Thrive.App vs NMD3 ESS Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thrive.App
This platform enhances internal communication for frontline teams, fostering community, talent development, and leadership support. It allows organizations to customize app structure and appearance while enabling employees to stay informed, engage in discussions, and connect with colleagues.
- Instant company information and notifications
- Two-way communication
- Celebrate success and thank colleagues
- Connect with all colleagues
- Contact directories
- Share ideas and collaborate
- User publishing and social features
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The Thrive platform is designed to power up internal communication with frontline colleagues, build stronger teams, create a community, nurture talent, share success and support leadership. Use Thrive’s intuitive content management system to choose your app structure and populate it with company wide content as well as customising the look and feel of your app with our choice of designs. Employees use Thrive App to: - Stay up to date with instant company information and notifications - Be part of the conversation with two-way communication - Celebrate success and say thanks to colleagues - Connect with all colleagues and share your story with photos and videos - Get to know each other through contact directories - Share ideas and collaborate with colleagues with user publishing and social features - Never miss important information no matter where you are Need access to your company’s app? Your organisation will provide you with login details. Want to see if Thrive is a good fit for your organisation? Visit our website to learn more.
NMD3 ESS Go
Manage your work schedule and personal time off directly from your smartphone. Access your timesheets and review your work rotas with ease. This tool simplifies employee self-service for essential HR tasks.
- Request leave
- Check work rotas
- View timesheets
- Smartphone access
- Employee self-service
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The ESS Go enables you to request leave, check work rotas and view timesheets from their smartphone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Thrive.App at 100% against NMD3 ESS Go's 0%. Thrive.App also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Thrive.App ships an update fortnightly, NMD3 ESS Go every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thrive.App | NMD3 ESS Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thrive.App Ltd | NMD3 Ltd |
Customer experience
Thrive.App
NMD3 ESS Go
In-app purchases
Thrive.App
No in-app purchases
NMD3 ESS Go
No in-app purchases
