App & tool guide · AI companions & chatbots
Cleverbot
ParentMode's take
14+ with active parental awareness
Cleverbot is an open-ended conversational AI designed to learn and adapt from user input over time. The App Store's content advisories flag mature themes and crude humor; combined with the chatbot's design to engage in extended personal conversation, younger teens may not yet reliably navigate boundary-setting with an AI that mimics friendship without accountability.
On the App Store
- Apple age rating
- 12+
- Developer
- Awarelike Intelligence Limited
- Category
- Entertainment
- Average rating
- 3.3 ★
- Last updated
- 2015-01-11
Apple content advisories
- Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
- Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
Source: Apple App Store, retrieved 2026-07-10. View the current listing →
What a parent can do
Data & privacy
Review the app's privacy label in the App Store; assume conversations may be retained and used to improve the AI system, and discuss this data practice with your teen before use.
Controls
Use device-level parental controls (Screen Time on iOS or Family Link on Android) to set app limits and review usage; also check whether Cleverbot offers any in-app reporting or filtering options.
A cautious next step
If your goal is creative play or learning, consider whether a task-focused AI tool (homework help, creative writing prompts) with clearer boundaries might be a better fit than an open companion chatbot.
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 Awarelike Intelligence Limited. Apps change; always check the current listing.