Thrive vs Execute
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thrive
Break down ambitious goals into manageable steps and organize your ideas. Visualize the impact of decisions to make them less daunting. Track your progress with automatic stats and widgets.
- Break down ambitious goals
- Organize ideas and thoughts
- Visualize decision impacts
- Automatic progress stats
- Widgets for staying on track
- Note-taking functionality
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Universal purchase so you also get the macOS version __ You know how we all come up with those kinds of goals and ideas that get us really excited but then for some reason we never really do anything about them? That's about to change with Thrive, a new kind of productivity app that will tackle some of the main problems: • tackle your most ambitious goals Make your goals seem less monumental and vague by thinking of the steps required to achieve them and working on one at a time. • save and organise ideas Save all your big ideas and quick thoughts throughout the day. • visualise difficult decisions Make big decisions more manageable by visualising the impact of each option on the parts of your life you care most about. You can also use it to take notes, get automatic stats on your progress, stay on top of things with widgets and more. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Execute
Organize your day and manage projects efficiently with interactive task cards. Utilize flexible views like lists, timelines, and Kanban boards to prioritize, time-block, and track progress. Stay focused and complete important tasks effectively.
- Interactive task cards
- Time-blocking on a timeline
- Eisenhower matrix prioritization
- Kanban board workflow
- Built-in Pomodoro timer
- Project milestones and dependencies
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Execute helps you plan your day and run your projects—fast. Turn tasks into interactive cards you can drag, time-block, and track across flexible views. Stay focused, avoid decision fatigue, and finish the right work at the right time. Work your way - List View: Create, edit, and reorder with effortless drag-and-drop. Clean, fast, and reliable. - Plan View: Time-block your day on a timeline. See system calendar events, personal reservations, and tasks in one place. - Precise Planning (Pro): Estimate durations and fit tasks like puzzle pieces to build a realistic schedule. - Matrix View: Prioritize with the Eisenhower matrix (urgent vs. important). Create custom matrices for your workflow. - Focus View: Swipe through tasks like a deck of cards and stay in flow with the built-in Pomodoro timer. - Kanban: Move work through stages with a swipe. Visual progress, zero friction. Manage projects with clarity - Milestones: See where your project stands and what’s next. - Dependencies: Understand what’s blocked and why—avoid surprises. - Step Templates: Standardize recurring processes to save time and reduce errors. Why Execute - Fast setup: Add tasks in seconds and start planning immediately. - One place for the day: Calendar, time blocks, and tasks together. - Built for focus: Views that reduce context switching and keep you moving. Start planning with confidence and finish more of what matters—download Execute today.
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Verdict
Thrive and Execute both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 73% of Execute's written reviews are positive against 57% of Thrive's. Thrive's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (42 vs 14). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Thrive sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Execute sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Thrive against 4.4 for Execute. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Thrive's written reviews are positive against 73% of Execute's.
Thrive ships an update every 9 days, Execute every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thrive | Execute |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (42 ratings) | 4.4 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shlag | Innovatism LLC |
Customer experience
Thrive
Execute
In-app purchases
Thrive
- Thrive Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly Thrive Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
Execute
- Execute Pro$19.99









