Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
folk vs Orbits
folk scores 19.8 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Orbits leads on maintenance & community. Both do assistants reached by message.
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Which one, for what
folk F
Best for People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 25 against 15
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
- Transparency & trust, 67 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.
Orbits F
Best for Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.
Ahead on
- Maintenance & community, 54 against 35
Watch for
No public agent API, as llms.txt states.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | folk | Orbits | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 25 | 15 | folk +10 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 10 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 3 | 0 | folk +3 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 20 | folk +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 35 | 54 | Orbits +19 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 67 | 43 | folk +24 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 19.8/100 | F 15.6/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | folk | Orbits |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Nozomio, Inc. | Nemus AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). | Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.). |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-13 |
| 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
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.
Orbits
Orbits is a family household app whose assistant, Bit, runs shared calendars, lists and meals, reads household email and places restaurant calls after approval, with iOS releases every week or two. No outside agent can call it, prices appear only as App Store in-app purchases, and no status page, security contact or named subprocessors were found.
Before you call either
folk
- Don't plan to call folk from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp thread and iPhone app.
- Quote limits and prices from pricing.md and the terms, and note that llms.txt gives different free-tier limits.
Orbits
- Don't plan to call Orbits from another agent. llms.txt says no public agent API is offered.
- Tell the owner the assistant needs an Orbits subscription bought in the app, and that any trial appears only at purchase.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, folk or Orbits?
folk scores 19.8 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Orbits leads on maintenance & community.
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Disclosure
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.
Orbits 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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