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The top 10 AI apps you're ignoring.
Everyone's watching ChatGPT and Claude. Meanwhile, a whole layer of AI apps is quietly burning through billions of tokens a month — character chat, interactive stories, alt-history sandboxes, Roblox tooling. Ranked on real usage data, not hype. Here's the list, the numbers, and the coding agents eating the leaderboard.
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Real usage data, not hype.
The leaderboard snapshot
| Timeframe | #1 App | Total top 20 volume |
|---|---|---|
| Today | Kilo Code (112B tokens) | ~330B tokens |
| This week | Kilo Code (782B tokens) | ~2.8T tokens |
| This month | Kilo Code (2.07T tokens) | ~9.5T tokens |
The list
Janitor AI — janitorai.com
What it is: character chat platform with anime-style AI companions. Users create, share and interact with custom characters. The data: 1.28 trillion tokens this month; #3 on today's leaderboard; a massive user-generated character library. Why it's blowing up: community-driven creation. Users don't just chat — they build characters others can use. Covers every fandom imaginable.SillyTavern — sillytavern.app
What it is: open-source LLM frontend for power users. Connects to multiple AI backends (GPT, Claude, local models). The data: 237B tokens this month; #10 in daily rankings. Why it's blowing up: maximum customization. Adjust prompts, response styles, and run it offline. The "jailbroken" experience for people who want zero restrictions.ISEKAI ZERO — isekai.world
What it is: interactive AI adventures where you travel with your favourite characters. Anime-focused narrative experiences. The data: 230B tokens this month; 23.5B tokens today (#5 daily). Why it's blowing up: you don't read the story — you're in the story. Isekai (transported to another world) is a massive anime genre.HammerAI — hammerai.com
What it is: free AI character chat. No paywalls, no premium tiers. The data: 228B tokens this month; #11 daily. Why it's blowing up: zero barrier to entry. While competitors charge, HammerAI gives it away.Chub AI — chub.ai
What it is: "GenAI for everyone" — a character platform with a massive library of user-created personas. The data: 138B tokens this month; #13 weekly. Why it's blowing up: hosts one of the largest character-card repositories. If a character exists, someone's probably made it here.Pax Historia — paxhistoria.co
What it is: alternate-history sandbox game. "What if the Roman Empire never fell?" "What if the South won?" The data: 118B tokens this month; 4.53B tokens daily. Why it's blowing up: a unique niche — history nerds + AI + gaming. Educational potential is massive.OpenCharacter — opencharacter.org
What it is: open-source recreation of the original Character.AI experience before they added restrictions. The data: 84.2B tokens this month; 25.1B tokens this week. Why it's blowing up: when Character.AI added filters, users migrated. This is the "old school" experience, community-maintained.Sophia's LoreBary — lorebary.com
What it is: organization tools for roleplay creators. Manage characters, worlds and storylines. The data: 123B tokens this month; a consistent top-15 performer. Why it's blowing up: infrastructure for creators. As roleplay AI grows, so does the need for tools to manage complex narratives.Lemonade — lemonade.gg
What it is: AI tool specifically built for Roblox game development. The data: 277B tokens this month; 12B tokens daily (#7). Why it's blowing up: Roblox has 70M+ daily active users, mostly young. This is AI meeting the next generation where they already are.VidMuse — vidmuse.ai
What it is: generate music videos, shorts and visual content from audio. The data: 21.1B tokens this week; a consistent top-20 performer. Why it's blowing up: a creator-economy tool. Turn any song into visual content without video-editing skills.Quick reference table
| App | Category | Monthly tokens | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janitor AI | Character Chat | 1.28T | janitorai.com |
| SillyTavern | LLM Frontend | 237B | sillytavern.app |
| ISEKAI ZERO | Interactive Stories | 230B | isekai.world |
| HammerAI | Free Character Chat | 228B | hammerai.com |
| Chub AI | Character Library | 138B | chub.ai |
| Pax Historia | Alt-History Game | 118B | paxhistoria.co |
| OpenCharacter | Open-Source Chat | 84.2B | opencharacter.org |
| Sophia's LoreBary | RP Tools | 123B | lorebary.com |
| Lemonade | Roblox AI | 277B | lemonade.gg |
| VidMuse | Music Video Gen | 21.1B | vidmuse.ai |
Honorable mentions (coding tools dominating)
These aren't "hidden" but they're eating the leaderboard:
| App | What it does | Monthly volume |
|---|---|---|
| Kilo Code | VS Code AI agent | 2.07T |
| Cline | Autonomous IDE coding | 613B |
| Roo Code | AI dev team in editor | 829B |
| Claude Code | Anthropic's coder | 463B |
| OpenHands | AI agent + browser + APIs | 84.9B |
The breakdown by category
Character/roleplay AI: 6 apps in the top 20 — Janitor AI, SillyTavern, ISEKAI ZERO, HammerAI, Chub AI, OpenCharacter.
Coding agents: 6 apps in the top 20 — Kilo Code, BLACKBOXAI, Cline, Claude Code, Roo Code, OpenHands.
Infrastructure/dev tools: 3 apps — liteLLM, New API, Agent Zero.
Gaming: 2 apps — Lemonade (Roblox), Pax Historia.
Creative tools: 2 apps — VidMuse, Sophia's LoreBary.
Other: 1 app — Theus Platform (commercial real estate).
Original guide by Artem Novitckii. More from him on Instagram, in the Skool community, and across his resource library.