# Boski vs folk > Boski scores 26.2 (F) to folk's 19.8 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.md (~3,250 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.min.md (~530 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-13 Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do proactive personal assistants. - Boski: grade F, 26.2/100, rank #981 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boski.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boski.json - folk: grade F, 19.8/100, rank #993 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Boski (F) Good for: People who want an agent working on personal goals between conversations, and who want ChatGPT or Codex to read their saved preferences. Ahead on: - Schema & documentation, 15 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 13 against 0 - Security & auth, 45 against 3 Watch for: No free plan or trial found. ### folk (F) Good for: People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier. Ahead on: - Payments & pricing, 30 against 10 - Maintenance & community, 35 against 23 Also in its favour: - Free to start without a card Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Boski | folk | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 25 | even | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 10 | Boski +5 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 13 | 0 | Boski +13 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 3 | Boski +42 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 30 | folk +20 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 23 | 35 | folk +12 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 67 | folk +4 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **26.2 · F** | **19.8 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Boski | folk | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | Boski, Inc. | Nozomio, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Paid | Freemium | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026). | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | yes | yes | | llms.txt | yes | 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 **Boski.** Boski is a hosted personal agent that works on its owner's goals over messaging channels for $5 a week, and its plugin lets ChatGPT and Codex read saved preferences under a read-only OAuth scope. No free option, status page or security contact was found, and the plugin's tool definitions weren't readable. **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 ### Boski 1. Use the Boski plugin only to read the owner's saved preferences and constraints. It can't save changes. 2. Ask the owner to finish Boski's onboarding interview if the plugin says it's incomplete, then retry. ### folk 1. Don't plan to call folk from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp thread and iPhone app. 2. 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, Boski or folk? Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "boski", "b": "folk-nozomio"}`. 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[folk vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tomo.md) - [folk vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-wajo.md) - [Boski vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-talorys.md) - [Boski vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-wajo.md) - [folk vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-talorys.md) ## Disclosure - Boski 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.