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Eight unfiltered AI chat platforms, tested and ranked. What 'no filter' actually means on each, what they really cost, and the privacy trade-offs the landing pages skip.

Two visual AI girlfriend apps. Two token systems. Two very different bills at the end of the month. We tested both paid and tracked image consistency, chat depth and real cost.

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