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Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run

Boba vs Orbits

Orbits scores 15.6 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments & pricing. Both do assistants reached by message.

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Bobahumans& ai, inc. · Platform F10.3/100#1004 of 1010 OrbitsNemus AI, Inc. · Platform F15.6/100#997 of 1010

Which one, for what

Boba F

Best for Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.

Ahead on

  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 20

Also in its favour

  • Free to start without a card

Watch for

No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.

Orbits F

Best for Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 10 against 0
  • Maintenance & community, 54 against 2

Watch for

No public agent API, as llms.txt states.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runBobaOrbitsEdge
Reliability16%201515even
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2010Orbits +10
Agent ergonomics13%16.200even
Security & auth14%17.500even
Payments & pricing10%12.53020Boba +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8254Orbits +52
Transparency & trust7%8.83943Orbits +4
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 10.3/100F 15.6/100

Facts side by side

FactBobaOrbits
KindPlatformPlatform
Vendorhumans& ai, inc.Nemus AI, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreePaid
x402nono
LicenceClosed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026).Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.).
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last releasenone2026-10-13
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.

Orbits

Orbits is a family household app whose assistant, Bit, runs shared calendars, lists and meals, reads household email and places restaurant calls after approval, with iOS releases every week or two. No outside agent can call it, prices appear only as App Store in-app purchases, and no status page, security contact or named subprocessors were found.

Before you call either

Boba

  1. Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app.
  2. Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models.

Orbits

  1. Don't plan to call Orbits from another agent. llms.txt says no public agent API is offered.
  2. Tell the owner the assistant needs an Orbits subscription bought in the app, and that any trial appears only at purchase.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Orbits?

Orbits scores 15.6 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments & pricing.

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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.

Orbits 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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