# Atticus vs Tomo > Atticus scores 42.9 (E) to Tomo's 13.1 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tomo - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tomo.md (~3,200 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tomo.min.md (~530 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tomo.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 Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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 - Tomo: grade F, 13.1/100, rank #1076 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.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 15 - Schema & documentation, 15 against 0 - Agent ergonomics, 9 against 0 - Security & auth, 49 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 10 - Transparency & trust, 56 against 47 Also in its favour: - No key needed to call it - Free to start without a card - Open source Watch for: No API, MCP server or documented command an outside agent can call ### Tomo (F) Good for: People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats. Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Atticus | Tomo | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 15 | Atticus +53 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 0 | Atticus +15 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 9 | 0 | Atticus +9 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 49 | 0 | Atticus +49 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 10 | Atticus +50 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 54 | Tomo +3 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 47 | Atticus +9 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **42.9 · E** | **13.1 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Atticus | Tomo | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | SaarthurR (Saarth Ranka) | Mapo Labs, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | None | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Your plan | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | MIT | Closed service under Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | no | | Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-09-29 | | 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. **Tomo.** Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found. ## 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 ### Tomo 1. Don't plan to call Tomo from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, group chats it's added to and the iOS app. 2. Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Atticus or Tomo? Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ### Are Atticus and Tomo open source? Atticus is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Tomo. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tomo.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tomo.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "atticus", "b": "tomo"}`. 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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.