Is Wabi AI Free? What "Free for Now" Actually Means

I'm the author of Wabi Wiki, an unofficial guide to the Wabi AI assistant — not affiliated with Wabi.

Short answer: yes — Wabi is free to download and use right now. There is no waitlist anymore, and no paywall standing between you and the app. Since the public launch on October 19, 2026, anyone can download Wabi on iOS, Android, or Mac and sign up immediately.

But "free" deserves a closer look, because Wabi itself puts it carefully: free for now.

Why it's free today

Wabi is a brand-new product from a brand-new company. It was founded by Eugenia Kuyda, previously the founder of the AI companion app Replika, and the company, Wabi, Inc., raised a $20 million pre-seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). At this stage, the company has said it hasn't settled on a business model yet — which means paid tiers may be introduced later. Nothing is locked in, and nothing is promised to stay free forever.

That is normal for a launch-stage app. The company is buying growth and feedback first, and figuring out how to charge later. For you, that means two things: enjoy the free window while it lasts, and don't be surprised if a subscription appears down the road.

What you actually get for free

Everything the app does today is included: solo threads that work like a personal assistant, shared threads where partners, family, or friends use the same chat and the same mini-apps, and mini-apps themselves — small interactive tools Wabi builds inside the conversation from your description, like a weight tracker, a movie-night poll, a trip itinerary, or a shared grocery list. Your favourites can even be pinned to your phone's home screen as widgets.

There is no separate "pro" version to unlock at the moment, and no feature I have seen so far sits behind a payment screen. If that changes, it will be news — and worth checking before you build habits around a feature that might later cost money.

Three things to know before you dive in

First, Wabi can connect to your email, calendar, contacts, location, photos, and health data — and optionally to payment methods or bank accounts. You choose what to connect, and access is scoped per chat, but think before you link anything financial. A free app that can see your bank account deserves a careful read of the privacy details first.

Second, there is no Windows app yet. As of October 2026, Wabi runs on iOS, Android, and Mac only. If you are on Windows, the phone app is your route in for now.

Third, the App Store listing currently declares English as the app's language. Expect an English-first experience until Wabi officially adds more languages.

The bottom line

Wabi is free today because it is early. The $20 million pre-seed buys the company time to grow before it has to charge anyone — and the honest reading of "free for now" is that a paid tier is a matter of when, not if. That doesn't make the free launch a trick; it makes it a window. Use it to find out whether shared threads and in-chat mini-apps genuinely fit how you organise your life, and keep an eye on the pricing question as the product matures.

For the full list of answers — including which "Wabi" apps are unrelated lookalikes — see the full FAQ page. And if you're just getting started, the Wabi Wiki homepage has the complete guide in one place.

I'm the author of Wabi Wiki, an unofficial guide to the Wabi AI assistant — not affiliated with Wabi.