AI assistants you can text, compared

A number you text to get real-world errands done - coffee, rides, tickets - with payment handled in the thread.

Order-ahead pickups by text (coffee, lunch, local merchants); Ride booking with timing advice; Tickets and reservations (events, museums, transit passes)

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

An assistant you text that makes the actual phone calls: bookings, quotes and follow-ups, from $10/month after a free first task.

Calls businesses on your behalf (bookings, appointments, quotes); Texts and emails third parties, with follow-ups until done; Presents options for you to pick before it acts

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

An assistant that joins your iMessage one-on-one and group chats, now also on the web, free per its homepage.

One-on-one and group-chat assistance in Apple Messages; Boba Web assistant (free, no app, no sign-up); Group planning, search and answers

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A cross-channel personal assistant on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, X, e-mail and its apps, with built-in life-admin apps.

Assistant on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, X, e-mail, web and app; Built-in apps with shared context (notes, todos, journal, news, media, contacts, calories); Proactive reminders and outreach

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A text-message assistant for calendar, reminders and follow-ups, in public beta.

Calendar events, reminders and follow-ups by text; Works in iMessage, RCS and SMS, with voice memos and group chats

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A personal team of agents, each with its own email, phone number and wallet.

Personal agents with their own email, phone number, wallet and computer; Group chats where several agents hand work to each other; Single personal assistant for errands, reminders and research

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A personal helper you text for calendars, email, refunds, cancellations and everyday admin.

Morning calendar briefings by text; Refund claims handled end to end (user testimonial describes a completed refund); Subscription cancellation on request

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Turns school emails and calendars into a nightly plan by text, for parents.

Nightly plan by text for the next day; Finds dates in family emails and offers them for your calendar

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

An action agent for bookings, purchases and life admin, with human help as backup.

Real-world tasks: Scheduling, vendors, gifting, group orders and purchases. Homepage examples are marketing use cases, not observed successful outcomes.; Messaging and group work: vendor help FAQ (read 27 Oct) lists web, iMessage, SMS, RCS, Telegram, Slack for workspaces and phone calls as channels; there is no app, and WhatsApp, Signal and Messenger are unavailable. Group texts can include up to 8 people not on Wajo. Exact group-to-private disclosure rules are not established.; Connected tools: Homepage FAQ names Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Slack and permissioned connections; custom agents may connect CRM/storage/forms/internal tools. Availability differs by agent and plan.

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A texting coach and assistant that tracks goals, email and reminders, now free with every feature included.

Texts reminders, goal check-ins and habit streaks; Connects Gmail, Google Calendar, Notion, Slack and more; Calls your own number (10 minutes a week included)

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Three AI personas - Friend, Coworker, Cofounder - as separate iMessage contacts at $19/month each.

Friend persona: morning/evening briefs, body tracking, follow-up reminders, weekly review; Coworker persona: next-task guidance, meeting prep, draft review, scheduling, issue triage; Cofounder persona: pipeline board, decision ledger, hire calls, investor updates

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A personal assistant you text or call for email, calendar and everyday tasks.

Text or call interface; Connections to applications and devices

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A texting assistant for email, calendar, research and errands, with paid credit plans.

Texting assistant on iMessage and SMS; Agent mode with email, calendar and web search tools (Premium); Scheduled and proactive tasks

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

An iMessage assistant for email, calendar, documents and reminders.

iMessage interface; Email, calendar, documents and reminders; Requested briefings, nudges and follow-ups

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

An assistant you reach by call, text, WhatsApp, email or Slack for calendar, email and tasks.

Reachable by phone, SMS, WhatsApp, email and Slack; Texts and calls others for bookings and scheduling; Calendar management and reminders

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

An AI phone assistant that answers and makes calls on your own number; plans from $30 a month.

Answers and makes phone calls from your own number, with live transcript, listening in and takeover; Transfers urgent calls to you using rules you set; Post-call recording, transcript, summary and next steps

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A text-based household assistant for family calendars, reminders and lists, with a free version.

Turns texts, forwarded emails and voice requests into plans and reminders; Calendar scan and shared household calendars (Premium)

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A text-first family assistant for calendar, inbox and school messages, billed by messages.

Watches calendar and inbox and texts what matters; Works over iMessage or SMS with Google or Outlook connections

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A free, self-hosted, MIT-licensed personal agent you text on iMessage; version 0.1.

Personal agent you text over iMessage, with its own computer; MIT-licensed open-source code that anyone can fork; Trust tiers and plain-English grants for other people's agents

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

OpenAI's personal assistant that uses plugins and shared ChatGPT memory.

Shared connections: Plugin permissions apply across dots, ChatGPT, Work and Codex; enabling dots does not grant all apps. Manage actual plugin scopes separately.; Proactive research: Permitted sources can feed private notes, but research tools cannot directly send messages, change plugin content or control browser/computer. Follow-up actions use normal authorization.; Local device access: Connect the device and grant camera/mic/screen access in device settings. Enterprise local command/file access additionally needs admin enablement; app must be open and device online.

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A free, self-hosted iMessage assistant that uses a cloud browser and an encrypted vault; needs Vercel Pro.

iMessage assistant that works through real websites in a cloud browser, with screenshots and receipts sent to the thread; MIT-licensed source with a one-click Vercel deploy flow; Encrypted password and card vault with browser autofill that keeps secrets out of the model's context

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A household app and text assistant (Bit) for family calendars, chores, lists and home upkeep.

Text Bit directly or add it to a family group chat; Proposed changes shown for approval before they are applied

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A personal assistant in your iMessage thread: inbox triage, drafts in your voice, scheduling and meeting prep, paid from $29.99/month.

Inbox triage and reply drafts in your voice (Gmail); Scheduling and calendar holds with approval (Google Calendar); Meeting prep briefings by text

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A texting assistant for iMessage, RCS and Telegram, with a free core service and paid extras.

Texting through iMessage, RCS and Telegram; connected WhatsApp inbox; Connected email, calendars, files and work apps; Research, reminders, custom automations and calls

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A messaging-app assistant for email, scheduling, reminders and web search.

Email reading, search and drafting; Calendar scheduling and availability; Reminders and web search

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A text-first personal assistant that coordinates email, calendar and plans, including with friends' assistants.

Messages, WhatsApp and Telegram access; Email and calendar through delegated access, not stored passwords

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A text-message personal agent from sundae_bar: text it tasks over iMessage or RCS. Free daily limit in beta; Plus plan coming.

Text-message tasks over iMessage or RCS: bookings, price checks, reminders, quick questions; Background jobs for bigger tasks such as flights and broadband deals, with a single text when done; Scheduled price monitoring and shopping comparisons, larger results returned as a spreadsheet

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A one-thread assistant for calls, email and tasks by text, voice note or photo.

Reach it in one thread by text, voice note, photo or forwarded email; Make calls and send emails and follow-ups on your behalf (as described); Plan trips, schedule and keep an eye on things for you (as described)

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A private-beta assistant for tasks in Messages, calls, connected accounts and approved purchases.

Text, photos, screenshots, PDFs and video as task inputs; file and media creation; Website browsing and requested use of connected accounts; Outbound business calls, waiting on hold and returning a result in Messages

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A WhatsApp, iMessage and Telegram assistant that delegates requests to internal specialist agents.

Email agent: reads, sorts and drafts responses; Proactive reminders based on career and habits; Background automations: flight updates, daily briefings, weather alerts

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record

A text-based personal AI for goals, accountability, reminders and life admin.

Two-way texting with a personal AI; Group chats; Reminders and proactive messages

Evidence: Documented · Full sourced record