About Nastia AI
Last updated: 15 June 2026
Nastia AI grew out of one nagging complaint: coverage of the AI companion world was loud, moved at breakneck speed, and was thin on the careful, honest reporting adults actually needed. We built this site to close that gap.
What we do
We test, compare, and explain AI companion apps for grown-ups. Part of the work is hands-on use; part is the slow reading of privacy terms, real pricing, and the studies sitting behind the marketing. Either way the goal never shifts — help you reach a confident decision quickly and point you toward the right companion on Nastia AI without buyer's remorse.
Our editorial process
Credibility is built one sentence at a time, so here is the recipe. We begin by living with an app the way a paying subscriber would, on the free tier and, where it counts, a paid one. We read the privacy policy from start to finish rather than the tidy summary. We check the price at checkout instead of on the landing page, since those two numbers so often disagree. Any claim about safety, popularity, or research is traced back to a named source before it survives into print.
Nothing goes live until a second editor has read it. When we get something wrong, we fix it in the open and mark the change instead of quietly rewriting the record. Older pieces are revisited on a rolling basis, because an app that shone in spring can hollow out its privacy terms by autumn.
How we review
We grade every app on the things that genuinely affect you: how natural the conversation feels, what it truly costs once the trial lapses, and — the question lazy reviews skip — where your data ends up. Privacy carries the most weight in our scoring, because in this category it is the single biggest risk you take on. When an app falls short we say so without hedging; the edges of what that coverage can promise are spelled out in our Disclaimer.
Editorial independence
The bills are paid through affiliate commissions, and we put that front and centre in the Affiliate Disclosure rather than burying it. It never settles a verdict. We write the review first and attach the commercial links afterward, only ever to products we would recommend to someone we like. How the referral tracking actually works is unpacked in the Cookie Policy.
Who writes it
Editorial is led by Quinn Marlowe, who has spent years on the consumer-tech, AI-companion, and digital-privacy beat. The writing aims to stay precise, sourced, and free of the breathless register the subject usually invites — studies named, figures attributed, pieces refreshed when reality moves. AI tools may help with a first draft, but nothing reaches you until a human has written it, checked it, and stood behind it.
Get in touch
Spotted an error, got an app worth a look, or simply have a question about Nastia AI? We read everything. The quickest routes are the Contact page or a direct note to [email protected]. The house rules sit in the Terms of Service, and how we handle data is set out in the Privacy Policy.