Comparison

RedQuill vs Janitor AI

Chat bots or full NSFW stories?

Short answer

Janitor AI is a chat site: you pick a character someone made, or make your own, and roleplay one message at a time. Chat is free and unlimited on its own model, and it allows NSFW for adults. RedQuill is a story platform: one line becomes a full explicit chapter, your characters and story details are remembered for you, and you can roleplay inside any chapter.

Janitor AI

Use Janitor AI to chat for free with thousands of community bots.

RedQuill

Use RedQuill to build an explicit story that runs over many chapters, without managing memory yourself.

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Janitor AI vs. RedQuill: key facts
Janitor AIRedQuill
Free tierYes, unlimited chat on its free JanitorLLM modelYes, free daily quills
Paid pricingJanitor+ $12.99 a month or $99 a year (App Store prices)Basic $13, Pro $15, Premium $27 a month; yearly billing costs less
Content policy / NSFW18+ site; NSFW chat allowed, minor-coded content banned; age checks in the UK, Australia and BrazilExplicit, consensual adult fiction (18+), within public content guidelines
Story memory / LorebookA memory field you fill in yourself, plus Scripts for lorebooksSaved characters reused across stories, plus a Lorebook per story
Voice / AudioNo built-in voices listedChapters read aloud by AI voices
Privacy / TrainingSee Janitor AI's siteNew stories are Unlisted (link only) by default; set them to Private or Public. RedQuill doesn't train AI models on your stories

Pick Janitor AI if you want free, unlimited chat with a huge library of community bots, or want to plug in your own model.

Pick RedQuill if you want a story that keeps going in full chapters, with memory you don't have to manage by hand.

RedQuill vs. Janitor AI at a glance

Janitor AI
RedQuill
Built for
Chatting with user-made characters
Writing, playing and reading adult stories
Explicit scenes
Yes, on an 18+ site
Yes, consensual adult fiction
Long-form story or chat
Chat replies only
Long-form story in chapters, plus Roleplay mode and character chat
What you get each turn
One chat reply
A full chapter in under a minute, then you steer
Memory
A memory field you write and update yourself
Saved characters plus a Lorebook per story
Choice of model
Yes, its free model or your own key through a proxy
Built-in models with Advanced Writing options; no own API key
Voices and pictures
No built-in voices listed
Chapters read aloud in a choice of voices, AI covers and pictures inside chapters (beta)
Mobile app
Yes, an official iOS appBetter
No app needed; works in the phone browser
Price
Free chat; Janitor+ $12.99/month
Free daily quills, paid from $13/month

Does Janitor AI allow NSFW?

Yes, for adults. Janitor AI is an 18+ site, and NSFW roleplay is a big part of why people use it.

The rules
Its help center says any sexual content with minor-coded characters, or an underage persona, gets a permanent ban.
Age checks
Since April 2026, users in Australia and Brazil must pass a one-time age check, and UK users since June 2026 (face estimate, ID scan or AgeKey). Before that, the UK was blocked for a while in 2025.
In practice
Both tools allow explicit fiction between adults. Janitor AI gives you a chat partner; RedQuill gives you a whole story.

Where Janitor AI is the better choice

Janitor AI does some things RedQuill doesn't try to do.

  1. Free, unlimited chat. Chat on its own model, JanitorLLM, costs nothing, and Janitor says a free option will always exist.
  2. A huge library of community bots. Creators share characters with detailed personalities and scenarios, so you can jump straight into a chat.
  3. Bring your own model. You can connect your own API key through a proxy, or use the paid Janitor+ Router to pick from many big models.
  4. A phone app. It has an official iOS app. RedQuill runs in the phone browser.
  5. A cheaper year. Janitor+ is $99 a year, less than RedQuill's paid plans over 12 months.

Where RedQuill is the better choice

RedQuill is built for stories that last, not single chats.

A full chapter, not one reply

In a chat, you write every message and get one reply back. In RedQuill, type "my rival and I get snowed in at a ski lodge" and you get a full first chapter in under a minute. Then steer the next chapter in plain words, edit any paragraph, or fork the story to try another direction.

Memory you don't have to manage

On Janitor AI, its own guide has you write and update a memory field by hand, and the free model holds a limited amount of context. In RedQuill, you save a character once (looks, personality, history, how they talk) and reuse them in any story. Each story keeps a Lorebook, so chapter 12 still remembers chapter 2. Learn more in Characters 101.

Roleplay with a whole cast

Roleplay mode drops you into any chapter as a character. The AI narrates the world and plays every other character, and a Cast panel tracks who's there, what they're wearing and their mood. Want one partner instead? Chat one-on-one with any saved character.

Stories you can listen to

Chapters can be read aloud in a choice of AI voices, and stories get AI covers and pictures inside chapters (beta).

A library to read, not just bots

Thousands of public stories are free to read on Discover, and you can fork any of them into your own version. Need a starting point? Try the NSFW scenario generator.

What does each one cost?

Janitor AI

Free chat on its own model, plus one paid plan.

Janitor+

$12.99/mo

Janitor+ yearly

$99/yr

These are App Store prices. Janitor+ adds 5x the context, faster replies and monthly swipes on top models.
The Janitor+ Router, for picking other big models, uses prepaid credits on top of the plan.

RedQuill

Free to start with daily quills.

Basic

$13/mo

Pro

$15/mo

Premium

$27/mo

Annual billing costs less. See current pricing

For chat alone, Janitor AI's free tier is hard to beat. RedQuill's free daily quills let you start full explicit stories at no cost.

How to use both together

  1. In Janitor AI

    Find the character on Janitor AI.

    Chat until you know the personality and voice you love.
  2. In RedQuill

    Save them in RedQuill.

    Describe their looks, personality, history and how they talk as a saved character.
  3. In RedQuill

    Write the story the chat kept losing.

    Type the premise, set the spicy level and generate the first chapter.
  4. In RedQuill

    Play it out.

    Open Roleplay mode at any chapter to play a scene with the whole cast.

Which should you choose?

Choose Janitor AI if you

  • Want free, unlimited chat
  • Want to browse and chat with community-made bots
  • Want to use your own model or API key
  • Want an iPhone app

Choose RedQuill if you

  • Want full chapters instead of one reply at a time
  • Want characters and story details remembered for you
  • Want to roleplay with a whole cast, not just one bot
  • Want to listen to your story
  • Want to read and remix other people's stories
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RedQuill vs. Janitor AI FAQ

Is Janitor AI free?

Yes. Chat on its own model, JanitorLLM, is free and has no daily cap in its official FAQ. Janitor+ is the paid upgrade.

How much is Janitor+?

$12.99 a month or $99 a year on the App Store, as of October 2026. Router credits cost extra.

Does Janitor AI allow NSFW?

Yes, for adults on its 18+ site. Sexual content with minor-coded characters gets a permanent ban, and users in the UK, Australia and Brazil must pass an age check.

Does Janitor AI write stories?

No, it writes chat replies. There's no chapter or story mode. RedQuill writes full chapters and adds Roleplay mode inside them.

Does Janitor AI have an app?

Yes, an official iOS app. Watch out for copycat apps with similar names.

Is RedQuill free?

Yes, to start. You get free daily quills. Paid plans add more quills and features.

Sources

Janitor AI facts checked in October 2026 on its subscriptions FAQ, content rules, age verification and chat memory help pages, and its App Store listing. We couldn't check its privacy policy, so the privacy row sends you to its site. Prices and rules change, so check before you sign up.

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