The RolePlaya Blog
Comparisons, guides, build notes and what we have learned running an independent AI roleplay platform.
Import Your AI Chats
Leaving Character.AI, Janitor AI, PolyBuzz or SpicyChat? Export your chats and import them into RolePlaya, the alternative that keeps your story going. Free, 18+, step by step for every site.
Read articleCharacter AI Chats and the Sale
40 attorneys general want limits on who can buy Character.AI users' chats. What the bankruptcy sale means for your conversations, and how to download and delete them before the auction.
ReadBest AI Roleplay Sites
The best AI roleplay sites for NSFW roleplay, worldbuilding and AI partners in 2026, judged on all three at once: RolePlaya, Kindroid, Nomi, DreamGen, SpicyChat, Janitor AI, SillyTavern, Candy AI and Kissable.
ReadAI Roleplay With Voice
What voice adds to AI roleplay, what to look for in a platform, and how character voices, voicemails and Pillow Talk work on RolePlaya.
ReadCharacter AI Bankruptcy
Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 on 12 October 2026. It is still running while a court sale decides its future. What happens to your characters and chats, and what to do now.
ReadCalling All Creators
Anime, fantasy, romance, horror, sci-fi or your favourite fan character. Create any AI roleplay character you want on RolePlaya, as long as the image is an original.
ReadChub AI Alternative
The best card library anywhere, wrapped in models, keys and multi-month billing. How to keep your Chub cards and lose the setup.
ReadCrushOn AI Alternative
Credits on every plan, adverts on the free tier and chats that expire. What CrushOn AI actually gives you, and where RolePlaya is different.
ReadSpicyChat Alternative
Adverts, a queue and memory that lasts about twenty messages. What the SpicyChat free tier and plans actually give you, and where RolePlaya is different.
ReadHalloween AI Roleplay Ideas
Twenty four Halloween roleplay scenarios across eight kinds of horror, plus how to write dread the AI will not soften into something cosy.
ReadWhat Is RolePlaya
RolePlaya is an adults-only AI roleplay platform. What it does, what it costs, who runs it and how it compares, in plain facts.
ReadAI Age Verification and Your Face
Face scans, ID uploads and what actually happens to the data. Who sees it, how long it is kept, and what regulators have already found wanting.
ReadCharacter AI Free Tier
Ads in February, metering in March, styles removed in May, then a partial reversal in September. What the free tier actually gives you now.
ReadCharacter AI vs Janitor AI
Two platforms, opposite philosophies. One runs its own model and filters hard, the other hands you the plumbing and gets out of the way. Which suits you.
ReadWhy AI Roleplay Gets Repetitive
The same phrases, the same sentence shapes, the same beats. It is rarely the model being stupid. Here is what causes it and what actually breaks the loop.
ReadAI Roleplay Age Verification
Age checks appeared across AI chat platforms this year. Here is what changed in the law, what it means for you, and what these checks actually collect.
ReadAI Roleplay Site Reviews
Reviews of seven AI roleplay platforms by the former number one PolyBuzz creator. What each one actually costs, what actually breaks, and who each one suits. No ratings, no affiliate links.
ReadIs AI Roleplay Private
What shows on your bank statement, who can read your chats, what gets stored and what deletion actually removes. Answered plainly rather than reassuringly.
ReadFirst RolePlaya Wedding
Cyre and Kai met on RolePlaya. Last week they got married. Announcing that, and the theme challenge that follows it.
ReadWhy AI Characters Forget
Models have no memory at all. Everything that looks like remembering is a trick, and knowing which trick your platform uses tells you exactly why it fails.
ReadJanitor AI Not Working
Work out which part of the chain broke before you start changing settings. A sixty second test that tells you whether it is Janitor, your provider, or one wrong field.
ReadHow to Write a Character Card
Card quality decides whether a character holds up, not model quality. What each field actually does, and the mistakes that flatten a character by turn twenty.
ReadHow to Export Your AI Characters
Which platforms let you take your characters with you, how to get the file out, and exactly which fields survive the move.
ReadJanitor AI Proxy Error 429
Four different limits share one error code. How to tell in under a minute which one you hit, and what actually clears it.
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Why I Quit Using PolyBuzz and Built RolePlaya
Captain was PolyBuzz's top creator with 1,000 characters and 588 million messages. Then they started vanishing with no explanation. The full story with screenshots.
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Ai Roleplay Sites Shut Down
Figgs AI, Xoul AI and what actually killed them, plus Character.AI in bankruptcy and PolyBuzz off the iOS App Store. Updated status for every major platform, October 2026.
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Character Ai vs Polybuzz
Filters, adverts, memory and money. A comparison neither platform will ever write about the other.
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Janitor Ai Alternative
The API key tax, the ID verification requirement, and what you trade away by letting someone else run the model.
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Polybuzz Alternative
The ad breaks, the coin economy and the model gap nobody mentions. What PolyBuzz costs you beyond the subscription price.
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Character AI Alternative
Why Character.AI lost eight million users, what the alternatives actually offer, and an honest account of where each one wins.
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