Comparison

Nova vs Allston Labs

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

Allston Labs

Features
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Allston Labs turns every meeting into clean, organized knowledge — automatically. Record any in-person conversation and Allston Labs transcribes it on-device, then generates structured AI notes: key discussion points, action items, and a concise summary. No more scrambling to take notes while you're trying to listen. WHY ALLSTON LABS • Record in a tap — start and stop with one button, even with the screen locked. • On-device transcription — your audio is processed privately on your iPhone. • AI notes & summaries — every meeting becomes a clean, skimmable recap. • Accounts & people — conversations are automatically organized into the companies and contacts they involve, each with an AI brief. • Works with your calendar — see upcoming meetings and auto-link attendees. • Syncs with desktop — recordings from the Allston Labs desktop app show up here too. BUILT FOR PEOPLE IN BACK-TO-BACK MEETINGS Sales, founders, consultants, and anyone who lives in conversations. Capture what was said, who said it, and what to do next — without lifting a finger. Sign in with your Allston Labs account to get started.

Screenshots

Nova4 screens
Allston Labs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Allston Labs at none against Nova's 2. Nova's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). 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 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.00 per month. Allston Labs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nova ships an update every 4 days, Allston Labs every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nova versus Allston Labs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNovaAllston Labs
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALTURA Society LLCXiaoyuan Zhu

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Nova

Subscriptions2
  • Nova Pro Monthly7 Days trial$12.001 Month
  • Nova Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$100.001 Year
None

Allston Labs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nova free?
Nova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Allston Labs free?
Allston Labs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nova or Allston Labs have ads?
Neither Nova nor Allston Labs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nova or Allston Labs?
Nova ships an update every 4 days, and Allston Labs every 3 weeks. Most recently, Nova was updated on October 31, 2026 and Allston Labs on October 31, 2026.

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