# asaply vs Boba > Boba scores 10.3 (F) to asaply's 7.6 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.md (~3,150 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.min.md (~480 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-13 Boba scores 10.3 (F) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. asaply leads on schema & documentation. Both do assistants reached by message. - asaply: grade F, 7.6/100, rank #1006 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asaply.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/asaply.json - Boba: grade F, 10.3/100, rank #1004 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### asaply (F) Good for: People in covered neighbourhoods who want coffee, lunch, tickets and rides handled by text. Ahead on: - Schema & documentation, 10 against 0 Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ### Boba (F) Good for: Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images. Ahead on: - Reliability, 15 against 10 - Payments & pricing, 30 against 0 Also in its favour: - Free to start without a card Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | asaply | Boba | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 10 | 15 | Boba +5 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 0 | asaply +10 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 30 | Boba +30 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 2 | even | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 39 | asaply +4 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **7.6 · F** | **10.3 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | asaply | Boba | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | Asaply Inc. | humans& ai, inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Pay per use | Free | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under asaply's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Messaging Terms (Asaply Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | yes | no | | Terms last updated | | | | Privacy policy last updated | | | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | ## Verdicts **asaply.** asaply is a text-only errand assistant in early access that orders, books and pays through Apple Pay after showing the total, and can read and change a connected Google Calendar and Gmail. No outside agent can call it, the service fee isn't published, and no status page or security contact was found. **Boba.** Boba is a free texting assistant for one-to-one and group chats over iMessage, RCS and SMS, started by sending one message with no card or app. No outside agent can call it, its privacy notice uses inputs and outputs to train its models with no opt-out found, and no status page or security contact was found. ## Before you call either ### asaply 1. Don't plan to call asaply from another agent. It answers only texts from the owner's phone number and group chats it joins. 2. Tell the owner each errand adds an unpublished service fee to the order total. ### Boba 1. Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app. 2. Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, asaply or Boba? Boba scores 10.3 (F) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. asaply leads on schema & documentation. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "asaply", "b": "boba"}`. 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It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default. - Boba competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.