Comparison

Thinking Hats vs Liftoff

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

Head to head
About

Thinking Hats

Features
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Thinking Hats is your ultimate productivity and creativity app. Whether you’re brainstorming, making decisions, or organizing life, this app offers the tools you need. • 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. • Start Timed Sessions: Boost productivity with customizable timed sessions. Allocate time for each group and track progress seamlessly. • 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. • 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. • 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!

About

Liftoff

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You know what to do. You just can't make yourself begin. That gap—between knowing and starting—isn't laziness. It's activation energy, and some days it's heavy. Liftoff is built for exactly that moment. Name the one smallest first move. Feel the haptic 3·2·1 countdown. On zero, you're going. That's the whole ritual—about ten seconds—and it works because it lowers the cost of starting until it's smaller than your resistance. GRAVITY, NOT GRIT Liftoff doesn't ask you to try harder. It makes beginning easier. A warm countdown you can feel, a rising gold "thrust," and a calm two-minute window on your Lock Screen—never a red timer, never a deadline. Breaking orbit is the hard part. Once you're moving, momentum does the rest. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FINISH You just have to start. If two minutes is all you've got today, that still counts as liftoff. We celebrate beginning, never punish a miss. NO STREAKS TO BREAK Streaks punish the exact people who need help most. Instead, every start you make becomes a star in your Launch Sky—a constellation that only ever grows. A quiet week leaves it exactly as bright as you left it. BUILT FOR THE MOMENT OF STARTING • Haptic 3·2·1 launch ritual—the signature move • Two-minute Live Activity on the Lock Screen (gentle, never alarming) • Launch Sky: your starts, as a growing constellation • One-tap launch from the Lock Screen and Home Screen • A share that's actually fun: a cinematic ignition video of your start • No ads. No accounts. Everything stays on your device. LIFTOFF PRO The core ritual is free, forever. Pro adds the cinematic share video, momentum insights, and the full launch kit—$5.99/month or $34.99/year, with the first week free. Liftoff is a focus and activation tool, not medical treatment. If you're struggling with a health concern, please talk to a qualified professional. Gravity's heavy today. That's not on you. Let's find you two minutes of thrust. TERMS OF USE (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Thinking Hats4 screens
Liftoff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thinking Hats at none against Liftoff's 2. Thinking Hats also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Liftoff sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Thinking Hats asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 3 level
Thinking Hats versus Liftoff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinking HatsLiftoff
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIvan GonzalezSoyeon Noh

In-app purchases

None

Thinking Hats

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Liftoff

Subscriptions2
  • Liftoff Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • Liftoff Pro (Yearly)$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Thinking Hats free?
Thinking Hats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Liftoff free?
Liftoff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thinking Hats or Liftoff have ads?
Neither Thinking Hats nor Liftoff shows ads.

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