Hyre vs Nova Circle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hyre
Rent a car conveniently using your smartphone. Unlock, start, and close vehicles directly through the app. Enjoy flexible rental periods and automatic settlement for tolls, fuel, and mileage.
- Mobile car unlocking and starting
- Automatic toll, fuel, and mileage settlement
- Rentals by the hour or day
- Variety of vehicle types
- Flexible and cost-effective
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With Hyre, you can quickly, safely and easily rent a car using only your mobile phone. To make it quick and easy all cars can be opened, closed and started with the app and settlement of tolls, fuel and kilometers is done automatically when you end the booking. Rent a car for a few hours or several days. Small electric car or large van. Hyre gives you the same freedom as owning your own car, but with greater flexibility and lower costs.
Nova Circle
Discover and share genuine recommendations from trusted friends for places to go, eat, and drink. Organize your favorite spots globally and get inspired by like-minded individuals, saving you time on endless searches.
- Save and share top recommendations
- Organize favorite spots worldwide
- Get inspired by like-minded people
- Follow friends and expand your circle
- Create wishlists for future visits
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We believe that a recommendation from a real friend is worth more than the opinion of a thousand strangers. Nova Circle is your single space for saving and sharing top recommendations around the world while getting inspired by likeminded people. Our app simply gathers genuine recommendations from people you trust, allowing you to save time and skip the endless search for the best places to go/eat/drink/stay. - Organize all your favorite spots around the world - Share your top picks with friends - Expand Your Circle: Follow your friends in the app and invite those not here yet - Wishlist: Save the places and recommendations you want to remember and visit in the future
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Verdict
Hyre and Nova Circle both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Nova Circle's written reviews are positive against 60% of Hyre's. Nova Circle also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Hyre's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (223 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Hyre against 5.0 for Nova Circle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hyre has 223 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Hyre's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nova Circle's.
Hyre ships an update weekly, Nova Circle fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hyre | Nova Circle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (223 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 223 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 251 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hyre AS | Nova Circle Technologies AB |
Customer experience
Hyre
Nova Circle
In-app purchases
Hyre
No in-app purchases
Nova Circle
No in-app purchases
