AI personal assistants you can text

Personal assistants, compared

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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↕
Air by WZRDBetaA persistent Ubuntu computer per person, driven from an iMessage thread, in private beta at $50 a month	iMessageWeb	Waitlist	From $50/mo
AirtapBetaA cloud Android phone with an agent driving it, reached by texting it on iMessage, RCS, SMS or Telegram	iMessageRCSSMSTelegram	Create an account	Free to start
alloraText it a thought and be reminded at the right time, on any phone with no app	SMSWhatsAppRCS	Create an account	From $7.5/mo
ArloReads your work tools and asks approval before anything consequential goes outText it, opens with hey Arlo+1 407 234 1884	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Free to start
Arlo (arlomind.com)An assistant in iMessage that reaches out first, with three published prices and no company named	iMessage	Create an account	From $14.99/mo
asaplyBetaA number you text to get an errand run: coffee ordered ahead, tickets held, a ride queued, paid in the threadText it, opens with Hey asaply! What's good around me?+1 628 264 4787	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Free to start
BesideWatches the map while you go about your day and texts the moment you are near what you asked for	iMessage	Text a number	Free to start
BoA health and life assistant in your texts that reads your sleep, your steps and your calendar	iMessageSMS	Create an account	Not published
BoskiA goal agent on iMessage that works between conversations and checks back in	iMessage	Create an account	From $21.67/mo
BreaA hosted agent in iMessage with 2,100 integrations, prebuilt automations and a browser on the $39 plan	iMessageSMSRCSTelegramWeb	Create an account	Free to start
CaddyBetaA work assistant in your texts, blue bubbles on iPhone and RCS on Android	iMessageRCSSMS	Text a number	Free to start
CatchEmail, scheduling, travel and outbound phone calls, proactive by default	SMSSlackEmailVoice	Create an account	From $99/mo
DdotsOpenAI's always-on agents, each with its own cloud computer, reached in ChatGPT, Slack and Teams	SlackWebVoice	Create an account	From $100/mo
DuckbillThe model plans, background-checked humans execute	SMSEmailWeb	Create an account	From $40/mo
DunnitWorks overnight on the inbox and the calendar, with nothing to open in the morning	iMessageSMS	Text a number	From $20/mo
EmberBetaAn AI friend in iMessage that publishes a crisis protocol because California now requires one	iMessage	Tap one link	Free to start
EspaAn assistant for your to-dos, looped into iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp or email threads, with three published prices	iMessageSMSWhatsAppEmail	Create an account	Free to start
EugeneReminders, routines and the people in your life, remembered and sent back by SMS from a toll-free numberText it, opens with hi+1 888 297 9599	SMSTelegram	Text a number	Not published
FlipA money manager in iMessage that signs into sites as you without ever holding the passwordText it+1 628 264 7696	iMessage	Text a number	From $9.99/mo
folkA personal AI with an isolated cloud computer and a persistent memory graph	iMessageTelegramWhatsAppDiscordVoice	Tap one link	Free to start
HermesOpen-source agent you run on your own server, reachable on Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal and Slack	TelegramWhatsAppSlackDiscord	Self-host it	Free to start
HomerTexts you back on iMessage or SMS, and will phone a business for youText it, opens with Hey Homer+1 415 583 6966	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Free to start
iChatWithGPTThe simplest shape in the category: a model at the end of a text thread	iMessage	Tap one link	Free to start
iHermesA hosted Hermes Agent over iMessage: connect Google and other tools by link, hand off work by text, nothing to install	iMessage	Create an account	Free to start
InstinctA general agent that acts before asking, and is criticised for exactly that	iMessageVoice	Invite only	Not published
LindyA work assistant you reach in Slack, iMessage or Gmail, built on the web first	SlackiMessageSMSWeb	Create an account	From $29.99/mo
LucasAn assistant that texts you first across iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS	iMessageWhatsAppSMS	Create an account	Not published
MaeBetaA family assistant you call or text, holding the things that live in one person's head	SMSVoice	Invite only	Not published
MartinCharges for proactivity rather than capacity, at $35 or $49 a month	iMessageSMS	Create an account	From $21/mo
MatchaA chief of staff that remembers the loose ends, in the chat you already use	iMessageTelegram	Waitlist	Free to start
MaxiA financial companion that starts the conversation about your money	iMessage	Create an account	From $11.99/mo
MisoA travel concierge over iMessage that says it is the first travel agent Apple approved, with a team behind the thread	iMessage	Unknown	Not published
MuseMeta's personal agent, reachable inside WhatsApp, running on a cloud computer of its own	WhatsAppWeb	Create an account	Free to start
NaviWatches the route between you and where you have to be, and texts you when to leaveText it, opens with Hey Navi+1 646 203 5769	iMessageSMSRCSWhatsApp	Text a number	Not published
NotisExecutes across your existing tools from a text, on five channels	iMessageWhatsAppTelegramSlackEmail	Create an account	Free to start
OpenClawThe open-source assistant you run yourself, in twenty nine channels including iMessage	iMessageWhatsAppTelegramDiscordSlack	Self-host it	Free to start
OOpenInstinctSelf-hostable open-source iMessage assistant, one-click deploy to Vercel	iMessage	Self-host it	Free to start
OrchidEmail triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processedText it+1 415 299 9916	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Not published
PallyLife-admin triage where relationship nudges are a side effect, not the pitch	iMessageRCSTelegram	Tap one link	Free to start
PersonaActs in your name over iMessage or SMS, with a wearable band, SOC 2 Type I, and terms that say what it may do	iMessageSMS	Create an account	Not published
PokeAcquiredThe first independent third-party agent approved on Apple Messages for Business	iMessageWhatsAppTelegram	Create an account	Free to start
PredictsPrediction markets as a contact in Messages, with live odds and trades placed for youText it	iMessageWhatsAppTelegram	Text a number	Free to start
ReneOne agent for every app and errand, in iMessage, WhatsApp or Telegram, with a morning brief and no number published	iMessageWhatsAppTelegram	Unknown	Free to start
ServedAn iMessage kitchen assistant that reads your fridge, builds the list and places the order	iMessage	Text a number	Free to start
SoarBetaA travel agent saved in your contacts: books, checks you in, chases refunds, and runs the store that lists its rivalsText it+1 424 249 2855	iMessageSMS	Text a number	Free to start
SuperOrders the food and books the ride from her own accounts, so yours stay out of it	iMessageSMS	Tap one link	Free to start
sznBetaAn assistant in iMessage with its own name, number and email address, from a former Siri engineer	iMessage	Waitlist	Free to start
TabBetaAn agent you text that browses, calls, waits on hold and pays with your approval, and says where the secrets live	iMessageSMS	Waitlist	Not published
TtextmyagentA chief of staff in your texts: your inbox and calendar, one plan, no app and no loginText it+1 737 377 1927	iMessageSMS	Text a number	From $24.92/mo
TomoCoaching and accountability that charges for the unprompted check-in	iMessageSMSWebVoice	Text a number	Not published
TryOpenClawA hosted OpenClaw in your contacts on five platforms, unaffiliated with the project	iMessageWhatsAppTelegramDiscordSlack	Create an account	From $1/mo
VellumAn agent with its own identity and filesystem, across text, desktop and voice	TelegramSlackEmailVoiceWeb	Create an account	Free to start
Wis.aiBetaAn assistant on WhatsApp and Telegram with its own computer, number, voice and email, in a private beta with no price	WhatsAppTelegramVoiceEmail	Invite only	Not published
ZapiaA Latin American assistant you reach on WhatsApp, funded partly by affiliate commission on what it recommendsOpen in WhatsApp, opens with Hi Zapia!+598 94 101 100	WhatsAppWeb	Tap one link	Free to start
ZemeWatches every rental listing in four US markets and texts the moment one matches	SMS	Text a number	Free to start
Zo ComputerA cloud computer that runs while you are away, reachable from your Messages app	iMessageSMSTelegramDiscordSlackEmail	Create an account	From $18/mo

Not listed, because you open an app for them rather than text them: Claude, Cue, Grok Bot and Hark. The line between the two.