Town alternatives

Town is on iMessage and SMS, 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.

The 8 closest

Ordered by how much ground they share with Town: 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.

Boba
A group agent that stays quiet during normal chatter and joins when needed
iMessageSMS
Both do Group threadsText a number
Jarvie
A group-chat agent that coordinates dinners and trips and remembers the group
iMessageSMS
Both do Group threadsAdd a number to a group
Shuffle
An AI teammate in iMessage and SMS group chats, summoned with @agent
iMessageSMSText it, opens with hey shuffle, im new here... what can u actually do?
Both do Group threadsAdd a number to a group
Sidekicks
Add a number to any iMessage or SMS group and it participates like a member
iMessageSMSText it, opens with Hello 👋
Both do Group threadsAdd a number to a group
Wajo
A group agent that places its own calls and pays with its own card
iMessageSMSVoice
Both do Group threadsAlso on Voice
Alfi
One shared agent per group plus a private solo agent for each member
iMessageWhatsAppText it, opens with What can you do do?
Both do Group threadsNot on SMS
Ollie
A family agent that lives in the household's existing iMessage group thread
iMessage
Both do Group threadsNot on SMS
Tomo
Coaching and accountability that charges for the unprompted check-in
iMessageSMSWeb
Both do Group threadsAlso on Web

Still want Town

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

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