Short answer
If the pain is babysitting a proxy key, switch to a hosted product — do not hunt a “more stable Janitor.” Primary pick: Candy AI (one account, no user-supplied OpenRouter/OpenAI key). Alternate when the job is browsing a large custom-bot catalog on a phone: CrushOn. Stay on Janitor if you want to pick models or already have a working proxy.
This is not a timed uptime lab. Girlfriend hub: AI girlfriend apps. Adult-policy hub: uncensored chatbots.
Affiliate disclosure: Dating Auditors may earn a commission if you join Candy AI or CrushOn through links on this page. Janitor’s proxy/key model below comes from Janitor’s own help center and applies regardless of that relationship.
Evidence used
Checked 31 August 2026. These are operator statements, not crash-rate measurements, token-cost audits, or a test of every upstream model you can paste into Janitor.
- Janitor help: beginner proxy guide (updated 17 December 2025) — default JanitorLLM (JLLM) vs proxy as a bridge that needs an API key and API URL; OpenRouter is the documented first setup.
- Janitor help: TL;DR proxy quickstart (updated 1 August 2025) and DeepSeek via OpenRouter errors (updated 22 July 2025) — 400/401/402/429/500/502, daily free-message caps on OpenRouter.
- Candy Terms of Service — hosted online chat app; free users generally capped at 5 messages; paid access is a Candy subscription, not a user-pasted model key.
- Candy Blocked Content Policy (revised 30 July 2026) and marketing uncensored-chat page. Adult roleplay is sold; it is not an unlimited policy.
- CrushOn FAQ and install wiki — character hub; website / home-screen path recommended on our CrushOn page.
What Janitor actually is
Janitor is not “a hosted LLM you pay once.” Its own help splits the product:
| Layer | Operator-stated | What that means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Character UI | Chats and cards live on Janitor | Library and prompting stay here |
| Default brain | JanitorLLM (JLLM) — Janitor’s free on-site model | No proxy required. Quality vs other models is unknown here; we did not score it |
| Proxy path | API Settings → Proxy → model name, proxy URL, API key | Inference moves to OpenRouter, DeepSeek, or whatever URL you paste. Janitor’s beginner docs use OpenRouter |
The proxy path is why people search “Janitor alternative.” Janitor documents 401 (bad key), 402 (no credits), 429 (rate limit; OpenRouter free tier 50 messages/day unless you add credits), 500/502 (upstream down). Those are operator-stated failure modes, not a Dating Auditors stability score.
Adult policy on the proxy path follows the upstream provider, not the character card. If you point the proxy at a host that forbids adult use, that host’s terms apply to the key. This page does not treat “OpenAI banned my key” as a measured lab result.
Stay on Janitor if you want to swap models, you are fine with JLLM, or you already maintain a working proxy and the card library is the product.
What a hosted replacement actually replaces
A hosted companion replaces the key + URL + upstream quota job. It does not import your Janitor cards (card portability is unknown). It does not give you JLLM-or-DeepSeek model picking.
| Need | Hosted answer | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Adult chat without pasting a proxy key | Candy AI | Blocked Content Policy still applies. Candy’s privacy notice allows third-party LLM/hosters to receive messages — you are not running a local model |
| Community character catalog on a phone | CrushOn | Website path; hidden content is unlocked on the site. Not a privacy-maximal pick |
| Voice + in-chat media | Muah AI | Only when that is the job; not a Janitor-card replacement |
Primary pick: Candy AI
Choose Candy when the job is hosted adult companion chat and you do not want OpenRouter/Kobold/OpenAI keys in a settings panel. Candy’s Terms describe an account plus a Candy subscription (or the 5-message free cap). Premium Plus help lists unlimited text chats, Create My AI, and 18+ image generation — still subject to the Blocked Content Policy.
Candy is not “uncensored with no rules.” Filter-status detail: Is Candy uncensored?. Privacy and deletion: Candy safety and account deletion.
Do not choose Candy if you need to pick the exact upstream model, keep a Janitor-style community card workflow, or require a verified zero-log host.
CTA: Open Candy AI — hosted chat, no proxy key
Alternate: CrushOn
Use CrushOn when the reason you liked Janitor was lots of community characters, especially on a phone. Use the official website, not a random APK. Product install: CrushOn on iOS & Android.