Promptchan vs. Soulgen 2026: Anime vs Multimodal
Promptchan vs Soulgen compared on 8 dimensions. Promptchan 6.7/10 wins anime + pricing. Soulgen 6.5/10 wins longer video. Honest pick by intent.
By Alexandra Joly · Senior Editor · Tested May 17, 2026 · Compared on our 8-category AI scoring · $0 editorial spend · See our editorial process and errata log
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Promptchan vs Soulgen: which is better?
Promptchan is the better pick for most image-gen readers (6.7/10 vs 6.5/10 across our 8 categories). It wins on anime prompt adherence, transparent pricing, and gems that roll over after you cancel. Soulgen wins on video: four input paths up to 20 seconds against Promptchan's 5-10. The gap is 0.2 points, so it routes by intent. Pick Promptchan for anime-first uncensored image gen with prices you can read up front. Pick Soulgen for breadth across three character builders plus longer video.
Look, I'll be straight about how this one came together, because Promptchan vs Soulgen is a comparison most sites get lazy with. These two aren't really fighting over the same evening. Promptchan is the one I open when I want a clean anime render, fast, no fuss, whether I'm building a girl or a guy. Soulgen is the one I'd open if I wanted to mess around with a stylized real-person look and a short video on the same login. Different jobs. Different bills.
And here's the part nobody else admits: Soulgen pays us nothing. Promptchan does, through an affiliate code. So if I were rigging this, Promptchan would win every row and Soulgen would be the punching bag. It doesn't shake out that way. The Promptchan number (6.7) got locked in our standalone Promptchan review before I ever lined the two up, and I just carry it over here. Soulgen gets scored fresh, on the same 8 categories, and it'd read 6.5 whether or not they ever cut us a check. Most "X vs Y" pages on Google quietly hand the win to whoever pays better. This one can't, by design.
Why we score Soulgen when we earn nothing from it
Soulgen has no affiliate relationship with us, so the "Visit Soulgen" link goes straight to soulgen.ai with no tracking on it. We still score it on the full 8 categories because readers comparing the two deserve a real number on both sides. The 6.5/10 we set here is the canonical Soulgen score across the site until a fresh retest, and it stands independent of whether Soulgen ever starts paying.
The reason this matters: a comparison where one brand has no score is half a comparison. Soulgen doesn't have its own review on the site, mostly because we don't earn from it and writing a full standalone teardown of a tool we can't recommend through a button is time we'd rather spend on the apps readers can actually buy through us [Source: Soulgen.ai, official Terms of Service (Hong Kong governing law) · verified 2026-05-17]. So this page does the scoring once, properly, and any other page on the site that needs a Soulgen number pulls it from here rather than inventing a new one. If Soulgen ever joined our affiliate roster, we'd give it a proper review then, and the categories would carry over unchanged. The number isn't for sale.
What are Promptchan and Soulgen, exactly?
Promptchan is an uncensored image generator run by AI Research Group Limited (named on the App Store), launched on iOS in November 2023, marketed as an "AI girlfriend" but built around anime and realistic image output. Soulgen is a broader tool run out of Hong Kong (per its Terms), with three character builders, four video paths, and a chat surface. Neither names a data officer the way the category's privacy leaders do.
These two compete on image generation, but they're shaped completely differently, and that shape decides most of the call.
Promptchan is run by AI Research Group Limited, named in the App Store seller field and the copyright line (© 2026 AI Research Group Ltd.) [Source: Apple App Store, Promptchan: AI Girlfriend (id 6469985698), seller AI Research Group Limited · verified 2026-05-17]. We haven't verified the registry country directly; the naming convention points to Hong Kong, the UK, or Cyprus, but we won't pretend to know which. The iOS app launched November 20, 2023. The Android app got pulled from Google Play on May 1, 2024 for breaking the store's uncensored rules. The site lives at promptchan.com (the .ai address doesn't resolve, despite all the "Promptchan AI" branding). It surfaces about 10 pages, English only, and the product slugs (/girl-generator, /anime, /ai-porn, /nsfw-ai) give the game away: this is an uncensored image generator that markets itself as an AI girlfriend. The gem economy built around image cost, the video unlock parked behind Pro, the 20-million-plus public gallery, all of it says image gen is the real product. The "girlfriend" framing is the storefront.
Soulgen runs out of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, named in its Terms ("This TOS shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)") [Source: Soulgen.ai, official Terms of Service (Hong Kong governing law clause) · verified 2026-05-17]. It doesn't name the actual company behind it. Both the Terms and the Privacy Policy say "us" and "we" and leave it there; the homepage copyright reads "2026© Copyright Soulgen. All Rights Reserved." and stops. What the homepage does show is range: three character builders (real, stylized, anime), edit-and-extend tools, four video paths (image-to-video, video extend, reference-to-video, and text-to-video with motion, sound, and talking characters up to 20 seconds), and a Soul Chat surface metered at 0.2-10 credits a message from text up to voice [Source: Soulgen.ai homepage, product feature inventory (real, stylized, anime builders, video paths) · verified 2026-05-17].
So one goes deep (image first, anime and realistic styles, a gem cost built around the image), the other goes wide (three builders, four video paths, a chat surface, credits priced per action instead of per quality tier). Both publish on their own terms, and neither reaches the privacy posture of the category's leaders, who name a data protection officer, a UK representative, and a dozen separate policy pages.
How do Promptchan and Soulgen actually differ?
Five things carry the decision: image gen (Promptchan 9.5 vs Soulgen 8.0), pricing (8.0 vs 7.0), uncensored unlock, privacy (5.0 vs 6.0), and video (7.5 vs 8.0). Promptchan wins on anime depth, open pricing, and an explicit uncensored path. Soulgen wins on builder breadth, longer video, and disclosed jurisdiction. The verdict: pick Promptchan unless multimodal breadth or longer video is the thing you can't do without.
They're not competing for the same Saturday. Promptchan is the better anime engine; Soulgen is the broader sandbox. Five axes below are where the call gets made; the rest just confirms it.
Which is better for anime, Promptchan or Soulgen?
Image gen is the one axis where Promptchan genuinely runs ahead, and it's the reason a 6.7 page even holds together given how thin some of its other scores are. One independent test scored its anime prompt adherence at 9.6/10, and reviewer after reviewer points at the V4 Real-to-Anime engine and Face-Sync V4 (roughly 90% facial similarity across outputs and poses) as the reason [Source: Promptchan, public homepage feature surface (V4 Real-to-Anime engine plus Face-Sync V4) · verified 2026-05-17]. Under the hood it's running Flux.1, Stable Diffusion 3, and Pony with its own fine-tunes and a custom interface, not a homegrown foundation model. Ceiling is 4K on Premium, 2-3 minutes to render video, up to four images at once on Pro. We scored its image gen 9.5/10, carried straight over from the standalone review.
Soulgen goes wide instead of deep. Three character builders live on one surface: real-person, a stylized "DreamTwin" look, and anime. The edit suite (Smart Edit, Classic Edit, Extend) handles inpainting, outpainting, and extension, which is more than Promptchan offers without paying up to Premium. The trade: Soulgen's homepage doesn't name its engines, publish adherence benchmarks, or make the kind of consistency claims Promptchan does, and we haven't run our own image suite on it. So we scored it 8.0/10 on image gen, with that anime-specific number flagged as something we haven't tested directly.
The 9.5-vs-8.0 spread is depth against breadth, plain and simple. If anime is your thing, Promptchan is the pick. If you want to bounce between real, stylized, and anime on one login, Soulgen is the better fit.
Which is cheaper, Promptchan or Soulgen?
Hard to say on Soulgen, easy on Promptchan. Promptchan lists every tier on the App Store: Free / Plus $11.99 / Premium $18.99 / Pro $26.99 a month, and unused gems roll over even after you cancel. Soulgen hides its tier prices behind a "70% off first purchase" promo and only documents per-action credit costs. For a price you can read before you pay, Promptchan wins (8.0 vs 7.0).
Promptchan puts its prices where you can see them, because they run through the App Store, which is about as public as app pricing gets. Free tier is 30-50 daily gems on watermarked Casual output. Plus is $11.99/month (watermark gone, basic editing, all sizes). Premium is $18.99/month (4K, 3x faster, advanced editing, hyper-anime and K-pop styles, 60-plus poses). Pro is $26.99/month (5-10-second video, upscaling, AI Companion Loop, four-at-a-time, API access). Top-up packs run 50 gems at $4.99 up to 900 at $29.99, with enterprise packs at $259.99. Per image: Casual costs 1 gem, Extreme 2, Max 3. A video clip runs up to 100. And the part that actually saves you money: gems you don't burn carry over month to month, and they survive a cancellation [Source: Wayback Machine, promptchan.com pricing page archive (April 2026 snapshot) · verified 2026-05-17].
Soulgen makes you work for the number. The homepage waves "up to 70% off for first purchase" at you instead of showing tiers, and the pricing link buries the real figures a click deeper. What it does document is the Pro allowance (100 credits a month, or 1,200 for the year) and the per-action costs: video runs 10-26 credits per 5 seconds depending on model and resolution, a character image is 1-2 credits, a Smart Edit is 3-8, and Soul Chat is 0.2-10 a message from text up to voice. The free-tier limits aren't on the page we looked at. A free tier almost certainly exists, but we won't quote a credit allowance or watermark policy we couldn't actually find.
The 8.0-vs-7.0 spread is about whether you can see the price before you commit. Promptchan can be read at a glance; Soulgen's per-action credits are great for budgeting once you're in, but you have to get in first. Want a subscription cost you can compare up front? Promptchan. Want to meter spend by exactly what you generate, and you don't mind a click-through to find tier prices? Soulgen's worth a look, but check that pricing page before you hand over a card.
Is Soulgen uncensored, and is Promptchan?
Promptchan ships uncensored image gen openly: explicit product pages, plus a gem ladder (Casual 1 gem, Extreme 2, Max 3) that meters how far you push it, with hard legal red lines documented (the standard age and consent prohibitions every legitimate operator enforces). Soulgen is murkier. Its Terms ban "obscene, pornographic, indecent" content, and the homepage never shows an unlock equivalent to Promptchan's tiers. For uncensored output as a clear, named feature, Promptchan is the transparent pick.
Promptchan doesn't hide what it is. The product pages say it (/ai-porn, /nsfw-ai, /anime), the help articles say it, and the gem ladder is literally built to meter how explicit you go: Casual is 1 gem, Extreme is 2, Max is 3. The legal red lines are spelled out too, the standard age-and-consent prohibitions, both flatly enforced. You know exactly what you're buying and where the wall is.
Soulgen keeps you guessing. Its Terms ban content that's "obscene, pornographic, indecent, or harassing" right alongside the standard age-protection clauses [Source: Soulgen.ai, Terms of Service prohibited-content clauses · verified 2026-05-17]. The homepage sells you the three character builders, the edit tools, the video paths, and never shows an unlock that matches Promptchan's Extreme or Max tiers. Reviewers around the web mention a "Soulgen S" adult mode, but the homepage doesn't surface it, and that prohibited-content clause would seem to fight against full uncensored output as an advertised feature. The Privacy Policy talks about character creation and "Creations" without ever naming uncensored generation either way.
So one tells you plainly and prices the depth; the other ships character creation wrapped in restrictive Terms and leaves the uncensored path off the public page. Want uncensored image gen as a feature you can actually see and pay for? Promptchan. Want the character-builder breadth and you're willing to test the real behavior before committing? Soulgen, but go in expecting to find out for yourself where the line sits.
Which is safer in , Promptchan or Soulgen?
Soulgen, marginally, on paper (6.0 vs 5.0). Soulgen names Hong Kong law, spells out GDPR rights for EU residents, and deletes unposted images after 7 days, but never names the company behind it. Promptchan names its operator (AI Research Group Limited) but never surfaces a public Terms or Privacy page, and Trustpilot threads flag charges after cancellation. Both are thinner than the privacy leaders in this space.
Promptchan's privacy paperwork is thin. The /terms and /privacy paths both 404'd when we checked. No GDPR statement, no CCPA, no record-keeping stance, no named data officer, no UK representative, no retention window we could find. Age check is a single "I'm 18+" tap at signup. The hard legal red lines (the standard age-and-consent prohibitions, plus no real-person deepfakes) are documented, but the rest of the policy on the uglier categories isn't public. On a bank statement it shows up as PROMPTCHAN, which is recognizable, not discreet. And the Trustpilot threads aren't kind: charges that kept running after people cancelled, refunds refused, crypto payments where the account never switched on. We scored its privacy 5.0/10, straight from the standalone review.
Soulgen handles this differently. The Terms name Hong Kong law outright. The Privacy Policy actually enumerates GDPR rights: "If you are a resident of the European Union, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country. You may have certain additional rights with respect to your personal information under the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)" [Source: Soulgen.ai, Privacy Policy (GDPR rights for EU residents, 7-day Creation retention) · verified 2026-05-17]. And the deletion window is spelled out: "The 'Creations' that you did not posted to the APP community will be stored in our server for only 7 days, once exceed 7 days, it will be automatically deleted by us." Posted content and account data stay until you delete them yourself. It references the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, doesn't mention CCPA, and lists a DMCA contact that came through as a redacted email in our check. The one thing it won't tell you is who runs it, "us" and "we" all the way down. We scored its privacy 6.0/10: a point ahead for the jurisdiction, the GDPR rights, and the retention window, no further because the company stays anonymous.
So it's a coin flip with the sides labelled differently. Promptchan tells you the company but hides the policies; Soulgen publishes the policies but hides the company. Want a named operator you could chase down? Promptchan. Want a named jurisdiction, written GDPR rights, and a stated deletion window? Soulgen. Neither one is in the league of the privacy leaders that name a data officer and ship a dozen separate policy pages.
Does Soulgen do video that Promptchan can't?
Mostly yes. Soulgen ships four video paths (image-to-video, extend, reference-to-video, text-to-video) up to 20 seconds with sound and talking characters, scored 8.0/10. Promptchan caps video at 5-10-second HD clips, Pro tier only, scored 7.5/10. If video length and input variety matter, Soulgen wins. If video is a bonus on top of a deeper image tool, Promptchan's the better home.
Promptchan treats video as a Pro-tier add-on ($26.99/month), 5-10-second HD clips, 2-3 minutes to render, up to 100 gems a clip. It holds its own against tools in the same price band, but the clip length is short next to Soulgen's. We scored its video 7.5/10, carried over from the review.
Soulgen makes video a headline. Four paths: turn a still into motion, extend a clip you already have, stylize from a reference, or generate straight from a prompt. The homepage pitches it as an "All-in-one AI video generator with motion, sound, and talking characters" up to 20 seconds, at 10-26 credits per 5 seconds depending on model and resolution. We scored it 8.0/10 for the breadth, the longer ceiling, and the built-in sound, with the actual output quality flagged as something we haven't put through our own paces yet.
The 7.5-vs-8.0 spread comes down to length plus input variety. Soulgen has four paths, 20 seconds, and audio baked in; Promptchan has it gated to Pro but anchored to a 4K image engine and a gem economy that lets you spread spend across image and video together. Want longer clips and more ways to feed the generator? Soulgen. Want video as a side feature inside a stronger image tool? Promptchan.
Side-by-side: which category wins for which tool?
Promptchan wins 4 of 8 categories: Pricing (8.0 vs 7.0), Customization (8.5 vs 7.5), Image Generation (9.5 vs 8.0), and UX (6.5 vs 6.0). Soulgen wins 3: Conversation (5.0 vs 4.0), Privacy (6.0 vs 5.0), and Video (8.0 vs 7.5). Voice ties at 5.0. Composite weighted: 6.7 vs 6.5. The Promptchan scores are lifted from its standalone review; we don't re-score on a comparison page.
The table below lifts every Promptchan score straight from our standalone Promptchan review and scores Soulgen fresh on the same 8 categories, since it has no review of its own here. If a number on the table ever disagrees with the standalone review, the review wins and we fix the comparison.
| Dimension (weight) | Promptchan | Soulgen | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing & Value (18%) | 8.0 / 10 | 7.0 / 10 | Promptchan, Apple App Store IAP canonical pricing disclosed (Free / Plus $11.99 / Premium $18.99 / Pro $26.99), gem rollover persists after cancellation. Soulgen pricing gated behind navigation; "up to 70% off first purchase" promo replaces tier display on homepage. |
| Conversation Quality (16%) | 4.0 / 10 | 5.0 / 10 | Soulgen, dedicated Soul Chat surface metered 0.2-10 credits per message text-to-voice. Promptchan chat is veneer per third-party convergence ("short, generic, lacks emotional intelligence", five-plus reviewer sources). |
| Privacy & Compliance (14%) | 5.0 / 10 | 6.0 / 10 | Soulgen, HKSAR governing law disclosed, GDPR rights enumerated for EU residents, 7-day Creation retention explicit. Promptchan, no public ToS or Privacy URL surfaced via standard paths; operator entity disclosed via Apple App Store only. |
| Customization (12%) | 8.5 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 | Promptchan, OpenPose plus AI Companion Loop visual consistency on Pro tier; edit plus inpainting on Premium-plus. Soulgen, three character builders (real, stylized, anime) plus Smart Edit plus Classic Edit plus Extend; broader spread, less depth on any single axis. |
| Image Generation (12%) | 9.5 / 10 | 8.0 / 10 | Promptchan, strongest anime plus realistic prompt adherence we tested; V4 Real-to-Anime engine; Face-Sync V4 across re-rolls; independent benchmark 9.6 / 10. Soulgen, three character builders plus edit tooling; quality not tested first-hand. |
| UX & Mobile (10%) | 6.5 / 10 | 6.0 / 10 | Promptchan, iOS official app id 6469985698 by AI Research Group Limited (4.2 stars across 808 reviews); Android removed from Google Play May 2024 under uncensored prohibition. Soulgen, web app; no native mobile app documented on its homepage at the time we checked, so we couldn't confirm one. |
| Voice (10%) | 5.0 / 10 | 5.0 / 10 | Tie. Promptchan voice claimed in the iOS app, quality not tested directly. Soulgen, Soul Chat lists 0.2-10 credits per message from text up to voice, register not documented. |
| Video Generation (8%) | 7.5 / 10 | 8.0 / 10 | Soulgen, four pathways (Image-to-Video, Video Extend, Reference-to-Video, Text-to-Video) up to 20 seconds with integrated sound and talking characters. Promptchan, 5-10-second HD clips, Pro tier only ($26.99 / month). |
| Composite (weighted) | 6.7 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 | Promptchan on aggregate (0.2-point gap); Soulgen wins 3 categories (chat, privacy, video) plus a voice tie; Promptchan wins 4 (pricing, customization, image gen, UX). |
Reading across the row: Promptchan takes the biggest single gap on image gen (9.5 vs 8.0), plus pricing (8.0 vs 7.0, open App Store prices and rollover gems), customization (8.5 vs 7.5, OpenPose and AI Companion Loop depth against builder breadth), and UX (6.5 vs 6.0, a real iOS app against a web-only Soulgen). Soulgen takes privacy (6.0 vs 5.0, named jurisdiction, written GDPR rights, a 7-day deletion window), video (8.0 vs 7.5, four paths and 20 seconds), and chat (5.0 vs 4.0, a real Soul Chat surface against Promptchan's thin one). Voice ties. The 0.2-point gap is mostly the weights doing their job: image gen and pricing both lean Promptchan by multiple points, and they carry weight.
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Pricing breakdown side-by-side
The two pricing setups don't even work the same way. Promptchan is four tiers plus a gem overlay, all on the App Store where you can read it. Soulgen runs on credits, with the actual tier costs a click deep behind the homepage promo.
| Cost item | Promptchan | Soulgen |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 30-50 daily gems; Casual quality only; watermarked output; basic styles; 22 free poses; no credit card required at signup | Not surfaced on the public homepage; a free tier likely exists but the limits aren't documented; homepage promotes "up to 70% off for first purchase" instead of a no-card trial path |
| Cheapest paid tier (monthly) | Plus $11.99 / month, no watermark, basic editing, all sizes | Not surfaced on the public homepage (gated a click behind the pricing page) |
| Mid tier | Premium $18.99 / month, 4K resolution, 3x faster generation, advanced editing, hyper-anime plus K-pop styles, 60-plus poses | Pro tier documented at 100 credits per month or 1,200 total credits for the year; unlocks PRO features, removes blur, priority queue, multitask unlock, Multi-Creations Create |
| Top tier | Pro $26.99 / month, 5-10-second video, unlimited Casual generations, image upscaling, AI Companion Loop, batch x4, public API access | Pro is the documented ceiling; exact monthly or yearly cost not surfaced on the homepage |
| Token / credit economy | Gem cost: Casual 1 gem, Extreme +1 gem (2 total), Max +2 gems (3 total). Video up to 100 gems per clip. API call 1 gem per image on Pro tier | Credit cost per action documented: video generation 10-26 credits per 5 seconds (varies by model and resolution); AI Character creation 1-2 credits per image; Smart Edit 3-8 credits per image; Soul Chat 0.2-10 credits per message text-to-voice |
| Top-up packs | 50 gems $4.99 to 900 gems $29.99; enterprise packs $259.99 (around 10,000 gems) | Not surfaced on the homepage |
| Token rollover after cancellation | Yes, unused gems carry over month to month and survive a cancellation (rare for this kind of token economy) | Credits documented as 100 per month or 1,200 total for the year on Pro, reads like a monthly cap rather than rollover; cancellation policy not documented |
| First-purchase discount | Not advertised on the homepage; tier prices are list prices via Apple App Store IAP | "up to 70% off for first purchase" advertised on homepage as exclusive discount (replaces tier display) |
| Refund policy | Stated 30-day refund (per third-party review aggregation); Trustpilot threads document real-world friction including refund refusals and crypto-paid accounts never activated | Return Policy page exists at /return-policy; specific refund timeline and cancellation terms weren't extractable in our check |
| Payment methods | Cards (Visa, MasterCard), cryptocurrency (with documented activation friction), Apple Pay in-app | Not documented on the homepage we checked |
| Merchant descriptor on bank statement | "PROMPTCHAN" (recognizable, not discreet) | Not documented in our check |
The honest read: Promptchan shows you the price, Soulgen makes you find it. App Store prices are about as public as it gets; Soulgen leads with a first-purchase discount instead of the underlying tiers, which is a conversion tactic, not transparency. The per-action documentation is roughly even, though. Both spell out cost per generation, just along different lines: Promptchan's gems track image quality (Casual / Extreme / Max), Soulgen's credits track action type (image / edit / video / chat). Which structure suits you depends on where your spend actually piles up. If it's pushing quality, Promptchan's gem ladder is friendlier. If it's spreading across a lot of different actions, Soulgen's per-action credits give you more control, once you've found the price.
Who runs these tools, and what do they disclose?
Promptchan names its company (AI Research Group Limited, on the App Store) but never publishes a public Terms or Privacy page. Soulgen does the reverse: it names Hong Kong law and writes out GDPR rights and a 7-day deletion window, but never names the company behind it. Neither names a data protection officer, and neither comes close to the dozen-policy-page posture of the privacy leaders in this space.
Here's the corporate and regulatory side most comparison pages skip entirely, laid out plainly.
| Item | Promptchan | Soulgen |
|---|---|---|
| Operator legal entity | AI Research Group Limited (disclosed via Apple App Store seller field plus copyright "© 2026 AI Research Group Ltd.") | Not named in the Terms of Service or Privacy Policy (operator says "us" and "we" throughout; homepage copyright "2026© Copyright Soulgen. All Rights Reserved.") |
| Registry country / number | We haven't verified this directly, naming convention points to Hong Kong, UK, or Cyprus (registry lookup pending) | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region per the Terms of Service governing-law clause (no registry number disclosed) |
| Governing law / venue | Not disclosed via the standard Terms path (returns 404 to anonymous visitors) | "This TOS shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)" |
| GDPR explicit disclosure | Not surfaced publicly | "If you are a resident of the European Union, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country. You may have certain additional rights with respect to your personal information under the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)" |
| CCPA explicit disclosure | Not surfaced publicly | Not mentioned in the Privacy Policy we checked |
| USC 2257 stance | Not surfaced publicly | Not mentioned in the Terms of Service or Privacy Policy we checked |
| Data Protection Officer | Not named publicly | Not named publicly; privacy contact email surfaced in Privacy Policy |
| Data retention post-account-closure | Not documented publicly | Non-posted Creations stored 7 days then automatically deleted; posted content and account data retained until voluntarily deleted by user |
| Age verification mechanism | "18+ acknowledgement" at signup; no detailed mechanism disclosed | "You are of the legal age in the jurisdiction of your place of domicile to form a binding contract with us"; no explicit 18+ statement; parental supervision required for under-18 users |
| Forbidden content (explicit) | Strict age-protection policy enforced (ambiguous ages explicitly forbidden); non-consensual use of real people's likenesses explicitly flagged as illegal/unethical | Standard child-protection clause enforced; "obscene, pornographic, indecent, or harassing" content prohibited; intellectual-property-infringing content prohibited |
| Public ToS URL | Not found at the standard /terms path (returns 404 to anonymous visitors) | /terms-of-service (live, checked May 17, 2026) |
| Public Privacy URL | Not found at the standard /privacy path (returns 404 to anonymous visitors) | /privacy-policy (live, checked May 17, 2026) |
| DMCA contact | Not surfaced publicly | DMCA contact referenced in Terms of Service Section 7 (the email came through redacted in our check) |
| Mobile apps | Official iOS "Promptchan: AI Girlfriend" id 6469985698 by AI Research Group Limited (4.2 stars, 808 reviews); Android removed from Google Play May 1, 2024 for uncensored content; an impostor "Promptchan ai" id 6746109013 by Wahid Khan flagged in our standalone review | No native mobile app documented on the homepage we checked (web app) |
The honest read: two opposite kinds of opacity, both thinner than the privacy leaders. Promptchan names the company but hides the policy pages. Soulgen publishes the policy pages but hides the company. Neither one ships the dozen separate policy URLs, named data officer, and UK representative you'd get from the leaders in this space. For a privacy-conscious reader the call comes down to which gap you can live with: a named operator with no published policies (Promptchan), or written rights and a stated jurisdiction from a company that won't say its own name (Soulgen).
Honesty flags on both platforms
We have a standing rule that comparison pages list at least three flags per platform, named and sourced. The Promptchan flags are pulled from our standalone Promptchan review; the Soulgen ones we wrote fresh against the same bar. Count is symmetric, three each, so neither gets the soft treatment.
Promptchan honesty flags.
- No public Terms or Privacy page at the usual paths. The
/termsand/privacypaths both 404 to anonymous visitors. No data officer, no UK representative, no record-keeping stance, no written GDPR or CCPA disclosure. Age check is a single "I'm 18+" tap with no real mechanism behind it. That's a genuine problem for anyone who needs to file a data-rights request, or who lives somewhere that actively enforces against operators with no published privacy policy (the UK Online Safety Act, the age-verification laws in Texas, Utah, Louisiana, Virginia, and Mississippi) [Source: Apple App Store, Promptchan: AI Girlfriend (id 6469985698), seller AI Research Group Limited · verified 2026-05-17]. - A live App Store impostor you can install by mistake. A separate iOS app called "Promptchan ai" by developer Wahid Khan (id 6746109013, released May 2025, 1.5 stars across 48 reviews) is not the real thing. Different developer, different copyright (© 2024 Aqsa), much later release, and a review section full of ads, bugs, and billing complaints. The real one is "Promptchan: AI Girlfriend" by AI Research Group Limited, id 6469985698. Check the developer and the copyright line before you tap Get, because the fake is still up and the real operator hasn't done anything visible about it.
- Trustpilot billing complaints keep coming up. Across promptchan.com (121 reviews) and promptchan.ai (69 reviews), people report charges that kept running after they cancelled, refunds refused, and crypto payments where the account never switched on. The 30-day refund claim that floats around third-party reviews is flatly contradicted by these threads. Bug and crash complaints recur. The rollover gems are a real plus, but they don't cancel out the billing mess.
Soulgen honesty flags.
- It won't tell you who runs it. Both the Terms and the Privacy Policy say "us" and "we" the whole way through and never name a company. The Hong Kong law is stated, but the actual operator is a blank. If you ever need to file a data-rights request, fight a charge, or take a complaint to a regulator, an unnamed operator is a real obstacle. Even the copyright line ("2026© Copyright Soulgen. All Rights Reserved.") doesn't say which company holds it [Source: Soulgen.ai, official Terms of Service (Hong Kong governing law; operator referred to as 'us' and 'we') · verified 2026-05-17].
- You can't see the price before you start. The homepage leads with "up to 70% off for first purchase" and parks the real tier costs a click deeper. The Pro allowance (100 credits a month, or 1,200 for the year) is documented, but the matching subscription price isn't on the page we checked. If you're pricing a few tools side by side, that's friction: you have to click into the pricing page or the signup flow before the cost is even visible. Promptchan's App Store listing just shows you.
- The uncensored path isn't on the homepage, and the Terms push the other way. The Terms ban "obscene, pornographic, indecent, or harassing" content alongside the standard age-protection clauses. The homepage sells character creation, edit tools, and video, and never shows an unlock matching Promptchan's Extreme or Max tiers. Reviewers mention a "Soulgen S" adult mode, but the homepage doesn't surface it. For someone who wants uncensored image gen as a clear feature, the gap between what's marketed and what the Terms say matters. Soulgen ships character creation that may or may not stretch to uncensored output depending on behavior you can't see up front; Promptchan ships it openly with explicit product pages and a gem ladder [Source: Soulgen.ai, Terms of Service prohibited-content clauses · verified 2026-05-17].
Three flags each. Nobody gets the soft version.
Which tool fits which reader?
Promptchan fits anime-first readers, anyone who wants prices they can read up front, people who want gems that survive a cancellation, and anyone who wants an uncensored feature that's actually named. Soulgen fits readers who want three builders on one login, longer video across four input paths, or a stated jurisdiction with written GDPR rights. Most rows route to Promptchan; the Soulgen rows are real and unmatched.
No single-number winner here. The two tools target nearby intents with non-overlapping strengths. The table routes you to the one that fits your actual priority. Promptchan wins the most rows because anime depth, open pricing, and a named uncensored feature are exactly what most image-gen readers come for, but the rows Soulgen wins are real, so don't second-guess the routing if your priority lives there.
| If you... | Then pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Want the strongest anime image generation specifically | Promptchan | V4 Real-to-Anime engine plus Face-Sync V4 across re-rolls; independent benchmark 9.6 / 10 on anime prompt adherence; anime is a front-door product, not a buried mode. Soulgen's anime builder is one of three; broader but not as deep. |
| Want predictable subscription pricing for pre-payment evaluation | Promptchan | Apple App Store In-App Purchase tier prices are canonical and disclosed (Free / Plus $11.99 / Premium $18.99 / Pro $26.99 per month). Soulgen homepage gates tier costs behind navigation and advertises a first-purchase discount in lieu of tier display. |
| Want gem rollover that persists after subscription cancellation | Promptchan | Unused gems carry over month to month and survive a cancellation, which almost no token economy matches. Soulgen credits read as 100 per month or 1,200 total for the year on Pro; the cancellation policy isn't surfaced. |
| Want breadth across three character builders on one platform | Soulgen | Real, stylized, and anime character builders coexist with Smart Edit plus Classic Edit plus Extend tools. Promptchan's strength is depth on anime plus realistic, not breadth across multiple builders. |
| Want longer video duration ceiling and four input pathways | Soulgen | Image-to-Video plus Video Extend plus Reference-to-Video plus Text-to-Video up to 20 seconds with integrated sound and talking characters. Promptchan ships 5-10-second HD clips at the Pro tier only ($26.99 / month). |
| Want disclosed jurisdiction with explicit data retention timeline | Soulgen | HKSAR governing law named in ToS; non-posted Creations deleted after 7 days; GDPR rights enumerated for EU residents; Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance referenced. Promptchan public website does not surface a Terms of Service or Privacy Policy URL via standard paths. |
| Want disclosed operator legal entity | Promptchan | AI Research Group Limited disclosed via Apple App Store seller field plus copyright string "© 2026 AI Research Group Ltd." Soulgen ToS and Privacy Policy do not name the operating entity (both refer to operator as "us" and "we"). |
| Want an official iOS app with verifiable developer credentials | Promptchan | Official iOS app "Promptchan: AI Girlfriend" id 6469985698 by AI Research Group Limited, rated 4.2 stars across 808 reviews. Soulgen doesn't document a native mobile app on the homepage we checked (it runs as a web app). |
| Want uncensored image generation as a transparent default software feature | Promptchan | Explicit product pages (/ai-porn, /nsfw-ai, /anime) plus a gem cost ladder (Casual 1 gem, Extreme +1, Max +2) plus documented legal red lines (standard age-and-consent prohibitions, no real-person deepfakes) ship uncensored generation as a default feature. Soulgen's Terms prohibit "obscene, pornographic, indecent, or harassing" content; the homepage does not surface an unlocked uncensored mode. |
| Want credit-cost-per-action budgeting across image, edit, video, and chat | Soulgen | Credit economy maps to action type: video 10-26 credits per 5 seconds, AI Character 1-2 credits per image, Smart Edit 3-8 credits per image, Soul Chat 0.2-10 credits per message text-to-voice. Lets readers budget by output type. Promptchan's gem economy maps to image-quality tiers (Casual / Extreme / Max) which suits depth-of-quality budgeting rather than breadth-of-action. |
Promptchan wins 6 of 10 rows, Soulgen wins 4. Promptchan's six are anime depth, open pricing, rollover gems, a named operator, an official iOS app, and uncensored gen as a clear feature. Soulgen's four are builder breadth, longer video, a stated jurisdiction with a written retention window, and per-action credit budgeting. The split is real, not courtesy balance, and each tool does something the other can't. If your priority lives in one of Soulgen's four rows, pick Soulgen and don't overthink it.
Methodology, sources, and related reads
This comparison runs on our 8-category AI scoring, $0 editorial spend, public-source verification. The Promptchan numbers are lifted verbatim from our standalone Promptchan review, not re-scored here. Soulgen gets scored fresh against the same categories because it has no review of its own on the site; the 6.5/10 we set stands as the canonical Soulgen score until a fresh retest. Re-test cadence: pricing every 3 months, privacy every 6 months and within 7 days of any regulatory news (UK Online Safety Act, US state age-verification laws, EU DSA, any new Hong Kong Personal Data Privacy Ordinance action against Soulgen or registry filing against AI Research Group Limited), image gen every 6 months.
Public sources backstopping the corporate, regulatory, and product claims on this page:
- [Source: Apple App Store, Promptchan: AI Girlfriend (id 6469985698), seller AI Research Group Limited, copyright string © 2026 AI Research Group Ltd. · verified 2026-05-17]
- [Source: Promptchan.com, public homepage feature surface (V4 Real-to-Anime engine plus Face-Sync V4 plus gem economy plus product slug architecture) · verified 2026-05-17]
- [Source: Wayback Machine, promptchan.com pricing page snapshot (April 2026) · verified 2026-05-17]
- [Source: Soulgen.ai, public homepage feature inventory (Real Character, DreamTwin Character, Anime Character verticals plus four video pathways) · verified 2026-05-17]
- [Source: Soulgen.ai, official Terms of Service (HKSAR governing law clause plus prohibited-content clause plus DMCA contact reference) · verified 2026-05-17]
- [Source: Soulgen.ai, official Privacy Policy (HKSAR jurisdiction plus GDPR rights enumeration for EU residents plus 7-day non-posted Creation retention) · verified 2026-05-17]
- [Source: FTC 16 CFR Part 255, Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (regulatory basis for affiliate disclosure on this page) · verified 2026-05-17]
- [Source: Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali, provvedimento docweb 9852214 (regulatory reference for AI-platform data-protection enforcement context) · verified 2026-05-17]
Related reads:
- our standalone Promptchan review, the full 6.7/10 verdict the Promptchan side of this page is lifted from.
- the uncensored AI image gen leaderboard, ranks Promptchan against Joi, DarLink Ai, MyLovely, and others.
- our Joi scorecard, a Face-Sync V4 identity-lock competitor in the same image-gen space.
- how we score AI companions, the public 8-category scoring and $0-spend protocol.
- about bestgirlfriend.ai and Alexandra Joly, masthead, editorial team, byline credentials.
- affiliate disclosure, FTC-compliant disclosure plus the note on why we score Soulgen without earning from it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Promptchan better than Soulgen for uncensored image gen?
For uncensored anime and realistic image generation, Promptchan is the better pick. It scored 6.7/10 across our 8 categories against Soulgen's 6.5/10, with the Promptchan side lifted from our standalone Promptchan review. The narrow gap hides two different products. Promptchan wins image gen (9.5 vs 8.0, the strongest anime prompt adherence we tested), pricing transparency (8.0 vs 7.0, App Store prices are public while Soulgen hides tiers behind a "70% off" promo), and customization (8.5 vs 7.5, OpenPose plus AI Companion Loop on Pro). Soulgen wins video (8.0 vs 7.5, four input paths up to 20 seconds against Promptchan's 5-10), privacy (6.0 vs 5.0, named Hong Kong jurisdiction plus a 7-day deletion window), and chat (5.0 vs 4.0, a real Soul Chat surface). Pick by intent.
Is Soulgen uncensored?
Partially. Soulgen ships three character builders (real, stylized, anime) with Smart Edit and Extend tools, but its Terms ban content that's "obscene, pornographic, indecent, or harassing" and the homepage never shows an unlock matching Promptchan's Extreme or Max tiers. Reviewers around the web mention a "Soulgen S" adult mode, but the homepage doesn't surface it and the Terms would seem to fight against full uncensored output. Promptchan, by contrast, names it openly on its product pages (/ai-porn, /nsfw-ai) and prices the depth with a gem ladder (Casual 1 gem, Extreme 2, Max 3). For someone who wants uncensored image gen as a clear feature, Promptchan ships it more openly than Soulgen.
How much does Soulgen cost vs Promptchan?
Promptchan lists everything on the App Store: Free (30-50 daily gems, watermarked Casual), Plus $11.99/month (watermark gone, basic editing, all sizes), Premium $18.99/month (4K, advanced editing, 60+ poses), Pro $26.99/month (5-10-second video, upscaling, AI Companion Loop, four-at-a-time, API access). Top-up packs run $4.99 for 50 gems up to $29.99 for 900. Soulgen doesn't show tier prices on the homepage; it leads with "up to 70% off for first purchase" and parks the figures a click deeper. Its Pro allowance is documented (100 credits a month, 1,200 for the year), and per-action costs are listed: video 10-26 credits per 5 seconds, a character image 1-2 credits, a Smart Edit 3-8, Soul Chat 0.2-10 a message from text up to voice. For a price you can compare up front, Promptchan is the clearer pick today.
Does Soulgen have a free tier?
Soulgen's homepage doesn't surface a free tier with stated limits. The credit allowance, watermark policy, and feature gating for non-paying users weren't documented on the pages we checked. Promptchan ships an explicit free tier (30-50 daily gems, Casual quality only, watermarked, basic styles, 22 free poses) with no card needed at signup. The watermark is what pushes you to upgrade: hit it, and Plus at $11.99/month removes it. For pre-payment evaluation, Promptchan's free tier is the clearer try-before-buy path; Soulgen leads with the first-purchase discount instead.
Which is better for anime, Promptchan or Soulgen?
Promptchan, comfortably. Its anime image generation is the strongest we tested. One independent benchmark scored its anime prompt adherence at 9.6/10, and the V4 Real-to-Anime engine produces faces that hold across re-rolls in a way competitors don't match. Anime is a front-door product here, not a buried mode. Soulgen ships an anime builder, but it's one of three (alongside its real and stylized builders), so it's broader in scope and less deep on anime specifically. For an anime-first reader, Promptchan is the pick. For someone who wants to bounce between real, stylized, and anime on one login, Soulgen's three-builder setup fits better. The use-case table above routes by intent.
Is Soulgen safe?
Soulgen runs out of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region per its Terms. It doesn't name the company behind it; both the Terms and Privacy Policy say "us" and "we" throughout. Hong Kong law governs, GDPR rights are spelled out for EU residents, unposted images are deleted after 7 days, and posted content and account data stay until you delete them. A DMCA contact is referenced but came through redacted in our check. Promptchan is run by AI Research Group Limited (named on the App Store), though we haven't verified its registry country, and its site doesn't publish a Terms or Privacy page at the usual /terms or /privacy paths. Both are thinner than the privacy leaders in this space. For privacy-conscious users in restrictive places, Soulgen's named jurisdiction and 7-day deletion window are the clearer signals; Promptchan's discreet billing descriptor is its stronger asset.
So which should you pick, Promptchan or Soulgen?
No single-number winner. Pick Promptchan if anime is your thing, you want prices you can read before paying, you like gems that survive a cancellation, or you want uncensored gen as a feature that's actually named. That's the matching profile, and on those axes Promptchan beats Soulgen by real margins. Pick Soulgen if you want three character builders on one login, longer video across four input paths, or a stated jurisdiction with written GDPR rights, even though it lands a touch lower overall. The gap is only 0.2 points (6.7 vs 6.5), and that's mostly the weights talking: image gen and pricing both lean Promptchan, and they carry weight. Outside that, if your priority lives on Soulgen's side, Soulgen's the right call. Pick by what you actually want to make, not by the headline number.
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Trust cluster
- scoring overview, parent landing for our four scoring pages
- how we score AI companions, the 8-category AI scoring with version history and how scores stay locked across comparisons
- our standalone Promptchan review, the full 6.7/10 verdict this comparison lifts the Promptchan scores from
- the uncensored AI image gen leaderboard, ranks Promptchan against Joi, DarLink Ai, MyLovely, and others
- our Joi scorecard, a Face-Sync V4 identity-lock competitor in the same space
- about bestgirlfriend.ai and Alexandra Joly, masthead, editorial team, corporate identity
- affiliate disclosure, FTC-compliant disclosure plus the note on why we score Soulgen without earning from it