Personal Agent Atlas

Head to headchecked 19 Oct 2026

Hark Pro vs Instinct

  • United StatesOnly Hark Pro fully
  • United KingdomOnly Hark Pro fully
  • European UnionNeither fully
Hark Pro: 6 of 10 capabilities have a sourced yes. The rest are partly, no or not yet clear. A count, not a score.Works in your accounts: YesUses a browser or computer: YesWorks while you're away: YesLives in chat apps: UnclearMakes phone calls: UnclearCan pay for things: YesAsks before sending or paying: YesWorks in German: YesData can stay in the EU: NoRuns on your own hardware: No6Hark ProHark Labs
Instinct: 6 of 10 capabilities have a sourced yes. The rest are partly, no or not yet clear. A count, not a score.Works in your accounts: YesUses a browser or computer: YesWorks while you're away: YesLives in chat apps: YesMakes phone calls: YesCan pay for things: YesAsks before sending or paying: NoWorks in German: UnclearData can stay in the EU: UnclearRuns on your own hardware: No6InstinctSpear Street Technology
Availability
Where you can use it
USYesUKYesEUPartlyDE tested

Listed in the UK App Store (£20, £100) and the German App Store (€22, €100). Other EU countries not confirmed, and Hark hasn’t published a country list.

USUnclearUKUnclearEUUnclearDE tested

Private access. No country list.

Cheapest way in
Free

Paid tiers at $20 and $100 a month. Hardware due 2027.

Private access

No public price.

What it can do
Works in your accounts
YesGoogle Workspace, Microsoft 365, site loginsPer the maker, 19 Oct 2026
YesEmail, messaging, stored loginsPer reporting, 19 Oct 2026
Uses a browser or computer
YesHandoff, a cloud computer run by HarkPer the maker, 19 Oct 2026
YesPersistent cloud computerPer reporting, 19 Oct 2026
Works while you're away
YesScheduled TasksPer the maker, 19 Oct 2026
YesFollows up between messagesPer reporting, 19 Oct 2026
Lives in chat apps
UnclearNo source yet
YesiMessage and WhatsAppPer reporting, 19 Oct 2026
Makes phone calls
UnclearNo source yet
YesPer reporting, 19 Oct 2026
Can pay for things
YesPay buttons and purchasesPer the maker, 19 Oct 2026
YesPer reporting, 19 Oct 2026
Asks before sending or paying
YesAsks before messages or spending by defaultPer reporting, 19 Oct 2026
NoA user reported an email sent without checkingPer reporting, 19 Oct 2026
Works in German
YesGerman listed in the App StorePer the maker, 19 Oct 2026
UnclearNo source yet
Data can stay in the EU
NoData may go to US servers under SCCsPer the maker, 19 Oct 2026
UnclearNo source yet
Runs on your own hardware
NoRuns in Hark’s cloudPer the maker, 19 Oct 2026
NoRuns on the maker’s infrastructurePer reporting, 19 Oct 2026
Details
What it can touch
  • Groceries
  • Bills
  • Subscriptions
  • Card and password vault
  • Email
  • Messaging
  • Calendar
  • Screen recordings
  • Keystrokes
  • Audio
  • Location
How it asks before acting
Before it acts

Action Buttons pay a bill or cancel a service.

Before it acts

Text commands. One user reported it sent an email on their behalf without prior consent.

Watch out for

Card details and passwords sit in an encrypted vault Hark says even it cannot see inside. EU card rules were written for a person approving a payment, not software.

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Launched
6 Oct 2026
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People to follow
Sources
  1. The Next Web, 6 Oct 2026
  2. App Store UK, Hark Pro
  3. App Store Germany, Hark Pro
  4. Hark, Using Hark Pro
  5. Carly, Hark Pro explained, 7 Oct 2026
  6. Hark, privacy policy, 1 Oct 2026
  1. SC Media citing TechCrunch, 25 Aug 2026
  2. Vellum, Instinct breakdown, 20 Aug 2026

Facts only, no scores. We have not tested these agents hands-on unless an entry says so.

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