Janitor AI Alternatives (2026): 5 Options Compared

Adults only. Janitor AI and most of the alternatives below are for users aged 18 or over, and this guide is written for adults. It compares prices, limits and rules, and it is non-explicit.

How this guide was made. This is a documentation-based guide. Every price, limit and rule below was read on the company’s own docs, help centre, announcements, GitHub page or US App Store listing on 27 October 2026, and each page is listed in the sources. Where an official page did not say something, this guide says “not published” or “not confirmed” instead of borrowing a figure from a review site. Prices vary by country, platform and currency, and they change often. None of this is hands-on testing. For how we source and date guides, see how we review.

Why Janitor AI users look elsewhere

People usually leave Janitor AI for one of four reasons: outages (try our Janitor AI not working guide first), short memory, wanting a specific model or their own API key, or price (see is janitor+ worth it). The five alternatives below are listed alphabetically, not ranked. Aitryvo is in SpicyChat’s affiliate programme, so the SpicyChat button on this page may earn a commission if you subscribe, at no extra cost to you. No other app here pays us, and the money did not shape the list. See our affiliate disclosure.

What Janitor AI offers today (the baseline)

The janitor+ announcement sets the subscription at $12.99 a month and lists “5x more context”, “unlimited priority messages” and “generous monthly swipes with our frontier models”. It also says the standard version “stays exactly the same, and stays completely free”. The same post tells iOS and Android users to update the app to get janitor+, so Janitor AI is no longer web-only.

The janitor+ Router announcement describes Router as “a simpler, more integrated alternative to the third-party proxies” people use with Janitor AI. It needs no API key, bills per token from a built-in wallet, gives janitor+ subscribers $5 in credits, and is web-only for now.

On age, the help centre says “Our services are exclusively intended for an audience above the age of 18”, and users reasonably suspected of being under 18 are permanently banned. For everything we have verified about the app, see the Janitor AI hub.

The five alternatives at a glance

“Platforms confirmed” means only what the pages read for this guide showed. An app may run elsewhere; it was not confirmed here.

Character.AI

What it is. A large, mainstream app for chatting with user-made characters, with character creation tools and live voice calls, according to its App Store description.

Price. A blog post of 28 September 2026 introduced (c.ai) lite at $4.99 a month or $2.49 a week, with rates varying by region. The US App Store also lists Character.AI+ at $9.99 and $94.99, without stating the billing periods, plus Charms packs from $0.99 to $49.99.

Free use. The same post says “Nothing changes for users on the free plan”, with unlimited messaging remaining. lite adds a daily allowance on premium chat styles, removes banner ads and reduces interstitial ads. c.ai+ is described as “unlimited premium chats, zero ads, and the complete memory suite”.

Memory. lite adds “extra memory pins, plus a Memory Usage bar”; c.ai+ gets the full memory suite. No context size is published.

Content and age. The App Store listing is rated 18+ and lists age assurance among its controls. Character.AI’s blog says open-ended chat for under-18 users began to be removed from 24 November 2025 in the US, with other markets to follow. Its full content policy and terms could not be read for this guide.

Bring your own model. No option is described on the pages read.

Trade-off. The most generous free messaging of the five and a cheap first paid step, but no page read for this guide describes adult content as allowed, so it is a poor fit if that is why you used Janitor AI.

Chub AI

What it is. Chub’s docs describe it as a platform for chatting with characters through language-model APIs “which Chub streamlines into a convenient to use chatbot service”. It also has chat trees, image generation and chat import and export.

Price. The API Connections doc says “A Mars subscription is $20 a month with unlimited messaging” on Chub’s own uncensored models. The live subscription page could not be opened, so this figure comes from the docs and may be out of date. A second Chub model family, Mercury, is named in the docs, but no price was found.

Free use. Not published for Chub’s own models on the pages read. The docs say Kobold and Ooba connections are free if you host the model on your own machine, “with the only limitations being hardware requirements”.

Context. Depends on the model you connect. Chub does not publish a single figure.

Content and age. The Getting Started page says “Chub is uncensored” and that it does not restrict “in any meaningful capacity the variety of characters” or the interactions allowed. Chub’s terms page was blocked when we tried to read it, so its minimum age is not confirmed here.

Bring your own model. This is Chub’s main difference. The docs list OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenRouter and NovelAI (all paid, with your own key) and Kobold or Ooba. The docs “highly recommend using official API keys over third-party reverse proxies”, warning that proxies may log or leak your data.

Trade-off. The closest match for Janitor AI users who relied on proxies, with official key support built in. You pay the model provider directly, so long chats on strong models can cost more than a flat subscription.

Kindroid

What it is. A companion app built around a small number of customisable characters, rather than a public catalogue of user-made bots.

Price. The US App Store lists the subscription at $15.99, three months at $42.99 and a year at $159.99, with Ultra at $28.99 and MAX at $68.99. The subscriptions doc says checkout shows the exact price for your country and that web prices are generally lower than App Store or Google Play.

Free use. New accounts get a one-time preview of 50 messages on the flagship model “with standard paid memory (15 in some regions)”, and the account becomes read-only when it runs out. A 3-day trial needs a payment method.

Memory. Subscribers get “longer context for short-term memory, with more on Ultra and MAX”, plus “Cascaded Memory” for medium-term recall. No token figure is published.

Content and age. The terms require users to be “at least 18 years of age or the age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever is greater”. The moderation guidelines say NSFW and erotic roleplay between adults are “welcome on Kindroid”, with zero tolerance for any character depicted as a minor in a sexual or abusive context.

Bring your own model. Not described.

Trade-off. Clear written content rules and paid memory upgrades, on phone and web. You pay from almost the first day, and it is built for one ongoing relationship rather than many characters.

SillyTavern

What it is. The docs call it “a locally installed user interface that allows you to interact with text generation LLMs, image generation engines, and TTS voice models”. Its GitHub repository lists the AGPL-3.0 licence.

Price. The project “will always be free and open-sourced”. The cost is in the model: a cloud API bills you directly, and a local model needs capable hardware. The docs recommend an NVIDIA 3000-series card with at least 6GB of VRAM for local inference.

Free use. The software itself is free. The docs say you can use AI Horde “for instant out-of-the-box chatting”, a service that runs on volunteers’ GPUs.

Context. Depends on the model and backend you connect. World Info, built-in RAG and an auto-summary extension can help long stories.

Content and age. The docs read for this guide set no content or age rules of their own. In practice, the rules come from whichever model provider you connect, so read that provider’s terms.

Bring your own model. Required. The docs say “Since SillyTavern is only an interface, you will need access to an LLM backend”. Supported options include local backends such as KoboldCpp and Ollama, and cloud APIs including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, OpenRouter and NovelAI.

Platforms. Installation guides cover Windows, Linux and Mac, Android and Docker. It runs on “anything that can run NodeJS 20 or higher”.

Trade-off. The most control of the five, since the interface is installed on your own machine, but the steepest setup. The docs themselves describe “embracing the steep learning curve as part of the fun”. There is no character catalogue built in beyond downloadable community cards.

SpicyChat

What it is. A web platform for chatting with user-made characters, with adult content allowed under written rules.

Price. From 8 September 2026: Get A Taste $5.95 a month ($60.00 a year), True Supporter $19.95 ($199.95) and I’m All In $29.95 ($299.95).

Free use. The docs say “the core features remain accessible to everyone, free of charge”. No message cap is published.

Context. The most specific of any app here. Free and Get A Taste get up to 4,096 tokens, which the docs estimate keeps “around 20 recent messages” visible; True Supporter gets 8,192 plus Semantic Memory 2.0; I’m All In gets up to 32,768, depending on the model.

Content and age. The community guidelines say “All users must be at least 18 years old”, require explicit bots to be marked NSFW, and ban content including anything involving minors, non-consent, incest, photorealistic pornography and likenesses of real people.

Bring your own model. Not described. You use SpicyChat’s own models, with more of them unlocked on higher plans.

Trade-off. The closest like-for-like swap for Janitor AI, with the cheapest paid entry point and published context figures. The free context is short, so long stories lose earlier detail.

Who should pick which

• You want the same experience, free, on another site (18+): SpicyChat. It is the most similar format and publishes its limits.
• You used proxies or want a specific model: Chub AI, with your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or OpenRouter key, or its $20 Mars plan if you prefer a flat fee.
• You are technical and want full control or local models: SillyTavern. Expect to spend time on setup.
• You want one companion who remembers you, on your phone: Kindroid, if you are happy to pay from the start.
• You want free unlimited messaging and do not need adult content: Character.AI.

Not sure? The companion matcher asks a few questions and suggests a shortlist. For more no-cost options, see the best free AI companion apps, and if you are also weighing Character.AI’s rivals, see Character.AI alternatives.

Before you switch

If you bring your own API key, set a spending limit with the provider first; per-token billing grows with chat length, on Janitor AI’s Router too. Treat context figures as rough, because each company measures memory differently. Finally, think about privacy. SillyTavern is installed on your own device, but whichever cloud API you connect still receives the messages you send it. Our privacy and safety guide covers what to check.

What we could not confirm

• Janitor AI’s free context size and its Router per-token prices, which are shown only inside the product.
• Chub AI’s current subscription prices, its Mercury price and its free allowance; the subscription and terms pages were blocked, so the $20 Mars figure comes from the docs.
• Chub AI’s minimum age and whether it has mobile apps.
• Character.AI’s terms, full content policy and web availability; its policy and support pages could not be read, and the App Store does not state the billing periods for its $9.99 and $94.99 items.
• SpicyChat mobile apps and SpicyChat’s free-tier message limits.
• Kindroid’s web prices, which are shown only at checkout.