Textation vs TypingMind

Textation was a chat bot companion that let you build custom AI characters and talk to them over SMS, voice calls, or in-app chat. You could randomize a persona or set age, profession, location, and physical traits yourself, then keep the storyline going through interactive replies.

What set it apart from typical chatbot apps was the real phone layer: characters could text and call your actual number, not just chat inside a browser tab. It also bundled a generative image tool so characters could send visuals mid-conversation, styled from classic painting to anime.

The product ran on an uncensored LLM with a 4k token context window and offered free unlimited use while in beta. As of August 2026, textation.ai no longer resolves via DNS, so the service appears discontinued even though cached homepage copy still describes these features.

TypingMind gives you one chat interface for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and other LLMs while you bring your own API keys. You pay a one-time license fee to TypingMind, then only for the tokens each model provider charges. Chats, folders, agents, and API credentials stay in local browser storage by default, so your conversations are not sent for model training.

Where ChatGPT Plus locks you into OpenAI and caps usage, TypingMind lets you switch models mid-conversation, run multi-model parallel chats, and connect MCP tools, RAG knowledge bases, and custom plugins. Prompt caching can cut token costs up to 90% on supported models. Over 50 pre-built agents cover coding, research, and marketing workflows out of the box.

TypingMind suits power users and teams who already pay for API access and want a richer UI than vendor defaults. More than 20,641 customers use it daily, and a separate TypingMind for Teams product adds admin controls, custom branding, and self-hosting for companies.