Head to head · Assistants that act in your accounts · October 2026 research run
Tomo vs Zapia
Zapia scores 17.3 (F) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.
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Which one, for what
Tomo F
Best for People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.
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.
Zapia F
Best for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.
Ahead on
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 10
- Transparency & trust, 59 against 47
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Tomo | Zapia | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 15 | 15 | even |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 3 | Zapia +3 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 10 | 30 | Zapia +20 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 54 | 56 | Zapia +2 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 47 | 59 | Zapia +12 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 13.1/100 | F 17.3/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Tomo | Zapia |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Mapo Labs, Inc. | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026). | Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-12 |
| 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
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.
Zapia
Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found.
Before you call either
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.
Zapia
- Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access.
- Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Tomo or Zapia?
Zapia scores 17.3 (F) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.
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Disclosure
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.
Zapia 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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