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

When You're at Breaking Point

You're at crisis level: overwhelmed, unable to cope, and need to get through the next hour

Steps

STOP. You are not a bad parent. You are a good parent having a terrible moment. Read that again
If your children are safe, step into another room for 60 seconds. Close the door. Breathe
Splash cold water on your face or hold ice cubes. This activates the dive reflex and forces your nervous system to slow down
Lower the bar completely. Right now, the only goal is safety. Nobody needs a bath, homework can wait, screens are fine, cereal for dinner is fine
Call someone. Not to fix it, just to hear another adult voice. If you have nobody, call a helpline (you don't need to be suicidal to call; they support overwhelmed parents too)
When the immediate crisis passes, do ONE kind thing for yourself: a hot drink, sitting down for 5 minutes, stepping outside for fresh air

What you need

Nothing except permission to lower every standard to 'everyone is alive and safe'

Why it works

Crisis-level overwhelm shuts down the thinking brain entirely. You can't problem-solve, plan, or strategise when your nervous system is in survival mode. These steps work because they focus on physiology first (cold water, breathing, removing yourself from the stimulus) which brings the thinking brain back online. Everything else can wait.

Age guidance

Designed for adults. This is not a long-term strategy; it's an emergency response to get you through the next hour.

Real-world example

A parent locked herself in the bathroom, ran cold water over her wrists, and sat on the floor for two minutes. She could hear the kids arguing through the door but they were safe. When she came out, she put the TV on, gave them cereal for dinner, and called her sister. That was enough. She didn't need to be perfect. She just needed to get through the evening.

Troubleshooting

If you feel like you might hurt yourself or your child, call emergency services or a crisis line immediately. This is not failure. It's the bravest thing you can do
You don't need to be suicidal to call a helpline. Parental overwhelm is a valid reason to reach out
If this is happening regularly, you need more support, not more strategies. Talk to your doctor about what's available
Guilt makes everything worse. You're reading this because you care. That matters