{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "asaply", "name": "asaply", "vendor": "Asaply Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://asaply.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "asaply is a hosted errand assistant people text over iMessage or SMS to order coffee and lunch for pickup, buy tickets, book rides and make reservations, with payment through Apple Pay.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asaply", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asaply.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asaply.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/asaply.json", "license": "Closed service under asaply's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Messaging Terms (Asaply Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No app or account form. The phone number is the account, and texting asaply's number accepts the terms (https://asaply.ai and https://asaply.ai/text). Google Calendar and Gmail connections are optional, with tokens encrypted at rest (https://asaply.ai/legal).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "\"You pay for your order plus a small service fee for the running-around. No subscription\" (https://asaply.ai, FAQ, checked 14 October 2026). The fee amount is not published. The terms say fees are non-refundable except where the law requires (https://asaply.ai/legal).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on asaply.ai, llms.txt or the legal page, checked 14 October 2026. People pay with Apple Pay.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://asaply.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "commerce.checkout", "travel.booking", "calendar.write", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "waitlist", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 7.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1006, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 40, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 0, "reliability": 10, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 43 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "People in covered neighbourhoods who want coffee, lunch, tickets and rides handled by text.", "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.", "strengths": [ "The total is shown before anything is confirmed, and Apple Pay keeps the card number from asaply.", "It asks before cancelling events, changing events with other invitees or sending any email, with a 30-minute undo on calendar changes.", "Location history is deleted within 90 days, per the legal page.", "In group chats, other members see only the owner's free and busy times." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "The service fee on each errand isn't published.", "Early access only, rolling out by neighbourhood.", "No status page, changelog or security contact found." ], "agentNotes": [ "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." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 7.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 0, "reliability": 10, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 39 }, "provenanceScore": 47 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/asaply" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Asaply Inc.", "domain": "asaply.ai", "domainRegistered": "2026-04-27", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://asaply.ai/legal", "privacy": "https://asaply.ai/legal", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The privacy policy, terms of service and messaging terms are one page, last updated 11 October 2026. An EULA for the asaply apps is at https://asaply.ai/eula and was not read.", "asaply.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page or changelog was found.", "No X account is linked from asaply.ai. llms.txt lists Instagram and LinkedIn.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-04-27 for asaply.ai." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asaply.json" }, "answer": "asaply and Instinct score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 7.6 (F) and 7.3 (F). Instinct leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "instinct", "name": "Instinct", "vendor": "Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct)", "vendorUrl": "https://instinct.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Instinct is a hosted personal assistant that a person texts or calls. It uses a phone and a computer on the owner's behalf, connects to Google Workspace and WhatsApp, and handles tasks such as bills, gifts, groceries and appointments.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/instinct.json", "license": "Closed service under Instinct's Terms of Service (Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a Instinct, last revised 26 August 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "People sign in to the web app at https://app.instinct.com/login, and the terms allow linking an Apple, Facebook or Google account (https://instinct.com/terms). The web app's onboarding has a capacity waitlist state (\"You're on the waitlist. We're letting people in as fast as we can.\") and an invite page, so a new sign-up may not get access straight away. No API key, MCP server or other programmatic access was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No price or plan was published on instinct.com or found in the web app, checked 12 October 2026. The terms say people may have to pay fees for some parts of the service, charged in US dollars (https://instinct.com/terms, section 4). The value of this field is unconfirmed.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on instinct.com or in the web app, checked 12 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "mailbox.read", "calendar.write", "messaging.whatsapp", "voice.calls", "commerce.checkout", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "security-txt", "waitlist" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 7.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1009, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 41, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 0, "reliability": 10, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 53 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "People who want to hand errands to an assistant by text or phone.", "disclosure": "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.", "strengths": [ "The privacy policy warns that third parties may plant instructions aimed at autonomous agents and asks owners to review actions.", "Google Workspace data and Vault items are excluded from model training.", "security.txt published with a contact and an expiry of 18 February 2027." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "No published price, plan or free tier.", "The web app has a capacity waitlist step for new sign-ups.", "Materials train models by default, and indexed data stays in use after a disconnect unless deletion is requested." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't look for an endpoint. app.instinct.com/mcp serves the web app shell and refuses POST with 405.", "Confirm any purchase with the owner. The terms say Actions may not be reversible." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 7.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 0, "reliability": 10, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 33 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/instinct" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct)", "domain": "instinct.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-05-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://instinct.com/terms", "privacy": "https://instinct.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "instinct.co redirects to instinct.com.", "instinct.com/.well-known/security.txt names support@instinct.com and expires on 18 February 2027.", "Privacy questions go to privacy@instinct.com, and the site footer gives comms@instinct.com.", "No status page, changelog or llms.txt was found. Unknown paths on instinct.com return the site's HTML shell.", "The terms and privacy policy were last revised on 26 August 2026.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 1997-05-20 for instinct.com, which predates the company." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.json", "live": { "slug": "instinct", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://instinct.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-02-18T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:45:01.894126056Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://instinct.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:18:01.474114904Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bb6232361476" }, { "url": "https://instinct.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:18:03.550077596Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "eb19bd068bfc" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-13T20:18:03.550077596Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Asaply Inc.", "b": "Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service under asaply's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Messaging Terms (Asaply Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026).", "b": "Closed service under Instinct's Terms of Service (Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a Instinct, last revised 26 August 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "", "b": "2026-08-26", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "2026-08-26", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes, with an opt-out", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "asaply and Instinct score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 7.6 (F) and 7.3 (F). Instinct leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, asaply or Instinct?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "People in covered neighbourhoods who want coffee, lunch, tickets and rides handled by text.", "slug": "asaply", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 53 against 43" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "People who want to hand errands to an assistant by text or phone.", "slug": "instinct", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-asmi.json", "title": "asaply vs Asmi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-asmi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-astrbot.json", "title": "asaply vs AstrBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-astrbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.json", "title": "asaply vs Boba", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boski.json", "title": "asaply vs Boski", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boski" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-brea.json", "title": "asaply vs Brea", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-brea" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "asaply vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "asaply vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del.json", "title": "asaply vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "asaply vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-gaia.json", "title": "asaply vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "asaply vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-haven.json", "title": "asaply vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "asaply vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "asaply vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "asaply vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-lindy.json", "title": "asaply vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "asaply vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "asaply vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-natura.json", "title": "asaply vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "asaply vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "asaply vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "asaply vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orbits.json", "title": "asaply vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "asaply vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-pally.json", "title": "asaply vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "asaply vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-poke.json", "title": "asaply vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "asaply vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-szn.json", "title": "asaply vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "asaply vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tomo.json", "title": "asaply vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town.json", "title": "asaply vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zapia.json", "title": "asaply vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "asaply vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "asaply vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Asmi vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Boba vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Brea vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Del vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-instinct.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Instinct vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Instinct vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Instinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-szn.json", "title": "Instinct vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Instinct vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Instinct vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-instinct.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Boski vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Caddy vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-instinct.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-instinct.json", "title": "folk vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct.json", "title": "GAIA vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Haven vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Instinct vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-leon.json", "title": "Instinct vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Instinct vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Instinct vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Instinct vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Instinct vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Instinct vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Instinct vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke.json", "title": "Instinct vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Instinct vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town.json", "title": "Instinct vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Instinct vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Instinct vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Instinct vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-talorys.json", "title": "asaply vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Instinct vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "asaply": 10, "by": 0, "edge": "", "instinct": 10, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "asaply": 10, "by": 10, "edge": "asaply", "instinct": 0, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "asaply": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "instinct": 0, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "asaply": 0, "by": 3, "edge": "instinct", "instinct": 3, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "asaply": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "instinct": 0, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "asaply": 2, "by": 0, "edge": "", "instinct": 2, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "asaply": 43, "by": 10, "edge": "instinct", "instinct": 53, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "asaply and Instinct score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 7.6 (F) and 7.3 (F). Instinct leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistants reached by message.", "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-instinct", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-instinct.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-instinct.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-instinct.min.md" }, "markdown": "asaply and Instinct score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 7.6 (F) and 7.3 (F). Instinct leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\n- 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\n- Instinct: grade F, 7.3/100, rank #1009 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/instinct.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### asaply (F)\n\nGood for: People in covered neighbourhoods who want coffee, lunch, tickets and rides handled by text.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### Instinct (F)\n\nGood for: People who want to hand errands to an assistant by text or phone.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 53 against 43\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | asaply | Instinct | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 10 | 10 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 0 | asaply +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 3 | Instinct +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 2 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 53 | Instinct +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **7.6 · F** | **7.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | asaply | Instinct |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Asaply Inc. | Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| 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 Instinct's Terms of Service (Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a Instinct, last revised 26 August 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Terms last updated | | 2026-08-26 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | 2026-08-26 |\n| Customer content may train models | | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | yes |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### asaply\n\n1. Don't plan to call asaply from another agent. It answers only texts from the owner's phone number and group chats it joins.\n2. Tell the owner each errand adds an unpublished service fee to the order total.\n\n### Instinct\n\n1. Don't look for an endpoint. app.instinct.com/mcp serves the web app shell and refuses POST with 405.\n2. Confirm any purchase with the owner. The terms say Actions may not be reversible.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, asaply or Instinct?\n\nasaply and Instinct score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 7.6 (F) and 7.3 (F). Instinct leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-instinct.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-instinct.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"asaply\", \"b\": \"instinct\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare asaply instinct`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/asaply.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/instinct.json\n\n## Other comparisons with asaply or Instinct\n\n- [asaply vs Asmi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-asmi.md)\n- [asaply vs AstrBot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-astrbot.md)\n- [asaply vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.md)\n- [asaply vs Boski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boski.md)\n- [asaply vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-brea.md)\n- [asaply vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [asaply vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [asaply vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del.md)\n- [asaply vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [asaply vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-gaia.md)\n- [asaply vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [asaply vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-haven.md)\n- [asaply vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [asaply vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [asaply vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [asaply vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-lindy.md)\n- [asaply vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [asaply vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [asaply vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-natura.md)\n- [asaply vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [asaply vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [asaply vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [asaply vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orbits.md)\n- [asaply vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [asaply vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-pally.md)\n- [asaply vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [asaply vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-poke.md)\n- [asaply vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [asaply vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-szn.md)\n- [asaply vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [asaply vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tomo.md)\n- [asaply vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town.md)\n- [asaply vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zapia.md)\n- [asaply vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [asaply vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Asmi vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Boba vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Brea vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Del vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-instinct.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Instinct vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Instinct vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Instinct vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Instinct vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-szn.md)\n- [Instinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Instinct vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Boski vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Caddy vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-instinct.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-instinct.md)\n- [folk vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-instinct.md)\n- [GAIA vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Haven vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Instinct vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-leon.md)\n- [Instinct vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Instinct vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Instinct vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Instinct vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke.md)\n- [Instinct vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town.md)\n- [Instinct vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [asaply vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [asaply vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-leon.md)\n- [asaply vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Instinct vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-natura.md)\n- [Instinct vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-pally.md)\n- [Instinct vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Instinct vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-wajo.md)\n- [asaply vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Instinct vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- 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.\n- 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. 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