Every AI agent you can text

A messaging agent is an AI you talk to in the app you already use for texting, iMessage, WhatsApp or SMS, usually by messaging a phone number rather than installing anything.

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30 agents currently live

Every listing records how you start using it, what it costs, and links to a primary source for every claim. Listed alphabetically: position here means nothing except where the name falls in the alphabet, and nothing on this site is paid placement. Rankings live on the leaderboard, where the criteria are published in full.

Agents compared by channel, how you start using them and pricing. Status is shown only where it is not live.
Agent	Channels	How you start	Pricing
222A questionnaire, then a reservation for a blind group dinner	iMessageSMS	Install an app	$22.22/month
AlfiOne shared agent per group plus a private solo agent for each memberText it, opens with What can you do do?	iMessageWhatsApp	Install an app	Unknown
ArloReads your work tools and asks approval before anything consequential goes outText it, opens with hey Arlo	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Unknown
BoardyA voice AI that phones you, learns what you need, and makes introductions	Voice	Phone call	Unknown
BobaA group agent that stays quiet during normal chatter and joins when needed	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Unknown
CaddyA work assistant in your texts, blue bubbles on iPhone and RCS on Android	iMessageRCSSMS	Text a number	Unknown
CatchEmail, scheduling, travel and outbound phone calls, proactive by default	SMSEmailVoice	Create an account	$99/month
DittoDating where the AI swipes, messages and chooses on your behalf	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Unknown
DuckbillThe model plans, background-checked humans execute	SMSEmailWeb	Create an account	Unknown
folkA personal AI with an isolated cloud computer and a persistent memory graph	iMessageTelegramWhatsAppDiscord	Unknown	Unknown
HomerTexts you back on iMessage or SMS, and will phone a business for youText it, opens with Hey Homer	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Free tier; Pro $9.99/month; Business $29.99/month
iChatWithGPTThe simplest shape in the category: a model at the end of a text thread	iMessage	Tap one link	Free to try; Pro for unlimited messaging, price not published
InstinctA general agent that acts before asking, and is criticised for exactly that	iMessage	Invite only	Unknown
JarvieA group-chat agent that coordinates dinners and trips and remembers the group	iMessageSMS	Add a number to a group	Unknown
LucasAn assistant that texts you first across iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS	iMessageWhatsAppSMS	Unknown	Unknown
MartinCharges for proactivity rather than capacity, at $35 or $49 a month	iMessageSMS	Unknown	$35/month limited proactive actions, $49/month unlimited
NotisExecutes across your existing tools from a text, on five channels	iMessageWhatsAppTelegramSlackEmail	Unknown	Unknown
OllieA family agent that lives in the household's existing iMessage group thread	iMessage	Add a number to a group	Unknown
OpenClawA general agent in your contacts on five platforms, selling overnight autonomy	iMessageWhatsAppTelegramDiscordSlack	Create an account	$1 for a 24-hour trial, then $39/month
OpenInstinctSelf-hostable open-source iMessage assistant, one-click deploy to Vercel	iMessage	Self-host it	Open source
OrchidEmail triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processedText it	Email	Unknown	Unknown
OriTurns "we should" into a plan, then gets out of the way	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Unknown
PallyLife-admin triage where relationship nudges are a side effect, not the pitch	iMessageWhatsAppEmailSlack	Unknown	Free tier; Pro $25/month; Max $100/month
SeriesAI introductions that happen entirely inside iMessage, on 750+ campuses	iMessage	Text a number	Unknown
ShuffleAn AI teammate in iMessage and SMS group chats, summoned with @agentText it, opens with hey shuffle, im new here... what can u actually do?	iMessageSMS	Add a number to a group	Unknown
SidekicksAdd a number to any iMessage or SMS group and it participates like a memberText it, opens with Hello 👋	iMessageSMS	Add a number to a group	$14.99/month for unlimited
TomoCoaching and accountability that charges for the unprompted check-in	iMessageSMSWeb	Text a number	Unknown
TownA per-user agent that joins your group text and talks to other people's agents	iMessageSMS	Create an account	Unknown
VellumAn agent with its own identity and filesystem, across text, desktop and voice	TelegramSlackEmailVoiceWeb	Create an account	Unknown
WajoA group agent that places its own calls and pays with its own card	iMessageSMSVoice	Create an account	Free tier available

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Listings are compiled from primary sources and dated. Nothing here is paid placement, and nobody can buy a position. How we source this and who runs it.