# AI Girlfriend for Beginners — First-Week Checklist (2026)

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Pick one goal first. Trial monthly. Set a spend cap. Do not invent a second ranking from ads — use the [live rankings](https://bestaigirlfriendhub.com/#rankings) and published weights.

## Pick one goal

- [ ] Romance + custom looks / selfies
- [ ] Free multi-bot text RP
- [ ] Voice / video presence
- [ ] Calmer supportive friend

## Starter shortlist (match the goal)

- [ ] Default guided start for most beginners who want custom looks + romantic chat: Candy.ai (9.3 overall on our table)
- [ ] Free text RP library: SpicyChat
- [ ] Voice/video calls: Kindroid
- [ ] Supportive friendship: Replika
- [ ] Confirm live pricing on the vendor site before you pay

## First-week protocol

- [ ] Hard spend cap written down before credits burn
- [ ] Monthly billing only until week two proves the fit (skip annual)
- [ ] 20–40 message arc: flirty opener → clear boundary → scene change → callback next day
- [ ] Memory check: does a simple detail (e.g. fictional hometown) survive overnight?
- [ ] If memory fails every session, leave — do not “prompt-engineer” around a broken product

## Privacy + money habits (same day)

- [ ] Unique password + alias email
- [ ] Locate delete/export before a long arc
- [ ] No real PII in prompts
- [ ] Read [pricing traps](https://bestaigirlfriendhub.com/guides/ai-girlfriend-pricing-traps) (weekly toggles, credit packs)
- [ ] If the trial lives on a phone, skim [AI girlfriend on mobile](https://bestaigirlfriendhub.com/blog/ai-girlfriend-on-mobile)

## Common mistakes to skip

- [ ] Chasing screenshots instead of a goal
- [ ] Trusting rankings that do not publish weights
- [ ] Annual billing on day one
- [ ] Pasting real-life biography into memory features

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