Love Decoded vs Thrive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Love Decoded
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The Art and Science behind the Power of Love. Learn to Love yourself and others! The Price for a better life? A dinner for two! Who will be using this App? They are: Married-Divorced-Dating-a Parent-have Parents-good Friends-Colleagues. Enriches all your relationships and finally gets you the love you deserve. Taking a Self-Compassion survey before starting and after completing will confirm your progress. Itβs calming, relaxing, develops mindfulness, patience, meditation, exercising, eating healthy, losing weight by rewiring your brain. It is a serious App, worth committing to. Is a teaching about love science-based?! If a book, podcast, TV show, or therapist helps you to have more love from your most important relationships. When you complete using our App all your important relationships will become more loving! People enjoy learning to love themselves. They know that repetition is essential. People frustrated by repetition benefit from the App the most. The theory that Love is Nourishment, and the creation of this App are the brainchild of Stefan Deutsch. Collaborating with psychotherapists, mental health counselors, etc. from around the world. They succeeded in adding essential human development tools - Self-awareness, Vision, Communication, and Unconditional Behaviors - not found in psychology. Itβs focus is mental illness. The Apps tools are effective when used in an integrated way. Leave one out and people continue to struggle navigating life. Most therapeutic modalities leave some out. The App teaches you all four. Now we know why we need love, and learn how to get it unconditionally! The work of Drs. Luby, Selhub, Watson, Hendrix, Fredrickson, Field, De Freitas, MD., and Deutschβs IRB approved clinical trial using self-love to improve doctorsβ and nursesβ self-care and prevent burn-out, all point at the theory. Results were accepted by the AMA and the APA. TESTIMONIALS β βStefan Deutsch is The Father of Love. β Ivel De Freitas, MD βGod bless you for your work on Love.β Prof. Shawn Rubin βI witnessed the power of his concepts as a therapist and in my personal life.β Prof. Roberta Karant βThis App is a breath of fresh air for your heart and mind.β Dr. Duffy Spencer The Love App provides a simple vehicle for people to attain higher levels of self-worth, self-respect, self-care, patience as it enriches their relationships. The concept that Love is Nourishment is revolutionary. As infants we need love unconditionally to survive. Then we need it for the rest of our lives. Science proved there are no short-cuts to learning how to behave more lovingly toward ourselves and others. Our reactions are wired by survival in the past, and it takes repetition and time to rewire our brain for new, loving behaviors. Using the latest brain-science, we slowed down the process of learning and made sure that using the App for only a few minutes a day, but often, can have lasting effect on users who commit to and are patient with the Appβs process. Users learn through 4 methods: 1. self-study 2. self-monitoring 3. sharing your journey with others 4. consistently applying the tools. 3 Major modalities + unconditional behaviors, are all integrated for lasting results. The App has 21 learning modules called Steps. Each Step repeats for 7 days, allowing users to learn its content. Each day has 4 mini-interactions with the App β for a total of 5-6 minutes a day. These mini-interactions are at - breakfast β lunchtime β dinner time β at bedtime. Each segment takes you deeper, becoming aware of yourself/others, and introduces powerful tools to navigate life. Steps 1-21 - $99.99 β less than a dinner for 2! Steps 1-14 β $59.99 Steps 1-7 - $29.99 Supported by; 1. FREE 100+ page Workbook 2. Private Facebook/Instagram/ YouTube pages, 3. Licensed therapists monitor and support your progress when needed. (Request by BETA testers) Not happy after completing the 21 Steps? Receive a full refund!
Thrive
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The most important subject you'll ever study is yourself. Thrive is a private self-discovery practice designed to surface what you've been carrying without quite putting into words. Ten questions per session. One at a time. A personalized synthesis at the end. No advice, no fixes, and no one else listening. Just the kind of deep conversation you don't usually get to have, in a space quiet enough to answer them honestly. Most apps tell you what to do. Thrive asks you what you actually think. β THREE TERRAINS β β’ Past β Trace the patterns, bonds, and stories that shaped how you move through the world today. β’ Present β Sit with what's alive in you right now: thoughts, feelings, values, what you're resisting. β’ Future β Name who you're becoming, what you actually want, and what it will ask of you. β 38 LENSES ON YOUR INTERIOR β Thrive is organized into 38 distinct "modes" β each a different lens for looking at yourself, rooted in a real psychological or philosophical tradition. Open the one that fits today; the others are waiting. PAST β what shaped you β’ Your Hidden Self (Jungian shadow work) β’ Your Core Beliefs (schema therapy) β’ Your Relational Self (attachment theory) β’ Your Younger Self (IFS / inner child) β’ Your Honored Losses (grief work) β’ Your Forged Self (kintsugi / wabi-sabi) β’ Your Family Patterns, Your Story, Your Resilience, and more. PRESENT β what's alive in you now β’ Your Emotional World (DBT / affect labeling) β’ Your Thought Loops (CBT) β’ Your Thought Distance (ACT defusion) β’ Your Inner Parts (IFS) β’ Your Kinder Voice (self-compassion) β’ Your Values (Stoic philosophy) β’ Your Observing Self (Advaita Vedanta) β’ Your Natural Flow (Taoist wu wei) β’ Your Flourishing (Aristotelian eudaimonia), and more. FUTURE β what you're moving toward β’ Your Real Why (motivational interviewing) β’ Your Future Self (future-self research) β’ Your Purpose (ikigai) β’ Your Legacy (existential therapy) β’ Your Worst Case (Stoic premeditatio) β’ Your New Identity (identity-based change) β’ Your Commitments, Your Energy, Your Circle, and more. β PRIVATE BY DESIGN β What you're willing to say changes completely when you know no one else is listening. Thrive is built around that fact. β’ Conversations are never stored on our servers. β’ Sessions clear from your device automatically. β’ No sign-up required to begin β anonymous account by default. β’ Optional Face ID / fingerprint lock on the app itself. β’ Voice input is processed by your phone's built-in speech recognition; we never receive the audio. Bring the version of yourself no one else gets to meet. That's the one worth getting to know. β BUILT ON 2,500 YEARS OF KNOWING YOURSELF β Thrive draws from the traditions that have actually helped humans live well β Stoicism, Taoism, Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta, Jungian depth psychology, IFS, CBT, ACT, DBT, schema therapy, narrative therapy, logotherapy, and more. The frameworks are real; the questions come from them. Thrive simply makes the practice easy to return to. β FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DONE WITH SHALLOW β Thrive is for you if you've outgrown affirmations and surface-level mood trackers. If you journal but want better questions. If you're between therapy sessions and want somewhere to take a thought. If you're curious about shadow work, parts work, Stoic reflection, or the examined life β and want a structured place to actually do it. A single session is a conversation. A thousand sessions are a transformation. β WHAT'S INCLUDED β β’ A free trial, then monthly or annual subscription. β’ 30 guided sessions every month, across all 38 modes. β’ Goals that quietly carry forward between sessions. β’ A reading library of short essays, beautifully typeset for slow attention. β’ Optional gentle notification reminders. β WHEN TO OPEN THRIVE β β’ When a thought won't leave you alone. β’ When trying to get clarity on your life. β’ On the days you'd usually scroll instead.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Thrive at every 3 days against Love Decoded's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Love Decoded sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Thrive sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Love Decoded ships an update fortnightly, Thrive every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Love Decoded | Thrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Global Human Development, Inc. | Trends Technology LLC |
In-app purchases
Love Decoded
- Love Decode - Steps 1-7$29.95
- Love Decode - Steps 8-14$30.00
- Love Decode - Steps 15-21$40.00
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- love Decode - Step 1-14$59.99
- Love Decoded - Steps 8-21$70.00
- Love Decode - Step 1-21$99.99
- Love Decoded app - Steps 8-21$99.99
- Love Decoded App - 3-month Ex.$99.99
- Love Decode - Lifetime$229.99
Thrive
- Thrive Pro Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Thrive Pro Annual3 Days trial$79.991 Year
- 10 Session Pack$4.99
- 25 Session Pack$9.99
- 50 Session Pack$17.99









