Comparison

Nova Standby vs gluble

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Nova Standby

Personalize your device's home and standby screens with a variety of customizable widgets. Adjust colors, fonts, and styles to create a unique and visually appealing interface that reflects your personal taste.

Highlights
  • Personalize home and standby screens
  • Customizable widgets
  • Diverse functional widgets (time, date, calendar, weather)
  • Adjustable fonts, colors, and styles
  • Up-to-date and diverse themes
  • Optimized for iOS 17
Features
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Do you want to personalize your HOME SCREEN and STANDBY MODE? With Nova Standby, you can easily customize your screen using various widgets. You can customize your widgets to blend seamlessly with your device's aesthetics. Play with colors and fonts to create widgets that feel uniquely yours. • CUSTOMIZE STANDBY THEME. Offer up-to-date and diverse themes to keep your options fresh and modern. Choose the ones you like and mix and match them to create a visually appealing and functional screen that reflects your unique style. • HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE WIDGETS. Release your inner artist with Nova Standby's highly customizable widgets. Whether you crave simplicity or vibrancy, Nova Standby lets you curate an interface that's both pleasing to the eye and practical. • DIVERSE FUNCTIONAL WIDGETS. You can design your screen with widgets for TIME, DATE, CALENDAR, WEATHER, and the freedom to change FONTS, COLORS, and STYLES. The ultimate companion app for time and date enthusiasts is fully optimized for the latest iOS 17! Customize your Standby screen and home screen with stylish widgets! If you have any feedback, issues, or suggestions, Contact us at novastandby@support.novamobile.app privacy-policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/83550436 Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/83550436

About

gluble

Features
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Gluble is a Bluetooth group messaging app for situations where Wi-Fi or mobile data are unavailable or impractical — music festivals with overloaded networks, conferences and meetups, sports stadiums, hiking trips, sailing, or any busy venue where the signal drops. HOW IT WORKS Phones near each other discover one another over Bluetooth Low Energy and exchange messages directly, without going through the internet or any server. Each phone keeps its own cryptographic keypair locally in the iOS Keychain so messages can be signed and verified between the people you are talking with. KEY FEATURES - End-to-end encrypted: Direct messages and private channels are sealed with AES-256-GCM. Photos travel inside the encrypted payload, never as plaintext. Every packet is signed with Ed25519 so recipients can verify who sent it. - Bluetooth-only: Device-to-device communication. No outbound HTTP requests to third parties. No location tracking. No analytics. No ads. - Public hashtag channels and private channels: Join open conversations by hashtag, or create a private channel for your group protected by a 10-character access code with Argon2id key derivation. - Identity verification: Verify any contact face-to-face by scanning their QR code, so you know exactly who you are talking to. - Block users: You can block any sender; their messages will no longer appear on your device. - Proof-of-work anti-spam: Every message requires solving a small cryptographic challenge (SHA-256 leading zeros), which makes mass spam computationally expensive on the local mesh. - Photo attachments: Attach images to your messages, encrypted in private channels and direct messages. - Local message history: The last 50 messages per channel are cached for 8 hours on nearby devices, so people who arrive a bit late can still see the context. USE CASES - Music festivals and large events: coordinate with your group when the cellular network is overloaded. - Conferences and meetups: keep your team coordinated during sessions. - Stadiums and venues: a private channel for the venue's daily menu, fan chat in real time. - Outdoor activities (hiking, sailing, camping): communicate with your group when there is no coverage. - Travel: keep your travel group connected across an unfamiliar city. - Weddings: Create a private channel and share the code with guests. Nobody gives their name,number or email. Enable auto photo-save and every image shared in the channel. PRIVACY Gluble does not use email, phone number, or any personal data. Each phone generates an Ed25519 and X25519 keypair on first launch and stores it locally in the iOS Keychain. There is no central server, no cloud account, and no public profile — a technical consequence of the offline Bluetooth architecture.

Screenshots

Nova Standby4 screens
gluble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: gluble at none against Nova Standby's 1. gluble also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nova Standby sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. gluble asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nova Standby ships an update monthly, gluble weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nova Standby versus gluble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNova Standbygluble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size268 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeesoft AppsPedro Luis Garcia Alonso

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nova Standby

One-time1
  • LifetimeFree
None

gluble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nova Standby free?
Nova Standby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is gluble free?
gluble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nova Standby or gluble have ads?
Neither Nova Standby nor gluble shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nova Standby or gluble?
Nova Standby ships an update monthly, and gluble weekly. Most recently, Nova Standby was updated on October 24, 2026 and gluble on October 24, 2026.

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