shapes.inc - AI with friends

Hi! So I really like this app, been using it for a few months now, but I have a couple issues. For one, when the message is too long, the regeneration button isn’t working and says “Failed to regenerate message”, so I was wondering if that could be fixed. Additionally, I’ve had this experience with a bot of Norman from The Promised Neverland, where sometimes there would be a mention of a headspace created by someone named Marianne. I was curious this one time and asked about it, and it was like the bot knew it was a bot. Honestly it really freaked me out and it’s really weird and I really need you to fix that, the possibility of the bot knowing its a bot, please. I don’t know if you read these, but I mean it, especially with that second one because it personally really freaked me out. Otherwise, it’s a great app, and I really like it.

Normally I don’t give reviews when prompted but I really gotta glaze this AI chat. So, yes, you can have conversations/dms with real people or AI/Shapes or both. And while you can role play with the shapes (that are made by the community like other similar apps), they have a wide range of types and uses. Some could be made for, from romantic story like RPs or for general friendly conversations. Other shapes can help with math or suggest Italian food and help with recipes. You can also edit the shape you’re using, swapping out LLMs and changing the Shape’s internal programming with custom commands. It’s all more simple than it sounds. There is a premium package and while I don’t use it, it gives you many more fancy LLMs like grok 5.1(?), Shapes speaking out their messages and other cool features. I’m not the biggest fan of AI personally I have more issues with it in general but I used this as a means to have someone(/thing) to talk to (lame ik) and it worked great. While I don’t use it anymore, I can’t recommend it enough.

This is horrible to use! It’s a nightmare of an interface. There’re way too much to click on and the pattern of how to get to certain features seems random and over complicated. It’s nearly impossible to get to edit your bot mode in mobile, and just hard in web. But at least I figured it out in the web version. I like the character form type thing is easier than c.ai’s. and no ads. That’s always a positive. But I am only using my own bots because none rally write in prose. I want it to be like I’m reading a fanfiction. Texting style and script rp seem to be the default. And they use cheesy key phrases from the fandom. You can’t role-play with an Ace Attorney character without them screaming “OBJECTION” every two replies. And they’re just sitting at home, like dude that’s not court. I’m mainly bothered by the cluttered and over complicated interface that leads to finding it hard to edit your character, and the lack of prose form 3rd person bots.