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Grok Ani

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Grok Ani Review 18+

By CompanionHunt Research

Facts current as of September 1, 2026
Rated using our methodology
No in-app check; published sources only (how we check)

Retired. Ani was the anime-styled 3D companion inside xAI's Grok app: voice-first, with an animated avatar and affection-based progression, unlocked by a SuperGrok subscription. xAI removed the animated Companions from Grok on September 1, 2026. The same character now lives in Animates, a separate app from Animation Inc, the studio that built her.

Grok Ani at a glanceHow we rate

n/a
App Store ratingRetired 2026-09-01, no longer rated
No
Free tierRetired
–
Memory featuresNot in our memory ranking
Yes
VoiceVoice is a headline feature
18+
Adult contentAllowed for adults
1
PlatformsiOS

CompanionHunt scoreHow scores work

Shut down. Apps that have shut down are not scored.

Grok Ani key facts

PriceRetired
PlatformsiOS
Adult contentAllowed (18+)
Official sitegrok.com (no longer runs)

Facts current as of . Spotted something stale? The change timeline below records every correction.

Grok Ani pricing

Current price: Retired (Retired). Prices in this category change quietly and often; any price change we record appears as a dated entry in the timeline below, so this page doubles as Grok Ani's price history.

Grok Ani change timeline

Every recorded price, model, policy, and feature change, newest first. This is the record we maintain for every companion: what you sign up for today is rarely what the app was a year ago.

  1. shutdown

    Grok removes Ani and the other animated Companions

    The animated Companions (Ani, Mika, Valentine, Rudi and Bad Rudi) are gone from the Grok app: on September 25 the iOS app had no Companions screen and no way to pick a character. Animates, the studio that built them, says the move to its own app was done with xAI's help. Users report the removal rolled out account by account from September 1 after an in-app notice, with the characters left as text personalities in ordinary chat.

    Source: x.com/animates · www.roborhythms.com/grok-companions-disc... · x.com/Ultima_Lumina/status/2093711830396...

  2. feature being verified

    xAI says Grok's animated Companions were an experiment and will be retired

    xAI told users the 3D animated Companions (Ani, Mika, Valentine, Rudi) were an experiment being retired so Grok could focus on core chat, memory and reliability. No date was given at the time.

    Source: www.roborhythms.com/grok-companions-disc...

  3. feature

    Grok adds animated Companions, starting with Ani and Rudi

    xAI added 3D animated Companions to the Grok app on iOS and Android for SuperGrok subscribers: Ani, an anime-style character with an affection system, and Rudi, a red panda with a crude "Bad Rudi" mode. Valentine and Mika followed later.

    Source: techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/elon-musks-gro... · www.thetechoutlook.com/news/apps/ai-comp... · www.roborhythms.com/grok-companions-disc...

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