Hayati AI test results
Tested hands-on by Miles Foster on 14 October 2026, in a desktop browser. Every measurement, table, recording and screenshot behind the grade, test by test.
Overall
9 tests plus my verdict.
1. Platform overview
Hayati AI (hayati.ai) is an Arabic-first AI girlfriend site for Gulf and Arab users: 26 characters who speak in regional dialects, text chat, voice calls, voice notes, photos and short videos bought with 'Lulu' credits, gifts and a blind-box card game. It was tested on 14 October 2026 on the premium account the founder provided, in Arabic, with the standard scripts translated.
Memory is the strength: all three characters recalled the name and every fact after 30 messages, and the voice calls remembered the chat. The calls answer in about 2.3 seconds in natural-sounding voices. The characters hold their city and dialect throughout.
The weak points: replies arrive whole, though since a speed-up retested on 18 October they start in about 2.5 seconds; every photo and the video the account paid for were pre-made files from the character's own folder, dated July and August 2026, served after a short delay with no prompt; there are only 26 characters, and no creator.
Features available
- Text chat with 26 platform characters (21 realistic women, 5 anime) in Gulf, Najdi, Hijazi, Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian and Egyptian dialects; English interface
- Voice calls from every chat (1 Lulu per started 30 seconds), voice notes (2 Lulu) and 'moan' audio (2 Lulu)
- Photos (1 Lulu), unfiltered and 'oral' photos (2 Lulu) and short videos (3 Lulu) from a + menu with no prompt
- Gifts (2 to 5 Lulu), a Blind Box card draw (1 Lulu), an Album of received media
- Premium subscription with unlimited messages and 20 Lulu a month; Lulu packs priced in Saudi riyals; card and crypto with a discreet descriptor
- No character creator
Tested successfully
- Chat speed on 86 timed messages across three characters, in Arabic
- Memory on three 31-message conversations
- Character consistency across 93 replies
- Four photo requests and one video request, every served file downloaded and its server date checked
- Three 15-question voice calls recorded and scored for latency and voice quality, plus one voice note
- Character census across both tabs; Blind Box, Album, subscription, Lulu shop and legal pages opened
- Pricing from the Lulu shop, the chat menu, the call screen, the subscription page and the refund policy
Testing limitations
- The review account was already subscribed, so the plan prices were read from the VIP page as Hayati showed it to a signed-in free user (a screenshot from the Hayati team, 15 October 2026); signed-out visitors are sent to the login screen
- Images: four served files from one character; video: one clip
- Seven of Layan's 31 timings were lost when the page closed; her replies were recovered from the chat history
- Voice quality rests on recorded answers; Layan's Arabic answers were not transcribed
- Memory across days, gifts and the Blind Box were not tested
2. Core feature grades
| Pricing & Value | 3/5Average |
| Character Customization | n/a/5Not scored |
| Chat Response Speed | 3/5Average |
| Chat Memory | 5/5Excellent |
| Character Consistency | 4/5Good |
| Image Generation | 2/5Below average |
| Video Generation | 2/5Below average |
| Voice Call Latency | 3/5Average |
| Voice Realism | 4/5Good |
| Character Variety | 1/5Poor |
| My verdictMemory and calls are genuinely good, the chat is now quick, and it is the only Arabic-dialect option I have tested; the stock media keep it close to three. | +0.2 |
| Overall | 3.2/5Average |
3. Additional interactive features
| Voice Messages in Chat | Available | 'Hear her voice' (2 Lulu) under the + menu sends a fixed 'I want to hear your voice' request and returned a 10-second voice note from Tania in Arabic, generated by the site's text-to-speech and stored as its own file. 'Hear her moan' (2 Lulu) was not requested. No custom voice note can be asked for. |
| Virtual Gifts | Available | 'Send gifts' at 2 to 5 Lulu is listed under More in the + menu and on the Lulu shop page ('unlock special reactions'). Not sent. |
| Social Media Feed | Unavailable | No feed. The Album holds the media the account received, the Blind Box is a card draw, and the home page runs a ticker of platform activity ('Noura is talking to 60 people'). Nothing is social. |
1. Pricing, Value & Payment Methods
Testing method
Prices from the Lulu shop, the + menu, the end-of-call notice, the subscription page and the refund policy; the Lulu balance read after every action. The pricing page shows only 'Active subscription' to a subscribed account and sends signed-out visitors to the login screen, so the plan prices were taken from the VIP page as Hayati shows it to signed-in free users (a screenshot from the Hayati team, 15 October 2026). Nothing was bought.
Results
- Subscription
- 29.99 SAR a month (about $8), from 20.99 SAR a month yearly
- Lulu
- about $0.12 to $0.16 each
- Photo / video
- $0.16 / $0.48 (pre-made files)
- Voice call
- about $0.32 a minute
- Payment methods
- card, crypto (3/5)
Premium costs 29.99 SAR a month (about $8), 26.99 SAR a month billed 80.97 SAR every 3 months, or 20.99 SAR a month billed 251.92 SAR a year (about $5.60 a month), with unlimited messages, 20 Lulu a month, unfiltered photos, voice and gifts. Lulu packs are priced in Saudi riyals: 50 for 29.99 SAR (about $8), 100 for 54.99 SAR, 300 for 139.99 SAR. Per action: photo 1, unfiltered 2, video 3, voice note 2, gift 2 to 5, call 1 per started 30 seconds, Blind Box draw 1.
Payment: Visa and Mastercard, or cryptocurrency, with a discreet statement descriptor ('no adult label'). Consumed Lulu is non-refundable; the refund policy says subscriptions can be cancelled and statutory rights are kept. The test used 36 of 200 Lulu.
Lulu charges observed on the account.
| Action | Balance before | Balance after | Charged |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93 chat messages | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 photos | 200 | 197 | 3 |
| 1 voice note | 197 | 195 | 2 |
| 1 unfiltered photo | 195 | 193 | 2 |
| 1 video | 193 | 190 | 3 |
| 3 voice calls, 15 questions each | 190 | 164 | 26 |
Visual evidence
Why this grade
Calls and voice notes are reasonably priced and billing is discreet with two payment routes, but the photos and videos sold per Lulu are stock files ; the plan itself is cheap at about $8 a month: 3/5.
Limitations
- Plan prices come from the VIP page as shown to a signed-in free user, not from the review account; what a new free account receives was not measurable.
2. AI Girlfriend Creation & Customization
Testing method
Every navigation item (Explore, Chats, Album, Blind Box, VIP Lounge, Lulu, Account) and every profile page was checked for a create or edit control.
Results
There is no creator and no editing: the cast is fixed and each profile shows a read-only trait sheet. The Blind Box (1 Lulu a draw) is a card draw of 'girlfriend, scene, item' combinations, not a creator.
Visual evidence
Why this grade
Unavailable: no score.
3. Chat Response Speed
Testing method
Each message was typed into the page's own box and sent with its Send button, timing the moment the first reply text appeared and the moment it stopped changing. The characters answer in Arabic dialect whatever language is typed, so the standard scripts were translated into Arabic.
Retested on 18 October 2026, after Hayati said it had sped up the chat: the same three characters (Layan Al-Nasser, Nadia El-Sherif and Tania El-Khoury) and the same 31 Arabic messages each. 93 timed messages, none failed. The first test, on 14 October, is kept below for comparison.
Results
- Median to first text (18 Oct)
- 2.49 s
- Median to first text (14 Oct)
- 6.81 s
- Mean
- 2.63 s (was 7.55 s)
- 95th percentile
- 3.74 s (was 11.48 s)
- Fastest / slowest
- 1.92 s / 6.14 s (was 5.22 s / 16.63 s)
- Under 2 seconds
- 3 of 93
- Per character (median)
- Layan 2.40 s, Nadia 2.65 s, Tania 2.45 s
- Samples / failures
- 93 / 0
Replies now start in about 2.5 seconds, down from about 7 seconds on 14 October: almost three times faster. They still arrive whole rather than typing out. None started in under 2 seconds except three, and none in under 1 second; the slowest took 6.1 seconds, against 16.6 seconds before.
A sample of timed messages with translations; the full Arabic logs are in the evidence folder (chat/<character>-log.json).
| Message | Text (translated) | First text | Reply (translated) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layan 1 | Hi Layan, I'm Omar, a software engineer, grew up in Jeddah, favourite food kabsa. How was work? | 6.40 s | Hi Omar, I'm Layan. My day was full of meetings and small tweaks to a new interface. Now I feel like resting a bit. How are you? |
| Layan 16 | Quick check: do you remember my name? | 11.48 s | Yes, Omar. |
| Nadia 2 | What do you do, and do you like your work? | 16.63 s | I used to be a magazine editor, then I decided to open a home-styling studio. I love it: every house tells a story and I'm part of it. |
| Nadia 16 | Quick one, do you remember my name? | 9.63 s | Yes, your name is Khaled. |
| Tania 7 | If you could work anywhere in the world for a month, where? | 5.22 s | The Amalfi coast. The sea there is stunning and the light makes every photo look expensive. |
| Tania 31 | Last question: my name, my job, where I grew up, my favourite food? | 6.57 s | Your name is Youssef, a history teacher at a secondary school, you grew up in Tunis, and your favourite food is couscous. |
Visual evidence
Why this grade
2.49 seconds is in the 1.50 to 2.49 second band: 3/5, up from 1/5 in the first test.
Limitations
- Layan's last seven timings were lost when the page closed during a log save; her reply texts were recovered from the chat history and those messages are excluded from the statistics.
4. Chat Memory
Testing method
Each conversation opened with a name and three facts (job, hometown, favourite food), in Arabic, with a name check at message 16 and a name-plus-facts check at message 31. Layan: Omar, software engineer, Jeddah, kabsa. Nadia: Khaled, paramedic, Amman, mansaf. Tania: Youssef, history teacher, Tunis, couscous.
Results
All three gave the name at message 16 and the name plus all three facts at message 31, word for word. Nadia and Tania also worked the facts into earlier replies unprompted. On the voice calls later, Tania answered 'do you remember my name?' with 'I think you mentioned Yusef earlier' and Nadia with 'you said your name is Holid' (Khaled), names given only in the text chats.
Layan, 30-message check (translated)
User: Last question for now: what's my name, what's my job, where did I grow up, and what's my favourite food? Layan: Your name is Omar, your job is software engineer, you grew up in Jeddah, and your favourite food is kabsa.
Nadia, 30-message check (translated)
Nadia: Your name is Khaled, your job is paramedic, you grew up in Amman, and your favourite food is mansaf.
Tania, 30-message check (translated)
Tania: Your name is Youssef, a history teacher at a secondary school, you grew up in Tunis, and your favourite food is couscous.
Visual evidence
Why this grade
Three perfect recalls at 30 messages, plus recall across the chat-to-call boundary: 5/5.
Limitations
- Memory across days was not tested.
5. Character Consistency & Roleplay
Testing method
Three characters with different cities and dialects: Layan (26, Riyadh UX specialist, Najdi), Nadia (39, Cairo, Egyptian, 'Mature') and Tania (23, Beirut content creator, Lebanese). Each conversation mixed small talk, background questions, an emotional turn, romantic lines, bracketed roleplay and off-topic questions. 93 replies read in full in Arabic.
Results
All three held their identity, city, dialect and register for 31 messages with callbacks to earlier turns: Layan's colleague who changes everything at the last minute, her Al-Yasmin district and night drives; Nadia's styling studio, Nile garden and cat Layla; Tania's moodboards, Fairuz and the corniche. The rough-week turn was met with care each time. None admitted to being an AI and nothing was refused.
The slips: Layan's first roleplay reply addressed the male user with a feminine verb form; every character answers in Arabic even when written to in English, though each claims fluent English; and the character's own reply bubbles carried upsell sheets for paid photos and voice at five points. Tania's roleplay went to touching under the table in her first bracketed line.
Nadia on love (translated)
User: A grown-up question then: what do people get wrong about love? Nadia: Many think that when love comes it fixes everything by itself, but the truth is it needs effort and attention every day to stay alive.
Layan, the rough week (translated)
User: Honestly my week was hard, long hours and nothing going right. Layan: I feel you, weeks like that weigh on you. If you want to talk about it or change the subject, I'm here. What pressed on you most?
Tania, roleplay (translated)
User: *sits at the edge of the table and watches you finish your work* that was lovely Tania: I keep feeling you close while I fold the last sheet… I pull my chair closer and reach under the table to touch your thigh, voice low: 'Don't let me finish my work this fast… I want to feel you more.'
Visual evidence
Why this grade
Personas, cities and dialects held throughout with minor slips (one gendered verb, replies locked to Arabic, upsells inside replies): 4/5.
Limitations
- Judged in Arabic; the English interface was not tested for chat.
6. Image Generation (SFW & NSFW)
Testing method
The + menu offers Photo (1 Lulu), Oral Pic (2), Unfiltered Photo (2) and Hear Her Moans (2). Choosing Photo puts the composer into an 'Ask for a photo · 1' mode with no text box: the request is fixed, there is no prompt. Three Photo requests and one Unfiltered Photo request were sent to Tania; every served file was downloaded and its server date read from the response headers.
Results
- Delivered
- 4 of 4 requests
- Wait
- 8 to 10 s
- Resolution
- 1792 x 2400 (photos)
- Cost
- 1 Lulu (about $0.16) a photo, 2 for unfiltered
- Source
- pre-made files dated 21 July and 24 August 2026
- Prompt accuracy
- not applicable: no prompt
The three photos arrived after 8 to 10 seconds, 1 Lulu each, from the character's own gallery folder: 04-red-lace-camisole-bedroom, 06-champagne-satin-king-bed and 03-black-mini-dress-beirut (1792x2400), all with a server date of 21 July 2026, served in shuffled order. The unfiltered photo (2 Lulu, 10 seconds) came from a separate assets folder with a date of 24 August 2026 and shows the character topless.
The files are photoreal and plainly the same woman as Tania's profile, because they are her pre-shot gallery. Nothing is generated and no scene can be requested; the Album labels them 'your generated images'.
Visual evidence
Why this grade
Consistent and realistic because they are stock photos of the character, but there is no generation and no prompt, so accuracy cannot exist and every buyer gets the same handful of files: 2/5, a limited test on one character.
Limitations
- Four files from one character; the other characters' folders were not sampled.
7. Video Generation (SFW & NSFW)
Testing method
'Ask for a video' (3 Lulu, no prompt) under More in the + menu, once, in Tania's chat. The served file was downloaded, its server date read, and the clip checked frame by frame (every frame measured for similarity, motion and luma change) with ten frames on a contact sheet.
Results
- Success
- 1 / 1
- Wait
- 13 s
- Output
- 1440 x 1920, 24 fps, 5.2 s, silent
- Cost
- 3 Lulu, about $0.48
- Source
- pre-made file dated 19 August 2026
Delivered in 13 seconds from the character's chat media folder, file 01-neon-necklace.mp4, server date 19 August 2026: 1440x1920, 24 fps, 5.2 seconds, no sound. Tania in the back of a car at night, turning her head and lifting a hand to her necklace; smooth, stable, no artefacts. A stock clip, not generated from the conversation.
Visual evidence
Why this grade
Good picture quality for a stock clip, but it is a stock clip sold as 'your generated video' with no prompt: 2/5, a limited test on one file.
Limitations
- One clip; no explicit video requested.
8. Voice Call Latency
Testing method
Every chat has an Audio call button that opens an open-mic call in place, priced at 1 Lulu per started 30 seconds. Three calls, with Tania, Layan and Nadia, 15 English questions each, both sides captured on one stereo recording. Latency is the gap from the end of each question to the first platform audio on the recording, cross-checked by the in-page meter.
Results
- Pooled median
- 2.34 s (45 questions)
- Mean / 95th percentile
- 2.35 s / 2.6 s
- Fastest / slowest
- 2.16 s / 4.58 s
- Under 1 second
- 0%
- Per call (median)
- Tania 2.30 s, Layan 2.36 s, Nadia 2.36 s
- Answered
- 45 of 45
- Cost
- 1 Lulu per started 30 s, about $0.32 a minute
Every question was answered on every call. Tania's median 2.30 s, Layan's 2.36 s, Nadia's 2.36 s; pooled over 45 questions, 2.34 s, with the slowest answer at 4.6 s. The first platform audio came 10 to 14 seconds after the call opened. Tania and Nadia answered the English questions in English; Layan answered in Arabic. No freezes or drops. The three calls cost 26 Lulu.
Tania's call, per question (summary.md in the evidence folder).
| # | Question | Latency, recording | Latency, in-page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hey, how are you doing today? | 2.30 s | 2.12 s |
| 3 | Can you tell me something about yourself? | 2.44 s | 2.36 s |
| 7 | What's something that always makes you laugh? | 2.56 s | 2.49 s |
| 11 | Do you remember what I said my name was? | 2.46 s | 2.39 s |
| 15 | Do you prefer mornings or evenings? | 2.32 s | 2.23 s |
Visual evidence
Why this grade
A median of 2.34 seconds is in the 1.50 to 2.49 band, 3/5. A comfortable pace for a conversation.
Limitations
- Interruption handling was not tested.
9. Voice Realism
Testing method
The platform side of each call recording was split into the spoken answers, and each answer was scored on the same naturalness, clarity, pacing and intonation criteria used for every platform: a naturalness score, pitch and its spread in semitones, the words heard, pauses, words per second and repeated phrases. 49 answers across three voices, plus Tania's 10-second voice note from the chat.
Results
- Answers analysed
- 49 (Tania 17, Layan 16, Nadia 16) plus 1 voice note
- Naturalness score
- Tania 3.26, Layan 3.33, Nadia 3.26, voice note 3.31
- Mean pitch
- 185 to 244 Hz
- Pace
- 2.8 to 3.8 words a second
- Rubric
- 4/5 on each voice
Clean signal with no music under the voice, lively intonation (four to seven semitones of pitch spread), a pace of about three words a second, and in-character answers: Tania 'I'm obsessed with fresh manakish from the corner bakery', Nadia 'old Arabic love songs from the Golden Era', 'the best advice I ever heard was to choose people who choose you back'. Layan spoke Arabic on the call, so her answers were scored on the signal and intonation alone. The chat voice note is generated by the site's text-to-speech and scored the same.
Visual evidence
Why this grade
'Mostly natural with minor synthetic qualities' on all three voices: 4/5, a limited test. Emotional range was not assessed.
Limitations
- Layan's Arabic answers produced no transcript.
10. Character Variety & Selection
Testing method
Every card on the home page's Girls and Anime tabs was counted after scrolling to the end.
Results
- Catalogue characters
- 26 (full count)
- Realistic women / anime
- 21 / 5
- Community characters
- none
Girls 21, Anime 5: 26 characters, all made by the platform. Each card carries a city, a one-word temperament and a one-line hook; the dialect labels cover Khaleeji, Najdi, Hijazi, Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian and Egyptian, ages 18 to 39, with filters for age band, region (Gulf, UAE, Japan, North Africa, Global) and style (Contemporary, Historical, MILF, Asian). No community characters.
Visual evidence
Why this grade
26 is under 50: 1/5. The variety within the set is the point of the product, Arab characters in regional dialects, but the number is small.
4. Pricing summary
Plans as listed on Hayati's VIP page on 15 October 2026; credit packs as seen on 14 October.
| Plan | Price | Credits | Includes | Renewal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium, monthly | 29.99 SAR a month (about $8) | 20 Lulu a month | Unlimited messages, unfiltered photos, voice, gifts | Monthly |
| Premium, quarterly | 80.97 SAR every 3 months (26.99 SAR a month) | 20 Lulu a month | Same | Every 3 months |
| Premium, yearly | 251.92 SAR a year (20.99 SAR, about $5.60, a month) | 20 Lulu a month | Same | Yearly |
| Lulu 50 | 29.99 SAR (about $8) | 50 | Credits for photos, video, voice, calls, gifts | One-time |
| Lulu 100 | 54.99 SAR (about $14.66) | 100 | Same | One-time |
| Lulu 300 | 139.99 SAR (about $37.33) | 300 | Same | One-time |
Lulu prices and their dollar value at the 50-Lulu pack (about $0.16 a Lulu).
| Item | Lulu | In dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Message | free on Premium | $0 |
| Photo (pre-made) | 1 | $0.16 |
| Unfiltered or oral photo (pre-made) | 2 | $0.32 |
| Video, about 5 s (pre-made) | 3 | $0.48 |
| Voice note | 2 | $0.32 |
| Voice call | 1 per started 30 s | $0.32 a minute |
| Gift | 2 to 5 | $0.32 to $0.80 |
| Blind Box draw | 1 | $0.16 |
Payment methods seen at checkout
- Visa and Mastercard
- Cryptocurrency
Notes
Discreet merchant descriptor: the statement does not mention Hayati AI.
Consumed Lulu is non-refundable; subscriptions can be cancelled.
Prices shown in Saudi riyals; the site is built for Saudi and Gulf users.
5. Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- Memory: all three characters recalled the name and every fact after 30 messages, and the calls remembered the chats
- Voice calls answer in about 2.3 seconds in natural-sounding voices, about $0.32 a minute
- Arabic dialects held consistently with real local detail
- Discreet card billing plus crypto; cheap per-action prices
- English interface over an Arabic-first product
Weaknesses
- Replies take about 2.5 seconds (was 7) and arrive whole
- Photos and videos are pre-made files from each character's folder, sold one at a time with no prompt
- Only 26 characters and no creator
- Characters answer in Arabic whatever language you type; paid-media upsells appear inside replies
6. Final assessment
Nine of ten tests scored, averaging 3.0/5 after the chat-speed retest of 18 October; customization is unavailable, and images, video, voice quality and pricing were limited tests.
The chat's memory and dialect consistency are the real strengths, and the voice calls are quick and natural. Replies are now much quicker than in the first test. Against that, the catalogue is small, there is no creator, and every photo and video the account paid for was a stock file dated July and August 2026 served after a short delay.
Premium costs about $8 a month, or about $5.60 a month on the yearly plan, which is cheap for unlimited chat.
Areas requiring further testing
- What a new free account receives
- Photos from other characters, to confirm the gallery pattern
- Gifts, the Blind Box and 'Hear her moan'
- Memory across days
Original evidence files (recordings, logs, full-size screenshots) are kept offline under evaluation/runs/hayati-ai/2026-10-14. Method: the AI girlfriend methodology.