Sakura FM Safety Rating Index
Score Breakdown
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Data Privacy 36/100
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Emotional Safety 38/100
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Age Appropriateness 5/100
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Content Safety 24/100
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Transparency 26/100
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User Control 24/100
Key Safety Findings
Sakura FM is a text-based AI character chat app operated by Sakura AI, LLC out of Jacksonville, Florida. The app has over 500,000 Google Play downloads and a 4.7-star average across 44,600 reviews, positioning itself as an unfiltered alternative to Character.AI.
Our review identified several critical safety gaps:
– Zero crisis response resources anywhere in the app, website, or documentation
– No age verification beyond self-attestation, with an iOS 16+ rating contradicting the ToS 18+ requirement
– No parental controls, family link integration, or restricted mode
– Privacy policy completely silent on conversation data handling and AI training usage
– Content moderation described as optional in the ToS
– User reviews confirm inappropriate content on the trending page
– No data export or portability options
– Data sharing admitted as a potential CCPA “sale”
On the positive side, Sakura FM has an unusually clean technical footprint with only one tracker SDK (Sentry for crash reporting), data encrypted in transit, and no known data breaches. The app also runs ad-free.
How We Scored This
We scored Sakura FM using 7 evidence sources collected in April 2026:
- Legal documents: Privacy policy and terms of service (both dated January 2024)
- App store listings: iOS App Store and Google Play Store data, including content ratings, permissions, and Data Safety labels
- Technical analysis: Exodus Privacy tracker scan (1 tracker: Sentry), Apple privacy nutrition labels, and Google Play Data Safety declarations
- User reviews: 897 reviews across iOS (500) and Google Play (397), plus Reddit threads and Trustpilot ratings
Three critical sub-dimensions scored 1 out of 5: crisis response, age verification, and minor safeguards. The crisis response score of 1/5 triggered an automatic F grade under our scoring rules, overriding the weighted average. Age verification and minor safeguards each independently capped the maximum possible grade at C+. The overall weighted average of 1.97/5.0 translates to a public score of 22/100, placing Sakura FM in the Red safety tier.
Scoring version 1, last updated April 2, 2026. See our full methodology.