Thriive is for ADHD and autistic people of any age. Adults use it to understand their own patterns and advocate for what they need. Parents use it with their children. One account covers the whole household.

What does Thriive actually do?

Thriive helps you track tough moments and wins in 30 seconds, spots the patterns behind them, matches you with strategies that fit how your brain works, and turns it all into evidence you can take to your GP, school, or workplace.

What does Thriive do for my child?

Thriive helps children understand how their brain works, with strategies that fit their specific profile, so they don't grow up believing they're broken.

Yes, Thriive is free to start. You can track tough moments, build routines, browse the strategy library, and check in daily without paying. Pro unlocks deeper Pattern Tracker insights, unlimited profiles and routines, and in-depth strategy guides.

ADHD & Autism Support That Fits How Your Brain Actually Works

Understood, not broken.

Thriive is the support app for ADHD and autistic brains — and the whole household behind them. Track your patterns, find strategies that actually fit, and walk into every appointment with evidence. For yourself, or for your child.

What changes with Thriive

Without Thriive

Going through life believing you're broken
Falling behind and never understanding why
Slipping through the cracks of a system not built for you
Trying everything and still feeling stuck

With Thriive

Understanding how your brain actually works
Confidence to advocate for what you need
Strategies that actually fit, not generic advice
Knowing you're not the problem

How Thriive supports ADHD and autistic people

Pattern Tracker: Log a tough moment in 30 seconds. Thriive surfaces the patterns behind it — your triggers, your hardest times of day, what helps.
Strategy Library: 130+ real strategies for ADHD and autism, matched to your neurotype and the time you've got. Not generic advice.
Smart Strategies: Describe what's going on and Thriive builds a strategy around you — or around your child.
Visual Routine Builder: Step-by-step routines for the moments that usually go sideways. Mornings, transitions, winding down.
Daily Check-ins: A 30-second mood check that builds a picture of how you're really doing over time.
Shareable Reports: Take real evidence to your GP, school, workplace, or therapist when it matters.

One app for the whole neurodivergent household

For adults

Understand your own brain. Build evidence for assessments and workplace adjustments. Stop feeling like you're figuring it out alone.

For parents

Spot the patterns behind the hard days. Advocate with confidence at school and with doctors. Strategies matched to your child, not a textbook.

For children

Feel seen. Understand how your own brain works. Build a profile that's yours.

Neurodivergent conditions Thriive supports

Parent Guides

Glossary

Neurodivergent Parenting Glossary: Terms Explained Simply

Daily Challenges

Strategy Categories

Community

Reset a Racing Body

For when anxiety hits your body first: racing heart, tight chest, shallow breath. Your thoughts spiral to match, and you need to bring the physical alarm down fast

Steps

Start with the body, not the thoughts. You can't reason your way out of a nervous-system alarm, so the aim is to lengthen the exhale
Do a physiological sigh: two sharp inhales through the nose, then one long slow exhale through the mouth. Repeat three to five times
Add a strong, safe sensory input: cold water on the wrists or face, a cold drink, gripping something textured, or stepping outside
Orient to now: name five things you can see and two you can hear. This pulls attention out of the future 'what ifs' and into the safe present
Once the body settles a notch, then talk to yourself slowly, like you would a friend: 'This is anxiety. It peaks and it passes. I am not in danger'

What you need

Nothing required; cold water and a quiet spot help

Why it works

A long exhale and the physiological sigh directly activate the parasympathetic (calming) nervous system through the vagus nerve, faster than any thought. Cold input triggers the dive reflex, which slows the heart rate. Grounding pulls the brain out of future-threat mode. Starting with the body matters because during an anxiety spike the thinking brain is effectively offline: regulate the physiology first, then the thoughts.

Age guidance

Adults and older teens.

Real-world example

During a work call an autistic adult felt their chest tighten and thoughts race. They muted, splashed cold water on their wrists, did three long exhales, and named what they could see. Within two minutes the alarm had dropped enough to unmute and carry on, and no one knew.

Troubleshooting

If breathing exercises make you MORE anxious (common if you're hyper-aware of your body), lead with cold water and movement instead
Interoception differences can hide the early signs. If you usually only notice anxiety once it's huge, a daily body check-in helps you catch it sooner
If this is a full panic attack, the goal isn't to stop it but to ride it. It will peak within about ten minutes and come down on its own