Dola alternative for WhatsApp: what happened to Dola, and Mindie vs Toki

Updated November 2026. Prices and features checked against each product's own website.

If you searched for a Dola alternative, here's the short version: Dola, the AI calendar assistant that worked inside your messaging apps, is now called Toki, and per its own website it no longer runs in WhatsApp. If you want your reminders and calendar to keep living in WhatsApp, Mindie is one way to do that.

What happened to Dola

Dola launched as an AI calendar assistant you texted in WhatsApp, Telegram and other messaging apps. It now goes by Toki. Its website explains that an update to the WhatsApp Business Solution Terms prohibits standalone AI products from operating on WhatsApp, and that it moved users to its own app for iPhone and Android. Toki's website says accounts, chat history and data carry over to the app.

So if Dola was how you added events from WhatsApp, that path has closed, and you have two choices: move to Toki's app, or use an assistant that still works in WhatsApp.

The short answer

• Choose Toki if you're happy to use a separate app, you want Apple Calendar and iCloud support, Siri and Apple Watch, or phone alarms and call escalation for the things you can't miss.
• Choose Mindie if you want to stay in WhatsApp: one chat for reminders, notes, lists and your Google or Outlook calendar, with nothing to install.

Mindie vs Toki at a glance

Details below are as listed at the time of writing.

Where Toki is ahead

Toki has grown into a full day planner. Its website describes it planning your schedule around deep work and urgent tasks, coordinating meetings, and keeping watch on things like a price or a release date. It supports Apple's calendar and Siri, which Mindie doesn't, and it can escalate an important reminder to a phone call. If you live in Apple's ecosystem and don't mind a separate app, that's a lot of capability.

Where Mindie is different

Mindie stays small on purpose and stays in WhatsApp. You text it the way you'd text a friend:

• "Remind me to call the bank tomorrow at 11" sets a reminder that arrives as a WhatsApp message.
• "Add lunch with Sam on Thursday at 1 to my calendar" puts it in Google Calendar or Outlook.
• A screenshot of an invite with "add this to my calendar" gets read and filed.
• "Note: the office wifi password is on the fridge" saves a note you can ask for later.

It turns down essays, code and general questions. That's a product choice: Mindie is a reminders, notes and calendar app, nothing more.

Will Mindie stay on WhatsApp?

That's a fair question after Dola's move. Mindie is built for the jobs above and declines general questions, and it works today. It also runs on Telegram with the same memory, so your reminders and notes would have somewhere to go.

Which should you pick?

If what you liked about Dola was texting it in WhatsApp, Mindie keeps that habit intact. If you liked the calendar intelligence and don't mind a dedicated app, Toki's app is the natural next step, especially on Apple devices. You can try Mindie free for 7 days and see whether WhatsApp is still where you want this to live.

Price

Mindie is free for 7 days with every feature. After that it's $9 a month or $90 a year (two months free), with a 7-day money-back guarantee on the first payment, and you can cancel by texting "cancel". Toki's website describes a free version, and its App Store listing shows paid Plus and Super plans plus credit packs. See Mindie's pricing.

Questions

Mindie isn't affiliated with the other products named here. Their details come from their own websites and app listings and can change. Checked on 3 November 2026. Sources: Toki's own website and its App Store listing; Mindie's own product.