Martin alternatives

Martin is on iMessage and SMS. 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 Martin: 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
Homer
Texts you back on iMessage or SMS, and will phone a business for you
iMessageSMSText it, opens with Hey Homer
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingText a number
Lucas
An assistant that texts you first across iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS
iMessageWhatsAppSMS
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on WhatsApp
Instinct
A general agent that acts before asking, and is criticised for exactly that
iMessage
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on SMS
Notis
Executes across your existing tools from a text, on five channels
iMessageWhatsAppTelegramSlackEmail
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on SMS
Pally
Life-admin triage where relationship nudges are a side effect, not the pitch
iMessageWhatsAppEmailSlack
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on SMS
Pokeacquired
The first independent third-party agent approved on Apple Messages for Business
iMessageWhatsAppTelegram
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on SMS
Arlo
Reads your work tools and asks approval before anything consequential goes out
iMessageSMSText it, opens with hey Arlo
Both do Email and Phone callsText a number

Still want Martin

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

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