Comparison

Clear Fear vs Thrive Mind

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

Head to head
About

Clear Fear

This app offers tools and techniques to manage anxiety symptoms. It helps users change anxious thoughts and behaviors using a Cognitive Behavioral framework, with resources to build resilience. Designed for young people, it can be used with parental support.

Highlights
  • Anxiety symptom management
  • Cognitive Behavioural framework
  • Change anxious thoughts and emotions
  • Alter anxious behaviours
  • Calm fear responses
  • Resilience building resources
Features
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Clear Fear provides you with a range of ways to manage the symptoms of anxiety. Developed by a clinician co-collaboratively with young people, Clear Fear uses a Cognitive Behavioural framework to help you change anxious thoughts and emotions, alter anxious behaviours and calm fear responses. It also has helpful descriptions of the different ways in which anxiety presents, resources and a 'grit box' to boost resilience. It is recommended for the ages of 11-19 years but can be used by a younger group with the support of a parent or carer. Clear Fear compliments, but does not substitute for the assessment and ongoing support of a mental health professional.

About

Thrive Mind

This app provides age-appropriate tools and guided activities to support emotional growth for children and teens aged 5-17. It offers coping skills, mood check-ins, and calming resources for managing anxiety, sleep issues, and big feelings. A parent dashboard offers insights and a wellbeing toolkit.

Highlights
  • Age-banded experiences (5-8, 9-12, 13-17)
  • Mood check-ins with traffic-light signalling
  • Guided modules for common worries
  • Calming sounds and personal 'Safe Place'
  • Gratitude entries and reflections
  • Parent dashboard with insights and toolkit
  • Crisis-support resources
Features
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Thrive Mind is a calm, family-friendly wellbeing app for children, young people and the grown-ups who care for them. It offers age-appropriate tools, guided activities and step-by-step coping skills to support emotional growth at every stage from age 5 to 17. Whether your child is feeling anxious about school, struggling to wind down at bedtime, navigating friendship worries or working through big feelings, Thrive Mind helps you both find calm together. WHAT YOU'LL FIND INSIDE • Mood check-ins a friendly way to notice and name feelings, with traffic-light signalling for younger children • Guided modules for the most common worries: – Low mood and self-confidence – Anxiety and worry – Sleep and bedtime routines – School confidence and friendship difficulties – Behaviour and self-regulation – Mindfulness and calming techniques • Calming sounds and a personal "Safe Place" for moments that need quiet • Gratitude entries and reflections small daily habits that build resilience • Trusted Contacts children can name the grown-ups they trust most • Co-regulation activities families can do together • A parent dashboard with insights, gentle coaching and a wellbeing toolkit just for grown-ups DESIGNED FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY • Three age-banded experiences — 5–8, 9–12 and 13–17. Language, visuals and pace adapted for every stage • Parental controls and account management • Crisis-support resources reachable in two taps from anywhere in the app,never paywalled • No advertising, no behavioural profiling, no data sold ever Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY FIRST We take children's privacy seriously. Personal data is encrypted in transit and at rest, never sold, and never shared for advertising. You can delete your account and all your data from inside the app at any time. For full details see our Privacy Policy. NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL CARE Thrive Mind provides supportive wellbeing tools and is not a substitute for professional mental health care. It is not a crisis service. If you, your child or someone close to you is in immediate danger, please call your local emergency number or one of the helplines listed inside the app.

Screenshots

Clear Fear4 screens
Thrive Mind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Thrive Mind at Free against Clear Fear's $1.99. Thrive Mind also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Clear Fear's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and chart position (#181 vs unranked). On 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

Thrive Mind is free to download; Clear Fear costs $1.99 up front. Thrive Mind sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Clear Fear asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clear Fear ships an update every 4 months, Thrive Mind every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Clear Fear versus Thrive Mind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClear FearThrive Mind
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (128 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings128 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#181 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStem4Richard Ssuuna

Customer experience

Clear Fear

All ratings128 ratings
Positive76.6%
Neutral10.2%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative17.9%

Thrive Mind

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Clear Fear

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App logs out user every time it closes
  • User data deleted after closing or inactivity
  • Profile information resets on each app opening
  • Text input boxes require multiple taps to register
  • Passcode entry requires opening keyboard 4 separate times
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  • Age selection dropdown not clickable
  • White startup screen that doesn't load
  • App crashes on certain iPhone models (XR, X Max, 11 Pro)
  • Audio playback cuts out or becomes choppy
  • Video play buttons unresponsive
  • Mindfulness scene popup appears too early
  • Anxiety tracker always displays 'oh no' regardless of input
  • Self-monitoring doesn't track all entries
  • Notifications for goals not working despite being enabled
  • Timestamp changes in journal entries to current time

Requested features

12 requests
  • American accent audio option
  • Additional language support
  • Android app version
  • Custom emergency phone numbers in Safety Net
  • Depression support app
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  • Account login system for multi-device synchronization
  • More panic attack audio options with rewind capability
  • Direct journaling without completing activities first
  • More activities and coping strategies
  • Notification system for goals
  • Improved accessibility for users with OCD and typing difficulties
  • App for overstimulation and autism/ADHD support

Thrive Mind

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Clear Fear

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Thrive Mind

Subscriptions4
  • 1-Child Plan — Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Family Plan — Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 1-Child Plan — Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Family Plan — Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Clear Fear free?
Clear Fear costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thrive Mind free?
Thrive Mind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clear Fear or Thrive Mind have ads?
Neither Clear Fear nor Thrive Mind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clear Fear or Thrive Mind?
Clear Fear ships an update every 4 months, and Thrive Mind every 2 weeks. Most recently, Clear Fear was updated on November 11, 2026 and Thrive Mind on October 31, 2026.

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