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Which coaching agent tells you the most

Accountability, habits and check-ins. Tomo discloses the most of the 6 here, at 7 of 9. Every criterion is mechanical and listed below, so you can recompute any position yourself.

What each one tells you

Every disclosure below is something these companies could publish today at no cost. A low score is a choice rather than a limitation.

  1. 1

    Tomo

    Coaching and accountability that charges for the unprompted check-in

    iMessageSMSWeb
    7 of 9Does not disclose: names its model providers, says where to report a bug
  2. 2

    Bo

    A health and life assistant by text, with an AI provider held to zero retention

    iMessageSMS
    4 of 9Does not disclose: addresses people who never signed up, says what happens if you cancel, names who carries the messages, names its model providers, says where to report a bug
  3. 3

    Iris

    A non-clinical companion on iMessage, answering at any hour

    iMessageText it+1 646 204 6494
    4 of 9Does not disclose: addresses people who never signed up, says what happens if you cancel, names who carries the messages, names its model providers, says where to report a bug
  4. 4

    Nudge

    A health coach that texts you every day, and calls it out when you slip

    iMessageSMS
    4 of 9Does not disclose: says whether it trains on you, addresses people who never signed up, says what happens if you cancel, names who carries the messages, names its model providers
  5. 5

    remi

    Texts you about habits, plans and the small things, and is explicit about what she is not

    iMessageText it+1 239 530 8371
    4 of 9Does not disclose: addresses people who never signed up, says what happens if you cancel, names who carries the messages, names its model providers, says where to report a bug
  6. 6

    Mochi

    Text a photograph of dinner and get the calories back, with no app to open

    iMessageText it+1 929 364 9402
    3 of 9Does not disclose: says whether it trains on you, addresses people who never signed up, says what happens if you cancel, names who carries the messages, names its model providers, says where to report a bug

How this is scored

Publishes a price
You can find out what it costs without signing up
Has a privacy policy
There is a document at all, for a product that reads your messages
Says whether it trains on you
States plainly whether your conversations train a model
Addresses people who never signed up
Says what happens to the data of others in your threads
Says what happens if you cancel
States whether your history is kept or deleted
Names who carries the messages
Names the company that actually holds your texts
Names its model providers
Says which AI companies see your conversations
Says where to report a bug
A researcher who finds a hole has somewhere to send it
Says how you start
You can tell what is required of you before you begin

Fewest steps before it does anything

Counted the same way as the onboarding ladder: joining a thread you are already in is zero, texting a number is one, installing an app before you can begin is four. Agents behind a waitlist or an invite are left out rather than ranked last, because unavailable is not the same as high friction.

  1. 1IrisText a numberiMessage
  2. 2MochiText a numberiMessage
  3. 3NudgeTap one linkiMessageSMS
  4. 4remiText a numberiMessage
  5. 5TomoText a numberiMessageSMSWeb
  6. 6BoCreate an accountiMessageSMS

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