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Poke vs Ody: which one is for you?
Both are assistants that live in your texts. Poke is made for tech professionals buried in email. Ody is made for people who invoice clients: contractors, realtors, freelancers, consultants. Here is the whole comparison, honestly.
The short answer
Get Poke if
your work lives in email, Slack, and a packed calendar. That is what it is famous for, and it is genuinely good at it.
Get Ody if
you invoice clients for a living. Invoices drafted and sent, late payers chased, emails in your voice, dates remembered. The office work, done from Messages.
Side by side
Poke and Ody, feature by feature
Poke
Ody
Made for
Sends and chases your invoices
Quotes from voice notes
Connects QuickBooks, Stripe, Square
Growing library of SMB use cases
Remembers clients, jobs, prices
Built to run
Same idea, different customer. Poke optimizes your inbox. Ody runs your business.
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Try it
Watch Ody do the thing Poke does not
A job wrapped yesterday. Tap through what happens next.
Ody
On the go
Built for days like yours
Why people who invoice pick Ody
01
It is built around getting paid
Poke does not send invoices. For Ody, the invoice is the whole point: drafted from one text, sent under your name, and followed up politely until the money lands. You never write the awkward reminder again.
02
It speaks your language, not tech
No prompts to engineer, no tools to connect. You text it the way you text a person: "Invoice the Millers $2,400" or a rambling voice note from the truck. That is the entire skill requirement.
03
The price is simple and boring
Plans are $50, $100, or $200 a month, everything included. No seats to count, no surprise line items. One chased invoice usually covers the bill.
04
Your clients never see a difference
They get normal emails and invoices under your name through Gmail. The texting is between you and Ody. Nothing new for anyone to learn or trust.
The part Poke does not do
Watch a late invoice get handled
Miller's $1,900 is 3 days past due. Want me to start the usual reminder schedule?
Yes. Keep it friendly.
First reminder sent. Polite, short, invoice attached.
No reply in a week, so the firmer one went out this morning.
Miller paid in full today, $1,900. Marked closed.
You wrote four words. You got $1,900.
Pricing
Three plans. Three free days first.
The old way
Hiring a human
$5,000/ month
about an office-admin salary
- Works 9 to 5, Monday to Friday
- Two weeks off, plus sick days and holidays
- Clocks out and stops texting back
Plus
$49.99
$40/ month
$480 billed once a year
The full assistant.
- 2,500 credits every month
- Up to 5 scheduled tasks running for you
- Invoices sent, chased, and reconciled
- Emails and replies, drafted for you
- Your email and calendar, connected
Pro
$99.99
$80/ month
$960 billed once a year
For a business that never stops.
- 5,000 credits every month (2× Plus)
- Everything in Plus
- Up to 20 scheduled tasks
- Priority support
Max
$199.99
$160/ month
$1,920 billed once a year
Headroom for the heaviest weeks.
- 10,000 credits every month (4× Plus)
- Everything in Pro
- Unlimited scheduled tasks
- Deeper reasoning on every reply
- First in line for new abilities
Your first 3 days are free. If Ody isn't for you, cancel in a tap. Every plan comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Getting started
If you pick Ody, here is what happens
01
Tap the button, type your number
No download, no forms. Ody texts you first, usually within a minute.
02
Give it one real task
The invoice or email you have been putting off is the perfect first test. See the draft, change anything, say send.
03
Run it on real work for 3 days, free
Your card is only charged after the trial ends, and canceling is about as hard as sending one more text. If it is not for you inside 14 days, the money-back guarantee is one button, no questions.
Common questions
Still deciding? These usually settle it
"What if I pick wrong?"
The trial is 3 free days on your real work, canceling is one text, and every plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee. Picking wrong costs you nothing but the try.
"I am technical. Should I just get Poke?"
Maybe. If your day is email triage and scheduling, Poke is built for you. If you also invoice clients, you would still be doing that part by hand.
"Does Ody handle email and calendar too?"
Yes. Emails written in your voice and sent through Gmail with your OK, dates and reminders on your Google Calendar. The invoicing is on top, not instead.
"Will my clients notice anything?"
No. They get normal emails and invoices under your name. Ody never texts your clients.
Frequently asked questions
The best choice depends on the jobs you want to hand off. Ody is designed for people who invoice clients and want help drafting and sending invoices, chasing unpaid ones, writing emails, setting reminders, and remembering job details from Apple Messages.
Poke is an assistant made by The Interaction Company that works over text messages, focused on email and scheduling help, and popular with tech early adopters.
No. Ody and Poke are separate products. Poke is mentioned here only to help people compare their options.
No. Ody is for people running a business, including contractors, freelancers, consultants, photographers, designers, and other service providers.
No. Ody never texts your clients. Ody lives in your Apple Messages and uses Gmail to send the emails and invoices you request.
No. You text Ody in Apple Messages. Ask in plain language, review when needed, and keep moving.
Plus is $50 per month, Pro is $100 per month, and Max is $200 per month. The 3-day free trial requires a card up front. You are charged after the trial unless you cancel, and every plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee.