Thinking Hats vs Outthink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Thinking Hats
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Thinking Hats is your ultimate productivity and creativity app. Whether youβre brainstorming, making decisions, or organizing life, this app offers the tools you need. β’ Organize with Hats and Groups: Create color-coded hats and group them to structure your thoughts. Rearrange hats within groups or groups within the app effortlessly. β’ Start Timed Sessions: Boost productivity with customizable timed sessions. Allocate time for each group and track progress seamlessly. β’ Explore the Library: Access a rich library with over 200 frameworks, covering areas like creativity, decision-making, business, and life. Find inspiration and structure your thinking. β’ Custom Weights for Life Areas: Think about key areas of your life, such as business, hobbies, family, or relationships, and set custom priorities to match your goals. β’ Think with Frameworks: Use proven mental models to explore problems, feelings, optimism, and more. Start sessions that guide your thinking process step by step. Join over 10,000 happy users who have transformed their thinking with Thinking Hats. Dive into a world of ideas, frameworks, and structure!
Outthink
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Think through any problem. The world's best engineers, founders, and investors don't just work harder β they think differently. They use mental frameworks: structured approaches to decisions that cut through complexity and reveal what matters. Outthink puts 16 of these frameworks in your pocket. What's inside: β’ Eisenhower Matrix β Prioritize ruthlessly. Separate urgent from important. β’ Two-Way Door Decisions (Bezos) β Know when to move fast and when to deliberate. β’ Inversion (Munger) β Solve problems by thinking backwards. Avoid failure modes to succeed. β’ The 5-Step Algorithm (Musk) β Question, delete, simplify, accelerate, automate. In that order. β’ Pareto 80/20 β Find the vital few inputs that drive most results. β’ First Principles β Break problems down to fundamental truths and rebuild. β’ Pre-mortem β Imagine failure before it happens. Then prevent it. β’ And 9 more frameworks from thinkers like Feynman, Boyd, and Buffett. How it works: Each framework is interactive. Enter your actual decision, goal, or problem β and work through it step by step. Get actionable insights, not just theory. Free to start: 4 complete frameworks are free forever. Unlock all 16 (plus future additions) with a one-time Founding Member purchase β no subscriptions. Built for doers: Whether you're making a career move, prioritizing a product roadmap, or deciding whether to buy that house β Outthink helps you think it through. "I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary." β Elon Musk
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thinking Hats at none against Outthink's 1. Thinking Hats also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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. Outthink sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Thinking Hats asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Thinking Hats | Outthink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 β better | 15.1 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Gonzalez | BRIAN ANDRE HAGELAND OPEDAL |
In-app purchases
Thinking Hats
No in-app purchases
Outthink
- Outthink Pro - Lifetime$1.99









