Tasks in Gemini vs Poke (2026)

Tasks in Gemini

by Google

Poke

by The Interaction Company of California

Pros

• ✓Runs in Google's cloud, so tasks and schedules keep working while your phone and computer are off, with up to 15 tasks running at once and schedules triggered by time or by conditions.
• ✓Works natively across Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Keep, Tasks and Contacts, plus Photos, Maps, YouTube and 47 third-party Connected Apps, and adds custom apps by MCP server URL with manual confirmation before each write.
• ✓Included in Google AI Pro at $19.99 per month with no separate charge, and Google publishes every tier price and what each tier carries.

Limitations

• –Requires a personal Google Account, so it is unavailable on work or school accounts, and it requires the Keep Activity setting to be on and an opt-in to Personal Intelligence.
• –Not offered in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or Nigeria, and custom MCP app connections are limited to the US and to English.
• –Google describes Gemini's ability to handle tasks as experimental and asks you to supervise them, and tasks count against the plan's shared Gemini usage limits.

Pros

• ✓Lives in messaging apps people already use: Apple Messages, RCS, Telegram and WhatsApp, with email, calendar and reminders handled from the same thread.
• ✓Open-ended integrations: Recipes for Notion, Linear, GitHub, Vercel, Ramp and more, any MCP server by URL or CLI, and a Poke API for scripts and webhooks.
• ✓Public, self-serve pricing with a permanent free plan that needs no credit card, and a Maximum Privacy setting that keeps user data out of model training.

Limitations

• –Built for individuals: the plans are for single accounts, no team plan is listed, and no security certifications are published.
• –Usage allowances on every plan: Free has a small allowance, and Poke switches to a lighter mode when an allowance runs out until it refills.
• –Little independent evidence so far: Product Hunt shows two reviews and there is no G2 profile.