ThrivePal vs Willow Wellness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThrivePal
Build lasting habits with daily, science-backed coaching and practical tips. This app offers structured programs and AI-powered courses to guide your self-improvement journey. Get instant answers and understand yourself better with evidence-based frameworks.
- Daily science-backed coaching
- Structured habit programs
- AI-powered courses
- Practical self-improvement tips
- Instant AI answers
- Science-based frameworks
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ThrivePal helps you build science-backed habits that stick and create real change with daily guidance. Get clear programs and practical tips to support your self-improvement journey and make lasting change. Grow with AI-powered courses tailored to your needs. - Daily insights and proven techniques - Structured progressions toward personal goals - Bite-sized learning steps you can apply right away - Instant AI answers to your questions - Science-backed frameworks to better understand yourself Tired of “this one weird trick”? ThrivePal keeps it real: no fluff, no fake magical hacks—just practical techniques that support you through the daily work of building a rock-solid foundation for thriving.
Willow Wellness
This app uses a growing willow tree to visualize your daily wellness practices. Engage in breathwork, voice journaling, and send messages to your future self. A couples mode allows shared growth in a virtual garden.
- Generative willow tree visualization
- Immersive breathwork with spatial audio
- Voice journaling
- Time-capsule letters
- Couples mode for shared gardens
- Customizable garden scenes
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Willow is a daily wellness app built around a willow tree that grows as you practice. Each session adds to your tree. Skip a day and it reflects that too. The tree is generative SVG — no two look alike over time. Core features: - Immersive breathwork with spatial audio (no headphones required, though they help) - Voice journaling and haptic message sending - Time-capsule letters you write to your future self - Couples mode: two accounts, one shared garden, braided trees that grow together - 12 garden scenes and a full cosmetic system to personalize your space Premium unlocks Couples mode, additional scenes, and time-capsule letters. You can try a free subscription in TestFlight — the purchase sheet will say you will not be charged. No noise, no streaks, no guilt. Just a tree that shows up when you do. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ThrivePal at none against Willow Wellness's shown. ThrivePal also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. ThrivePal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Willow Wellness sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ThrivePal against 5.0 for Willow Wellness. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ThrivePal has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ThrivePal ships an update monthly, Willow Wellness every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThrivePal | Willow Wellness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ThrivePal | Rayan Ani |
Customer experience
ThrivePal
Willow Wellness
In-app purchases
ThrivePal
- ThrivePal Plus7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- ThrivePal Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Willow Wellness
- Monthly $8.99/month$8.991 Month
- Yearly $49.99/year7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Questions
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