Poke alternatives
Poke is on iMessage, WhatsApp and Telegram, and to start you create an account. 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.
Acquired Cognition acquired Poke's parent company on 23 July 2026. Cognition says nothing changes for Poke through the end of 2026, and that it stays on Apple's Messages for Business. Source
The 8 closest
Ordered by how much ground they share with Poke: 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.
What people compare next
Anybody weighing Poke against these is usually weighing them against each other too.
Still want Poke
Nothing here is a recommendation to switch. Poke may be the right one, and this page exists because “alternatives” is how people actually search when they are still deciding.
The full Poke listing records how you start, what it costs, what it states it can do, and what its policy says about your messages.