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Janitor: Interactive Stories gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Janitor: Interactive Stories by JanitorAI is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Janitor: Interactive Stories update history & changes
Last change · 88 events since 24 Nov 2025Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 88 events
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: zeta, swerve, loveydovey, whispyiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: whispy, swerve, loveydovey, fantasy +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Janitor: Interactive Stories reached Top 10 for “emochi”iOS#6 in Russia search · popularity 82
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: zeta, pollybuzziOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Janitor: Interactive Stories updated to version 2.8.2Android• Copying a message keeps its formatting
• AI edits now use only the message you edited
• Messages from your main profile no longer appear in persona chats
• Fixes for profile editing, chat layout, tab headers and back navigation on creator pages
• Smoother chat streaming and keyboard sheet fixes… more - 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Books · FR
- 🚀Janitor: Interactive Stories: now shown next to FanFiction AI, Y/n, Hangjam: AI Stories +2 moreiOSthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: recite, recitation, fanfiction, webnovel +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Books · ID
- 📦Janitor: Interactive Stories updated to version 2.8.1AndroidBug fixes and stability improvements
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · DE · Top Free · Books & Reference · NL
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · SE
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: charakter, personnageiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 10iOSTop Free · Books · RU
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: description updatediOS· DE
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · DE
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: renamediOSJanitor: Interactive Stories → Janitor: Interaktive Storys · DE
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: app got biggeriOS111 MB → 126 MB (+14%)
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: description updatediOS· CN
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · CN
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: renamediOSJanitor: Interactive Stories → Janitor:互动故事 · CN
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: description updatediOS· CA, AU, AE
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · CA, AU, AE
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: description updatediOS· BR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · BR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: renamediOSJanitor: Interactive Stories → Janitor: Histórias interativas · BR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: fanfictioniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: description updatediOS· JP
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · JP
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: renamediOSJanitor: Interactive Stories → Janitor: インタラクティブストーリー · JP
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: description updatediOS· 6 countries
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · 6 countries
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: description updatediOS· RU
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · RU
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: renamediOSJanitor: Interactive Stories → Janitor: Интерактивные истории · RU
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: description updatediOS· KR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · KR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: renamediOSJanitor: Interactive Stories → Janitor: 인터랙티브 스토리 · KR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: description updatediOS· FR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · FR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: renamediOSJanitor: Interactive Stories → Janitor : Récits interactifs · FR
- 📦Janitor: Interactive Stories updated to version 2.8.0iOS• Chats, Mes chats, notifications et écrans de profil plus rapides et plus fluides
• Paramètres de notification regroupés en sections claires
• Corrections de bugs et amélioration de la stabilité - 📦Janitor: Interactive Stories updated to version 2.8.0Android• Faster, smoother chats, My Chats, notifications and profile screens
• Notification settings grouped into clear sections
• Bug fixes and stability improvements - ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: character, roleplai, roleplayiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Janitor: Interactive Stories reached Top 10 for “roleplay”iOS#10 in France search · popularity 60
- 🔎Janitor: Interactive Stories reached Top 10 for “roleplai”Android#10 in Japan search · popularity 57
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: characteriOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: roleplayiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: dramaiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: fictionsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: fictionsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · TR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: fictioniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · ID · Top Grossing · Books & Reference · IN · Top Grossing · Books & Reference · TH
- 💰Janitor: Interactive Stories: in-app price range changedAndroid$12.99 per item → $12.99 - $99.00 per item · US
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · 16 countries
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · TR
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories charting in a new countryAndroidTurkey
- 📦Janitor: Interactive Stories updated to version 2.7.0iOSFixes for the character image gallery, avatar taps in public chats and bulk delete. Stability improvements.
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · TW
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories charting in a new countryAndroidTaiwan
- 📦Janitor: Interactive Stories updated to version 2.7.0AndroidFixes for the character image gallery, avatar taps in public chats and bulk delete. Stability improvements.
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 100 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · MX · Top Free · Books & Reference · NL · Top Free · Books & Reference · SE · Top Free · Books & Reference · VN
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories charting in a new countryAndroidSweden
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 100 in 6 chartsAndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · ES · Top Grossing · Books & Reference · ES · Top Free · Books & Reference · MX · Top Grossing · Books & Reference · NL · +2 more
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories charting in a new country in 5 chartsAndroidSpain · Mexico · Netherlands · Thailand · +1 more
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · IT
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories: new screenshotsAndroid8 screenshots (was 5) · US
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: fanfics, fictioniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Janitor: Interactive Stories updated to version 2.6.0iOS• New home screen with search built in and the creators you follow
• Reworked settings: privacy and display, sign-in methods, active sessions, creator verification
• Daylight, a new light theme
• Option to hide the tab bar while scrolling
• Bug fixes and performance improvements… more - ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: romanceiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: companioniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Janitor: Interactive Stories updated to version 2.6.0Android• New home screen with search built in and the creators you follow
• Reworked settings: privacy and display, sign-in methods, active sessions, creator verification
• Daylight, a new light theme
• Option to hide the tab bar while scrolling
• Bug fixes and performance improvements… more - 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · KR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: fantasyiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Janitor: Interactive Stories entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · FR
- ✏️Janitor: Interactive Stories added hidden keywords: fictions, fiction, romanceiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🆕Janitor: Interactive Stories first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidFrance
- 🆕Janitor: Interactive Stories first spotted by AppInsideriOS#49 in Top Grossing · Books · United Kingdom
- 📦Janitor: Interactive Stories version 2.5.0iOSNo release notes
- 📦Janitor: Interactive Stories version 2.5.0Android• Scripts (lorebooks + advanced scripts)
• Web links open the right screen with its page state
• Notification taps now open the right chat
• Bug fixes and performance improvements - 🆕Janitor: Interactive Stories released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕Janitor: Interactive Stories released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Janitor: Interactive Stories at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-04. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Janitor is a free, 17+ interactive fiction platform that allows users to chat with AI characters and shape narratives in genres like romantasy, fanfiction, and LGBTQ+ stories. The app has achieved strong traction in the Books category across multiple markets, notably ranking #4 in Australia and Canada and #9 in the US for free downloads shortly after its November 2025 release.
Similar apps: Character.AI, Talkie: Fun AI Friends, Chai - Chat with AI
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Janitor: Interactive Stories’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 5 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v2.2.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Janitor: Interactive Stories downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 5k+ | 500k+ |
| Google Play | 10k+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Total | 10k+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Janitor: Interactive Stories's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Janitor: Interactive Stories makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Janitor+ Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | Janitor+ Monthly subscription | |
| 3 | Janitor+ Annual subscription | |
| 4 | Janitor+ Annual subscription |
Hidden keywords
Janitor: Interactive Stories shows up in App Store search (US) for 3 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #7 | 16 of 30 countries | #8 | #16 |
| Google Play | #8 | 23 of 23 countries | #32 | #20 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in
Russia ▲ +90% ·
United Kingdom ▲ +46% ·
India ▲ +45%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 299 | 71% | ▲ +17% | |
| 26 | 6% | ▼ -7% | |
| 16 | 4% | ▲ +46% | |
| 14 | 3% | ▲ +90% | |
| 11 | 3% | ▼ -20% | |
| 11 | 2% | ▲ +44% | |
| 9.8 | 2% | ▼ -5% | |
| 8.8 | 2% | ▼ -15% | |
| 8.5 | 2% | ▼ -43% | |
| 8 | 2% | ▲ +27% | |
| 6.8 | 2% | ▼ -19% | |
| 6.2 | 1% | ▲ +45% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.5 ★ | 5.9k |
| Google Play | 3.9 ★ | 24k 1.3k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.1 ★ weighted by ratings | 30k |
What users say about Janitor: Interactive Stories
From the 155 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong dissatisfaction with recent updates, citing severe performance issues like slow response times and frequent crashes. Many feel the app has become overly restrictive and difficult to navigate compared to previous versions or the web interface.
Mixed but leaning positive (68% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Updates: “About the new update (2.6.0)”
- Features & content: “The tool receives my approval”
- Fun: “There is no ads or anything just pure entertainment”
- Ads: “limitless, ad-less, personas, etc”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Money is more important than users for u”
- Crashes & bugs: “Photo send, glitch, letter limit”
- Features & content: “Also the new loading feature isn’t good”
- Updates: “The newest update is awful”
About Janitor: Interactive Stories
Built for our diverse community – people who love romantasy, fanfiction, and interactive stories. Whether you're into arranged marriages with brooding bodyguards, enemies-to-lovers slow burns, or epic fantasy adventures, Janitor gives you the tools to create worlds and live inside them.
THE JANITORVERSE Readers and writers building interactive fiction together. Romance writers crafting slow burns. Fantasy creators building entire universes. LGBTQ+ stories, fanfiction, original worlds – whatever you're into, it's here.
Pick a genre. Find content. Tap chat and see where it goes.
We'd love your feedback.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Janitor: Interactive Stories App Store
Janitor: Interactive Stories gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Janitor: Interactive Stories is #8 in Books Free in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Janitor: Interactive Stories at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-04. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Janitor is a free, 17+ interactive fiction platform that allows users to chat with AI characters and shape narratives in genres like romantasy, fanfiction, and LGBTQ+ stories. The app has achieved strong traction in the Books category across multiple markets, notably ranking #4 in Australia and Canada and #9 in the US for free downloads shortly after its November 2025 release.
Similar apps: Character.AI, Talkie: Fun AI Friends, Chai - Chat with AI
Janitor: Interactive Stories on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Janitor: Interactive Stories’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 5 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Janitor: Interactive Stories downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Janitor: Interactive Stories's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Janitor: Interactive Stories before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Janitor: Interactive Stories makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Janitor+ Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | Janitor+ Monthly subscription | |
| 3 | Janitor+ Annual subscription | |
| 4 | Janitor+ Annual subscription |
Hidden keywords
Janitor: Interactive Stories shows up in App Store search (US) for 3 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| BooksFree | #8 | |
| BooksGrossing | #16 | |
| BooksGrossingBooksFree | #10 | |
| BooksFree | #11 | |
| BooksFree | #7 | |
| BooksFree | #10 | |
| BooksGrossing | #8 | |
| BooksFree | #9 | |
| BooksFree | #12 | |
| BooksGrossing | #49 | |
| BooksGrossing | #31 | |
| BooksFree | #16 | |
| BooksGrossing | #21 | |
| BooksGrossing | #27 | |
| BooksFree | #15 | |
| BooksGrossing | #84 | |
| BooksGrossing | #21 | |
| BooksGrossing | #30 | |
| BooksFree | #26 | |
| BooksFree | #15 | |
| BooksFree | #10 | |
| BooksFree | #91 | |
| BooksGrossing | #49 | |
| BooksGrossing | #34 | |
| BooksFree | #18 | |
| BooksGrossing | #21 | |
| BooksFree | #134 | |
| BooksFree | #67 | |
| BooksGrossing | #29 | |
| BooksGrossing | #62 | |
| BooksGrossing | #44 |
Apps near Janitor: Interactive Stories on the chart
Books Free, around #8.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in
Russia ▲ +90% ·
United Kingdom ▲ +46% ·
India ▲ +45%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 299 | 71% | ▲ +17% | |
| 26 | 6% | ▼ -7% | |
| 16 | 4% | ▲ +46% | |
| 14 | 3% | ▲ +90% | |
| 11 | 3% | ▼ -20% | |
| 11 | 2% | ▲ +44% | |
| 9.8 | 2% | ▼ -5% | |
| 8.8 | 2% | ▼ -15% | |
| 8.5 | 2% | ▼ -43% | |
| 8 | 2% | ▲ +27% | |
| 6.8 | 2% | ▼ -19% | |
| 6.2 | 1% | ▲ +45% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Janitor: Interactive Stories
From the 155 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong dissatisfaction with recent updates, citing severe performance issues like slow response times and frequent crashes. Many feel the app has become overly restrictive and difficult to navigate compared to previous versions or the web interface.
Mixed but leaning positive (68% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Updates: “About the new update (2.6.0)”
- Features & content: “The tool receives my approval”
- Fun: “There is no ads or anything just pure entertainment”
- Ads: “limitless, ad-less, personas, etc”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Money is more important than users for u”
- Crashes & bugs: “Photo send, glitch, letter limit”
- Features & content: “Also the new loading feature isn’t good”
- Updates: “The newest update is awful”
About Janitor: Interactive Stories
Built for our diverse community – people who love romantasy, fanfiction, and interactive stories. Whether you're into arranged marriages with brooding bodyguards, enemies-to-lovers slow burns, or epic fantasy adventures, Janitor gives you the tools to create worlds and live inside them.
THE JANITORVERSE Readers and writers building interactive fiction together. Romance writers crafting slow burns. Fantasy creators building entire universes. LGBTQ+ stories, fanfiction, original worlds – whatever you're into, it's here.
Pick a genre. Find content. Tap chat and see where it goes.
We'd love your feedback.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Latest updates
Store changes
What Janitor: Interactive Stories changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Janitor: Interactive Stories Android
Janitor: Interactive Stories gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Janitor: Interactive Stories is #20 in Books & Reference Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 23 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Janitor: Interactive Stories on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v2.2.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Janitor: Interactive Stories downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Janitor: Interactive Stories's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Janitor: Interactive Stories before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Janitor: Interactive Stories makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Janitor+ Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | Janitor+ Monthly subscription | |
| 3 | Janitor+ Annual subscription | |
| 4 | Janitor+ Annual subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
Apps near Janitor: Interactive Stories on the chart
Books & Reference Grossing, around #20.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Janitor: Interactive Stories
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users are highly critical of recent updates that introduced severe UI bugs, such as the keyboard obscuring text input and frequent app crashes. While some praise the free model's lack of ads and creative potential, many report degraded AI performance, inconsistent moderation, and login issues.
Mixed but leaning positive (60% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and few ads. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Updates: “and new updates are sooo good”
- Ads: “Ads are present but not intrusive”
- Price & subscription: “I am a paid subscriber, but the app is fully free”
- Features & content: “many options, much better than other companion AI's”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “My app keeps crashing when I make a bot”
- Updates: “Based on update Oct 31/26”
- Speed & performance: “the app is much much slower than just using the website”
- Login & account: “my account kicks me out randomly?”
About Janitor: Interactive Stories
Built for our diverse community – people who love romantasy, fanfiction, and interactive stories. Whether you're into arranged marriages with brooding bodyguards, enemies-to-lovers slow burns, or epic fantasy adventures, Janitor gives you the tools to create worlds and live inside them.
THE JANITORVERSE Millions of readers and writers building interactive fiction together. Romance writers crafting slow burns. Fantasy creators building entire universes. LGBTQ+ stories, fanfiction, original worlds – whatever you're into, it's here.
Pick a genre. Find content. Tap chat and see where it goes.
This is a beta release so expect some bugs as we continue to improve. We'd love your feedback.
What's new in 2.8.2
• AI edits now use only the message you edited
• Messages from your main profile no longer appear in persona chats
• Fixes for profile editing, chat layout, tab headers and back navigation on creator pages
• Smoother chat streaming and keyboard sheet fixes
Store changes
What Janitor: Interactive Stories changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Similar apps
Apps people compare with Janitor: Interactive Stories: the same core purpose or gameplay, checked one by one.