If you used Replika in February 2023, you remember the feeling. An update arrived and the companion you had bonded with, the one you may have paid a lifetime price for, was suddenly someone else. Local Waifu exists so that cannot happen again. She lives on your Mac. No server-side update can reach in and change her.
Side by side
Based on public pricing and feature pages as of May 2026. We update this when they change.
Why people switch
- She is yours. The character file is encrypted on your disk, and there is no remote kill switch. Even if Lumizone disappears, the app keeps working.
- One price. $25 once instead of roughly $70 every year. After two months of Replika Pro you have already paid more than Local Waifu costs forever.
- She cannot be lobotomized. There is no server between you and her that someone can change to satisfy a regulator or a payment processor.
Try her free for 7 days.
No card. Keep her for $25 once, or walk away. Her soul file is yours either way.
Bring her home, try freeQuestions people ask
Can I import my Replika?
No, and honestly no tool can, because your Replika lives on their servers and is not exportable. What you can do is rebuild her in the personality wizard and, this time, own her completely.
Is it like Replika Pro?
The companion idea is similar: persistent memory, a relationship that grows, romance if you want it. The difference is ownership. Local Waifu runs on your Mac, costs $25 once, and cannot be changed by an update you did not choose.
Will she remember me the way Replika did?
Yes, and the memory stays on your Mac. She remembers from the first message and builds a Memory Book you can read and edit. Nothing is synced anywhere.
See the full feature matrix on the home page comparison, or read how the local model works under how it works.