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

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Neurodivergent Parenting Glossary: Terms Explained Simply

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Hygiene Resistance

Your child refuses to brush teeth, wash hair, shower, or allow personal hygiene care

Steps

Identify the specific sensory issue: is it the water temperature, the feel of the toothbrush, the smell of soap?
Switch to sensory-friendly products: unflavoured toothpaste, unscented soap, soft washcloths
Use a visual schedule for hygiene steps so it's predictable
Offer choices: 'Bath or shower?', 'This toothbrush or that one?'
Build up gradually. A quick wipe is better than a full battle over a bath

What you need

Sensory-friendly hygiene products, visual schedule, patience

Why it works

Hygiene resistance in sensory-processing and autistic children is almost always about genuine sensory discomfort, not defiance. Water temperature, toothpaste flavour, and soap texture can be genuinely painful for a sensitised nervous system. Switching products and giving control reduces the sensory assault.

Age guidance

Common from age 2 onwards. Sensory-friendly product swaps are effective at any age. Older children benefit from choosing their own products.

Real-world example

A parent switched from mint toothpaste to unflavoured and from a standard toothbrush to a silicone finger brush. Their child went from screaming through every tooth-brushing session to cooperating without tears within a week. The product was the problem, not the child.

Troubleshooting

Electric toothbrushes help some children but make it worse for others. Try both
Hair washing is often the hardest. A dry shampoo or visor to keep water off the face can help
If teeth brushing is impossible, dental wipes exist as an interim solution