# Frontier > Stories end. Relationships don't. Play human-led visual novels, then date characters who remember your choices and stay with you after the ending. Frontier publishes human-led interactive stories (visual novels). Readers play them on iPhone, Android or in the browser, unlock the characters as the story unfolds, then keep chatting with characters who remember the choices they made. Every public page has a Markdown version (append `.md` to its URL, or request the page with `Accept: text/markdown`) and a JSON-LD version (append `.jsonld`). Search the catalogue in natural language with `GET https://www.playfrontier.app/ask?query=...` (NLWeb, JSON results). ## Stories - [Sky Born](https://www.playfrontier.app/story/sky-born.md): Romantasy. You wake in a rattling prison cart on the road to a ceremonial execution, with snow in your boots, a rope burn at your wrists, and four strangers who each… - [Mommys AFK to Date the Hot Mage](https://www.playfrontier.app/story/mommys-afk-to-date-the-hot-mage.md): Between diaper changes and her husband's cutting indifference, she's drowning in a life that no longer feels like her own--until a portal offers her something… - [The Starseed](https://www.playfrontier.app/story/the-starseed.md): Sci-Fi. You wake aboard an alien ship with no idea how you got there. Before long, you learn that five powerful collectives are competing for your future, and each… - [Once Upon a Swamp](https://www.playfrontier.app/story/once-upon-a-swamp.md): Romantasy. You are the unseen fixer behind a fairy-tale rescue that has gone catastrophically off-script. When Princess Fionella hires an ogre to escort her home, the… - [Midnight at the Plant Shop](https://www.playfrontier.app/story/midnight-at-the-plant-shop.md): Urban Fantasy. Every night after closing, the plants at Rosa's shop become human. You took the temporary job for the easy money. Instead, you find yourself drawn into a… ## Comparisons - [A Character.AI alternative built around story, not just chat](https://www.playfrontier.app/alternatives/character-ai.md): Looking for a Character.AI alternative? Frontier pairs human-led visual novels with characters who remember your story, then let you date them. - [An AI Dungeon alternative with authored stories and characters who stay](https://www.playfrontier.app/alternatives/ai-dungeon.md): Looking for an AI Dungeon alternative? Frontier offers human-led visual novels whose characters remember what you played, then keep talking to you. - [Apps like Replika: when Frontier fits, and when Replika is still the better choice](https://www.playfrontier.app/alternatives/replika.md): Looking for a Replika alternative or apps like Replika? See where Replika wins on free chat, voice and video, and where Frontier's human-led stories fit. - [A Janitor AI alternative for characters who come from a story](https://www.playfrontier.app/alternatives/janitor-ai.md): Frontier vs Janitor AI: where Janitor AI wins on free chat and variety, and where Frontier's human-led stories give characters lasting memory. - [A PolyBuzz alternative for people who want a story, not a feed](https://www.playfrontier.app/alternatives/polybuzz.md): Looking for a PolyBuzz alternative? Frontier offers human-led visual novels whose characters remember the story you played, then keep talking. - [A Candy AI alternative for people who came for the story](https://www.playfrontier.app/alternatives/candy-ai.md): Looking for a Candy AI alternative? Frontier's characters come from human-led visual novels and remember the story you played. Here's where Candy AI wins. - [Apps like Chai: Frontier trades user-made bots for authored stories](https://www.playfrontier.app/alternatives/chai.md): Looking for apps like Chai? Frontier swaps user-made bots for human-led visual novels whose characters remember the story. Here is where Chai still wins. - [A Frontia alternative for readers who want an authored story](https://www.playfrontier.app/alternatives/frontia.md): Frontier is not Frontia: AI Cinematic Play. Who writes each app's stories, what each costs at this review, and which suits readers who want memory. ## Rankings - [The best Character.AI alternatives in 2026](https://www.playfrontier.app/best/character-ai-alternatives.md): Eight apps people actually switch to, ranked by the specific thing each one fixes: memory, plot, freedom, or setup time. - [The best interactive story apps in 2026](https://www.playfrontier.app/best/interactive-story-apps.md): Choice-driven story apps ranked by what the money actually buys, and which ones put the scene you were waiting for behind a diamond. - [The AI companion apps that actually remember you](https://www.playfrontier.app/best/ai-companion-apps-with-memory.md): Ranked by how the memory is built rather than how it is advertised, because "remembers everything" usually means "summarises your chat log". - [The best otome and dating sim apps in 2026](https://www.playfrontier.app/best/otome-and-dating-sim-apps.md): Classic routes, real-time messenger romance, and the newer apps where the love interest does not disappear at the credits. ## Optional - [Home page](https://www.playfrontier.app/index.md): What Frontier is, how it works, and how it uses AI. - [Everything in one file](https://www.playfrontier.app/llms-full.txt): Every page above, concatenated. - [JSON-LD index](https://www.playfrontier.app/schemamap.xml): Every structured-data endpoint. - [Content license](https://www.playfrontier.app/license.xml): RSL terms for AI use of this content.