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Overview

Pally functions as an AI personal assistant accessible through text messages on platforms like iMessage, Android RCS, and Telegram. It integrates with a user's existing applications such as Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, WhatsApp, Slack, Notion, and Drive to centralize various tasks and information. Users interact with Pally by texting it like a sharp, capable friend, and the AI remembers context, follows up on items, conducts web research, and handles administrative tasks.

For instance, Pally can plan trips, chase email replies, manage birthdays, tame inboxes by drafting responses, convert chat discussions into tasks, and provide daily summaries of important items. It can also perform actions like booking reservations or making purchases, always requiring user approval before acting. The system is designed to be proactive, surfacing important information and suggesting next steps without constant prompting, aiming to reduce the mental load of managing multiple digital threads.

Key features

  • Text-based interaction via iMessage, Android RCS, and Telegram
  • Integration with email, calendar, chat, docs, and task management apps
  • Contextual memory for personalized assistance
  • Daily morning briefs and important message alerts
  • Custom automations for specific triggers
  • Web research and task completion (bookings, purchases)
  • Call handling for appointments and inquiries
  • Dedicated phone number and email address (Max plan)
  • Ability for Pallys to communicate with each other to get things done

Who uses it

Pally is designed for individuals seeking to streamline personal and professional life administration, including busy professionals, founders, account executives, freelance designers, and parents. It caters to anyone overwhelmed by managing multiple communication channels and tasks.

Pros

  • Centralizes communication and tasks from various apps into a single text thread.
  • Offers proactive assistance, providing daily summaries and suggesting next steps.
  • Handles a wide range of tasks from trip planning to email drafting and appointment booking.
  • Provides a free tier for everyday use with core functionalities.
  • Ensures user approval for all external actions like sending messages or making purchases.
  • Requires no app download or account setup to begin using.

Cons

  • Advanced features like connecting all apps, increased call minutes, or a dedicated phone number require paid subscriptions.
  • The free plan has limitations on connected apps, custom automations, and monthly usage allowance.
  • Relies heavily on text-based interaction, which might not suit all users' preferences for task management.
  • AI processing happens with third-party providers (Anthropic and OpenAI), which might be a privacy consideration for some users despite data not being used for model training.

Our take

Pally offers a practical solution for managing daily tasks and communications by consolidating them into a text-based AI assistant. Its ability to integrate with numerous applications and proactively assist with scheduling, reminders, and administrative work makes it a useful tool for improving personal productivity.

Pricing plans

Free

$0

  • Text Pally
  • Text it, connect a few apps, and get a morning catch-up that knows your life.
  • Real conversation: just text your Pally
  • Connect 3 apps: iMessage, WhatsApp, Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Google Calendar, Granola, Notion, Linear, or Drive
  • Daily morning brief and important-message alerts from your connected apps
  • A daily suggestion for your smartest next move
  • 3 custom automations ("text me when my landlord emails")
  • A monthly usage allowance that covers everyday use
  • Quick everyday answers
  • Let your Pally talk to other Pallys to get things done together
  • Memory that compounds: Pally remembers the people, plans, and details in your life
  • Tasks and reminders
  • Web research: Pally digs through the web for real answers
  • Completes things on the web for you: bookings and purchases, always with your approval
  • 15 minutes of calls a month: Pally books the table or chases the appointment for you

Pro

$25/mo

  • Text Pally
  • Everything connected, nothing dropped. Pally watches all your channels and keeps you ahead of what matters.
  • Everything in Free
  • Sharper thinking on the work that needs it
  • Connect all your apps: iMessage, email, WhatsApp, Slack, calendar, meetings, docs
  • One morning brief across everything, every day
  • 10 custom automations
  • 30 minutes of calls a month: Pally books the table or chases the appointment for you
  • A bigger monthly usage allowance: room for busy weeks

Max

$100/mo

  • Text Pally
  • Its own phone number and email. Hand it the errands and it gets them done.
  • Everything in Pro
  • Pally's best thinking on everything
  • A dedicated phone number: call your Pally directly
  • 60 minutes of calls a month, then $0.50 a minute: Pally books the table, chases the contractor, gets the quote
  • Its own email address for handling correspondence on your behalf
  • Unlimited custom automations
  • The biggest monthly usage allowance: built to run your whole life
  • Never hit a wall: optionally add prepaid credits in $20 increments if you ever use it all
  • Early access to new features

Pricing details are provided for reference and may differ from the vendor's current plans.

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