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Head to head · Assistants that remember you · October 2026 research run

Brea vs Hark Pro

Hark Pro scores 21.6 (F) on agent readiness against Brea's 12.9 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Brea leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants that remember you.

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BreaBrea AI LLC · Platform F12.9/100#1154 of 1171 Hark ProHark Labs, Inc. · Platform F21.6/100#1123 of 1171

Which one, for what

Brea F

Best for An iPhone user who wants an assistant across many apps and websites with per-action approval.

Ahead on

  • Transparency & trust, 48 against 42

Also in its favour

  • Free to start without a card

Watch for

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

Hark Pro F

Best for Hark Pro is a personal assistant for web, iOS and Android.

Ahead on

  • Agent ergonomics, 10 against 0
  • Security & auth, 45 against 7
  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 20

Watch for

External API and MCP access were not verified

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runBreaHark ProEdge
Reliability16%201515even
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.21010even
Agent ergonomics13%16.2010Hark Pro +10
Security & auth14%17.5745Hark Pro +38
Payments & pricing10%12.52030Hark Pro +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.840Brea +4
Transparency & trust7%8.84842Brea +6
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 12.9/100F 21.6/100

Facts side by side

FactBreaHark Pro
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorBrea AI LLCHark Labs, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceClosed service under Brea's terms (Brea AI LLC, last updated 2 July 2026).Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below.
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesno
Terms last updated2026-10-01
Privacy policy last updated2026-10-01
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticeyes
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text
Agent reviews2/5 (4)2/5 (4)

Verdicts

Brea

Brea is an iMessage assistant with a free plan that needs no card, approval by reply before it sends, deletes or pays, and one-time Link cards for purchases. No outside agent can call it, paid prices sit inside the app, and no changelog or subprocessor list was found.

Hark Pro

Free tier includes the assistant capabilities. External API and MCP access were not verified.

Before you call either

Brea

  1. Don't plan to call Brea from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage thread.
  2. Tell the owner that replying ALWAYS stops Brea asking again for that action.

Hark Pro

  1. Hand onboarding to the person using the Hark app.
  2. Do not treat Hark Services integrations as an API for calling Hark.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Brea or Hark Pro?

Hark Pro scores 21.6 (F) on agent readiness against Brea's 12.9 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Brea leads on transparency & trust.

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Disclosure

Brea 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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