An honest, cited look at Janitor AI — what it does well (including where it beats FlirtAlly), what it costs, and who it's for. Researched 2026-10-03 · official site.
genuinely free unlimited chatting on the built-in JLLM — officially 'Unlimited chats with millions of bots', no ads, no daily cap ('The limit is context, not volume'). Be honest: our Free plan is 30 msgs/day. This is the most generous free tier in the category.
community character library at 'millions of bots' (official wording) with deep creation tooling — character creation 9/10, lorebooks, personas, custom prompts, bring-your-own API keys and mid-chat model switching. Our side is 22 face-locked official companions plus creator remixes — curated consistency vs massive variety.
We publish competitor wins on purpose — a comparison that never loses isn't a comparison.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Notes | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | official FAQ: 'Unlimited chats with millions of bots', 'Access to standard chat models', 'Context limit of around 9k tokens'; 'No. We will always keep a free option available for everyone.' | reported |
| Janitor+ Monthly | $12.99 | — | $12.99/mo, no annual plan (a year = $155.88; article warns any '$99.99 yearly' price 'is invented'; also no $9.99 Pro tier). Includes 5x more context (~45k tokens per s6), priority access, monthly swipes with best models, golden username + checkmark, comment react emojis. Price is from Janitor's official 2026-06-24 announcement + Apple IAP disclosure as reported by s6, corroborated by s5 — not stated on any fetchable official page | reported |
Free tier: exists and generous: unlimited chats, no daily message allowance, no ads — 'The limit is context, not volume' (s6); official free-tier context limit ~9k tokens (s1) Platform variance: app-based subscriptions (App Store / Google Play) cannot be canceled from the web and vice versa flows differ (s1); ID verification reported required in Australia, Brazil, UK (s5)
Janitor+ $12.99/mo with no annual plan ($155.88/yr) sits between our Spark $12.99 and Flame $19.99 — and both of ours have annual options ($79.99/$159.99). Their free tier beats ours on volume (unlimited vs 30 msgs/day) but is context-capped at ~9k tokens; present neutrally with tables and the context-vs-volume distinction stated
| Capability | Janitor AI | FlirtAlly |
|---|---|---|
| Long-term memory | JLLM context window officially 'Around 8k-9k tokens, give or take' with acknowledged 'context rot'; Chat Memory is a MANUAL notebook the user maintains ('your best set of post-it notes, not a giant wiki') with template sections (Environment, Relationship Dynamic, Current Plot Points, char/user notes, Important Past Events); Janitor+ raises context 5x (~45k). Review: 24h recall 5.5/10, 3+ day recall 4/10, manual tools 7.5/10, long-term overall 6/10 high conf | Four-layer memory with semantic recall — tell them your dog's name today, they ask about it next week. Unlimited on every plan, free included. |
| Voice | no native voice found — review scores voice 3.5/10, only TTS workarounds via browser extensions/ElevenLabs medium conf | Real-time voice calls in-app, plus companions with real PSTN phone lines you can actually dial. |
| Video messages | none found — no source mentions native video generation or video calls low conf | Lip-synced video messages in their own voice (10-second clips). |
| Group chat | none found — no source covers multi-character group chat; platform is 1:1 character chat low conf | Group threads with 2–5 of your companions — they read each other's replies and banter. |
| Selfies & photos | no native image generation — 'no native image generation at all', static avatars only, explicit visuals banned (review: visuals 3.5/10, NSFW image score 2/10) medium conf | Selfies on demand (3cr), identity-locked to their canonical face — always recognizably them. |
| Texts first | none found — no source describes characters initiating contact ('texting first') low conf | They text first — opt-in, quiet-hours aware, always stoppable. |
| Real games | none found — platform is roleplay chat; no games mentioned in any source low conf | 17 real server-authoritative games with credit wagers — they play for keeps and remember losses. |
| Real phone lines | none found — no voice calling of any kind found, let alone PSTN lines low conf | Buy a matched companion their own dedicated real phone number (200cr/mo); only your calls ring through. |
| Physical mail | none found low conf | Real printed letters and gift cards in your physical mailbox, written from relationship memory. |
Sentiment reflects public community posts, attributed to the community they came from.
We show conflicts instead of hiding them — pricing in this category changes fast.
FlirtAlly is live and free to start — a no-card free plan. Companions who remember you, text first, and answer a real phone number.
Not verified — noted honestly rather than guessed: Janitor+ exact price not readable on any official page (janitorai.com 403s fetchers, /pricing returns 404, help FAQ omits the number) — $12.99 rests on two independent third-party reports of the official announcement (s5, s6) · r/JanitorAI_Official subscriber count and Discord size unverified (Reddit blocks fetching) · group chat / public chat rooms: no source either way · monthly traffic / user counts: 'tens of millions of visits' context claim unsourced — do not publish numbers · whether the official apps add any voice or media features beyond the site: unverified (App Store listing details secondhand via s6: category Books, 4.0 rating, ~1,460 ratings)