Comparison

Trident Mindset vs Fathom

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

Head to head
About

Trident Mindset

This program offers mental toughness and health training based on Navy SEAL and neuroscience-backed tactics. Learn to reduce stress, increase happiness, and navigate adversity through daily lessons and practice exercises.

Highlights
  • 12 proven mindset tactics
  • Daily lessons and practice exercises
  • Mindset 101 Course
  • 12-month Mindset Mastery Course
  • Progress tracking
  • Offline access
Features
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We believe the quality of your mind determines the quality of your life. Our mission is to teach you to master your mind so you can live your most fulfilled life. WHAT IS TRIDENT MINDSET? Trident Mindset is a mental toughness and mental health training program created by Navy SEALs and neuroscientists. In the app, we teach 12 proven tactics that will help you be calm, effective, and content in any situation: micro-goals, focus, breath control, intentionality, choosing the wrench, stoicism, discipline, meditation, mindfulness, flipping the script, self talk and visualization. Through concise daily lessons and practice exercises, you'll learn to master all 12 tactics. The order of the lessons is personalized for you based on your goals, challenges, and stressors. WHY WE STARTED TRIDENT MINDSET: We all learn how to do so many things in school: write in cursive, calculate the area of a rhombus, analyze Shakespeare. But we never learn some pretty important things - how to manage stress, be happy, control our emotions, take care of our mental health, have discipline, or thrive during adversity. This is a huge problem because life isn’t full of Shakespeare analysis, but it is completely full of adversity - heavy workloads, tight deadlines, raising children, packed schedules, sick loved ones, setbacks, failures, loss, stress, pain, fatigue, and on and on and on. Because we never learned how to thrive during all this adversity, most of us don’t. Almost everyone we know is more stressed and less happy than they’d like to be. We created Trident Mindset to change this. In our careers as Special Operators and neuroscientists, we learned a set of tactics that helped us be calm, effective, and content no matter what was going on. These tactics proved themselves on the battlefield, in the laboratory, and everywhere in between. Learning these tactics so profoundly changed our lives that we are now dedicating our lives to teaching them to everyone. We hope you'll join us. Onward! Subscription & Pricing Information: Trident Mindset is free to download. After downloading the app, you can access the first 12 lessons for free. To access the full Trident Mindset program, we offer both a monthly and annual subscription option ($9.99 per month or $95.99 per year) that begin with a 7-day free trial. Payment will be charged to your credit card through your Apple account after the trial period and when the subscription renews each month. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. There is no increase in price when renewing. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal can be turned off in Account Settings in iCloud after purchase. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy at the links below: https://www.tridentmindset.com/pages/terms https://www.tridentmindset.com/pages/privacy-policy

About

Fathom

Explore great thinkers and philosophies with bite-sized lessons. Understand complex ideas with elegant visuals and build a daily habit of learning. Access over 50 learning paths on diverse philosophical topics.

Highlights
  • Daily philosophy habit building
  • Bite-sized lessons (under 2 minutes)
  • Elegant visual explanations
  • 50+ learning paths
  • Save and review insights
  • Set learning goals
Features
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Fathom is your guide to the world's most great thinkers and philosophies. - Build your foundational knowledge in one of humanity’s original disciplines. From Socrates to Descartes and from Buddhism to Existentialism take the time to truly understand how some of the world’s wisest people think. - Understand complex concepts quickly, with elegant visuals that clarify key ideas and help you stay focused. - Learn on your schedule. Knock out a lesson in two minutes or less, in bite-sized sessions designed to fit into your week no matter what life throws your way. - Set a learning goal and embark on a multi lesson learning paths into specific philosophies and philosophers - Actually refer back to wisdom when you need it most. Save and review the insights and visuals that matter most to you Explore our rapidly expanding catalog, featuring 50+ learning paths such as: -Buddhist Wisdom for Anxious Minds -Socrates and Plato -Aristotle -Hedonism, Cynicism, Stoicism -Utilitarianism and Kantian Ethics -Kant’s Epistemology -Kierkegaard -Feminist Philosophy and Perspectives on Power -Camus ...and much more! -- SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS: Fathom offers an auto-renewing yearly subscription and an auto-renewing monthly subscription which allows you full access to all of the content in our catalog for as long as you maintain an active subscription. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on your country. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes account at the time of initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period end date, and the cost of the renewal will be listed. You can manage your subscription and auto-renewal can be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Read more about our Privacy Policy here: https://tinyurl.com/4a5p4z8b Read more about our Terms of Service here: https://tinyurl.com/xnmcrbvp

Screenshots

Trident Mindset4 screens
Fathom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Trident Mindset at free with in-app purchases against Fathom's subscription. Trident Mindset also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 69%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Trident Mindset sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Fathom sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Trident Mindset against 4.8 for Fathom. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 750 and 503 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Trident Mindset's written reviews are positive against 69% of Fathom's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trident Mindset ships an update fortnightly, Fathom weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Trident Mindset versus Fathom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrident MindsetFathom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (750 ratings)4.8 (503 ratings)
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews — better69.0% of reviews
Number of ratings750 — better503
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB191 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTrident Mindset LLCPolywise, Inc.

Customer experience

Trident Mindset

All ratings750 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.3%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews241 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative7.1%

Fathom

All ratings503 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive69.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative27.6%

Bugs and requests

Trident Mindset

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Fathom

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unexpected charges during free trial period
  • Potential issues with app functionality and compatibility

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to customize or revisit philosopher selections
  • More information about the app's algorithm and learning progression
  • Ability to explore a wider range of philosophical perspectives

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Trident Mindset

Subscriptions9
  • Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Subscription$18.991 Month
Show 6 more
  • Subscription7 Days trial$18.991 Month
  • Monthly Membership$19.991 Month
  • Subscription$48.991 Month
  • Subscription$95.991 Year
  • Subscription7 Days trial$95.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$181.991 Year
8 purchases

Fathom

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription (no trial)$49.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription (Premium)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Access Premium No Trial$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Sub Premium No Trial$69.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Trident Mindset free?
Trident Mindset is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fathom free?
Fathom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trident Mindset or Fathom?
Trident Mindset and Fathom are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 750 and 503 ratings respectively.
Do Trident Mindset or Fathom have ads?
Both Trident Mindset and Fathom show ads.
Which is updated more often, Trident Mindset or Fathom?
Trident Mindset ships an update fortnightly, and Fathom weekly. Most recently, Trident Mindset was updated on October 18, 2026 and Fathom on October 20, 2026.

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