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AI Buddy, Inc. · Education · Free · v6.32.1

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Review-rating drop
0.93

2020-Q3 4.38 → last 90 days 3.45, text reviews

Peak quarter
4.38

2020-Q3, text reviews

Last 90 days
3.45

text reviews

Store rating
4.61

all 41379 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.16

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$121k

#92 top-grossing, Education

store 4.61 · reviews 4.38 → 3.45 · gap 1.16 store 4.61 reviews 3.45

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 495 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2018-Q4: 5.00★ from 2 reviews (small sample) 5.00 2018-Q4 2019-Q3: 1.67★ from 3 reviews (small sample) 2019-Q4: 5.00★ from 2 reviews (small sample) 2020-Q2: 4.67★ from 6 reviews (small sample) 2020-Q3: 4.38★ from 8 reviews 4.38 2020-Q3 2020-Q4: 5.00★ from 3 reviews (small sample) 2021-Q1: 4.25★ from 4 reviews (small sample) 2021-Q2: 5.00★ from 6 reviews (small sample) 2021-Q3: 2.00★ from 1 reviews (small sample) 2021-Q4: 3.00★ from 1 reviews (small sample) 2022-Q1: 3.50★ from 8 reviews 2022-Q2: 3.00★ from 3 reviews (small sample) 2022-Q3: 5.00★ from 1 reviews (small sample) 2022-Q4: 3.00★ from 2 reviews (small sample) 2023-Q1: 2.00★ from 3 reviews (small sample) 2023-Q2: 2.36★ from 11 reviews 2023-Q3: 2.57★ from 7 reviews (small sample) 2023-Q4: 1.86★ from 7 reviews (small sample) 2024-Q1: 1.42★ from 12 reviews 2024-Q2: 2.44★ from 16 reviews 2024-Q3: 2.14★ from 44 reviews 2024-Q4: 2.29★ from 28 reviews 2025-Q1: 2.00★ from 22 reviews 2025-Q2: 2.08★ from 12 reviews 2025-Q3: 2.09★ from 11 reviews 2025-Q4: 2.46★ from 28 reviews 2026-Q1: 2.78★ from 51 reviews 2026-Q2: 3.48★ from 91 reviews 2026-Q3: 3.33★ from 96 reviews 2026-Q4: 3.50★ from 6 reviews (small sample) 3.50 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2018-Q45.00 2
2019-Q31.67 3
2019-Q45.00 2
2020-Q24.67 6
2020-Q34.38 8
2020-Q45.00 3
2021-Q14.25 4
2021-Q25.00 6
2021-Q32.00 1
2021-Q43.00 1
2022-Q13.50 8
2022-Q23.00 3
2022-Q35.00 1
2022-Q43.00 2
2023-Q12.00 3
2023-Q22.36 11
2023-Q32.57 7
2023-Q41.86 7
2024-Q11.42 12
2024-Q22.44 16
2024-Q32.14 44
2024-Q42.29 28
2025-Q12.00 22
2025-Q22.08 12
2025-Q32.09 11
2025-Q42.46 28
2026-Q12.78 51
2026-Q23.48 91
2026-Q33.33 96
2026-Q43.50 6

Recent 1–2 star reviews

App developer doesn’t allow refunds

★ · v6.31.1 · Oct 5, 2026

My child accidentally made a purchase and when i talked to apple support they said they couldn’t refund me because of the developer of the app doesn’t allow it and not Apple itself. 15 dollars for a kids game is insane.

Not free

★ · v6.31.1 · Oct 5, 2026

Make you pay and ask you too much questions about your kid it’s not free!! Don’t trust

Ужасно

★ · v6.31.1 · Sep 23, 2026

Я приобрела тестовую подписку на 2 дня, затем я отменила ее сразу же в аккаунте Apple. Но с меня пытались списать деньги, из-за этого заблокировали мой аккаунт.

Chatting

★ · v6.31.1 · Sep 22, 2026

He keeps ending the adventure

Won’t work

★ · v6.31.1 · Sep 20, 2026

Keeps saying it needs permission to turn the microphone on but the setting to turn it on isn’t anywhere on the app or in my settings

Bad app!!!

★ · v6.31.0 · Sep 10, 2026

This app shared my information and some one stole money from my account. Don’t download!!! Beware!!

BAD

★ · v6.30.2 · Sep 6, 2026

1 STAR PLZ I NEED A REAL ONE STAR

Hello developer I need to talk to you

★ · v6.30.2 · Sep 5, 2026

This ai bot tell him to kill himself and called him the n word maybe a malfunction so can you fix this

Pay to play

★ · v6.30.2 · Sep 5, 2026

I can’t even play it immediate one star>:(

I got a virus

★ · v6.30.2 · Aug 31, 2026

Horrible app, made my IPad shut down for a week after using it, pretty sure it gave me a virus. And then, after it was shut down for a week, it wasn’t working properly for a month. I do not recommend EVER downloading this app, because the same thing could happen to your device (iPad, computer, iPhone, etc) anyways don’t download

Read this at your own risk 😡

★ · v6.30.1 · Aug 27, 2026

Tell me why was I being charged 100 dollars these other parents are not paying attention to the price of this stuff except I ended up paying the price but my kids hated this 😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬

STOP DOING THIS

★★ · v6.30.1 · Aug 26, 2026

Stop making people pay to play the game that’s so annoying Like bro I was trying to play. I can’t even play because I have to pay for it. What type of game is this? If you can’t even play it like you guys got to stop making people pay because that’s just messed up. You’re not gonna get any more customers if you keep on doing this.

Too expensive

★ · v6.30.1 · Aug 23, 2026

Can’t say how good or not this is. You download the app and it’s just a teaser that then asks the parents to pay $20 a month for this. Apple should disclose the cost of apps or necessary subscriptions BEFORE a user ever downloads the app. Everything on this app is locked and my kid is frustrated.

Don’t pay

★ · v6.30.1 · Aug 22, 2026

The free version was so fun for my son I downloaded the premium and it immediately quit working. It won’t connect even though every other app does. Feels like a scam.

Lies

★ · v6.30.1 · Aug 22, 2026

My child cried because he couldn’t use it anymore after I use all this chat energy it says it will refill tomorrow, but it doesn’t. Please do not buy if you don’t want your kid to break your device

He’s dumb

★ · v6.30.1 · Aug 20, 2026

I wanted to talk about the army and he was like ya stupid that’s what he said

Body AI is dumb

★ · v6.29.0 · Aug 13, 2026

I really wish that I could talk to buddy AI forever because this stupid thing for body plus does not even count. Does it for two days?

Scam

★ · v6.29.0 · Aug 10, 2026

Cost so much money stealers and scam bad app I did 5 stars so u could read this:

Buddy.AI

★ · v6.29.0 · Aug 6, 2026

Good

plz fix it

★★ · v6.29.0 · Aug 6, 2026

A few years ago i downloaded this game but it did not have the eng language i didnt write any review because i was just 6 now im 10

I was just telling him a funny story then suddenly he interrupted me and he said something really

★ · v6.29.0 · Jul 31, 2026

serious in the chat and then I said what’s wrong then he told me what was wrong and it was something about my story, but I didn’t say any bad words. It was just a funny story about a silly little kitty.

This AI is so dumb

★ · v6.29.0 · Jul 31, 2026

I asked you what are your favorite kind of shoes, Jordans or crocs and he said I don’t know what crocs and Jordans are. ChatGPT know what Jordans are in crocs one star

Look, this is the reason

★ · v6.29.0 · Jul 29, 2026

This is the reason I’m giving Buddy two stars. It’s because you have to buy it and literally we can’t buy this. I’m eight years old OK OK I know I’m older than I should be able to play this game but let me get this straight. I love talking to Buddy but gosh you have to pay for it. Come on and can some of these learning games just to be free I know I’m not learning because of this, but actually I am because you can ask for the buddy to do times and I love times tables, but I have to pay for it to even be able to talk to it. 😒

Ummmmmmmmmmm

★ · v6.29.0 · Jul 25, 2026

Buddy called my kid a b**h

It is so bad that the little guy, buddy AI was saying bad words to my child

★ · v6.29.0 · Jul 25, 2026

Like I said, in the Title, the AI was saying bad words to my child and plus I have to buy it. What’s the point? it is so annoying like so annoying because it literally said bad words to my little daughter

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