Is Voice AI safe? Yes, but read the fine print

This voice-changing app uses AI to transform your voice in real-time on various platforms, including Discord, Zoom, and popular games. But is Voice AI safe to use? Many feel that the app’s questionable quality, deceptive marketing, and complex refund process make it feel scammy.

Other criticisms come from a lack of proper documentation on Voice AI’s “Live Mode” and MetaModel Training. Many users aren’t aware of how demanding AI can be on GPUs, and Voice AI doesn’t do a great job of clarifying that, or how its MetaModel Training works.

The unusually high GPU usage, even after closing the app, can feel like a virus or Bitcoin miner behavior to someone less tech-savvy. But underneath the sketchiness, Voice AI is pretty safe, and can be even safer with a few precautions.

Below, we’ll go over Voice AI’s uses, its privacy policy, and discuss the practices that contribute to its spotty reputation. We’ll also offer tips on how to use Voice AI safely, including how to stop it from hogging GPU resources when not in use.

What is Voice AI, and is it safe?

Voice.ai is a voice changer app that uses AI to—well, change your voice. You can choose from a variety of different characters (real or fictional), tap into community-provided models, or even train one based on your voice and publish it for others to use.

Provided you have a powerful PC, you can also use Voice AI’s “Live Mode” to modulate your voice on the fly. This works on Discord, World of Warcraft, Zoom, Minecraft, and other popular games and apps with voice chat capabilities.

Is Voice AI safe, though? Well, it can be, if you follow some security best practices and don’t upload a model trained on your voice to the platform. If you do, it may be misused by other users in voice-based AI scams. Of course, this is a common problem with AI voice cloning apps, rather than being exclusive to voice.ai.

Otherwise, Voice AI has a fairly solid privacy policy that’s light on legalese, doesn’t record you without your consent, passes scam and anti-malware checks, and hasn’t experienced any data breaches or been involved in any legal issues (that we know of).

The only parts of Voice AI that feel shady are:

• Hiding subscription prices until after installation, even though it’s advertised with a free plan
• A strict refund policy and a clunky refund process that requires a separate sign-up
• High GPU usage in Live Mode, which is normal but might confuse less tech-savvy users
• Confusion around its opt-in MetaModel Training/distributed computing feature that uses your GPU (optionally, CPU for premium users) to help others train their models

All of these are fair criticisms, and we’ll go over them below, starting with Voice AI’s data collection policies.

How Voice AI collects and uses your data

We reviewed the Voice AI privacy policy to understand what information the platform gathers about you and how it’s used. Here’s an overview.

What data does Voice AI collect?

Here’s a closer look at what information Voice AI records:

• Log data when using the website: Your IP address, browser type and version, info about page visits (which page, when you visit, how long you stay, etc.), error logs that include device info, what you were doing at the time, and other technical info.
• Device details: Voice AI automatically collects things such as device type and operating system when you use their services.
• Personal information: This may include your name, age, gender, email, phone number, and address, depending on what you’re contacting them for (e.g., refunds, press) or how you’re interacting with the platform.
• User-generated content: Any audio, text, image, or video you upload or create on the platform. Anything you post will be associated with your account and may be accessed by other third parties not covered in the Voice AI privacy policy.
• Transaction and usage data: Records of your activity, generated files, user profiles, analytics, and other data created as a result of interacting with Voice AI.
• Cookies and tracking: The website uses cookies and tracking pixels to understand how you use it, save your preferences, and more.
• Third-party data: Voice AI works with tools like Google Analytics, Hotjar, SendinBlue, PayPal, Stripe, Discord, and GitHub. These help them analyze user behavior, manage payments, emails, and code, interact with the community, and more.
• Do Not Track: Voice AI doesn’t respond to Do Not Track requests, which means the site collects your data even if you enable the feature in your browser.

How does Voice AI use your data?

Here’s how Voice AI uses the data it collects:

• To run and maintain core features: Keeping the platform up and running, fixing bugs, handling errors, and more.
• To personalize your experience: Customizing your settings, recommending features.
• For communication purposes: Account updates, support replies, service alerts.
• For analytics and product improvements: Market insights and research, performance tuning.
• To serve ads and marketing materials: Promotional emails, targeted offers, cross-platform ads.
• For compliance and security: Processing transactions and payment details securely, preventing fraud, handling legal requests (sharing with courts, regulators, and law enforcement).
• To honor your rights: Laws like the EU’s GDPR or California’s CCPA allow you to request a copy of your data, correct and delete your data, and so on.
• To protect the company and its associates: Voice AI may use your info to protect its legal rights and interests.
• In case of a merger or buyout: Your data may be transferred or shared with whoever acquires or merges with Voice AI.

Is Voice AI free?

With all the shiny “Get Started for Free” buttons plastered everywhere on voice.ai, you’d think the service would have a free plan. However, when we signed up and tried using the Windows app, we couldn’t get past this pop-up advertising its premium plans.

You can close it the first time, but it’ll return soon after, this time with no “X” button in sight.

Voice AI originally ran on a freemium model, allowing users to generate 15-second, watermarked voice clips. However, this seems to have changed in April 2025. According to a Discord community support rep, Voice AI now requires a paid subscription in several regions.

The rep listed Iraq, Iran, the UK, Estonia, and Indonesia as regions affected by the new changes. However, we’ve also noticed that users in Canada, the US, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, and other locations are reporting the same issue.

Until Voice AI clears things up or updates its misleading advertising, it’s safe to say that Voice AI is no longer free, at least not for everyone.

Is Voice AI a virus?

No, Voice AI is not a virus, but it’s easy to see why people think it is. Running an anti-malware scan on the Voice AI installer reveals no signs of infection, as shown below. All the best antivirus providers consider the file clean.

So, why do people still ask if Voice AI is a virus? Well, there are a few reasons for that.

Reddit rumors and outdated scan results

A quick search for “Is Voice AI safe” brings up older Reddit posts, showing a VirusTotal scan for the app’s alpha version. And what’s this? Two antivirus vendors (AVG and Avast) flagged the installer as Win32:PUP-gen [PUP].

But what does that mean? Well, it just means the software was marked as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). While PUPs aren’t necessarily malicious, they can be annoying or come with unnecessary extras or adware.

That’s not to say PUPs have no bite. While many are just false positives, some could slow down your system and make it seem like you have a real virus on your hands. Thankfully, our updated scans show Voice AI is no longer flagged as such.

Related: How to know if you have a virus

Voice AI’s misleading advertising

Voice AI’s “Get Started for Free” marketing is misleading, especially now that a paid subscription is required in several regions. As we’ve mentioned before, the service initially offered a freemium model before seemingly switching to a premium one in April 2025.

Users in the US, Canada, the UK, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Iraq, and others have reported being locked out of the app unless they subscribe. Naturally, many frustrated users took to calling the app a scam on the official Discord.

The fact that their subscription costs aren’t listed on their website—and only show up after you’ve installed the app—doesn’t help their case.

Voice conversion, training, and high GPU usage

Voice AI’s voice conversion (“Live Mode”) uses a lot of your GPU’s processing power to transform your voice in real time. It runs local models directly on your system to reduce delay and avoid sending your voice to external servers.

That’s great for privacy and responsiveness, but it can impact performance, especially on mid-range or older setups. The Voice AI FAQs even mention the GTX 1660 (or GTX 1070, as listed on their support page) as a minimum requirement.

Voice AI also has a distributed computing program, similar to Folding@Home, where users can volunteer their GPU power to help train voice models. This is separate from real-time voice conversion. Your voice isn’t sent out to others, but your system may work in the background to process training data if you opt in.

This helps users with less powerful hardware join in on the fun. That said, people may not realize this is happening—they only notice the app’s unusually high GPU usage. Couple that with the platform’s “coin” rewards for contributing GPU power, and it’s easy to see why people would mistake Voice AI for a virus or a Bitcoin miner.

How to stop Voice AI from running in the background

Opted to help with Voice AI training, but your GPU is still running hot when the app is closed? Then make sure “Start with Windows” and “Minimize to the system tray on closing” are toggled off in the settings.

Unless you disable them, the app will run on startup and continue running in the background even when it’s closed.

How to stay safe while using Voice AI

While Voice AI is generally safe to use, you can take additional steps to protect your data. Here are some useful tips:

• Sign up with a separate email: Any voice models you publish on the platform are associated with your email and user profile. Use ProtonMail, Tuta, or another free email service to maintain your privacy and prevent your primary email from being exposed in the event of a data breach.
• Share as little data as possible: While it may seem like harmless fun to publish a model trained on your own voice, keep in mind that voice cloning is often used in AI scams. Minimize what you share on Voice AI to prevent any headaches later on.
• Keep things updated: From Windows and iOS updates to the latest Voice AI fixes, these will help keep you safe while you hop on Discord as Morgan Freeman.
• Use a reliable password manager: AI services often attract scammers and fake apps, especially when they gain popularity fast. A good password manager keeps your real account safe if you ever fall for a lookalike page looking to steal your logins.
• Install a trusted antivirus: While we’ve done our best to ensure the Voice AI app is safe at the time of writing, you never know when an attacker might compromise the website, share an infected RVC model, or use other methods to deliver malware.

Read more: How to stay safe while using AI

How we checked if Voice AI is safe

Curious how we concluded that Voice AI is safe to use? Here’s our process:

• Website is HTTPS-enabled: Checking the padlock or verifying the URL in your address bar begins with “https://” shows that any data you send to voice.ai is encrypted.
• Data collection policies: Scanning through the Voice AI privacy policy shows that the service doesn’t collect more data than it needs. If you’re worried about the tracking on their website, an extension like uBlock Origin should deal with most of it.
• Scam checker test: Running the website through services like NordVPN’s link checker and Google Safe Browsing shows no signs of scammy behavior.
• Scanning for malware: Despite early releases being marked as PUP, current anti-malware scans of Voice AI’s apps come out clean.
• Legal issues or data breaches: Voice cloning apps are frequently criticized for using content from living voice actors to train their models. However, we’ve found no signs that voice.ai has been caught up in any legal scandals or data breaches.
• App permission check: Voice AI doesn’t ask for more access than it needs to, and you can modify app permissions when you’re not using it.

What are Voice AI reviews saying about the app?

So, is Voice AI safe? From a technical standpoint, mostly yes. However, the Voice AI Trustpilot and App Store reviews paint a less flattering picture.

On Trustpilot, voice.ai holds a low rating of 1.7 out of 5 stars, based on 144 reviews. Most concerns focus on the app’s poor performance, customer support, and misleading advertising. Some reviewers have called the app a scam, citing unexpected charges and trouble canceling subscriptions.

They’re not too far off the mark, considering the cumbersome refund process outlined here. If you haven’t subscribed with PayPal (which has its own refund system), you’ll need a separate account with Xsolla, their payment processor.

At least Voice AI’s refund policy is pretty short and straightforward, stating that you can only request one if you didn’t receive the product or made a duplicate purchase. Many Voice AI complaints on Trustpilot come from users who didn’t read the terms and expected refunds for dissatisfaction. We can’t fault the company for sticking to its policy.

Otherwise, the Voice AI app has a score of 1.4 out of 5 on the App Store, based on 243 ratings. Reviewers reported issues such as infinite loading, poor voice quality, and an extremely limited free version. Note that this is before the presumed shift to a subscription-only model we’ve mentioned before.

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