# Atticus vs Town (slim)

> Town scores 48.7 (D) to Atticus's 42.9 (E) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Town scores 48.7 (D) on agent readiness against Atticus's 42.9 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Atticus leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do assistants that remember you.

- Atticus: E 42.9, rank #974 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atticus.min.md
- Town: D 48.7, rank #878 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.min.md
- Atticus, 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 35; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- Town, good for An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 33 against 15; Agent ergonomics, 49 against 9; Security & auth, 79 against 49; Maintenance & community, 60 against 51; Transparency & trust, 63 against 56.

| Category | Atticus | Town |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 15 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 9 | 49 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 51 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Atticus | Town |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | SaarthurR (Saarth Ranka) | Town.com, Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-10 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 163 stars | none |