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Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run

asaply vs Instinct

asaply and Instinct score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 7.6 (F) and 7.3 (F). Instinct leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message.

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asaplyAsaply Inc. · Platform F7.6/100#1006 of 1010 InstinctSpear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct) · Platform F7.3/100#1009 of 1010

Which one, for what

asaply F

Best 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.

Instinct F

Best for People who want to hand errands to an assistant by text or phone.

Ahead on

  • Transparency & trust, 53 against 43

Watch for

No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runasaplyInstinctEdge
Reliability16%201010even
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2100asaply +10
Agent ergonomics13%16.200even
Security & auth14%17.503Instinct +3
Payments & pricing10%12.500even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.822even
Transparency & trust7%8.84353Instinct +10
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 7.6/100F 7.3/100

Facts side by side

FactasaplyInstinct
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorAsaply Inc.Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct)
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPay per usePaid
x402nono
LicenceClosed 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 Instinct's Terms of Service (Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a Instinct, last revised 26 August 2026).
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesno
Terms last updated2026-08-26
Privacy policy last updated2026-08-26
Customer content may train modelsyes, with an opt-out
Terms restrict automated accessyes
Terms restrict benchmarkingyes
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waiveryes

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.

Instinct

Instinct is a hosted assistant reached by text or call that acts in the owner's Google Workspace and WhatsApp and can make purchases. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, new sign-ups may meet a capacity waitlist, and materials train models unless the owner opts out.

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.

Instinct

  1. Don't look for an endpoint. app.instinct.com/mcp serves the web app shell and refuses POST with 405.
  2. Confirm any purchase with the owner. The terms say Actions may not be reversible.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, asaply or Instinct?

asaply and Instinct score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 7.6 (F) and 7.3 (F). Instinct leads on transparency & trust.

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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.

Instinct 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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