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Daniel Kraus

Daniel Kraus is the reviews editor of NSFW Guides. He has been using AI companion, chat and roleplay apps since 2023, and has used and compared more than 15 of them on free and paid plans.

Daniel works as an AI engineer, building and evaluating applications that use large language models. That background shapes how he reviews: less about what a feature list promises, more about what you actually get, how the underlying models behave, and what it costs.

Daniel writes and updates the reviews, buying guides and comparisons on this site. You can reach him at editorial@nsfwguides.com.

Articles by Daniel Kraus

Promptchan Chat vs Story: preserve your scene before switching

Choose Promptchan Chat or Story with an original scene exercise and a recap worksheet. Understand the history warning before changing modes.

Xotic message actions: regenerate, correct or delete a reply

Choose an Xotic message action with a reply-repair decision table, a bounded retry exercise and a checklist for preserving useful context.

Secrets AI group chats: plan the cast, knowledge and next speaker

Plan a Secrets AI group chat with a cast worksheet, clear shared facts and a turn-taking exercise. Check fixed membership before creating a group.

OurDream Community Packs: character access, coins and subscription rules

Understand OurDream Community Packs with a purchase checklist, subscription-access rules and an illustrative coin-budget worksheet.

Lovescape Clear Chat vs Delete Character: what to preserve first

Compare Lovescape Clear Chat, Delete Character and profile editing. Preserve useful notes and separate chat history, memory and billing.

OurDream generation errors: failed jobs, Dreamcoins and safe retries

Troubleshoot OurDream generation errors with a refund ledger, a controlled retry workflow and a checklist for useful support requests.

Secrets AI character visibility: private, shared and public versions

Plan a Secrets AI character release with an audience checklist, draft-versus-public worksheet and current official sharing limitations.

Xotic chat settings: adjust reply length, style and pacing

Adjust Xotic chat settings with a fictional scene, a one-change workflow and a log that separates presentation issues from memory errors.

JOI Neurons and allowances: monthly refreshes, carryover and image budgets

A resource ledger for JOI image projects, with separate payment dates, monthly refreshes and media-storage deadlines.

Swipey Hearts budget: rewards, wallet balance and Fan Club costs

A practical ledger for Swipey subscriptions, extra memberships, credited rewards and Hearts spending.

Dreamz Gems budget: monthly allowances, packs and project costs

An original funding calendar and project-cost worksheet that separates subscription payments, monthly Gems and optional purchases.

How to cancel DreamBF: renewal, account fees and deletion

A four-part closure checklist based on the published policies, with a clear separation between stopping renewal and closing an account.

Promptchan private generation: visibility, downloads and account deletion

An original visibility checklist for images, prompts and downloaded copies, with clear limits to the public privacy claims.

Xotic XOT budget: pace your balance across chats and media

An original balance ledger and session-ceiling worksheet for Xotic allowances, with dated official sources and clear billing units.

Secrets AI Time Travel: rewind, edit or keep a separate story

An original checkpoint worksheet and decision table for destructive rewinds, alternate chats and out-of-character direction.

How to cancel Lovescape and confirm renewal has stopped

A documentation-based cancellation guide with an original confirmation worksheet and support request template.

Lovescape Chips budget: plan drafts, retries and finished results

A practical Chips budget with a protected finish allowance, retry stop rule and a session log for reconciling Lovescape Token History.

Secrets AI memory settings: corrections and separate storylines

A practical memory correction protocol with a continuity map, change log and checks for information crossing between fictional storylines.

Candy AI alternatives: choose by chat, controls and cost

Find a Candy AI alternative for the change you actually need, with documented differences, a cost worksheet and a practical switching checklist.

AI video credits calculator: budget retries and usable clip length

Estimate AI video attempts, credits, usable seconds and whole-pack spending with an editable calculator and clearly hypothetical examples.

AI image credits calculator: estimate the cost of usable portraits

Calculate image attempts, credits and pack costs from your own acceptance-rate assumptions, with an original portrait-planning worksheet.

How to summarize a long AI roleplay chat: a practical recap template

Use an original roleplay recap template to preserve current facts, unresolved choices and character knowledge without copying the whole conversation.

AI character dialogue style: make voices distinct with original examples

Build a practical voice sheet for AI roleplay with original dialogue examples, a revision exercise and checks for consistent but flexible character speech.

Promptchan AI vs OurDream AI: image generation and edits

Compare Promptchan and OurDream image creation and revision workflows. Use a portrait brief, editing ladder and cost-per-accepted-image worksheet.