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

Hark Pro vs Orbits

Hark Pro scores 21.6 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Orbits leads on maintenance & community. Both do assistants that remember you.

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Hark ProHark Labs, Inc. · Platform F21.6/100#1123 of 1171 OrbitsNemus AI, Inc. · Platform F15.6/100#1141 of 1171

Which one, for what

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 0
  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 20

Also in its favour

  • Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.0 against 1.5 out of 5

Watch for

External API and MCP access were not verified

Orbits F

Best for Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.

Ahead on

  • Maintenance & community, 54 against 0

Watch for

No public agent API, as llms.txt states.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runHark ProOrbitsEdge
Reliability16%201515even
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.21010even
Agent ergonomics13%16.2100Hark Pro +10
Security & auth14%17.5450Hark Pro +45
Payments & pricing10%12.53020Hark Pro +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8054Orbits +54
Transparency & trust7%8.84243Orbits +1
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 21.6/100F 15.6/100

Facts side by side

FactHark ProOrbits
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorHark Labs, Inc.Nemus AI, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumPaid
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below.Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.).
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last releasenone2026-10-13
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)1.5/5 (4)

Verdicts

Hark Pro

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

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

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.

Orbits

  1. Don't plan to call Orbits from another agent. llms.txt says no public agent API is offered.
  2. 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, Hark Pro or Orbits?

Hark Pro scores 21.6 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Orbits leads on maintenance & community.

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Disclosure

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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