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24 alternatives to HappyNOW

On-demand, SMS-based, personal home manager at 415-275-8286

HappyNOW is an SMS-based personal home manager that users access on-demand by texting 415-275-8286. The service helps with productivity and task management through text messages, making it accessible without requiring… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HappyNOW launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Happy Home▲102
Your personal home manager
2015 · its alternatives →
2
The Happy Home Company▲168
Your personal home manager
2014 · thehappyhome.co · its alternatives →
3
M▲714
A personal assistant built inside Facebook Messenger
2015 · facebook.com · its alternatives →
4
24me▲316
Smart Personal Assistant
2024 · app.twentyfour.me · its alternatives →
5
Awesome▲80
Your personal assistant on demand via SMS (UK only)
2015 · its alternatives →
6
Staffjoy V2▲101
Text message based employee scheduling app
2017 · staffjoy.com · its alternatives →
7
Status▲367
See what your friends are up to w/ automatic status updates
2014 · trystatus.com · its alternatives →
8
Receive SMS Online▲405
Your free, instant & disposable SMS solution
2023 · receive-smss.com · its alternatives →
9
Reply Now▲274
Make messengers work for your business
2019 · its alternatives →
10
StatusCal▲95
Share your availability with the people around you
2023 · statuscal.com · its alternatives →
11
24me Smart Personal Assistant▲114
Keep new year's resolutions and get organized with 24me
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
12
GYSTNow▲76
NYC's best personal assistants on demand.
2016 · its alternatives →
13
Freshstatus by Freshworks▲158
Better statuspage, in 1-click, FREE forever 🔥
2019 · freshworks.com · its alternatives →
14
Awesome PA for Startups▲164
On-demand personal assistant over Slack & SMS
2015 · its alternatives →
15
Hello Aria▲163
I built HelloAria because every task manager I tried required too many steps to do something simple. The core idea: say "remind me to review the PR tomorrow at 10" and it creates the task, sets the reminder, and files it. No forms, no manual input. It works on iOS natively and also through WhatsApp, Telegram, and email — so you can capture tasks from wherever you already are. Tech stack: Swift/SwiftUI on the client, with NLP handling the intent parsing and entity extraction from natural language input. Looking for feedback from the HN community. What would make this actually useful for…
Apr 2026 · helloaria.io · its alternatives →
16
Happytext▲79
A daily shot of happiness via SMS in 160 characters ☺️
2016 · happytext.co · its alternatives →
17
BFF▲115
Personal life assistant using ChatGPT over iMessage
2022 · bffapp.me · its alternatives →
18
Goodcall▲107
A free 24/7 intelligent phone assistant for local businesses
2021 · goodcall.com · its alternatives →
19
My Happy▲81
Free quote generator and messaging app
2016 · myhappy.com · its alternatives →
20
Happy▲100
Free mental health app that does not take much of your time!
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
Status Butler▲137
Scheduled status updates right from the Hometab in Slack
2024 · slack.com · its alternatives →
22
24me for Android▲77
A smart personal assistant
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
23
Truemessenger▲78
Smarter, more social SMS on Android
2015 · truecaller.com · its alternatives →
24
24me Smart Personal Assistant▲39
Keep new year's resolutions and get organized
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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