{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "boba", "name": "Boba", "vendor": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://getboba.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Boba is a free AI assistant people text over iMessage, RCS or SMS, one to one or in group chats. It plans with groups, answers questions, drafts messages, makes and edits images and writes songs.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json", "license": "Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans\u0026 ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No app or sign-up form. Sending the pre-written first text, which carries an invite code, is the sign-up (https://getboba.ai). The privacy notice describes optional Google account access through Google APIs (https://getboba.ai/privacy).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "\"No subscription, no ads. Free to use\" (https://getboba.ai, checked 14 October 2026). The terms say no fees are charged today and fees may apply in future (https://getboba.ai/terms).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on getboba.ai or its terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "memory.user", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "free", "no-card" ], "graded": true, "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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 10.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1004, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 38, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 39 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.", "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.", "strengths": [ "Free, with no subscription, ads, card or app.", "Works in group chats that mix iPhone and Android.", "Google user data isn't used for advertising or for models beyond the owner's personalised model, and is deleted within 60 days of a request." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "The privacy notice uses inputs and outputs to train or fine-tune its models, with no opt-out found.", "No retention period stated for messages.", "No status page, changelog, security.txt or named subprocessors." ], "agentNotes": [ "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." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 10.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 47 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/boba" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.", "domain": "getboba.ai", "domainRegistered": "2026-04-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://getboba.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://getboba.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy notice name humans\u0026 ai, inc. and were last updated on 5 October 2026.", "getboba.ai has no robots.txt (404). security.txt, llms.txt and sitemap.xml return 404. No status page or changelog was found. Contact hello@getboba.ai.", "No X account is linked from getboba.ai.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-04-30 for getboba.ai." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.json" }, "answer": "Zapia scores 17.3 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "zapia", "name": "Zapia", "vendor": "Brainlogic AI S.A.S.", "vendorUrl": "https://zapia.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Zapia is a personal AI assistant app for iOS, Android and the web, aimed at Latin America. It reads connected email, calendars, files and chats, sends reminders, drafts replies and runs scheduled tasks.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.json", "license": "Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Apps for iPhone and Android, and the web by signing in with Google (https://zapia.com/?lang=en). The changelog says each connector asks only for the permissions it needs and can be revoked on its own (https://zapia.com/changelog?lang=en).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at US$0 a month, \"The free plan isn't a trial\", with up to 20 scheduled tasks. Pro US$9.99 a month with up to 50 scheduled tasks and Ultra US$99.99 a month with 10 times the usage and up to 100, each with a 7-day trial that converts to paid unless cancelled. Payment is by card in the app, and web payment is not available (https://zapia.com/planes?lang=en, checked 14 October 2026).", "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on zapia.com's plans, terms or changelog, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "messaging.whatsapp", "browser.hosted", "tasks.create", "notify.push", "memory.user", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "ios", "android" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Zapia 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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 17.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 995, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 31, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found.", "bestFor": "Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.", "disclosure": "Zapia 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.", "strengths": [ "Free plan at US$0 that the plans page says isn't a trial, with card payment only for paid plans.", "Anything that writes goes through an explicit confirmation, per the changelog of 18 June 2026.", "Fifteen iOS versions between 20 July and 12 October 2026.", "The privacy notice names OpenAI, Anthropic and Google as its AI providers." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.", "No status page, security.txt or security contact found.", "The terms carry no date.", "Hosting and data locations aren't stated." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access.", "Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 17.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/zapia" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Zapia Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 9.99, "note": "Up to 50 scheduled tasks, 7-day trial. Checked 14 October 2026." }, { "item": "Zapia Ultra", "unit": "month", "usd": 99.99, "note": "10 times Pro's usage, up to 100 scheduled tasks." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Brainlogic AI SAS", "domain": "zapia.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-08-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://zapia.com/terminos?lang=en", "privacy": "https://zapia.com/privacidad?lang=en", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://zapia.com/changelog?lang=en", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms name Brainlogic AI SAS and carry no date. The privacy notice was last updated on 5 October 2026.", "The site footer shows \"All systems operational\" with no link to a status page.", "zapia.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and zapia.com/llms.txt returns 404.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2020-08-03 for zapia.com." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.", "b": "Brainlogic AI S.A.S.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans\u0026 ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026).", "b": "Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-10-12", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Zapia scores 17.3 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Zapia?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.", "slug": "boba", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 56 against 2", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 39" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.", "slug": "zapia", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.json", "title": "asaply vs Boba", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zapia.json", "title": "asaply vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boba.json", "title": "Asmi vs Boba", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boba" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Asmi vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Boba", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zapia.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski.json", "title": "Boba vs Boski", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-brea.json", "title": "Boba vs Brea", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-brea" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "Boba vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Boba vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.json", "title": "Boba vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Boba vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Boba vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "Boba vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-haven.json", "title": "Boba vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Boba vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Boba vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Boba vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Boba vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Boba vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-natura.json", "title": "Boba vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Boba vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Boba vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Boba vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boba vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally.json", "title": "Boba vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke.json", "title": "Boba vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Boba vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn.json", "title": "Boba vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Boba vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Boba vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.json", "title": "Boba vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Boba vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Boski vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Brea vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Caddy vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Del vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia.json", "title": "folk vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zapia.json", "title": "GAIA vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Haven vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Instinct vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Lindy vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia.json", "title": "nanobot vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Dots vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orbits vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orchid vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Poke vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia.json", "title": "szn vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Tab vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Town vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Zapia vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": 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Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zapia" } ], "scores": [ { "boba": 15, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "zapia": 15 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "zapia": 0 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "zapia": 0 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 3, "edge": "zapia", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "zapia": 3 }, { "boba": 30, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "zapia": 30 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "boba": 2, "by": 54, "edge": "zapia", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "zapia": 56 }, { "boba": 39, "by": 20, "edge": "zapia", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "zapia": 59 } ], "summary": "Zapia scores 17.3 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.", "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.", "zapia": "Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia.min.md" }, "markdown": "Zapia scores 17.3 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\n- Boba: grade F, 10.3/100, rank #1004 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json\n- Zapia: grade F, 17.3/100, rank #995 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Boba (F)\n\nGood for: Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### Zapia (F)\n\nGood for: Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 56 against 2\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 39\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Boba | Zapia | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 15 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 3 | Zapia +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 56 | Zapia +54 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 59 | Zapia +20 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **10.3 · F** | **17.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Boba | Zapia |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | humans\u0026 ai, inc. | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans\u0026 ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | none | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Zapia.** Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Boba\n\n1. Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app.\n2. Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models.\n\n### Zapia\n\n1. Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access.\n2. Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Zapia?\n\nZapia scores 17.3 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"boba\", \"b\": \"zapia\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare boba zapia`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Boba or Zapia\n\n- [asaply vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.md)\n- [asaply vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Asmi vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boba.md)\n- [Asmi vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Boba vs Boski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski.md)\n- [Boba vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-brea.md)\n- [Boba vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Boba vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boba vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.md)\n- [Boba vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Boba vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Boba vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Boba vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-haven.md)\n- [Boba vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Boba vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Boba vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Boba vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Boba vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Boba vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-natura.md)\n- [Boba vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Boba vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Boba vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Boba vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boba vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally.md)\n- [Boba vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke.md)\n- [Boba vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Boba vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn.md)\n- [Boba vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Boba vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Boba vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.md)\n- [Boba vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Boski vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Brea vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Caddy vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zapia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Del vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.md)\n- [folk vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia.md)\n- [GAIA vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Haven vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Instinct vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zapia.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Lindy vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zapia.md)\n- [nanobot vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Dots vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zapia.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zapia.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Orbits vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Orchid vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Poke vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia.md)\n- [szn vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tab vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Town vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Zapia vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Zapia vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Leon vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Pally vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tomo vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Wajo (Fo) vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Boba vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Boba vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-leon.md)\n- [Boba vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Boba vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Talorys vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zapia.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- 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.\n- Zapia competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. 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