Head to head · Assistants that act in your accounts · October 2026 research run
folk vs Tomo
folk scores 19.8 (F) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tomo leads on maintenance & community. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.
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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
- Schema & documentation, 10 against 0
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 10
- Transparency & trust, 67 against 47
Also in its favour
- Free to start without a card
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Tomo F
Best for People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.
Ahead on
- Maintenance & community, 54 against 35
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | folk | Tomo | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 25 | 15 | folk +10 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 0 | folk +10 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 3 | 0 | folk +3 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 10 | folk +20 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 35 | 54 | Tomo +19 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 67 | 47 | folk +20 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 19.8/100 | F 13.1/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | folk | Tomo |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Nozomio, Inc. | Mapo Labs, 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 Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-09-29 |
| 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.
Tomo
Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was 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.
Tomo
- Don't plan to call Tomo from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, group chats it's added to and the iOS app.
- Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, folk or Tomo?
folk scores 19.8 (F) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tomo 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.
Tomo 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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