AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to TextAI – Native SMS AI assistant for individual and group chats
Hey HN community! Like many of you, I spend most of my day in text conversations. One day I found myself switching between group chats and various AI apps, and thought, why can't AI just live where we already chat? So I built TextAI. It's an AI that works right in your SMS app. No new app to download, no platform to learn. Just text +15626840069 to start chatting or add it to any group chat! The tech and stack details: - Native SMS/MMS integration with context management across conversations - Handles multiple participants, learns group preferences, and scales for concurrent chats -…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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text.ai▲342Group chat app that remembers plans and helps you meet IRL
2025 · text.ai · its alternatives →
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Text Agent Store▲304A marketplace for AI agents you can text
Sep 2026 · imessage.store · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built this out of frustration of the evergrowing list of AI models and features to try and to fit my workflow. The visual approach clicks for me so i went with it, it provides more freedom and control of the outcome, because predictable results and increased productivity is what I’m after when using conversational AI. The app is packed with features, my most used are prompt library, voice input and text search, narration is useful too. The app is local-first and works right in the browser, no sign up needed and it's absolutely free to try. BYOAK – bring your own API Keys. Let me…
2024 · grafychat.com · its alternatives →
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Meta AI App▲266Create and chat with AI in Instagram, Messenger & WhatsApp
2025 · ai.meta.com · its alternatives →
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ConversAI▲381Respond to anything in 1 click with the smart chat assistant
2023 · conversai.co · its alternatives →
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OpenAI’s latest advancements at your fingertips
2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Daymi▲278Your AI clone for iMessage conversations that feel real
2025 · daymi.ai · its alternatives →
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AI-powered chat, directly over SMS. No app needed.
2025 · smsaichat.com · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone, I've been hacking on this idea with a friend as we've been using chatgpt and other AI tools in our day to day work and find ourselves copy/pasting to each other frequently. We often share chatgpt links with each other, but it's been frustrating that they are read-only and we can't pickup the conversation or both talk to an LLM with shared context. We built a shared chatroom to explore what it'd be like to talk with multiple LLMs and humans in the same chat, and so far it feels pretty cool, but we're curious if anyone else would find it useful as well. Right now you can: -…
2025 · chord.chat · its alternatives →
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Voice and text chat with AI to check grammar or ask anything
2023 · t.me · its alternatives →
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AI assistant supports 30 languages - light & dark theme
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Beni AI▲78Hi HN, I built Beni (https://thebeni.ai ), a web app for real-time video calls with an AI companion. The idea started as a pretty simple question: text chatbots are everywhere, but they rarely feel present. I wanted something closer to a call, where the character actually reacts in real time (voice, timing, expressions), not just “type, wait, reply”. Beni is basically: A Live2D avatar that animates during the call (expressions + motion driven by the conversation) Real-time voice conversation (streaming response, not “wait 10 seconds then speak”) Long-term memory so the character…
Feb 2026 · thebeni.ai · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone, I made this thing: https://tryflux.ai/. Here's a demo video: https://screen.studio/share/1y2EnC26 Context: I've tried probably 15 different AI apps over the past year. ChatGPT, note-taking apps, productivity apps, all of it. But most of them are just clutter on my iphone. They live in some app I have to deliberately open. And I just... don't. But you know what I open 50 times a day without thinking? iMessage. So out of mild frustration with the "AI app graveyard" on my phone, I built Flux. What it does: - You describe a personality and what…
Jan 2026 · tryflux.ai · its alternatives →
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AI,chatbot,image scanning,free,efficiency,productivity
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, During the last weeks, I've been working to create a system that allows you to convert prompts into chatbots and mini apps on platforms that everyone uses on a daily basis. The first integrated platform is Telegram: Telegram is a powerful platform with many integrations and features like bots, apps, games and even payments. So I thought it would be nice to make it easier to create these apps. I created a bot http://t.me/PlutonicDevBot. Workflow is pretty simple: create or choose an existing bot and send a text/voice message about what to create just like you prompt…
2025 · plutonic.dev · its alternatives →
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