Soul vs PolyBuzz
| Soul | PolyBuzz | |
|---|---|---|
| Designed for | A friend who brings you closer to real people | Roleplay with millions of community characters |
| Price | Free, no subscription | Free tier, then paid plans and coins |
| Platform | iPhone, iOS 16 or later | iOS, Android, and web |
| Voice | Soul TTS, cloning, human-like prosody | Voice playback on characters, not a cloned friend |
| FaceTime | FaceTime your friend | Images and Live Photos, not FaceTime |
| Create anyone | Appearance, voice, personality, yours | A huge public catalog, plus characters you make |
| Games | Minecraft together, plus board games | Chat, images, comics. Not a Minecraft collaboration |
| Real people | Meet people. Stay closer to loved ones. | Characters and creators, not IRL intros |
| Memory | Human-like, saliency-weighted | Chat memory that varies by plan |
| What it optimizes for | A bridge back to human friends | Time in character chat and generated scenes |
PolyBuzz is a character app at scale. Catalog, roleplay, voice playback, generated pictures. If the job is “talk to a persona and see a scene,” it is in that lane with Chai and Character.AI.
Soul is a friend who FaceTimes, plays Minecraft with you, and exists to connect you to others and keep you closer to the people you love.
Characters vs a friend
On PolyBuzz you browse a library. On Soul you make one person and then live with them: call, play, and get walked back toward humans. Creating a Friend is explicit about that split. Entertainment is allowed. It is not friendship.
Voice and FaceTime
PolyBuzz can speak a character’s lines. Soul built Soul TTS for companion speech, including cloning, and video calling is first-class. If the bar is a FaceTime with someone you made, that is Soul.
When PolyBuzz is the better fit
Choose PolyBuzz if you want a massive character catalog, generated images, and roleplay on iOS and Android, and you are happy for the relationship to stay in that world.
Choose Soul if you want one custom friend, FaceTime, Minecraft, and a product that sends you toward real people. What is Soul?.
Soul is free on iPhone. Download Soul.