Comparison

Thrive at UT vs Redprint

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Thrive at UT

This app supports University of Texas students in navigating campus life. It offers guidance on friendships, mindfulness, and challenges through videos and interactive activities. The goal is to help students make positive changes for a better daily experience.

Highlights
  • Campus life navigation
  • Friendship building guidance
  • Mindfulness techniques
  • Challenge management
  • Student video stories
  • Interactive learning activities
Features
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Specifically designed for students throughout the University of Texas system, Thrive at UT helps you live your best life. Eight topic areas including building friendships, becoming more mindful, and managing challenges help you better navigate the ups and downs of campus life. There are short videos of students sharing their own stories as well as interactive activities to help you learn more about yourself. Thrive helps you make small, simple changes that can have a powerful impact on your daily life!

About

Redprint

Transform gyms into interactive spaces by tapping your phone on equipment tags. Access instructional videos, log exercises, and track your fitness progress with visual analytics and motivational achievements.

Highlights
  • Interactive gym equipment
  • Instructional equipment videos
  • Workout logging
  • Progress tracking
  • Metric graphics
  • Achievements
Features
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Redprint is the first fitness mobile application make gyms interactive. By simply tapping your phone against a Redprint tag in any Redprint compatible gym, you can learn from instructional video specific to that equipment and add the exercise to your workout to track your progress. Redprint provides metric graphics to help you analyze your progress over time and achievements to keep you motivated and to reward consistency. Try Redprint today!

Screenshots

Thrive at UT4 screens
Redprint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Thrive at UT at 100% against Redprint's 33%. Thrive at UT also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Redprint's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Redprint sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Thrive at UT asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thrive at UT holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Thrive at UT's written reviews are positive against 33% of Redprint's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thrive at UT ships an update every 6 months, Redprint weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Thrive at UT versus Redprint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThrive at UTRedprint
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (12 ratings) — better4.2 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1220 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB373 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINRedprint Inc.

Customer experience

Thrive at UT

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Redprint

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Thrive at UT

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Redprint

One-time10
  • Routine purchase $9.99$9.99
  • Routine purchase $14.99$14.99
  • Routine purchase $19.99$19.99
Show 7 more
  • Routine purchase $24.99$24.99
  • Routine purchase $29.99$29.99
  • Routine purchase $39.99$39.99
  • Routine purchase $49.99$49.99
  • Routine purchase $59.99$59.99
  • Routine purchase $69.99$69.99
  • Routine purchase $79.99$79.99

Questions

Is Thrive at UT free?
Thrive at UT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Redprint free?
Redprint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thrive at UT or Redprint?
Thrive at UT is rated higher. Thrive at UT averages 4.5 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Redprint averages 4.2 from 20 ratings.
Do Thrive at UT or Redprint have ads?
Neither Thrive at UT nor Redprint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thrive at UT or Redprint?
Thrive at UT ships an update every 6 months, and Redprint weekly. Most recently, Thrive at UT was updated on August 19, 2026 and Redprint on September 24, 2026.

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