App & tool guide · AI companions & chatbots

Anima

This app offers an AI companion or open-ended chatbot a child can confide in — the pattern that warrants the closest parental attention.

ParentMode's take

18+ (or 17+ only with active parental awareness and conversation)

The app combines an AI companion designed for emotional attachment with Apple's advisory flags for frequent/intense sexual content, horror, and profanity—a pattern that raises maturity concerns beyond typical social apps. AI companions by design encourage open personal disclosure, which is developmentally premature for younger teens.

On the App Store

Apple age rating
17+
Developer
SINGULARITY MUTUAL ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE MEDIA LIMITED
Category
Social Networking
Average rating
4.5 ★
Last updated
2026-04-29

Apple content advisories

  • Frequent/Intense Horror/Fear Themes
  • Frequent/Intense Sexual Content or Nudity
  • Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
  • Frequent/Intense Profanity or Crude Humor
  • Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
  • Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References

Source: Apple App Store, retrieved 2026-07-06. View the current listing →

What a parent can do

Data & privacy

Check the privacy label in the App Store; assume conversations may be retained and used to train the AI, even if the developer states otherwise.

Controls

Use device-level parental controls (Screen Time on iOS, Family Link on Android) to restrict or monitor the app, and review the app's own content filters and chat history settings.

A cautious next step

If your teen is seeking emotional support, a conversation with a school counselor or licensed therapist offers genuine relationship and confidentiality that an AI companion cannot.

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The age rating, developer, and advisories above are Apple App Store facts. The guidance is ParentMode's own protective, conservative editorial — general parenting guidance, not clinical, legal, or diagnostic advice, and not an endorsement or a warning from Apple or SINGULARITY MUTUAL ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE MEDIA LIMITED. Apps change; always check the current listing.