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

Screen Time Without the Battles

Every screen-off transition triggers a meltdown, and you dread the moment you have to say 'time's up'

Steps

Understand WHY screen transitions are so hard: screens provide intense dopamine stimulation. Asking an ADHD or autistic brain to transition from high-dopamine to low-dopamine is neurologically painful, not just annoying
Use countdown warnings: 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 2 minutes. A visual timer they can see works better than verbal warnings alone
Create a 'save point' system: 'Finish this level and save' is much easier to comply with than an abrupt 'turn it off now'
Make the next activity appealing. Don't just end the screen; offer something worth transitioning TO. 'Screen off, then we're making pizza' works better than 'screen off, now do homework'
Agree screen time limits BEFORE the screen goes on: 'You've got 30 minutes. I'll give you warnings at 10 and 5.' Pre-agreed limits cause less conflict than mid-session negotiations
If meltdowns still happen, stay calm and don't add consequences in the moment. The meltdown IS the consequence of the neurological pain of transition

What you need

A visual timer, pre-agreed time limits, an appealing next activity, patience

Why it works

Screens activate the dopamine reward system intensely. For ADHD and autistic brains, which already have irregular dopamine regulation, transitioning away from a screen is neurologically equivalent to someone taking away a source of comfort mid-use. Countdown warnings, save points, and appealing alternatives ease the brain out of the high-dopamine state gradually instead of ripping it away.

Age guidance

Relevant from age 3 onwards. The approach works at every age, but the specific language and level of autonomy should increase as children get older.

Real-world example

A parent switched from saying 'turn it off NOW' to 'you've got until the end of this episode, then we're making popcorn.' The meltdowns went from daily to occasional within two weeks. The child wasn't fighting the screen-off. They were fighting the abruptness and the void that followed.

Troubleshooting

Taking the device away as punishment for not turning it off creates a cycle of anxiety that makes future transitions harder, not easier
Some children do better with a physical timer they can see counting down. The Time Timer app or a sand timer works well
If your child hyperfocuses on screens, this isn't addiction. It's their brain doing what it's designed to do. The issue is the transition, not the screen time itself
Natural transition points (end of an episode, end of a level) are much easier to comply with than arbitrary time limits