Sidekicks alternative
Sidekicks is a personal assistant you text. Same job family as us. Available today.
They are a cast of texting personas in iMessage and SMS. We are the public US and Canada number you can text today with 50 free messages and real mail and calendar connects.
This is not a ChatGPT comparison. That post is already written: Why Use AI Chat SMS When You Can Just Use ChatGPT?.
We already compared Instinct, Homer, Dunnit, Pally, and Poke. Provider pages cover Sendblue and Twilio. Sidekicks is the next Direct page.
What Sidekicks says
From sidekicks.chat: an AI assistant via iMessage and SMS. No app needed.
You text their public number to start. We are not going to publish any of their phone numbers. Link sidekicks.chat. Keep the logo. FAQ says no app, no account, no email to verify, and about 30 seconds to start. iMessage blue bubbles and SMS green bubbles. Android works too.
Personas on their homepage include Otto (productivity / chill bestie), Dash (health), Haven (mental wellness), Maya (AI girlfriend, 18+), Zev (AI boyfriend, 18+), and Ravi (festival and concert buddy, 18+). FAQ says you can switch personas by asking.
Free plan: limited messages, limited image analysis, limited voice messages, limited memory, limited reminders and to-do lists. Hit the per-persona free limit and they prompt Pro.
Pro at $19.99 a month: unlimited messages, image generation and analysis, real-time web search, voice messages, proactive check-ins, reminders and to-do lists, improved memory, and all Sidekick personas.
FAQ also markets adding them to an iMessage or SMS group for shared reminders, catch-up, and tone. Still no digits on this page.
What you get if you text us
A public number. (305) 588-2170. US and Canada. Native Messages. No app. Fifty free messages. No account or card to start.
On iPhone and Mac you get real iMessage blue bubbles. Android and other phones get SMS or RCS through the carrier.
Remind me Thursday at 10am to renew the domain
Got it. I'll text you Thursday at 10:00 AM to renew the domain.
Brief me on AI news every weekday at 8
Set. Weekday AI news brief at 8:00 AM.
Reminders arrive as texts. Daily briefings on any topic you pick. Long-term memory across conversations. Web search. /image. Personas with /mode. Bookmarks with /save. Photo analysis. Quick actions like /weather, /math, and /translate.
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.
We answer when you text. We do not join group chats as a first-class product. We do not ship voice messages. We do not offer companion girlfriend or boyfriend personas.
After the free messages, Unlimited is $15 a month (100 a day, 2,000 a month fair use), or pay-as-you-go packs from $10.
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 | Sidekicks | |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | Today. Public number (305) 588-2170. US and Canada. | Today. Text their public number at sidekicks.chat (we do not publish digits). No app, no account. |
| Price | 50 free messages. No card to start. Then unlimited at $15/month, or pay as you go from $10. | Free (limited messages / memory / reminders). Pro $19.99/mo. |
| Product | Built-for-you personal AI assistant in Messages. | Persona-cast AI in iMessage/SMS (Otto, Dash, Haven, companion personas, and more). |
| Channels | Native Messages: iMessage on iPhone, SMS/RCS on Android. One public number. | iMessage and SMS (FAQ). |
| Reminders | Yes. They arrive as texts. | Yes on Free (limited) and Pro (proactive check-ins, reminders, to-dos). |
| Memory | Yes. Long-term across conversations. | Yes. Limited on Free; improved on Pro (FAQ + pricing). |
| Briefings | Yes. Daily briefs on any topic you pick. | Not published as an any-topic daily briefing product. Proactive check-ins on Pro. |
| Gmail | Yes. /connect gmail. | Not published on Free/Pro feature list. |
| Google Calendar | Yes. /connect calendar. | Not published on Free/Pro feature list. |
| Docs, Sheets, Outlook | Yes. Same /connect list. | Not published. |
| Personas | Yes. /mode (tutor, coach, creative, and more). | Cast of named Sidekicks including productivity, health, wellness, and 18+ companion personas. |
| Image gen / web search | Yes. /image and web search. | Image analysis limited on Free; image gen + web search on Pro. |
| Voice messages | Not our published product. | Yes (limited on Free; included on Pro). |
| Group chat | Not a first-class published product. | FAQ markets adding them to iMessage/SMS groups. |
| Start friction | Text the public number. 50 free. | Text their public number. No app, no account (FAQ). |
Where Sidekicks wins
Named persona cast (including companion characters), group-chat participation, voice messages, and Pro proactive check-ins. If that is the job, they built more of it.
Where we win
Clear 50 free messages and $15 unlimited. A public US and Canada number. Any-topic daily briefs. Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, and Outlook on /connect. Personas via /mode without an 18+ companion pitch.
Which one you want
Want a cast of texting personas and group-chat energy? That is Sidekicks.
Want a broad assistant on a public number you can text today with 50 free messages and real mail and calendar connects? That is us.
Text it today
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Text (305) 588-2170. Fifty free messages. US and Canada. Standard message rates apply.
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No app to download. Text us to start — one tap opens Messages with our number. 50 free messages to start.
Text (305) 588-2170
US & Canada only. Standard message rates apply.