FloatDial vs Sova
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FloatDial
Enhance your iPhone Home Screen with a beautifully designed analog clock widget. Customize your clock with various dial faces and motion styles for a refined, time-only display without distractions.
- Customizable analog clock widget
- Five original dial face designs
- Quartz (one-second tick) motion
- Fluid sweep second-hand motion (iOS 18+)
- Minimalist, distraction-free design
- No feeds or accounts required
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Bring a refined analog clock to your iPhone Home Screen. FloatDial is a focused, time-only widget for people who appreciate clear information and considered design. Choose from five original dial faces—Heritage Blue, Heritage Slate & Gold, Snowline Precision, Quadrant Atelier, and Ivory Sunburst—then select the motion that suits you. • Quartz: a crisp one-second tick • Sweep: fluid second-hand motion on iOS 18 and later Change your face and movement from the FloatDial app. No feeds, accounts, or unnecessary controls—just an expressive clock that stays quietly in view.
Sova
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Your day — personal plans, work, family, friends and teams — without mixing them up. SAY IT, SCAN IT OR PASTE IT (SOVA PRO) • Dictate: speak naturally — Sova drafts the title, time, place and details in your language. You check everything before it saves • Scan: a booking, a flyer or a screenshot becomes a dated draft in seconds • Paste a school email or a team schedule: Sova finds the dates and to-dos (up to 12 at a time) and suggests a list for each. Nothing is added until you tap Add • Speech stays on your iPhone. Scan sends the screenshot or pasted text securely to be read, then discards it; nothing is stored TODAY, OFFLINE WHEN YOU NEED IT • See what’s now, next and later — works offline • Notes with checklists — capture in seconds; add photos with Sova Pro THE LARGE WIDGET • Keep what’s next on your Home Screen without opening the app • Tick it off or add the next thing in one glance LIFE, WORK AND TEAMS — KEPT SEPARATE • Personal notes, a work calendar, family plans and team agendas stay in their own groups • Today and the widget bring the day together SHARE WITH ONE LINK • Invite a partner, friend, colleague or teammate with a link or QR • They join with Sign in with Apple — no passwords. No iPhone? They can join in a browser with a code sent to their email • Free includes two shared lists (up to 10 people each); Pro scales further YOUR CALENDARS AND REMINDERS • Choose calendars and reminder lists already on your iPhone • Add supported calendar links when a service provides one BUSY TIMES, SHARED SEPARATELY • Teammates see when you’re busy, never titles or reasons — only if you grant it • Assigned items alone do not create busy blocks PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Private groups stay on your iPhone and work offline • Shared lists use encrypted connections and account permissions • No ads or cross-app tracking; optional product analytics only if you choose • Export or delete everything in the app Free is complete. Pro adds AI Dictate and Screenshot Scan for capture, photo and file attachments, and removes limits on shared lists and availability recipients — structural upgrades, not a different product. Terms: https://sovaplanner.com/terms Privacy: https://sovaplanner.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FloatDial at none against Sova's 2. Sova's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). 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
Both are free to download. Sova sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. FloatDial asks for nothing beyond the download.
FloatDial ships an update weekly, Sova every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FloatDial | Sova |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Himanshu Parashar | Victor Nivelleau |
In-app purchases
FloatDial
No in-app purchases
Sova
- Sova Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Sova Pro Yearly$29.991 Year









