ADHD Thrive vs WaveMind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ADHD Thrive
This app offers expert-guided, natural strategies for managing ADHD symptoms in children. It provides on-demand lessons, a supportive community, and practical tools for parents seeking holistic approaches to diet, sleep, and behavior.
- On-demand lessons on diet, sleep, and behavior
- Private community for parent support
- Downloadable resources like recipes and guides
- Holistic strategies without medication
- Expert-led and mom-tested content
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The ADHD Thrive Institute app brings expert-guided, natural ADHD support to your fingertips—designed by a mom who’s been there. Whether you’re juggling school runs, therapies, or mealtimes, this app puts clarity, confidence, and community in your pocket—no matter where you live in the world. What Makes It Different: Natural, holistic strategies that work – Discover how food, movement, sleep, and supplementation can reduce ADHD symptoms without medication. Expert-led and mom-tested – Everything is built by a certified holistic practitioner and mom who has walked this journey herself. Support that meets you where you are – No matter your time zone or location, you’ll have full access to expert tools and community encouragement. Real-life tools for real-life families – Practical routines, achievable changes, and flexible lessons make it easy to start and stick with your plan. Features: On-demand lessons – Learn at your pace with structured lessons on diet, gut health, detox, sleep, and behavior strategies Private community access – Ask questions, share wins, and find support from other parents who get it Push notifications – Stay motivated and on track with helpful nudges and content alerts Downloadable resources – Access recipe guides, shopping lists, cheat sheets, and templates Mobile-optimized experience – Intuitive, clean design makes it easy to find what you need fast For Who: This app is for parents and caregivers of children with ADHD who: Want to reduce ADHD symptoms naturally Prefer real-world, flexible strategies that work with family life Value expert guidance grounded in lived experience Are looking for a like-minded community of parents Live anywhere in the world and want tools that meet them there Why There’s Nothing Else Like It: No patchwork programs. No cookie-cutter plans. Just an all-in-one, supportive system that simplifies the science and empowers you with real tools. You’ll never have to ask, “Where do I even start?” again. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
WaveMind
Enhance relaxation, focus, sleep, and mental well-being with science-informed binaural beats and guided sessions. Connect a compatible EEG headband for live neurofeedback training and track your progress.
- Binaural beat frequency library
- Guided focus and relaxation sessions
- Live neurofeedback with BrainBit hardware
- Progress tracking
- Personal preset library
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Two ways to train your brain, in one app. WaveMind pairs real-time EEG neurofeedback with a full toolkit of daily nervous system support: binaural beats, bilateral tones, HRV breathing, focus music and brain games. Use it with a BrainBit headband to train your brainwaves, or with just headphones to calm down, focus and reset anytime. NEUROFEEDBACK (BRAINBIT HEADBAND) • Real-time feedback from four EEG sites at the temples and the back of the head • Train while you watch videos, listen to podcasts and audiobooks, read, or play music. Hold your target state and the picture brightens and the sound swells. Drift, and it fades. • Neurofeedback games: Mind Tree, Starry Night, Knight Quest, Tightrope and Vinland • Every session starts with a short measurement of your own resting state, so you train against yourself, not an average • Blinks, movement and jaw tension are filtered out, so noise never counts as progress • A training plan suggested from your intake questions and, if you have one, your brain map • Brain-map reports with a Simple summary and a Detailed view (BrainBit Flex 8) • Session history and progress charts DAILY NERVOUS SYSTEM SUPPORT (NO HEADBAND NEEDED) • Binaural beats across delta, theta, alpha, beta and gamma • Bilateral tones and music that move from ear to ear • Guided stress relief with breathing and grounding • HRV and Heart Rate Sync with Apple Watch • Focus music for work and study • Brain training games for memory and attention • Brain Coach: a personalized path through the app APPLE WATCH See your live heart rate during sessions, get a gentle breathing prompt when it runs high, and collect HRV with a one-minute Breathe session. WORK WITH A COACH Have a code from a coach? Enter it when you sign up. Your coach can follow your sessions, adjust your training plan, send you messages, and see your monthly check-ins. DESIGNED BY A LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST WaveMind is made by BrainFit Studio in South Carolina, founded by a licensed clinical psychologist with 15 years of experience working with stress and trauma. It uses the same session structure he uses in person: personal baselines, honest signal quality, and feedback that pauses rather than pretends when the signal is not clean. WHAT YOU NEED Headphones are recommended. Neurofeedback requires a compatible BrainBit, BrainBit 2 or BrainBit Flex headband (Bluetooth LE), sold separately. Everything else works without a headband. SUBSCRIPTIONS WaveMind Premium and WaveMind Neurofeedback+ are offered as auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ AVAILABILITY / JURISDICTION The BrainBit Headband and BrainBit Flex8 are general wellness EEG devices carrying FCC and CE certification. WaveMind is offered as a general wellness product and is not marketed as a medical device in any region. IMPORTANT HEALTH DISCLAIMER WaveMind is a general wellness and relaxation product. It is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. The BrainBit Headband and Flex8 are wellness/research EEG devices, not medical devices. WaveMind is not a substitute for professional medical advice — always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider, in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ADHD Thrive at none against WaveMind's 3. WaveMind's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. WaveMind sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. ADHD Thrive asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ADHD Thrive against 5.0 for WaveMind. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ADHD Thrive | WaveMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 397 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ADHD Thrive | BrainFit Studios |
Customer experience
ADHD Thrive
WaveMind
In-app purchases
ADHD Thrive
No in-app purchases
WaveMind
- WaveMind Premium Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- WaveMind Premium Yearly$89.991 Year
- WaveMind Neuro+ Monthly$149.991 Month









