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NOVA vs Nexus Tweaks

Nexus Tweaks and NOVA have a lot in common. Both are paid for once, label their tweaks by evidence, record what they change so you can undo it, and check the signature on their updates. They differ in how much of Windows they cover, how you measure the result, and how long updates last.

We haven't run the two side by side. This page compares what each one lists, not frame rates.

01Side by side

Nexus Tweaks

NOVA

PriceFree, or Standard $14.99 or Pro $29.99, paid once. Standard to Pro costs $15.$24.99, paid once. No free plan: a demo of the whole app runs in your browser instead. Try it

Updates12 months with Standard or Pro. The version you have keeps working after that.Every update included, with no end date.

PCsOne Windows installation at a time, on every plan.One PC at a time. Reinstalling Windows on the same PC doesn't use anything up.

RefundsWithin 14 days of purchase, no reason needed.Within 3 days, if NOVA won't run on your PC. Policy

Tweak library402 tweaks, free to browse, each labelled by risk (Safe, Caution, Experimental), purpose and evidence (Strong, Moderate, Limited). 312 come with Standard, all of them with Pro.175 tweaks, all included, each rated from A (measured by several labs) to D (not measured) or making no performance claim, with its source and the values it writes. See the list

Privacy and clean-up126 tweaks labelled Privacy and 95 labelled Debloat, plus removal of 31 preinstalled apps, each with a link to reinstall it.32 privacy and 38 debloat tweaks, plus removal of preinstalled consumer apps, with a link to reinstall each.

BenchmarkBefore and after, the same length each time, with a significance test (Pro). It doesn't capture in-game FPS itself: you can type in the numbers from a game's own benchmark.Proof mode: 3 or 5 runs before and after, with a 95% range on the difference. It captures your game's frame times, 1% lows and stutters itself with Intel PresentMon, or runs NOVA's latency benchmark.

NetworkLatency, jitter, packet loss, DNS timing and traceroute, and in Pro a bufferbloat test graded A+ to F and a DNS changer.A lag-under-load test graded A+ to F, a DNS benchmark, and a live monitor for the game you're playing that traces the route and shows where trouble starts.

Controllers and micePro lists refresh-rate and polling-rate tools.A controller and mouse polling overclock: a wired DualSense goes from 250 to as much as 8000 reports a second, measured live. One click puts it back to stock.

UndoRecords the original state before writing and checks each change applied. Restore Center undoes one change, a group or the last one. A few actions, such as app removal, are one-way and ask first.Saves each original value first and restores exactly that. History undoes one change or everything. Files Clean-up deletes and apps you remove can't be undone; removed apps can be reinstalled from the Store.

Updates installAt startup, after the signature is checked.From Settings › Updates; NOVA installs only updates signed by us.

02Who's ahead where

Where Nexus Tweaks is ahead

A free plan. Live monitoring, the System Analyzer and the whole library to browse, with 4 tweaks to apply.
A lower way in. Standard costs $14.99, and any purchase can be refunded within 14 days without a reason.
Breadth. 402 tweaks, with far more privacy, interface and browser settings than NOVA has.

What NOVA does differently

Measures inside your games. NOVA records the frame times itself, so the before and after come from the game you play, not numbers typed in by hand.
Updates for as long as you use it. No 12-month window.
Says who measured it. A and B mean labs or a tester measured the gain, C means how it works is documented, D means no one has measured it yet. Their labels and ours aren't the same scale. How the two libraries compare
Built around games. The Checkup reads what each game's anti-cheat needs, and the game connection monitor says whether a routing service could fix your lag.

03Which one fits

Pick Nexus Tweaks if your main goal is a cleaner Windows: privacy, debloat, interface and browser settings, with a free plan to start and a cheaper first tier. Pick NOVA if your main goal is knowing whether a change made your games run better, with frame times captured in the game and a verdict that accounts for run-to-run noise, and updates that don't run out.

If you use both, let one tool own each setting. Two tools that each back up and restore the same value can put back each other's changes.

Prices and features as listed on each vendor's site on November 1, 2026. Nexus Tweaks: nexustweaks.com, its pricing page, its tweak library (counts by its own purpose labels) and its refund policy (updated October 10, 2026). NOVA: novatuned.com, every tweak and our refund policy.

Nexus Tweaks is a trademark of its owner, and NOVA isn't affiliated with it. Something here out of date? Write to and we'll correct it.

NOVAOne price, every update. Try it in your browser first: nothing changes on your PC.

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