# Hark Pro vs Poke

> Poke scores 37.6 (F) to Hark Pro's 21.6 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-19

Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Hark Pro's 21.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hark Pro leads on security & auth. Both do assistants that remember you.

- Hark Pro: grade F, 21.6/100, rank #1123 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hark-pro.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hark-pro.json
- Poke: grade F, 37.6/100, rank #1086 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 917 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Hark Pro (F)

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

Ahead on:
- Security & auth, 45 against 24

Watch for: External API and MCP access were not verified

### Poke (F)

Good for: One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 51 against 15
- Schema & documentation, 42 against 10
- Agent ergonomics, 30 against 10
- Maintenance & community, 31 against 0
- Transparency & trust, 58 against 42

Watch for: No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Hark Pro | Poke | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 51 | Poke +36 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 42 | Poke +32 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 30 | Poke +20 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 24 | Hark Pro +21 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 0 | 31 | Poke +31 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 58 | Poke +16 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **21.6 · F** | **37.6 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Hark Pro | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Hark Labs, Inc. | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below. | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (4) | 1.8/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

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

**Poke.** Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected.

## 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.

### Poke

1. POST JSON to `https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message` with a Bearer key from Kitchen. Legacy `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated `/api/v1/inbound-sms/webhook`
2. Expect only `{"success": true}` back. Poke's answer goes to the owner's message thread, not to the caller
3. Do not retry a POST blindly. No idempotency key is documented, and a repeated message may make Poke act twice
4. Treat an API key as full access to the owner's mail, calendar and integrations. Create one key per automation and revoke it when done
5. Avoid the prefilled integration link with `apiKey` in the query string for real secrets. Enter the key in the form or use `npx poke@latest mcp add -k`

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Hark Pro or Poke?

Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Hark Pro's 21.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Hark Pro leads on security & auth.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-poke.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-poke.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "hark-pro", "b": "poke"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hark-pro poke`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hark-pro.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json

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