Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
Boba vs Tomo
Tomo scores 13.1 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments & pricing. 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.
Ahead on
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 10
Also in its favour
- Free to start without a card
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Tomo F
Best for People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.
Ahead on
- Maintenance & community, 54 against 2
- Transparency & trust, 47 against 39
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Boba | Tomo | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 15 | 15 | even |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 10 | Boba +20 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 2 | 54 | Tomo +52 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 39 | 47 | Tomo +8 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 10.3/100 | F 13.1/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Boba | Tomo |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | humans& ai, inc. | Mapo Labs, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | 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 | none | 2026-09-29 |
| 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.
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
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.
Tomo
- 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.
- Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Tomo?
Tomo scores 13.1 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 2 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.
Tomo 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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