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

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Community

Managing the After-School Explosion

Your child holds it together at school then falls apart completely at home

Steps

Understand what's happening: your child is not misbehaving. They're decompressing. All day they've been masking — suppressing natural responses to fit in. Home is safe, so home is where the mask comes off
Create a 'landing zone' for when they arrive home. No demands, no questions, no homework for at least 30 minutes
Offer food immediately. Blood sugar drops after school and makes regulation much harder
Give them a low-demand activity: screen time, outdoor play, or quiet alone time — whatever they naturally reach for
Wait until they've regulated before discussing school, homework, or anything requiring effort
Name it for them when they're calm: 'You work so hard all day. It makes sense you need to let it out when you get home'

What you need

A predictable after-school routine, easy snacks ready, patience, understanding that this is neurological not behavioural

Why it works

The after-school explosion happens because your child has been masking all day — suppressing stims, managing sensory input, navigating social rules — and home is the only place safe enough to let the mask drop. A landing zone acknowledges this neurological reality instead of treating it as bad behaviour.

Age guidance

Common from age 4 onwards and can persist through secondary school. The decompression activity should match the child's age and preferences.

Real-world example

A parent stopped asking 'how was school?' the moment their child got in the car and instead had a snack ready and the favourite playlist on. The meltdowns in the car stopped almost immediately. Questions could wait until after the 30-minute decompression window.

Troubleshooting

If siblings trigger the explosion, consider separating them for the first 30 minutes after school
If it's getting worse, the school day itself may be too demanding. Talk to the learning support team about in-school support
Don't try to talk about it during the explosion. Wait for calm. Trying to reason during dysregulation doesn't work
Tell other family members and carers what's happening and why, so they don't take it personally or punish it