product · personal assistantAn action agent for bookings, purchases and life admin, with human help as backup.
Wajo describes Fo as an action agent for real-world bookings, coordination, purchases and life administration, with human help when AI cannot complete a task.
Documentation researchedPricing: Free plans advertised; real-world tasks use account credits
Best fit: Real-world coordination and life administration with vendor-assisted escalation.
product · personal assistantA personal assistant you text or call for email, calendar and everyday tasks.
Instinct describes a personal assistant reached by text or call, connected to applications and devices.
Documentation researchedPricing: Price not verified
Best fit: A messaging-first assistant connected to personal apps and devices.
product · personal assistantAn iMessage assistant for email, calendar, documents and reminders.
Lucas describes a text-native iMessage assistant for email, calendar, documents, reminders and automations.
Documentation researchedPricing: Free tier; Pro $20/month or $192/year; Max $100/month or $960/year; 7-day reverse trial
Best fit: Personal administration through iMessage.
product · personal assistantMeta's personal agent for reminders, actions and file work.
Meta documents Muse as a personal agent for actions, reminders, ongoing conversations and file work.
Documentation researchedPricing: Limited free use documented by Meta; paid price not established
Best fit: Personal reminders, ongoing tasks and artifact work.
product · personal assistantOpenAI's personal assistant that uses plugins and shared ChatGPT memory.
OpenAI documents dots using permitted plugins and shared ChatGPT memory, with data-access and action controls.
Documentation researchedPricing: Price not verified
Best fit: Personal connected-app work with shared ChatGPT context.
product · personal assistantA messaging-app assistant for email, scheduling, reminders and web search.
Poke documents an assistant in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp and RCS for email, scheduling, reminders and web search.
Documentation researchedPricing: Free $0; Pro $19/month; Ultra $199/month (monthly billing view)
Best fit: Messaging-based email, calendar and reminder work.
product · personal assistantA personal team of agents, each with its own email, phone number and wallet.
Manus describes Cue as a standalone app for a personal team of agents on mobile and desktop, where each agent has its own email, phone number, wallet and computer.
Documentation researchedPricing: Price not verified; invitation code required
Best fit: People who want several agents with separate identities that hand work to each other, and who will review the final result.
product · messenger-style personal agentA messenger-style agent for plans, errands and small apps, shareable with friends.
Wabi 2.0 describes an AI messenger where you ask for plans, errands or small apps and it does the work, with friends or family in the same chat. Wabi says it can build a plan, tracker, map, list or game inside the chat and can raise things worth handling when you connect accounts.
Documentation researchedPricing: Free download; plan prices not published on pages read
Best fit: People who want to coordinate plans and errands with others in one chat and are comfortable with an invite-only early product.
product · messaging-first personal agentA one-thread assistant for calls, email and tasks by text, voice note or photo.
szn describes an AI assistant you reach in one message thread by text, voice note, photo or forwarded email. Its site says it makes calls, sends emails and follows up on your behalf, and lists tasks such as finding a time, planning a trip and watching something for you.
Documentation researchedPricing: Not disclosed; pre-launch
Best fit: People who want to hand off phone calls, email follow-ups and bookings from one thread and are willing to wait for published terms.
product · on-device personal agentAn on-device Mac assistant for email, calendar, meeting notes and a browser agent.
Underdog describes a personal AI app for email, calendar, meeting notes, dictation and a browser agent that runs its own models on your Mac, with content not sent to a cloud AI service. Its site lists expense tracking and tax preparation as coming soon.
Documentation researchedPricing: Free, per the vendor pricing page (no paid plan listed)
Best fit: Mac users who want email, calendar, notes and dictation help and care most that AI processing stays on their computer.
product · personal agent in iMessage, Telegram and WhatsAppA texting coach and assistant that tracks goals, email and reminders, with a free plan.
Folk is an assistant you text on iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp. Its FAQ describes habit and goal check-ins, email search, web browsing, reminders, meeting notes, phone calls to your own number and background tasks, with connections to Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook, Notion, Slack and more.
Documentation researchedPricing: Free plan; Pro $9.99/month or $99.99/year (vendor FAQ)
Best fit: People who want a texting assistant that nudges them on goals and habits and connects to common work apps.
product · personal assistant in iMessage and RCSA text-message assistant for calendar, reminders and follow-ups, in public beta.
Caddy is an AI assistant you text. On iPhone it uses iMessage, on Android RCS and SMS. Its site describes adding events to calendars, setting reminders, tracking follow-ups and doing research, and says you can use voice memos or add it to group chats.
Documentation researchedPricing: Price not published on the pages we read
Best fit: People who want to handle calendar, reminders and follow-ups from a text thread without another app.
product · family chief-of-staff assistant by textTurns school emails and calendars into a nightly plan by text, for parents.
Fambot turns school emails, newsletters and calendar updates into a daily plan. Its site says it texts a plan each evening and that you can reply with questions or requests. It connects to Gmail and Google Calendar.
Documentation researchedPricing: Free during beta; later prices not published (vendor FAQ)
Best fit: Parents who get school and activity information by email and want it as a short daily plan.
product · personal agent via iMessage, SMS and WhatsAppA texting assistant for email, calendar, research and errands, with paid credit plans.
Iris is an assistant you text on iMessage or SMS, with Android and browser access. Its agent mode can use email, calendar and browser tools, run scheduled check-ins and text results back. Plans are priced by monthly credits.
Documentation researchedPricing: Starter $11.99/month, Premium $23.99, Pro $99; credits per month (vendor pricing)
Best fit: People who want a texting assistant with scheduled tasks and several named agents.
product · personal assistant by SMS, phone, WhatsApp and SlackAn assistant you reach by call, text, WhatsApp, email or Slack for calendar, email and tasks.
Martin is a personal assistant reachable by phone, SMS, WhatsApp, email and Slack. Its docs list calendar management, texting and calling others for bookings, reminders and web search. It also has an iOS app.
Documentation researchedPricing: Basic $21/month billed yearly ($35 monthly); Pro $30 yearly ($49 monthly); 7-day trial (vendor pricing)
Best fit: People who want one assistant across phone, text and chat tools.
product · family household assistant by textA text-based household assistant for family calendars, reminders and lists, with a free version.
Ohai describes a text-based household assistant: you text, forward an email or speak a request and it turns it into plans, reminders and schedules. Its site lists calendar scanning, meal planning and lists, with human assistants stepping in for complicated items.
Documentation researchedPricing: Free version; Premium from $9.99/month (vendor site)
Best fit: Parents who want a household manager they can text, with optional human help.
product · family assistant by iMessage and SMSA text-first family assistant for calendar, inbox and school messages, billed by messages.
Ollie is a text-first family assistant that watches your calendar and inbox, answers questions such as what is on this week and tells you what matters. You text a number over iMessage or SMS and connect Google or Outlook through standard OAuth consent.
Documentation researchedPricing: Free 50 messages/month; $25/month for 150; $100/month for 1,000 (vendor pricing)
Best fit: Families who want a calendar-and-inbox assistant they text.
product · household assistant with text and group chatA household app and text assistant (Bit) for family calendars, chores, lists and home upkeep.
Orbits is a household assistant that combines shared calendars, tasks, lists, chores, meals and home upkeep in an app. Its assistant, Bit, can be texted directly or added to a family group chat, and its site says proposed changes are shown for approval before they are applied.
Documentation researchedPricing: Price not published on the pages we read
Best fit: Families who want one shared place for calendars, chores, lists and home upkeep, with an assistant they can text.
product · WhatsApp assistant for apps, files and plansA WhatsApp and iMessage assistant that connects your apps, with a free plan.
Pally is an assistant you text. Its site lists connections to iMessage, WhatsApp, Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Google Calendar, Notion, Linear and Drive, a morning brief, tasks and reminders, web research and bookings or purchases 'always with your approval'.
Documentation researchedPricing: Free plan; $25/month or $250/year (vendor site)
Best fit: People who want one texting assistant across WhatsApp, email, calendar and files.