Is Replika safe?
Short answer
There is no yes or no. What is safe depends on your age, what you share and what you want from the app. Below is what Replika's own pages say and what the record shows, each with its source.
Replika is policy unclear: the sources we checked do not settle this. We list 2 dated safety events.
At a glance
Green flags
- Explains how to delete your data replika.com
- Free to start help.replika.com
- Remembers you between chats replika.com
- Talks back with a voice replika.com
Red flags
- 2 dated events on its safety record
- Unclear whether your chats train its models replika.com
- Doesn't say how it checks age replika.com
What the vendor says
All checked Oct 27, 2026 unless a line shows another date.
Age and minors
- Minimum age
- 18+ replika.com
Note
'The Services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18.' App Store age rating 18+ (Google Play shows 'Rated for 12+'). - Age check
- Not stated by the vendorAge-verification method; Italy's Garante found in Apr 2025 that the system 'continues to be deficient in several respects' replika.com
- Under-18 policy
- Accounts of minors are blocked and deleted when discovered. replika.com
Note
'If we discover that minors under the age of 18 are using the Apps, we will promptly block their access and delete their account.'
Content
- Content policy
- Policy unclear replika.com Terms bar configuring a companion to impersonate a real person and soliciting personal information from anyone under 18. Companion with romantic-status option; adult-content stance is not stated by Replika.
Note
Terms and privacy policy do not state an NSFW/adult-content rule. Terms list Pro features including 'Relationship status'. Third-party coverage describes romantic features behind Pro, which we have not confirmed from Replika.
Your data
- How long chats are kept
- Retained 'only as long as necessary'; account and financial records minimum 10 years after contract end; trend-analysis data deleted within 1 year; data sent to AI model providers processed transiently. replika.com
Note
Privacy policy section 6 'Data retention' (last updated May 27, 2026). Chat message retention period not given as a number. - Used to train models
- Unclear replika.com
Note
Policy says it uses 'collecting and immediately anonymizing user feedback, and small portions of Messages and Content data to train our proprietary safety algorithms, enhance chatbot performance'; third-party model providers are contractually barred from using data to train their own models. No user opt-out toggle stated. - Deleting your data
- Delete account in the app (irreversible); data removal 'permanently'; deletion requests extend to AI model providers. replika.com
Note
'You may cancel your Membership at any time by deleting your account in the app... all the data associated with your use of the Services will be removed permanently.' (Terms, last updated March 30, 2026)
Warnings on record
- Regulator finding or fine Italy's data protection authority fined Luka Inc. 5 million euros in April 2025, citing the lack of a legal basis, an inadequate privacy policy and no age verification until February 2023. edpb.europa.eu
Safety record
- Italian DPA fined Luka Inc. €5 million for GDPR violations: no legal basis identified, inadequate privacy policy, no age verification until 2 Feb 2023; ordered compliance. edpb.europa.eu
- Italy's Garante ordered a block of Replika (ban on processing Italian users' data) over minors' safety and unlawful processing. edpb.europa.eu
Events come from official pages, court or government releases and major news outlets. An allegation in a lawsuit is not a finding of fact. Companion chatbot laws
Questions people ask
Does Replika use my chats to train its AI?
The sources are unclear on this. Policy says it uses 'collecting and immediately anonymizing user feedback, and small portions of Messages and Content data to train our proprietary safety algorithms, enhance chatbot performance'; third-party model providers are contractually barred from using data to train their own models. No user opt-out toggle stated.
How old do you have to be to use Replika?
The minimum age is 18. Luka, Inc. does not state how it checks age in the sources we checked.
Can I delete my Replika data?
Delete account in the app (irreversible); data removal 'permanently'; deletion requests extend to AI model providers.
How long does Replika keep my chats?
Retained 'only as long as necessary'; account and financial records minimum 10 years after contract end; trend-analysis data deleted within 1 year; data sent to AI model providers processed transiently.
Has Replika faced lawsuits or investigations?
We list 2 dated events below, each with a source.
