Janitor AI does a lot for free: over 1.4 million public bots by its own 2025 count, unlimited chat on its in-house model (JLLM) with no API key, and NSFW bots on the website. Our Janitor AI review scores it 6.2/10: free unlimited text chat, held back by a text-only feature set and a small free memory (9,001 tokens). People who look for alternatives usually want one specific thing Janitor doesn't give them, so this guide is organised by that reason. Within each section, apps are ordered by the score of their full review (how we score).
The short version
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Best overall switch
Xotic AIUnlimited chat, community characters, voice and video calls8.6 Visit -
Closest library
GirlfriendGPTAbout 70,500 public user-made characters8.2 Visit -
Chat + media, cheap
Candy AIUnlimited text chat, €3.99 a month on the annual plan7.7 Visit -
Free card chat
LusyChatZero-coin chat models, card import, lorebooks7.2 Visit
Why Are You Leaving?
- Queues and setup. The free model works on a standard queue when busy (Janitor+ sells priority routing), and outside models mean a proxy URL and your own API key, or pay-per-token Router credits on Janitor+. → Section 1
- Text isn't enough. Janitor is text only: no generated pictures, no voice, no video. → Section 2
- Same community format, different site. You like user-made bots and a free tier. → Section 3
- More control. You want to choose and run the model yourself. → Section 4
1. Tired of Queues and API Keys? Go Managed
On these apps the subscription pays for the model: no proxy, no key, no per-token bill, and adult roleplay is allowed on the paid plan.
Best Overall Switch
Xotic AI
Official and community characters, group chats of up to 6 characters, and a creator with per-chat controls for style, pacing and explicitness. Ultimate includes unlimited regular chat and the premium chat models; images, video and voice and video calls spend XOT tokens at published rates.
Price: Ultimate $24.99/month, or $149.99/year ($12.50/month). Free: 5 messages in total. Full review →
Closest Library
GirlfriendGPT
Keeps the thing Janitor users like most, a big user-made library: about 70,500 public characters, with Quick and Custom creation modes. Message quotas are stated plainly and NSFW is on for every paid plan.
Price: Premium $15/month (5,000 messages, 400 coins), Deluxe $35, Elite $50 (unlimited). Free: about 10–20 messages, no NSFW. Full review →
20 Free Messages a Day
Secrets AI
187 official and 2,187 community characters, unlimited messages on both paid plans, editable memories (Lorebooks), a character studio with 148 voices, and explicit content for adults.
Price: Premium $19.99/month, or $109.99/year ($9.17/month). Free: 20 messages a day. Full review →
2. Text Isn't Enough? Go Multimedia
Janitor has no image, voice or video generation. Its Router article mentions multimodal features as planned, with no date. These apps include them today, metered in tokens or coins.
Cheapest Unlimited Chat
Candy AI
Unlimited text chat on every Premium plan, plus 18+ images, video and Voice Calls (beta) paid from 100 tokens a month. Realistic and anime companions, male ones too, and a detailed creator. Curated characters, not a community library.
Price: €13.99/month (€9.99 the first month), or €47.88/year (€3.99/month). Free: 5 messages in total. Full review →
Video up to 60 s
OurDream AI
Unlimited messages and audio messages on every paid plan; explicit images, videos up to 60 seconds and voice calls come out of 1,000 Dreamcoins a month (about 200 images or ten 5-second videos). A public character library, female, male and trans.
Price: Premium $19.99/month, or $119.88/year ($9.99/month). Full review →
Want images first and chat second? Promptchan (8.5/10) is an image and video generator with chat; chat is unlimited on Pro ($33.99 a month).
Not recommended:
- DreamGF (4.5/10): Not recommended — see our review.
3. Same Community Format, Different Site
If what you like is a library of user-made bots and a free tier, these are the like-for-like options.
Big Free Library
SpicyChat AI
A huge user-made library (the site claims 300K+ NSFW characters), a free tier under a daily cap, lorebooks, group chats of 2 to 10 bots, and a help-centre guide to importing characters from other platforms. Scene images start on True Supporter, text-to-speech on I'm All In.
Price: Get a Taste €5.95/month; True Supporter €19.95; I'm All In €29.95. Full review →
Free Card Chat
LusyChat
A community card platform with zero-coin chat models, so text chat stays free. You can import a character card and attach up to three lorebooks. Premium adds 6,000 coins a month for images, voice calls and clips.
Price: Premium $14.99/month, or $7.99/month billed yearly. Full review →
- Sakura.fm (7.1/10): user-made characters, import from JSON or image files, a free tier whose daily cap Sage status lifts for free; adult content is text-first behind an 18+ switch. Diamond costs $19 a month.
- CrushOn AI (5.5/10): unlimited chat on the free models after sign-up, 100 credits a month for the better ones; paid plans from $5.99 a month, with credits refilled monthly.
4. Want More Control Than Janitor?
Local & Offline
HammerAI
The desktop app runs models on your own machine through Ollama: free, offline, no account, no message cap, and it can browse and download Chub AI character cards. You can also plug in your own API key. The cloud version starts at $9 a month for unlimited messages.
Price: Local mode free (needs a graphics card with roughly 8–12 GB of VRAM); cloud Starter $9/month. Full review →
For a do-it-yourself setup, the open-source SillyTavern frontend runs on your machine with the model and API key of your choice. Chub AI (6.1/10) is the community card library that pairs with it: free with your own key, or $20 a month for Chub's models from any OpenAI-compatible frontend, paid in crypto only, with no named company in the terms.
Side by Side
| App | Score | No API setup | User-made library | Images / voice | Entry price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janitor AI (baseline) | 6.2 | ✓ JLLM built in | ✓ 1.4M+ bots | ✗ Text only | Free · $12.99/mo Janitor+ |
| Xotic AI | 8.6 | ✓ | ✓ Official + community | ✓ Both, plus video calls | $24.99/mo · $149.99/yr |
| GirlfriendGPT | 8.2 | ✓ | ✓ ~70,500 | ✓ Both | $15/mo |
| Secrets AI | 7.9 | ✓ | ✓ 2,187 community | ✓ Both, plus calls | $19.99/mo · $109.99/yr |
| Candy AI | 7.7 | ✓ | Curated | ✓ Both (tokens) | €13.99/mo · €47.88/yr |
| OurDream AI | 7.6 | ✓ | Public library | ✓ Both, video up to 60 s | $19.99/mo · $119.88/yr |
| SpicyChat AI | 7.3 | ✓ | ✓ 300K+ (claim) | From €19.95 / €29.95 | €5.95/mo |
| LusyChat | 7.2 | ✓ | ✓ Cards | ✓ Coins | $14.99/mo · $7.99/mo yearly |
| HammerAI | 7.0 | Local install | Chub cards | Credits (cloud) | Free · $9/mo cloud |
Prices as listed on each app's pricing page, plan data or app store on 20 October 2026.
Moving Your Characters Off Janitor
- Copy the definitions first. For each bot you care about, save its personality, scenario, greeting and example dialogue as text. Every creator listed here accepts that text, so a character can be rebuilt in minutes.
- Apps that import cards: LusyChat imports character cards, Sakura.fm imports JSON or image files, SpicyChat documents imports from other platforms (imported bots stay private), and HammerAI downloads Chub AI cards.
- Closed apps such as Xotic AI, Secrets AI or Candy AI have no card import; paste the definition into their character creator.
- Chat history doesn't move. Every app starts your story at message one; save what you want to keep.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Xotic AI has the highest score of the alternatives we rank (8.6/10): Ultimate ($24.99 a month or $149.99 a year) includes unlimited regular chat, official and community characters, images, video and voice and video calls. GirlfriendGPT (8.2/10) is the closest match to Janitor's user-made library, with about 70,500 public characters.
Yes. LusyChat has zero-coin chat models, SpicyChat and Sakura.fm have free tiers with a daily cap, CrushOn AI offers unlimited chat on its free models after sign-up, and HammerAI's desktop app runs models locally for free. Secrets AI gives 20 free messages a day.
No. Chat is free and unlimited on Janitor's own model, JLLM. An API key and proxy URL are optional, for users who want an outside model such as one from OpenRouter.
Janitor AI is text only. Xotic AI, GirlfriendGPT, Secrets AI, Candy AI and OurDream AI all add generated images and voice, paid in tokens, coins or Moments on top of the subscription; OurDream AI's videos run up to 60 seconds.
Copy each character's personality, scenario, greeting and example dialogue, then paste them into the new app's creator. LusyChat imports character cards, Sakura.fm imports JSON or image files, and HammerAI downloads Chub AI cards. Chat history does not transfer.
The Bottom Line
Keep Janitor AI if free, unlimited text chat is all you need. If you are leaving, choose by the reason: Xotic AI (8.6/10) or GirlfriendGPT (8.2/10) to stop dealing with queues and keys while keeping community characters; Candy AI or OurDream AI for images, voice and video; SpicyChat AI or LusyChat for the same community format; HammerAI to run everything yourself.