Yubico Authenticator vs NxtSteps.ai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yubico Authenticator
Secure your online accounts with hardware-backed two-factor authentication. Store unique credentials on a physical security key, eliminating the need to store sensitive data on your mobile device. Generate verification codes without an internet connection for enhanced account protection.
- Hardware-backed security key storage
- Touch or NFC authentication
- USB-C support
- Biometric unlock (FaceID/TouchID)
- QR code setup
- User presence verification
- Smart Card support
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Store your unique credentials on a hardware-backed security key and take it wherever you go from mobile to desktop. No more storing sensitive secrets on your mobile phone, leaving your account vulnerable to takeovers. With the Yubico Authenticator you can raise the bar for security. * The Yubico Authenticator will work with any USB, Lightning, or NFC-enabled YubiKeys. * As iPads do not have NFC, they will only work through a Lightning or USB connection. The Yubico Authenticator generates a code used to verify your identity as you are logging into various services. No connectivity needed! Features include: Touch or NFC Authentication - Touch the YubiKey sensor or simply tap a YubiKey with NFC to a mobile phone that is NFC-enabled to store your credential on the YubiKey USB-C support - Connect the YubiKey 5Ci or any USB-C type YubiKey. When prompted, depending on the key, touch the contacts on the sides of the key or the golden ring on the top Biometric support - Experience greater convenience by unlocking your YubiKey with FaceID or TouchID Easy Setup - QR codes available from the services you wish to protect with strong authentication User Presence - New codes generated with just a touch or NFC tap of the YubiKey Compatible - Secure all the services currently compatible with other Authenticator apps Secure - Hardware-backed strong two-factor authentication with secret stored on the YubiKey, not on the mobile device Versatile - Support for multiple work and personal accounts Portable - Get the same set of codes across our other Yubico Authenticator apps for desktops as well as for all leading mobile platforms Flexible - Support for time-based and counter-based code generation Smart Card - Support for Apple's CryptoTokenKit Extension making it possible to use certificates stored on your YubiKey to authenticate with other apps and sites Experience security the modern way with the Yubico Authenticator. Visit yubico.com to learn more.
NxtSteps.ai
This AI-powered tool captures critical project details discussed in meetings, transforming them into actionable items with owners and statuses. It helps track risks, dependencies, tasks, objections, and decisions, ensuring accountability and preventing items from being lost. An AI assistant can answer questions about your entire captured workspace.
- Capture risks, dependencies, tasks, objections, decisions
- Assign owners and track statuses
- AI assistant for workspace queries
- Searchable transcripts with citations
- Signal feed for unresolved items
- Delivery insights and trend analysis
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NxtSteps is the source of truth for what gets discussed and agreed on. Your Application Lifecycle Management tool records the work. It has no idea what was said in the room that created it. NxtSteps surfaces the moments that matter inside your meetings — risks, dependencies, tasks, objections, decisions — and turns them into tracked items with an owner and a status. Most meeting tools stop at the recap. A note has no owner, no state, and is never "done." NxtSteps captures what was committed, so "did we actually do what we said?" stops being a question anyone has to chase. THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER • Risks — flagged as they surface, before they turn into blockers • Dependencies — the cross-team items that quietly stall delivery • Tasks — who owes what, by when, pulled straight out of the conversation • Objections — the pushback someone raised that never made it into a ticket • Decisions — logged with context, so nothing gets relitigated three weeks later • Open questions — the things left unresolved when the call ended Every one of these carries an owner and a status. They don't sit in a document you'll never reopen. ASK NEXO — YOUR PROGRAM ANALYST Nexo answers questions across everything your workspace has ever captured, not just one call: • "What's blocking the payments launch?" • "What did we decide about the vendor contract, and when?" • "Which commitments are aging without movement?" • "Who objected to the migration plan, and what was their reason?" Answers come back with citations pointing to the exact call and moment they came from — so you can check the source instead of trusting a summary. Ask about a single call, a project, or your whole workspace. This is the part that compounds. A meeting tool can only tell you what happened in one meeting. Nexo reasons over the entire record. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE MEETING • A clean, structured readout in seconds — no editing needed before you share it • Full searchable transcript, speaker-aware, indexed to your library • A signal feed that surfaces what's still unresolved across every call, not just the last one • Commitments that age visibly, so the ones going stale are impossible to miss • A running record of what your team said it would do — and what became of it DELIVERY INSIGHTS • Bus factor — where knowledge is concentrated in one person • Decision graveyard — decisions made and quietly abandoned • Trends across a series of recurring meetings, not just the latest one BUILT FOR THE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR DELIVERY Engineering managers, program and delivery leads, founders, and consultants — anyone who leaves a meeting owning the outcome, not just the notes. If your week is spent reconstructing status from memory, chat threads, and half-updated tickets, this replaces that ritual. NxtSteps doesn't compete with your ALM tool. It captures the layer above it: the concern raised in passing, the dependency named out loud, the objection nobody wrote down, the decision made verbally and never recorded anywhere. RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPTION • Live capture with speaker-aware transcription • Works for in-person conversations and calls • Recordings and transcripts stay in your library, searchable • Rename speakers once and it sticks across the record Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NxtSteps.ai at 100% against Yubico Authenticator's 43%. NxtSteps.ai also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). Yubico Authenticator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (286 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. NxtSteps.ai sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month. Yubico Authenticator asks for nothing beyond the download.
NxtSteps.ai holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yubico Authenticator has 286 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Yubico Authenticator's written reviews are positive against 100% of NxtSteps.ai's.
Yubico Authenticator ships an update monthly, NxtSteps.ai every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yubico Authenticator | NxtSteps.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (286 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 286 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yubico | Ryan Ramtin |
Customer experience
Yubico Authenticator
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Bugs and requests
Yubico Authenticator
Reported bugs
4 issues- NFC not working reliably
- Accounts disappearing after updates
- Calculation of codes not working
- Keyboard issues when using keys
Requested features
5 requests- Allow editing and rearranging of entries
- Add support for multiple keys per account
- Improve iPad/tablet support
- Add dark mode option
- Improve QR code scanning
NxtSteps.ai
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yubico Authenticator
No in-app purchases
NxtSteps.ai
- NxtSteps Standard$20.001 Month
- NxtSteps Pro$50.001 Month
- NxtSteps Standard Annual$179.991 Year
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- NxtSteps Pro Annual$450.001 Year
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