Reviews without the slop

AI games, without the slop

For those of us who like AI games, but hate the mega piles of AI slop out there.

ChatGPT-sounding "A beat." or "you're absolutely right." The character who forgets your name after 5 chat turns.

We play all of it and document it here.

No bullsh*t opinions.

The PromptPlay mark: a game controller with a winking chat bubble
Slop Score

The Slop Meter

Every app gets a Slop Score from 0 to 100.

Lower is better.

Example we wrote
I brought the map back. Sorry it took three days.
Artisanal replyThree days, and you folded it along the coast. There's a crease through Harrow Point now, right where the ferry docks. Mira asked on Tuesday if you'd skipped town. I told her you owed me eleven coppers and would be back.

Our slop counter found no stock phrases in this one.

AI slop

Start here

Receipts or it didn't happen

Every complaint comes with the exact line that earned it and the day we caught it.

Feel free to argue with the receipt. It has never lost.

Tested by people. Counted by code.

A person sits through the chats so you don't have to.

Code counts every repeated line and forgotten birthday, so nobody gets to pick a score they like.

We grade our own pages too

Every page here goes through the same slop counter before it ships.

One em dash and the build refuses to go out. It has hurt our feelings more than once.

All rankings of AI story, chat and companion apps
All app reviews and Slop Reports
Guides

Guides

  1. Guide

    Is Janitor AI safe?

    Janitor AI is 18+ only, collects your chats, and verifies age in just three countries. What its policies say about privacy, proxies and moderation.

  2. Guide

    Is Character AI safe?

    Is Character AI safe? What Character.AI blocks, how its age checks and ID handling work, who can still chat, and what the bankruptcy means for your data.

  3. Guide

    How to export Character AI chats

    Character.AI's Export Data steps on web and app, how long the email takes, what users find in the file, and when it's safe to delete your account.

All guides to AI chat and story apps
The Slop Report

What we score

Every review scores each axis that applies from 0 to 100, lower is better. Each one answers a single question. Art only counts when an app has art.

Prose

Does it write like a person?

Best: Specific, varied writing. Stock phrases are rare, and people write or edit what you read.

Memory

Does it remember you?

Best: Remembers specific events across sessions, by design.

Characters

Does everyone sound the same?

Best: Distinct, consistent voices written or edited by people.

Story

Does anything happen?

Best: Authored plots with stakes, branches and endings.

Pricing

Does it charge you for caring?

Best: Free or one flat price, with no limit that interrupts a scene.

Art

Does the art look like a person made it?

Best: Hand-drawn or finished art, consistent across every image. No generator tells.

Fun Meter

Is it any fun?

0 to 10, higher is better. 9 and up: Can't put it down.

  1. Review

    Tolan review

    Tolan review: the iPhone alien companion that remembers your conversations. Trial, subscription, memory complaints, teen safety and Slop Score.

  2. Ranking

    The best Janitor AI alternatives, ranked

    Frontier, SillyTavern, Chub AI, Character.AI and more, ranked for people leaving Janitor AI, with prices, memory and content rules at this review.

  3. Review

    Chub AI review

    Chub AI review: uncensored community character cards, a $20 crypto-only subscription, lorebook memory you maintain yourself, and the Slop Score.

  4. Review

    CrushOn AI review

    CrushOn AI review: community-made adult chatbots, what reviewers report on privacy and age checks, memory sold by tier, app names and its Slop Score.

  5. Guide

    Is Janitor AI safe?

    Janitor AI is 18+ only, collects your chats, and verifies age in just three countries. What its policies say about privacy, proxies and moderation.

  6. Guide

    Is Character AI safe?

    Is Character AI safe? What Character.AI blocks, how its age checks and ID handling work, who can still chat, and what the bankruptcy means for your data.

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