Homer alternatives

Homer is on iMessage and SMS, and to start you text a number. These 8 agents do a similar job. Each row says what the two have in common and the one thing that changes if you switch.

The 8 closest

Ordered by how much ground they share with Homer: same job first, then the same things it can do, then the same places you can reach it. Not a ranking of quality, which we have not measured.

Catch
Email, scheduling, travel and outbound phone calls, proactive by default
SMSEmailVoice
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on iMessage
Pally
Life-admin triage where relationship nudges are a side effect, not the pitch
iMessageWhatsAppEmailSlack
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on SMS
Instinct
A general agent that acts before asking, and is criticised for exactly that
iMessage
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on SMS
Orchid
Email triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processed
EmailText it
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on iMessage and SMS
Pokeacquired
The first independent third-party agent approved on Apple Messages for Business
iMessageWhatsAppTelegram
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on SMS
Wajo
A group agent that places its own calls and pays with its own card
iMessageSMSVoice
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on Voice
Arlo
Reads your work tools and asks approval before anything consequential goes out
iMessageSMSText it, opens with hey Arlo
Both do Email and Web researchDoes not publish a price
Lucas
An assistant that texts you first across iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS
iMessageWhatsAppSMS
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on WhatsApp

Still want Homer

Nothing here is a recommendation to switch. Homer may be the right one, and this page exists because “alternatives” is how people actually search when they are still deciding.

The full Homer listing records how you start, what it costs, what it states it can do, and what its policy says about your messages.

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