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

AuDHD: When Your Child Has Both ADHD and Autism

Your child has both ADHD and autism (AuDHD) and strategies designed for one condition keep clashing with the other

Steps

Learn to spot which 'brain' is driving the behaviour right now. Is the need for stimulation (ADHD) or the need for predictability (autism) winning?
Build routines that have flexibility baked in. A visual schedule with two or three swap-in options gives structure without rigidity
Offer sensory input AND novelty together. For example, a new fidget tool each week within an otherwise predictable homework routine
Watch for conflicting needs: your child may crave social connection (ADHD) but find it overwhelming (autism). Short, planned social time with recovery breaks works better than open-ended playdates
When a strategy designed for ADHD or autism alone isn't working, ask: is the other profile getting in the way?
Talk to your child about their two sets of needs. Even young children can learn 'sometimes my brain wants excitement and sometimes it wants things to stay the same'

What you need

Patience, observation skills, and a willingness to throw out strategies that 'should' work on paper but don't work for your child

Why it works

ADHD and autism have fundamentally different, sometimes opposing, neurological needs. ADHD brains seek novelty, stimulation, and movement. Autistic brains seek predictability, routine, and sensory regulation. When both are present, strategies designed for just one profile often fail or make the other worse. Understanding your child as AuDHD, rather than ADHD-plus-autism, lets you build approaches that honour both sets of needs at the same time.

Age guidance

Relevant at any age, but particularly important from age 5 onwards when school demands highlight the competing needs. Teenagers with AuDHD often benefit from understanding the dual profile themselves.

Real-world example

A parent tried a reward chart (classic ADHD strategy) for their AuDHD child's morning routine. It worked for three days, then the child refused to engage with it at all. The novelty had worn off (ADHD) and the chart had become 'wrong' because they'd missed a day (autism rigidity). Switching to a visual schedule with built-in choice ('pick two of these three breakfast options') gave the autism brain its predictability while the ADHD brain got just enough novelty to stay engaged.

Troubleshooting

If a textbook ADHD strategy isn't working, the autism profile may be blocking it. Try adding more predictability
If an autism strategy isn't working, your child's ADHD brain may need more stimulation within the structure
Medication for ADHD can sometimes unmask autistic traits that were hidden by hyperactivity. This is normal and not a sign the medication is wrong
Your child's needs will shift day to day. What works on Monday might not work on Wednesday. That's the AuDHD experience, not a failure of your parenting