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Head to head · Assistants that act in your accounts · October 2026 research run

Brea vs Lobby

Brea scores 12.9 (F) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.

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BreaBrea AI LLC · Platform F12.9/100#1169 of 1190 LobbyLobby OS, Inc. · Platform F11.1/100#1175 of 1190

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

  • Security & auth, 7 against 0
  • Transparency & trust, 48 against 43

Also in its favour

  • Free to start without a card

Watch for

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

Lobby F

Best for A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools.

No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.

Watch for

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

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runBreaLobbyEdge
Reliability16%201515even
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.21010even
Agent ergonomics13%16.200even
Security & auth14%17.570Brea +7
Payments & pricing10%12.52020even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.842Brea +2
Transparency & trust7%8.84843Brea +5
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 12.9/100F 11.1/100

Facts side by side

FactBreaLobby
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorBrea AI LLCLobby OS, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth
PricingFreemiumPaid
x402nono
LicenceClosed service under Brea's terms (Brea AI LLC, last updated 2 July 2026).Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026.
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
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
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.

Lobby

Lobby is a paid email assistant that prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar and work tools, and its terms say nothing is sent until the owner approves. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found on 21 October 2026.

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.

Lobby

  1. Don't plan to call Lobby from another agent. It works only inside its own app for the signed-in owner.
  2. Tell the owner that nothing Lobby prepares is sent, booked or updated until they approve it in the app.
  3. Check whether the 7-day trial takes a card before signing the owner up. The terms don't say.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Brea or Lobby?

Brea scores 12.9 (F) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.

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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.

Lobby 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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