What is Alfi by text.ai?
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Alfi is the chat app with social skills for bringing friends together. It's a group messaging app with a built-in AI that helps with plans, restaurant recommendations, reminders, calendars, image creation, games, and daily personalized picks, right inside your conversations. You can also use Alfi Lite directly in iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, and Telegram without downloading anything.
What can Alfi do?
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For You: daily picks tailored to you, refreshed twice a day
Food & plans: swipeable restaurant cards with booking (US & CA)
Social calendar: create events naturally in chat, RSVP, and sync Google Calendar
Communities: public group chats for your interests, with one-tap translation
Reminders: just ask: "remind me to call Mom tomorrow at 5pm"
Bill splits: scan receipts, track balances, settle up via Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, and more
Question of the Day: answer daily and build your streak
Image creation: put your friends in fun templates (Superhero, Anime, Action Figure) or write your own prompt
Games: Trivia Battle, Word Race, Flappy Bird, and more, right in the chat
Personality: make Alfi chill, savage, professional, or hype, per chat
How does Alfi work?
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Download the app, sign in with your phone number, and chat with your friends like you would anywhere else. Alfi lives in your chats: ask it for dinner spots, have it set reminders, generate images of your group, split bills, or plan events. You control how present it is. Give it a different personality per chat, or turn it off entirely in any conversation.
What platforms is Alfi available on?
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The full Alfi app is available on iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play) in 14 languages. Alfi Lite is available on iMessage and SMS (US & CA), WhatsApp (worldwide), and Telegram (worldwide).
How much does it cost to use?
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The Alfi app is free to download and use. Alfi (in iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, and Telegram) is free for up to 8 messages every 12 hours except for SMS.
How do I try Alfi?
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Download Alfi from the App Store or Google Play
Continue with your phone number and complete the quick setup
Start a chat with friends, or just talk to Alfi directly
Want to try it without downloading?
1. Save our contact card: [text.ai contact card]
2. Text directly or add to your group chats
3. That's it! Works on SMS, WhatsApp & Telegram
Is your data safe?
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Yes, absolutely. We take our data very seriously. Our system encrypts the messages in transit. Additionally, our datastore also provides encryption at rest. The messages are anonymized, and we do NOT sell data to anyone. You can read more in detail on our Terms and Conditions page.
What if you are experiencing slow performance?
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Sometime tech breaks. We are maniacal about making sure that doesn’t happen but if things don’t look right please check our company handle on X (@textdotai) for updates.
How can I report a bug or issue?
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Help us make the product better! Report bugs via our Contact Us page on the top of text.ai or use /feedback directly in chat.
Why did I receive a warning about a question I asked text.ai?
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text.ai is built to detect prompts or outputs that generate harmful or unsafe content or violates our policies (e.g., sexual content or harassment). In the case where this is detected text.ai will not assist with the request and continued engagement of such will result in the restriction of access to text.ai.
