Comparison

Nova vs Limelight

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

Limelight

Features
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You save things all the time — articles, videos, posts, recipes, products, notes, places. Then they vanish into a pile you never open again. Limelight fixes that. Save anything from any app, and Limelight reads it for you, pulls out what matters, and sorts it so you can actually find it later. HOW IT WORKS • Save from anywhere. Share a link, post, video, or photo to Limelight from any app. One tap and it's in. • It reads everything for you. Limelight writes a clean summary and the key points of each save, so you remember why you kept it. • It organizes itself. Your saves are grouped by topic automatically — no filing, no setup. • Find anything in seconds. Search by the title or by what's actually inside a save. Results appear as you type. • Keep notes and reminders. Add a quick note to any save, or set a reminder so the things you meant to get to don't slip away. • See what connects. Limelight surfaces related saves, so one good find leads to the next. SAVE ANYTHING Articles, blog posts, and news. Videos from your favorite apps. Recipes, products, and places to go. Photos and your own notes. If it matters to you, it belongs in Limelight. PRIVATE BY DESIGN You sign in with Apple — that's the only account you need. Your saves are yours. Limelight doesn't track you and doesn't sell your data. PRICING Limelight is a paid subscription: $9.99 per month, or $29.99 per year with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Save it. Find it. Use it.

Screenshots

Nova4 screens
Limelight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Nova at 3 against Limelight's 1. Nova also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nova sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.00 per month and Limelight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nova ships an update every 4 days, Limelight every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nova versus Limelight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNovaLimelight
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALTURA Society LLCAlec Rodriguez-Joseph

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

Limelight

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Limelight Annual$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Nova free?
Nova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Limelight free?
Limelight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nova or Limelight have ads?
Neither Nova nor Limelight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nova or Limelight?
Nova ships an update every 4 days, and Limelight every 2 days. Most recently, Nova was updated on October 8, 2026 and Limelight on October 24, 2026.

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