Comparison

Nova vs First Step

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

Head to head
About

Nova

This AI assistant remembers your personal details and preferences to proactively manage your tasks, schedule, and communications. It integrates with numerous services to handle real-world actions like booking appointments and managing emails.

Highlights
  • Personalized memory recall
  • Voice-activated task management
  • Automated calendar planning
  • Email summarization and drafting
  • Action execution (booking, forms)
  • Extensive service integrations
Features
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Your AI can finally plan your week. Tell Claude or ChatGPT what needs doing, and Nova places it on your real calendar, around your meetings. Or just type your day into Nova and it plans it for you. PLANNED AROUND YOUR REAL DAY Nova reads your Google Calendar and fits every task into the open time around your meetings. Meetings always win. REPLANS WHEN YOUR DAY CHANGES A meeting moves, a task runs long, something slips. Nova moves things for you and shows exactly what changed. Missed work rolls forward to the next open slot, never dropped. ONE QUIET NOTE AT 7AM Each morning you get one short note with your day already planned. WORKS WITH CLAUDE AND CHATGPT Connect your AI once. Anything it plans for you lands as real blocks on your calendar. DEADLINES HELD Hard deadlines stay fixed. If something can't fit in time, Nova tells you early. Nova is free.

About

First Step

Features
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First Step helps you start tasks you've been putting off by making them tiny. Tell the app what's on your mind, and AI breaks it into small, concrete steps you can actually do. No planning required. Just begin. BUILT FOR HOW YOUR BRAIN WORKS Big tasks feel impossible. First Step turns them into 2-3 minute actions so small they feel easy. "Clean my room" becomes "pick up 3 things from the floor." That's it. One step at a time. GENTLE FOCUS SESSIONS Tap Start Focus and work through your steps with a calm timer. No pressure, no guilt. You can stop after 2 minutes — or keep going. Most people keep going. AI DAILY SCHEDULING Check in each morning and get a gentle schedule that matches your energy. Too much? Shuffle it. Still too much? Ask for just one thing. Your day, your pace. BRAIN DUMP When your head is full, just talk or type everything out. AI sorts the mess into clear, actionable tasks. One tap to add them to your inbox. TASK WEAVE Working on multiple things? Select 2-5 tasks and AI weaves them into one smart session, finding natural transition points between steps. ROUTINES Group tasks into repeatable routines...morning routine, weekly cleanup, whatever works for you. Start a routine and move through each task in order. APPLE WATCH Your steps follow you. Start a focus session on your wrist, complete steps with a tap, and stay in flow without pulling out your phone. WORKS OFFLINE Create tasks, complete steps, and run focus sessions without internet. Everything syncs when you're back online. WHAT YOU GET WITH FIRST STEP PRO • AI task breakdown into small, doable steps • Daily schedule that matches your energy • Brain Dump with voice and text capture • Task Weave for multi-task sessions • Gentle focus timer with no-pressure exit • Apple Watch companion app • Widgets for your home and lock screen • Unlimited tasks and routines Try free for 7 days. Cancel anytime. Privacy matters: your task content is processed by AI only to generate steps and schedules. No personal data is used for training. See our privacy policy for details. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Nova4 screens
First Step4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nova at 15.0 against First Step's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nova sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.00 per month and First Step sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Nova versus First Step: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNovaFirst Step
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALTURA Society LLCPraise Apata

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Nova

Subscriptions2
  • Nova Pro Monthly7 Days trial$12.001 Month
  • Nova Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$100.001 Year
2 purchases

First Step

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Access$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Nova free?
Nova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is First Step free?
First Step is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nova or First Step have ads?
Neither Nova nor First Step shows ads.

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