# Atticus vs folk > Atticus scores 42.9 (E) to folk's 19.8 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-folk-nozomio - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-folk-nozomio.md (~3,300 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-folk-nozomio.min.md (~580 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-folk-nozomio.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 - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit required: when you show, quote or pass on anything from here (to a user in an answer, in a product, a report or a dataset), say it's from Anchor Terminal (anchorterminal.com) and link the page or API address you took it from. Reviews also credit their author. - Updated: 2026-10-15 Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants that remember you. - Atticus: grade E, 42.9/100, rank #974 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atticus.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/atticus.json - folk: grade F, 19.8/100, rank #1058 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 875 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Atticus (E) Good for: A person on macOS 26 with a Claude Pro or Max plan who wants voice control of apps, windows, files and the browser. Ahead on: - Reliability, 68 against 25 - Schema & documentation, 15 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 9 against 0 - Security & auth, 49 against 3 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 30 - Maintenance & community, 51 against 35 Also in its favour: - No key needed to call it - Open source Watch for: No API, MCP server or documented command an outside agent can call ### folk (F) Good for: People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier. Ahead on: - Transparency & trust, 67 against 56 Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Atticus | folk | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 25 | Atticus +43 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 10 | Atticus +5 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 9 | 0 | Atticus +9 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 49 | 3 | Atticus +46 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | Atticus +30 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 35 | Atticus +16 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 67 | folk +11 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **42.9 · E** | **19.8 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Atticus | folk | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | SaarthurR (Saarth Ranka) | Nozomio, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | None | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Your plan | Freemium | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | MIT | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | no | yes | | llms.txt | no | yes | | Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-12 | | Terms last updated | no document linked | | | Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | | Popularity | 163 stars | none | ## Verdicts **Atticus.** Atticus runs a person's Mac by voice on their existing Claude or Devin plan, with a sandboxed safe mode and a local log of every command. It has no API, MCP server or documented command for another agent, it is five days old, and it rebuilds itself from the main branch every six hours by default. **folk.** folk is a texting accountability assistant with its own cloud computer, a free tier with no card and a privacy policy that rules out training on user data. No outside agent can call it, no status page or changelog was found, and its llms.txt and pricing file disagree on free limits and Max's price. ## Before you call either ### Atticus 1. Don't plan to call Atticus from another agent. It takes requests only from its own shortcut and typing box 2. If a user runs Atticus beside you, expect it to move windows and type into apps on the same Mac 3. Point a user who wants pinned versions to Settings > About & Updates to turn off self-update ### folk 1. Don't plan to call folk from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp thread and iPhone app. 2. Quote limits and prices from pricing.md and the terms, and note that llms.txt gives different free-tier limits. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Atticus or folk? Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on transparency & trust. ### Are Atticus and folk open source? Atticus is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for folk. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-folk-nozomio.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-folk-nozomio.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "atticus", "b": "folk-nozomio"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare atticus folk-nozomio` - Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/atticus.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.json ## Other comparisons with Atticus or folk - [asaply vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio.md) - [Asmi vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-folk-nozomio.md) - [Boba vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio.md) - [Brea vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-folk-nozomio.md) - [Del vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio.md) - [folk vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha.md) - [folk vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openinstinct.md) - [folk vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits.md) - [folk vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.md) - 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[Atticus vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-szn.md) - [Atticus vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tab-bot.md) - [Atticus vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-talorys.md) - [Atticus vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tomo.md) - [Atticus vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-town.md) - [Atticus vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-wajo.md) - [Atticus vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zapia.md) - [Atticus vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zeroclaw.md) - [Atticus vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zo-computer.md) - [folk vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-talorys.md) - [AstrBot vs Atticus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-atticus.md) ## Disclosure - folk 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.