Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
asaply vs Caddy
Caddy scores 16.7 (F) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.
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Which one, for what
asaply F
Best for People in covered neighbourhoods who want coffee, lunch, tickets and rides handled by text.
No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Caddy F
Best for People who want a free assistant in iMessage or RCS that watches mail, calendars and work tools and asks before acting.
Ahead on
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 0
- Maintenance & community, 55 against 2
- Transparency & trust, 52 against 43
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | asaply | Caddy | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 10 | 10 | even |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 10 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 0 | 30 | Caddy +30 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 2 | 55 | Caddy +53 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 43 | 52 | Caddy +9 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 7.6/100 | F 16.7/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | asaply | Caddy |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Asaply Inc. | Caddy Technologies 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 Caddy's Terms of Service (Caddy Technologies Inc., last updated 27 April 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-13 |
| 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.
Caddy
Caddy is a free iMessage and RCS assistant in public beta that watches connected mail, calendars and work apps and asks before sending email or changing data. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found, though its iOS app ships every week or two.
Before you call either
asaply
- Don't plan to call asaply from another agent. It answers only texts from the owner's phone number and group chats it joins.
- Tell the owner each errand adds an unpublished service fee to the order total.
Caddy
- Don't plan to call Caddy from another agent. It answers the owner's text messages, Siri and group chats it's added to.
- Expect Caddy to ask the owner before it sends email or creates an invite.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, asaply or Caddy?
Caddy scores 16.7 (F) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.
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Disclosure
asaply 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.
Caddy 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.
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/api/v1/tools/asaply.json·/api/v1/tools/caddy-app.json - From a terminal
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