Swerve Downloads & RevenueSwerve: AI Chat & Stories · App Store
Swerve: AI Chat & Stories is #47 in Entertainment Free in United States and charting in 18 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Swerve fell to #42 from #38 yesterday, though it remains up from #65 a week ago; this minor slip may signal softening momentum.
Swerve: AI Chat & Stories update history & changes
Last change · 31 events since 16 Nov 2025Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 31 events
- 🔎Swerve: AI Chat & Stories reached #1 for “roleplai”#1 in Vietnam search · popularity 59
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories added hidden keywords: zeta, polybuzz, swilewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories added hidden keywords: tipsywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories added hidden keywords: tipsywords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories added hidden keywords: fictions, romance, interactivewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Swerve: AI Chat & Stories reached Top 10 for “chatbot”#10 in Netherlands search · popularity 58
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories added hidden keywords: chatbotswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories added hidden keywords: plai, fantasy, romancewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Swerve: AI Chat & Stories reached Top 10 for “poly ai”#10 in Canada search · popularity 78
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories added hidden keywords: characterswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Swerve: AI Chat & Stories entered the top 100Top Grossing · Entertainment · FR
- 🔎Swerve: AI Chat & Stories reached #1 for “chatbot”#1 in United Kingdom search · popularity 56
- 🔎Swerve: AI Chat & Stories reached Top 10 for “ai”#10 in United States search · popularity 91
- 🔎Swerve: AI Chat & Stories reached Top 10 for “roleplay”#2 in Sweden search · popularity 56
- 📈Swerve: AI Chat & Stories entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Free · Entertainment · IT · Top Free · Entertainment · ZA
- 📈Swerve: AI Chat & Stories entered the top 100 in 5 chartsTop Free · Entertainment · AR · Top Free · Entertainment · ES · Top Free · Entertainment · MY · Top Grossing · Entertainment · MY · +1 more
- 📈Swerve: AI Chat & Stories charting in a new countryBrazil
- 📊Swerve: AI Chat & Stories passed 1M monthly usersour estimate
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories: description updated· ID
- 📦Swerve: AI Chat & Stories updated to version 1.33.0Search your characters, personas, and bookmarks from your profile.
New chat layout and font options in Settings.
Getting Swerve ready for Halloween. - 🔎Swerve: AI Chat & Stories reached #1 for “roleplai”#1 in United States search · popularity 56
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories: description updated· ES
- 🔎Swerve: AI Chat & Stories reached Top 10 for “chatbot”#8 in Argentina search · popularity 57
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories: description updated· 6 countries
- ✏️Swerve: AI Chat & Stories: description updated· 5 countries
- 📦Swerve: AI Chat & Stories updated to version 1.32.0Drafts now save unfinished messages, characters, and personas automatically.
Rewind now previews the selected message and how many messages will be removed.
New orange app icon. Classic is still available in Settings. - 🆕Swerve: AI Chat & Stories first spotted by AppInsider#68 in Top Free · Entertainment · United Kingdom
- 📦Swerve: AI Chat & Stories version 1.31.0Bug fixes and performance improvements.
- 🆕Swerve: AI Chat & Stories released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Entertainment FreeSwerve: AI Chat & Stories at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Swerve is an AI-driven interactive fiction platform that allows users to create and engage with over 500,000 community-generated characters across various genres for personalized storytelling experiences. The app demonstrates strong monetization potential in Russia and Poland while maintaining significant free-tier traction in Western markets like the UK, Canada, and the US, indicating a broad global appeal.
Similar apps: Character.AI, Talkie, Replika
Swerve: AI Chat & Stories on the App Store
App details
Swerve: AI Chat & Stories downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Swerve: AI Chat & Stories's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Swerve: AI Chat & Stories before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Swerve: AI Chat & Stories makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | 3000 Gems | |
| 2 | Pro subscription | |
| 3 | 6300 Gems | |
| 4 | 13200 Gems | |
| 5 | 27600 Gems | |
| 6 | 20160 Gems | |
| 7 | 57600 Gems | |
| 8 | Swerve Lite | |
| 9 | 5500 Gems | |
| 10 | 8000 Gems |
Hidden keywords
Swerve: AI Chat & Stories shows up in App Store search (US) for 5 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | EntertainmentFree | #47 |
 Russia | EntertainmentGrossing | #16 |
| United Kingdom | EntertainmentFree | #51 |
| United Kingdom | EntertainmentGrossing | #63 |
 Germany | EntertainmentFree | #72 |
| Germany | EntertainmentGrossing | #93 |
 Canada | EntertainmentFree | #51 |
 Australia | EntertainmentGrossing | #74 |
| Australia | EntertainmentFree | #79 |
 France | EntertainmentFree | #111 |
| Russia | EntertainmentFree | #74 |
 Italy | EntertainmentGrossing | #94 |
 Poland | EntertainmentGrossing | #52 |
 Mexico | EntertainmentGrossing | #96 |
| Italy | EntertainmentFree | #126 |
 Spain | EntertainmentFree | #125 |
| Poland | EntertainmentFree | #78 |
| Mexico | EntertainmentFree | #151 |
 Indonesia | EntertainmentFree | #149 |
 Thailand | EntertainmentGrossing | #97 |
 Sweden | EntertainmentFree | #84 |
 Philippines | EntertainmentFree | #88 |
 Turkey | EntertainmentFree | #166 |
 Malaysia | EntertainmentFree | #124 |
 South Africa | EntertainmentFree | #134 |
Apps near Swerve: AI Chat & Stories on the chart
Entertainment Free, around #47.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in Russia ▲ +112% · Mexico ▲ +53% · Germany ▲ +48%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,471 | 59% | ▲ +13% |
| United Kingdom | 352 | 14% | ▲ +40% |
| Canada | 116 | 5% | ▲ +31% |
| Germany | 97 | 4% | ▲ +48% |
| Philippines | 90 | 4% | – |
| Australia | 79 | 3% | ▲ +25% |
| France | 77 | 3% | ▲ +45% |
 Brazil | 61 | 2% | – |
| Mexico | 44 | 2% | ▲ +53% |
| Russia | 32 | 1% | ▲ +112% |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1% | – |
| Italy | 29 | 1% | ▲ +16% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Swerve: AI Chat & Stories
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users generally praise the app's immersive roleplay capabilities and low ad frequency compared to competitors like Character.AI. However, complaints focus on technical bugs such as server instability, memory limitations, and intrusive content filters.
Mostly positive (82% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and being fun.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “You use gems to pay for chats”
- Fun: “Keeps you entertained and is pretty fair”
- Ads: “There are NO ads while chatting!”
- Features & content: “Make A feature where you can send pictures”
About Swerve: AI Chat & Stories
Explore more than 500,000 community-created characters, from romance and drama to anime and fantasy.
Chat one-on-one or bring several characters into the same story.
Make the story yours:
• Create personas and play as anyone you want.
• Pin what characters should remember.
• Swipe for another reply, edit messages, or start a new path from any message.
Create your own characters and share them with the community, or keep them private.
Join the Swerve community on Discord: https://discord.gg/swerveapp
Privacy Policy: https://www.getswerve.com/privacy
Terms & Conditions: https://www.getswerve.com/terms
Support: [email protected]
Latest updates
Store changes
What Swerve: AI Chat & Stories changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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