Honest comparison
Foreverse vs JanitorAI
JanitorAI earned its place: a giant card community, a free built-in model (JLLM), official proxy support so you were never locked to one LLM, and a beta mobile app since early 2026. What it does not give you is the card as a file — no official export that we could find. Foreverse does, and the move is one paste: as of 2026-07 a JanitorAI character link imports directly, joined by a novel reader, audiobook listening, and an AI companion.
| Dimension | Foreverse | JanitorAI |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Import a card or paste a link, add a key (~10 minutes) | Open the site, pick a bot, chat free on the house model |
| Card catalog & community | Your imports + community card sites | One of the largest card communities on the web |
| Card portability | chara_card_v3 files on your device, full export | No official card export we could find (as of 2026-07) |
| Model access | 62 preset providers, keys encrypted on-device, plus an official metered channel | Free house model (JLLM) + proxy/API configs entered by hand |
| Mobile | Native apps on Google Play (Android) and the App Store (iOS) | Web-first; official app in beta since early 2026, SFW by default |
| Beyond character chat | Novel reader, branching continuation, audiobook, companion | Character chat and its community |
| Where chats live | On your phone, exportable files | Platform servers (community exporters exist) |
| Content policy | Provider-level policies, you choose the provider | Permissive on the web; app defaults to SFW until a site toggle |
| Price | Free core, no message caps + your API costs | Free on the house model; optional paid tier added in 2026; proxy API costs are yours |
What JanitorAI is in 2026 — credit included
Strip away the memes and JanitorAI is three load-bearing things. A card community with reach few sites match — romantasy, fanfiction, the long tail of every niche, plus the creators and trends that come with mass. A free built-in model, JLLM, that made “open a tab and start chatting” the default way into card culture, no key required. And official proxy support: its own help center walks beginners through connecting external models with a URL and an API key — which is bring-your-own-key in everything but name. JanitorAI never pretended the house model was the ceiling, and that honesty deserves the same back.
2026 added a fourth thing: an official mobile app, currently in beta. Store rules shape it — NSFW is off by default, and the switch lives on the website, not in the app. It works, and it is young. Foreverse has been a native app from day one, which is most of what the next section is about.
The migration is a paste, not a project
Here is the concrete part. Copy a JanitorAI character link — jannyai mirror links count too — open Foreverse, and paste it into card import. The card arrives as a chara_card_v3 file on your device, with embedded lorebooks and greetings behaving the way tavern players expect. The same paste works for chub, Pygmalion, RisuRealm, AICC, and public png/json/charx links, so a collection scattered across five sites can consolidate in an afternoon.
What you get after the move is a different shape of product, not a bigger catalog. A native app with notifications and chats stored as local files. A long-fiction reader where continuation grows branches beside the original text instead of over it. Audiobook listening for imported novels. A companion that keeps memory on your device and can text you first, with the frequency dial and the off switch in your hands. And the reverse note, plainly: the catalog, the community heat, and the social layer stay JanitorAI's. We are not trying to out-crowd them.
Pick JanitorAI if
- You want the biggest catalog and the community heat — trends, creators, new cards daily
- You like opening a browser tab and chatting instantly, free, on the house model
- You use JanitorAI's community and social features, which have no equivalent here
Pick Foreverse if
- You want cards as files you own — including the ones you paste over from JanitorAI
- You want a native phone app (Android or iPhone) rather than a browser tab, with chats as local files
- You also read long fiction and want branching continuation and audiobook listening
- You already bring your own key anyway — here it picks from 60+ preset providers, encrypted on-device
FAQ
Can I move my JanitorAI characters into Foreverse?
Yes, and it is the easiest migration on this site: paste the character's page link (jannyai mirror links also work) into Foreverse's card import, and it arrives as a chara_card_v3 file you own. Some network environments get blocked by JanitorAI's download protection — if that happens, retry on a different network. Chat histories are separate; there is no one-click chat migration.
Does Foreverse have a free model like JLLM?
Not a house model — Foreverse does not train its own LLM. Instead, the app core is free with no daily message caps, signing up grants 5,000 credits on the official metered channel (1 credit = $0.0001, roughly 260 continuations), and BYOK connects 60+ providers at list price with keys stored encrypted on your device.
Will my NSFW cards still work?
The cards import regardless of content. Foreverse does not add a platform filter on top of your BYOK traffic; what applies is the content policy of the model provider you choose. Pick the provider whose terms fit what you write.