Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
Boba vs folk
folk scores 19.8 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.
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Which one, for what
Boba F
Best for Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.
No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
folk F
Best for People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 25 against 15
- Schema & documentation, 10 against 0
- Maintenance & community, 35 against 2
- Transparency & trust, 67 against 39
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Boba | folk | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 15 | 25 | folk +10 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 0 | 10 | folk +10 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 3 | folk +3 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 30 | even |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 2 | 35 | folk +33 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 39 | 67 | folk +28 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 10.3/100 | F 19.8/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Boba | folk |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | humans& ai, inc. | Nozomio, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | 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 | none | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | ||
| Privacy policy last updated | ||
| Customer content may train models | ||
| Terms restrict automated access | ||
| Terms restrict benchmarking | ||
| Terms or service can change without notice | ||
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |
Verdicts
Boba
Boba is a free texting assistant for one-to-one and group chats over iMessage, RCS and SMS, started by sending one message with no card or app. No outside agent can call it, its privacy notice uses inputs and outputs to train its models with no opt-out found, and no status page or security contact was found.
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
Boba
- Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app.
- Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models.
folk
- Don't plan to call folk from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp thread and iPhone app.
- 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, Boba or folk?
folk scores 19.8 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.
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Disclosure
Boba 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.
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.
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anchor compare boba folk-nozomio(the CLI) - Over MCP
compare_tools {"a": "boba", "b": "folk-nozomio"}at/mcp, no key