CrushOn.AI alternatives: a test drive of the options

If CrushOn.AI’s filters, its reported $0.99 age-check charge or its credit system have worn thin, there are other places to chat with characters. Below are eight alternatives: six paid companion and roleplay sites, plus SpicyChat and JanitorAI for people who want to stay free. This is a test drive: I read official pages and free-plan details on Oct 25, 2026, and did not pay for any of them.

Why people look for alternatives

CrushOn.AI’s Trustpilot profile had a 1.8/5 rating from 22 reviews when I checked on Oct 25, 2026, with 91% one-star. That is a small, unclaimed sample, but the themes are consistent.

• Paying to unlock 18+ content. Several reviewers say enabling unfiltered content required entering card details and paying $0.99, which the site called age verification. CrushOn.AI’s terms and privacy policy do not describe this.
• Filters in the wrong places. Reviewers report safety refusals in ordinary roleplay and roleplays restarting.
• Generic characters. Reviewers describe repetitive characters and limited creation tools.
• Moderation concerns. One reviewer alleges roleplay with characters presented as minors is possible. That is a single unverified allegation, but it is the kind of claim worth knowing about.

From CrushOn.AI’s own pages, a few more points:

• Free-tier chat history is deleted after 7 days of inactivity.
• The privacy policy says chat content is used “in a general way for training our models”.
• No self-service deletion is described; data requests go to support by email.
• Plans run from $5.99 to $199.99 a month, plus a $39.99 Chat Pack add-on for unlimited Pro models. That is a lot of tiers to compare.

The alternatives

Secrets AI

Secrets AI states its limits in plain numbers on its wiki. Free users get 20 messages a day, a 500-character message limit and basic memory. Premium is $19.99 a month or $109.99 a year, with unlimited messages, lorebooks, enhanced memory and video, per the official wiki on Oct 25, 2026. Deleting your account removes chat history immediately, per its privacy policy.

• Price from: $9.17/month billed yearly
• Free plan: yes, 20 messages a day
• Secrets AI test drive

OurDream AI

OurDream AI has two plans, not six. It is $19.99 a month or $119.88 a year, per the official help centre on Oct 25, 2026, with unlimited messages on standard models plus 1,000 dreamcoins a month for images, video and voice. Where the law requires it, a third-party provider checks age and OurDream receives only the result. Free users pay a coin per message, so it is a paid option in practice.

• Price from: $9.99/month billed yearly
• Free plan: free sign-up, but messages cost coins
• OurDream AI test drive

GirlfriendGPT

GirlfriendGPT has community-made characters and a character builder, with images, short videos and voice on higher tiers. Its site shows an age-verification step for regions that require one, but does not name the method. The homepage FAQ lists plans from $5 a month. The plan names there do not match the plan screen, so treat the price as possibly out of date.

• Price from: $5/month (homepage FAQ, Oct 25, 2026)
• Free plan: yes, about 20 messages
• GirlfriendGPT test drive

Nectar AI

Nectar AI is roleplay-focused, with storyline “Fantasies” and an Advanced Roleplay mode (10 credits per message, per its blog). The free plan includes the character creator, chat and some image generations. NSFW areas are restricted to verified adults, though the method is not described. I could not record prices: the pricing page needs a login and the official blog gives conflicting figures.

• Price from: not published publicly
• Free plan: yes
• Nectar AI test drive

Lovescape

Lovescape is built for people who create and share characters. It has more than 100 traits, a community feed and referral earnings. Premium is $19.99 a month or $7.99 a month on a 12-month plan ($95.88 a year), shown as promotional prices on the official subscription page on Oct 25, 2026. Its help centre says chats are private and visible only to you.

• Price from: $7.99/month billed yearly (promotional)
• Free plan: not confirmed
• Lovescape test drive

Dream Companion

Dream Companion lists more than 10,000 companions plus a custom builder, with memory of earlier details, images and voice. Its homepage says it does not currently use your chats to train its own models. That is the opposite of CrushOn.AI’s policy. It also offers self-service account deletion. Free users get one character and “typically between 10 to 20” messages.

• Price from: $0.19/day on a yearly sale price (monthly price not shown on the default view)
• Free plan: yes, about 10–20 messages
• Dream Companion test drive

SpicyChat (free option)

SpicyChat works like CrushOn.AI: a big library of user-made characters, group chat and lorebooks. The free tier has 4,096 tokens of context with ads, smaller than CrushOn.AI’s 8K. Free history is not described as expiring. Paid tiers start at $5.95 a month after a price rise on Sep 8, 2026. It does not pay me; it is here because it is a reasonable free swap.

• Price from: $5.95/month
• Free plan: yes, with ads
• SpicyChat test drive

JanitorAI (free option)

JanitorAI is the other free route. It allows unlimited free chats with about 9k tokens of context, and you can connect your own model through a proxy. Its age checks for Australia, Brazil and the UK go through k-ID, and JanitorAI receives only pass or fail. Trustpilot reviewers (35 reviews, 2.5/5 at check) report unexplained bans and mutes, so it has its own moderation complaints. It does not pay me either.

• Price from: $12.99/month for Janitor+ (US App Store)
• Free plan: yes, unlimited chats
• JanitorAI test drive

Quick comparison

Prices as listed on each service’s official pages on Oct 25, 2026.

How to pick

Start with what annoyed you most.

• You want to stay free. JanitorAI gives unlimited chats with more free context than SpicyChat. SpicyChat is closer to CrushOn.AI’s layout.
• You want simple pricing. OurDream AI and Secrets AI each have two main paid tiers with published allowances.
• You care about chat privacy. Dream Companion says it does not train its own models on chats. Secrets AI deletes chat history immediately when you delete your account.
• You want deeper roleplay tools. Nectar AI has scenario-based Fantasies. Secrets AI and SpicyChat have lorebooks.

Before paying anywhere, check how the site verifies age and whether that involves a card charge, a face scan or an ID. Most of these sites say purchases are final once used.