Folk Crew vs Poke vs tinyNature

The same 33-row checklist and the same rules. Every cell shows vetted official evidence or “Not checked.”

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So which one?

Notis aside, Folk Crew has the highest checked-evidence score: 58% across 33 vetted rows (all 33). tinyNature: 39% across 32 vetted rows; 1 row is not checked yet and Poke: 39% across 31 vetted rows; 2 rows are not checked yet.

They are not really after the same job, though: Folk Crew for remembering context between conversations, tinyNature for scheduled and event-triggered work and Poke for reaching it from the apps you already message in.

Cheapest way in is a tie: Notis, Folk Crew, tinyNature and Poke all start at $0, and only Folk Crew, tinyNature and Poke have a free plan that does the product's main job.

Nothing here publishes anything on Open source and Run it on your own server.

Only Notis publishes anything on Slack, Email, Runs on your own Claude plan and 3 more rows, and only Folk Crew on Bring your own API key and Joins and records your meetings.

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Capability comparison between Notis and the selected assistants
Capability	View pricing	Folk CrewVisit site	PokeCompare in depth	tinyNatureVisit site
Where you can use it
WhatsApp				Vendor-provisioned number
iMessage				Linq blue-bubble number
Telegram				Vendor-published bot
Slack		—	—	—Not a documented channel
Email		—	—	—Not a documented channel
SMS or a phone number	PartialInbound calls only, no SMS	Partial		PartialFramed as iMessage, not SMS
Voice messages	Voice notes + live calls		Not checked
Web or desktop app	Web and desktop app	Partial	Partial	—No web or desktop client
Its own iPhone or Android app	—	—	—	Partial
Bring your own AI
Runs on your own Claude plan		—	—	—
Runs on your own ChatGPT plan		Partial	—	—
Bring your own API key	—		—	—Model access is fully vendor-brokered
Works inside your own coding agent		—	—	—No developer surface published
You choose which model runs your work		Partial	—	—No user-facing model choice
What it can do
Ready-made app integrations	1,000+ apps	Partial	Partial	Not checkedDirectory exists but is not citable
Creates and edits documents				Writes into connected Notion
Save your own reusable instructions			—	—Named feature is unshipped
Browses the web for you			—	—No browsing/web-automation documented
Posts to social media for you		—	—	—
Joins and records your meetings	—		—	—No meeting bot or recorder documented
Memory
Remembers you between conversations			Partial	Cross-session recall
Reads your existing files and apps	Notion, Gmail, Drive, Granola, web			Gmail/Calendar via opt-in OAuth
Runs without you
Runs on a schedule or a trigger				Scheduled/proactive work
Reminds and nudges you				Time-based reminders
Computers it can use
Gives it a cloud computer of its own	1h/mo (Pro) to uncapped (Ultra)		—	—No account-owned machine
Controls your own computer	Shell and apps, via the desktop app	—	—	—No local agent component
Connects to MCP servers on your computer		—		—Local MCP not mentioned
Trust & control
Open source	—	—	—	—No repository or licence published
Run it on your own server	—	—	—	—Single vendor-run stack
Says it will not train on your data	Covers Notis and its LLM providers		Partial	Partial
Published security certification	PartialSub-processors certified; Notis is not	—	Not checked	SOC 2 Type I audited
Plans & support
Free plan does the product's main job	Partial			Chat is free; a $0 tier is also named
Shared team workspace		Partial	—	—Personal-only positioning
Price	FREEPRO$13/moyr (rate on a yearly commitment)+2 more	FreePro$12.50/moyr (rate on a yearly commitment)+1 more	FreePro$16/moyr (rate on a yearly commitment)+1 more	tinyNature FreetinyNature Pro$20/mo

IncludedPartial— Not documentedNot checked

The catch with each one

Numbered by support score across vetted capability rows, with incomplete evidence shown on every card. Unknown rows never count as a no, and this is not a score against your answers.

1. Notis

Personal AI assistant

Notis is a personal AI assistant you message from WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack or email, and reach from your own coding agent through its MCP server.

Best for: running long jobs on a machine of its own

Documented strengths

Where you can use it: WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack, Email, Voice messages and Web or desktop app
What it can do: Ready-made app integrations, Creates and edits documents, Save your own reusable instructions, Browses the web for you and Posts to social media for you
Bring your own AI: Runs on your own Claude plan, Runs on your own ChatGPT plan, Works inside your own coding agent and You choose which model runs your work

The catch

Official evidence records a gap in published guarantees about your data: no published support for Open source and Run it on your own server.

Pricing

FREEPRO$13/moyrPRO+$39/moyrULTRA$99/moyr

Free–$149/mo · help.notis.ai

Who should pick it

Pick Notis if running long jobs on a machine of its own is what decides it for you. Walk away if you need open source, self-hosting or a named certification.

See what those rows cost80% across 33 vetted rows (all 33)

2. Folk Crew

AI personal assistant in your messaging apps

A personal AI that lives in iMessage, Telegram and WhatsApp and gets its own always-on cloud computer, so it can browse, book, code and remember on your behalf.

Best for: remembering context between conversations

Documented strengths

What it can do: Creates and edits documents, Save your own reusable instructions, Browses the web for you and Joins and records your meetings
Where you can use it: WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram and Voice messages
Memory: Remembers you between conversations and Reads your existing files and apps

The catch

The checked gap is published guarantees about your data. Nothing published on Open source, Run it on your own server and Published security certification.

Pricing

FreePro$12.50/moyrMax$66.67/moyr

Free–$100/mo (Pro $20/mo or $12.50/mo billed yearly; Max $100/mo or $66.67/mo billed yearly) · folk.com

Who should pick it

Folk Crew is the one to take when remembering context between conversations is the deciding factor. Walk away if you need open source, self-hosting or a named certification.

Our take on how it differs from Notis: Folk is texting-only (iMessage, Telegram, WhatsApp) with no Slack, email or public API surface, and gives every user their own persistent cloud computer for background browsing, coding and monitoring; Notis works across a wider channel set including Slack and email with model-provider choice.

Visit Folk Crew58% across 33 vetted rows (all 33)

3. tinyNature

Messaging-first AI life assistant

A single AI contact you message on WhatsApp, iMessage or Telegram that triages your email, sends proactive reminders and runs automations across your connected apps.

Best for: scheduled and event-triggered work

Documented strengths

Where you can use it: WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram and Voice messages
Memory: Remembers you between conversations and Reads your existing files and apps
Runs without you: Runs on a schedule or a trigger and Reminds and nudges you

The catch

The documented gap is connected tools. We found no published support for Save your own reusable instructions, Browses the web for you, Posts to social media for you and Joins and records your meetings.

Pricing

tinyNature FreetinyNature Pro$20/mo

Free to chat; tinyNature Pro $20/mo, disclosed only on the HumanPods hardware-bundle page (no standalone software pricing page exists) · natura.inc

Who should pick it

Worth it for scheduled and event-triggered work: that is what tinyNature is built around. Walk away if you need deep integration with the apps you run on.

Our take on how it differs from Notis: tinyNature is a beta assistant on three chat channels, running one undisclosed vendor-brokered AI model with no BYO-key, subscription-passthrough or MCP surface, and its only published price sits on a hardware-bundle page; Notis is a mature assistant that adds Slack and email channels, publishes its plans directly, and lets you route your own model subscriptions, API keys and coding-agent tools.

Visit tinyNature39% across 32 vetted rows; 1 row is not checked yet

4. Poke

AI personal assistant in your texting app

A proactive personal assistant you text in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram or RCS that handles your email, calendar, reminders and connected apps.

Best for: reaching it from the apps you already message in

Documented strengths

Where you can use it: WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram and SMS or a phone number
Runs without you: Runs on a schedule or a trigger and Reminds and nudges you
Memory: Reads your existing files and apps

The catch

Official evidence records a gap in connected tools: no published support for Save your own reusable instructions, Browses the web for you, Posts to social media for you and Joins and records your meetings.

Pricing

FreePro$16/moyrUltra$160/moyr

Free – $19/mo (Pro, $16/mo billed yearly) – $199/mo (Ultra, $160/mo billed yearly), plus pay-as-you-go usage beyond Ultra credits · poke.com

Who should pick it

Pick Poke if reaching it from the apps you already message in is what decides it for you. Walk away if you need deep integration with the apps you run on.

Our take on how it differs from Notis: Poke offers polished proactive messaging on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS with plan-tiered frontier models; Notis adds Slack and email channels, user-owned coding agents, CLI/MCP portability, and documented model-provider choice that Poke does not offer.

Visit Poke39% across 31 vetted rows; 2 rows are not checked yet

Where none of them wins

Nothing on this page publishes anything on Open source and Run it on your own server. If one of them is the thing you actually need, none of these is your answer.

One more thing, because a table like this can be read for more than it is worth. It counts what each product documents. It says nothing about how reliable any of them is, how fast it replies, how good its writing is, or what it does when an integration breaks on a Friday night. A lower support score can still be the better daily driver. The only way to know is to put a real week of work through both.

A dash means the capability was not documented on the official pages we checked. Not checked means the evidence is still incomplete.

Questions people ask

Which of Folk Crew, tinyNature or Poke scores highest in the evidence checked so far?

Folk Crew, with 58% across 33 vetted rows (all 33). tinyNature: 39% across 32 vetted rows; 1 row is not checked yet and Poke: 39% across 31 vetted rows; 2 rows are not checked yet. Unknown rows stay out of the score, so treat this as an evidence status, not a complete market verdict.

How much do they cost?

Folk Crew: Free–$100/mo (Pro $20/mo or $12.50/mo billed yearly; Max $100/mo or $66.67/mo billed yearly); tinyNature: Free to chat; tinyNature Pro $20/mo, disclosed only on the HumanPods hardware-bundle page (no standalone software pricing page exists); Poke: Free – $19/mo (Pro, $16/mo billed yearly) – $199/mo (Ultra, $160/mo billed yearly), plus pay-as-you-go usage beyond Ultra credits. Notis, Folk Crew, tinyNature and Poke all start at $0, and only Folk Crew, tinyNature and Poke have a free plan that does the product's main job.

Which of them can I try for free?

Folk Crew, tinyNature and Poke have a free tier.

What can none of them do?

Not one of them publishes anything on Open source and Run it on your own server. A dash means the capability was not documented on the official pages we checked. Not checked means the evidence is still incomplete.

How was this comparison put together?

We read whatever each product publishes (109 first-party sources across 4 products) and scored all of them on the same 33 rows. Last checked 21 August 2026. A dash means the capability was not documented on the official pages we checked. Not checked means the evidence is still incomplete.

Where does Notis fit in?

At number 1, scored by the same code on the same 33 rows as everything else. Against Folk Crew specifically: Folk is texting-only (iMessage, Telegram, WhatsApp) with no Slack, email or public API surface, and gives every user their own persistent cloud computer for background browsing, coding and monitoring; Notis works across a wider channel set including Slack and email with model-provider choice.

How we checked all this

We read what every product on this page publishes (docs and pricing pages where there are any, the homepage where that is all there is) and checked it against the same 33 buyer-focused rows. A support score uses only rows with an explicit vetted state; every unchecked row remains visible and never becomes a no. Notis chose the questions and is scored by the same rule. Count the links below before you weigh a result; some vendors give us three pages and some give us one. Last checked 21 August 2026. No vendor briefings, no affiliate links, no press releases.

Sources

Spotted something out of date? These things move weekly and we would rather be corrected. Tell us at flo@mindtheflo.com and the row gets rechecked.

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