Head to head
Instinct vs Poke
Same 15 tests, same scale. The check goes to the higher score.
Instinct4–0Across 5 tested dimensions, 1 tie.
Poke8Checked in unprompted when the window opened, explained why no digital pass was available on that fare, flagged a passport expiry.
3Asked to accept a calendar invite; could not, and told me to do it in the calendar app myself.
10Books flights and hotels by logging into my own accounts rather than a single aggregator, so it has the full supply of the big sites; end-to-end booking with check-in and boarding pass, seamless.
9Three options within the stated walking constraint with live availability, times, why each fits, a full one excluded, and a pick.
8Pulled three months of connected health data and gave specific, evidence-backed recommendations.
9Order under a stated price cap: itemized total, approval before charge, confirmation returned, transparent about how it signed in.
9Recalled an earlier email on the same issue, drafted one combined message in my voice, asked before sending, sent from the right account.
8Flagged a duplicate rental booking and a possible double charge while I was still at the counter, offered to cancel the extra one.
7Reminder set, rescheduled twice on request, fired on time. Interleaved with seven unsolicited digests in the same window.
5Routine message claimed sent but never received; agent diagnosed a delivery issue and offered mitigations.
8Connected a payment integration in one tap and explained the approval model.
7Created a calendar invite with the right title, attendees and video link, confirmed before saving. Started acting before instructions were given.
8Answered a question about a past booking by cross-referencing two emails; also reported a completed return unprompted.
8Recalled a personal detail from an earlier conversation unprompted and completed the request.
8Set a timed reminder, immediately checked two code repos with specific findings, reminder fired on time with the right items.
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