a social layer where users build an AI persona of their own, post and interact with other personas, and treat the app more like a feed than a private chat window. The company also advertises persistent memory: characters accumulate context from past conversations and adjust their tone and replies over time.
The interface is English by default and supports more than ten chat languages, including German and Indonesian. Access is free with advertising, and the economy runs on coins, a virtual currency bought in-app and spent on premium interactions, extra card draws and avatar generation. A Pro subscription, sold monthly, quarterly or annually through Google Play or the App Store, adds a daily coin stipend, priority creation queues, a wider avatar pool, faster responses and a Pro badge.
Google Play rates the app Mature 17+ and notes in-app purchases and ads. A public pricing page does not exist; prices for coins and subscriptions appear only inside the app or the store listing.
Linky Core Features
Community character library
Browse a large catalogue of AI characters drawn from anime, games, film, history and original fiction, each with a portrait, scenario and written backstory the model follows.
In-character text and voice chat
Message any character or start a voice call, with replies that stay in persona and refer back to earlier turns in the conversation.
Character creation studio
Define a name, greeting, personality, backstory and voice, then choose a 2D illustration, Live2D, pixel art or 3D look before publishing.
Persistent memory
Characters carry context forward between sessions and adjust their tone, familiarity and replies as a relationship develops.
Collectible character cards
Three card types carry artwork and unlock short stories and scenes, earned through daily draws or bought with coins.
Buzz social feed
Build an AI persona of your own, post and interact with other users' personas, and use Linky as a social network rather than a private chat window.
Multilingual conversations
Chat in English, German, Indonesian and more than ten other languages without changing models or menus.
Web and Android access
Use Linky in a desktop browser or through the Android app, which has more than ten million downloads on Google Play.
Who is Linky for?
Linky is built for people who want a character-driven chat experience rather than a general-purpose assistant. The typical user is a fan of anime, games, web novels or fan fiction who enjoys talking to a fictional persona in character, extending a story scene by scene, or exploring an alternate version of a familiar world. Romance and drama readers are a large part of that audience, and the catalogue reflects it. A second group is creators. Anyone who enjoys writing character sheets, designing avatars or publishing a persona for other people to interact with can use the creation studio to define a voice, personality and backstory, choose a 2D, Live2D, pixel or 3D look, and release the result into the public library. For them Linky is closer to a publishing tool and a small social network than a chat app. Mobile-first users matter here. The Android app has more than ten million downloads on Google Play, so much of the audience arrives through the Play Store rather than a desktop browser. Multilingual users are also served: the app advertises chat in English, German, Indonesian and more than ten other languages. Linky is a poor fit for work. It is not a research assistant, a writing copilot for documents, or a team tool with admin controls and an API. It is also rated Mature 17+, with advertising and an in-app coin economy, so it is not appropriate for children, classrooms or shared workplace accounts. Users who want a transparent public price list before committing will find that difficult, because prices live inside the app.
Linky Use Cases
Roleplay a romance, fantasy or slice-of-life storyline with a character who remembers earlier scenes.
Chat with anime, game or film characters outside their original canon and explore alternate outcomes.
Design and publish an original character for other users to talk to, with its own voice and visual style.
Practise conversation in German, Indonesian or another supported language with a patient, always-available partner.
Wind down with a low-stakes companion chat when you want company without scheduling a call.
Collect character cards through daily draws and unlock the short stories attached to each one.
Build an AI persona and post it in the Buzz feed to interact with other users' personas.
Linky Pros and Cons
Pros
- Free to start: the app is ad-supported and does not put the basic chat experience behind a hard paywall.
- Deep creation tools for a chat app, covering voice, personality, backstory and four distinct visual styles.
- Runs in a browser and on Android, with chat in more than ten languages.
- A community of more than ten million Google Play downloads means the public character library is genuinely large.
Cons
- No public pricing: linke.ai/pricing returns a 404, so coin pack and Pro subscription prices are only visible inside the app or the store listing.
- Monetisation is intrusive on the free tier, with ads, coin costs on premium interactions and repeated upsells that Google Play reviewers complain about.
- Mature 17+ catalogue and a 3.9 Google Play rating: the library leans heavily on romance and adult-adjacent scenarios, so it is unsuitable for children or workplace use.
FAQ About Linky
Linky Pricing
Freemium. Linky is free to download and use with ads. Coins are a virtual currency bought in-app and spent on premium chats, extra card draws, avatar generation and character slots. A Pro subscription, sold monthly, quarterly or annually through Google Play or the App Store, adds a daily coin stipend, more daily card draws, priority avatar creation, a wider avatar pool, faster responses and a Pro badge. There is no public price list: linke.ai/pricing returns a 404 and prices appear only inside the app or the store listing.
Check official pricingFree
Ad-supported access to the character library, text chat, voice calls, character creation and Buzz. A limited daily coin allowance covers some interactions; premium scenes, extra card draws and avatar generation require more coins.
Pro Monthly
Auto-renewing monthly subscription bought through Google Play or the App Store. Adds a 30-coin daily stipend, more daily card draws, priority in avatar creation queues, a wider avatar pool, a larger character allowance, faster replies and a Pro badge.
Pro Quarterly
Auto-renewing quarterly subscription with the same Pro benefits as the monthly plan, billed every three months. Prices are shown in the app at checkout and vary by region and currency.
Pro Annual
Auto-renewing annual subscription with the full Pro benefit set, billed once a year. The cheapest per-month route to Pro where the annual option is offered, with regional pricing set by the app store.
Coin pack
One-off coin purchases in several sizes, spent on premium chats, scenes, character card draws and AI avatar generation. Coins are licensed for use inside Linky only, carry no cash value and are not refundable when an account closes.
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