Homer alternative
Homer is a personal assistant you text in iMessage or SMS. Same job as us. Public number. No app. Available today.
They go further on agent work. Outbound calls. Flight watches. Inbox sentinel and triage. We stay in the thread you already use: reminders that come back as texts, daily briefs, memory, Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, and Outlook.
This is not a ChatGPT comparison. That post is already written: Why Use AI Chat SMS When You Can Just Use ChatGPT?.
We already wrote an Instinct alternative. Homer is a different product.
What Homer says
From heyhomer.com: an AI assistant in iMessage and SMS. Public number +1 (415) 583-6966. No app, no login, no account. iPhone via iMessage. Android via SMS.
They offer a free trial. No card to start. Paid Pro is $19.99 a month or $119.99 a year on their upgrade page.
What they publish: web search, memory, calendar, Gmail, email intelligence and drafts, meeting prep, outbound phone calls, flight watches, email sentinel, Slack and GitHub, reminders, a morning brief, and image visualization.
We are not going to draw their product UI. That page is the source.
What you get if you text us
A public number. (305) 588-2170. US and Canada. Native Messages. No app. Fifty free messages. No card to start.
On iPhone and Mac you get real iMessage blue bubbles. Homer claims that too. It is not a unique win. Android and other phones get SMS or RCS.
Remind me to call the pharmacy at 3pm
Done. I'll text you at 3:00 PM to call the pharmacy.
Send me a briefing on local weather every morning at 7:30
Set. I'll research the local weather each morning and text you at 7:30 AM.
Reminders arrive as texts. /remind or plain English. Daily briefings on any topic with /briefing. Long-term memory. Web search. /image. Personas with /mode. Bookmarks with /save. Photo analysis.
Connect Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Outlook. Text /connect gmail or /connect calendar, or just ask. You get an OAuth link you control.
Calendar from texts: create events, what is today, a weekly summary, a photo of a flyer turned into an event. Gmail from texts: send a message, or ask if you have mail from someone. Outlook is on the same /connect list.
We do not make outbound phone calls. We do not watch flights. We do not run an inbox sentinel or triage your whole inbox. We do not connect Slack or GitHub.
If you want the product explanation, You can text an AI agent now and Your AI texting assistant are already written. Calendar setup is Google Calendar Just Met Your Texts.
Side by side
| AI Chat SMS | Homer | |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | Today. Public number. US and Canada. | Today. Public number. |
| Price | 50 free messages. No card to start. | Free trial. No card. Then Pro at $19.99/month or $119.99/year. |
| Reminders | Yes. They arrive as texts. | Yes. They publish reminders. |
| Memory | Yes. Long-term across conversations. | Yes. They publish memory. |
| Briefings | Yes. Daily briefs on any topic. | Yes. They publish a morning brief. |
| Gmail | Yes. OAuth you control. Send mail. Ask about mail from someone. | Yes. Plus inbox intelligence, drafts, and a sentinel. |
| Google Calendar | Yes. Events, today, weekly summary, photo to event. | Yes. Plus meeting prep. |
| Docs and Sheets | Yes. Same /connect list. | Not the published focus. They publish Slack and GitHub. |
| Outlook | Yes. Via /connect. | Not published. |
| Image gen | Yes. /image. | They publish image visualization. |
| Personas | Yes. /mode. | Not published. |
| Outbound calls | No. | Yes. That is their win. |
| Flight watches | No. | Yes. That is their win. |
Where we win
The everyday texting assistant. Reminders that come back as texts. Daily briefs on whatever you care about. Memory that lasts. /image and personas. Docs, Sheets, and Outlook on the same /connect list as Gmail and Calendar.
Fifty free messages. A public number you can save today.
They are not missing Gmail. We are not missing Gmail. Both of us connect it. The difference is what you want the thread to do after that.
Where we do not
If you want Homer to call the dentist or watch a flight, that is their product. Same for inbox sentinel and deep email triage.
We are not that stack. We are the thread you already live in.
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Text (305) 588-2170. Fifty free messages. US and Canada.
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