ChatGPT vs Nova

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

ChatGPT

OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for chat, images and voice

Free plan · from $8/mo

Nova

AI chatbot app that puts several leading models in one interface

Free plan · from $4.99

Where they differ

ChatGPT starts at $8 per month (Go). Nova starts at $4.99 to $7.99 per week, or $39.99 to $59.99 per year (US App Store).
Only ChatGPT lists a Windows app.

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	ChatGPT	Nova
Pricing	Free plan	Free plan
Starts at	$8 per month (Go)	$4.99 to $7.99 per week, or $39.99 to $59.99 per year (US App Store)
Free plan	Unlimited text chats, with limits on uploads, image creation, voice chats, deep research and memory.	Free to download and use for the main features, which the vendor says will not change. The site does not state where free use stops.
Free trial	None listed	3-day free trial on the 1-week and 1-month subscriptions, according to Nova's subscription terms.
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macOS
Windows
iOS
Android
Made by	OpenAI	ScaleUp Yazılım Hizmetleri A.S.
Price read from	learn.chatgpt.com	apps.apple.com
Checked	Oct 4, 2026	Oct 9, 2026

ChatGPT

Nova

ChatGPT

Pro is sold at three price points, $100, $200 or $500 per month, well above the $20 Plus plan.
Business requires at least 2 users. SCIM, EKM and role-based access control are reserved for Enterprise and Edu.
OpenAI began testing ads in the free version for logged-in adult US users in January 2026, according to Wikipedia.
OpenAI's pricing page says the Go plan may include ads.

Nova

Prices are not on the website: the vendor says they are shown in the app, and the US App Store lists the same plan at several price points.
The vendor's pages do not say where free use stops or which features need a subscription.
The site lists macOS, but the Mac version is the iPad app: the App Store marks it as not verified for macOS and requires an Apple M1 chip or later.
Refunds are generally limited to requests made within 3 days of purchase and after fewer than 20 messages.

ChatGPT

Conversational help: Answers questions, drafts and reworks text, explains topics and reads uploaded photos in a chat, with history synced across your devices.
Image generation: Creates original images from a description, or transforms existing images from a short instruction.
Advanced Voice Mode: Hold a real-time spoken conversation in the mobile app by tapping the soundwave icon.
Search and Deep Research: ChatGPT Search draws on the web for more up-to-date answers, and Deep Research generates a report from extensive web searches.
Codex: A coding agent that runs on the web, in a CLI, in an IDE extension and on iOS from the Plus plan, with integrations such as automatic code review and Slack.
GPTs and agents: GPTs customize ChatGPT's behavior for a specific use case, and ChatGPT agent carries out multi-step tasks.

Nova

Several models in one app: The App Store listing names OpenAI GPT-5.6, Google Gemini 3.6 Flash, Anthropic Claude Opus 5, Kimi K3, xAI Grok 4.5 and DeepSeek V4 Pro as the models behind the assistant.
Web search and research: Searches the web for real-time information, and a deeper research mode compares information and analyzes sources on a topic.
Writing help and proofreading: Drafts and rewrites essays, posts and other text, checks grammar, clarity and tone, and translates between more than 140 languages.
Image generation and voice mode: Generates images from a prompt, and a voice mode allows hands-free spoken conversations with the assistant.
Files and scan-and-solve: Works on files such as Word and Excel documents, and can scan a document, question or homework problem and answer it.
Cross-device sync: Chats continue across devices, with a web app at chat.novaapp.ai alongside the mobile apps.

ChatGPT

Free$0
Unlimited text chats, with limits on uploads, image creation, voice chats, deep research and memory.
Go$8
per month
More messages with tools, more uploads, image creation and voice chats than Free, and longer memory. OpenAI notes this plan may include ads.
Plus$20
per month
Advanced reasoning models, expanded deep research and memory, plus projects, scheduled tasks and custom GPTs.
Business$20
per user / month, billed annually
For 2 or more users: a dedicated workspace with admin controls, SAML SSO and MFA. $25 per user / month when billed monthly.
ProFrom $100
per month
A choice of three usage tiers at $100, $200 or $500 per month, with the highest limits, pro reasoning and an always-on agent.
Enterprise & EduCustom
Sold through sales, with priority request processing, SCIM, EKM, user analytics, domain verification and role-based access control.

Nova

Free$0
The main chat features at no cost. The vendor's pages do not list the free limits or which features need a subscription.
1 Week Chatbot Pro$4.99 to $7.99
per week (US App Store)
Weekly subscription with a 3-day trial. The listing shows this item at $4.99, $6.99 and $7.99 without saying what separates the price points.
1 Month Chatbot OpenAI Subs$9.99
per month (US App Store)
Monthly subscription with a 3-day trial. An item named Nova Premium Subscription is also listed at $9.99, with no period shown.
1 Year Chatbot Pro$39.99 to $59.99
per year (US App Store)
Yearly subscription, which the vendor describes as discounted against the weekly price. The listing shows it at $39.99 and $59.99.

ChatGPT

Annual discount
Business is cheaper when billed annually
OpenAI's pricing page lists Business at $20 per user / month when billed annually, against $25 per user / month when billed monthly.

Nova

Annual discount
Yearly plan priced below the weekly rate
Nova's subscription terms describe the 1-year subscription as a discount on the weekly price. The US App Store lists it at $39.99 to $59.99 a year against $4.99 to $7.99 a week.