Comparison

Flip It vs Thrive

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

Head to head
About

Flip It

Features
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When you're anxious, your mind locks onto one story and sells it as truth. "I'm not good enough." "This will never get better." "Everyone is judging me." You don't need to meditate. You don't need to journal for 20 minutes. You need one moment of seeing the thought differently. That's what Flip It does. Type what's weighing on you. Flip It surfaces the hidden assumption your mind is running on and gives you one small, concrete thing you can do right now. Not someday. Right now. Then rate how you feel, before and after. Watch the shift happen in real time. This isn't a mood tracker that logs how bad you feel. It's active cognitive reframing, the core technique behind CBT, in your hands whenever you need it. Use it on the bus. Use it at 2am. Use it before the meeting that's turning your stomach HOW IT WORKS Write down the thought that's stuck. Answer two quick questions so the insight fits your life, not a template. Flip It reveals the belief underneath and hands you one step you can take in the next five minutes. Rate your mood before and after. Your history builds patterns you can't see on your own. WHAT'S INSIDE Flips: 50 every 30 days, each one a full reframe with a concrete next step. Patterns: a new read on your recurring themes every three flips, so you can see what keeps coming back. Reflect: your history by day, with the thought first and the filing underneath. Journal: prompts when you want them, plain paper when you don't. Vision boards: write what you want, build the board, claim it when it lands. Affirmations: on your home screen widget and on your wrist with the Apple Watch app. No ads. No social feeds. No noise. Just you, your thought, and a new way to see it. Flip It requires a subscription. Start with a 3-day free trial, then choose monthly or annual. Cancel anytime. Read more about our terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/> Read more about our privacy policy: https://moshunnar.github.io/flipit-privacy/

About

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. — THREE TERRAINS — • Past — Trace the patterns, bonds, and stories that shaped how you move through the world today. • Present — Sit with what's alive in you right now: thoughts, feelings, values, what you're resisting. • Future — Name who you're becoming, what you actually want, and what it will ask of you. — 38 LENSES ON YOUR INTERIOR — Thrive is organized into 38 distinct "modes" — 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 — what shaped you • Your Hidden Self (Jungian shadow work) • Your Core Beliefs (schema therapy) • Your Relational Self (attachment theory) • Your Younger Self (IFS / inner child) • Your Honored Losses (grief work) • Your Forged Self (kintsugi / wabi-sabi) • Your Family Patterns, Your Story, Your Resilience, and more. PRESENT — what's alive in you now • Your Emotional World (DBT / affect labeling) • Your Thought Loops (CBT) • Your Thought Distance (ACT defusion) • Your Inner Parts (IFS) • Your Kinder Voice (self-compassion) • Your Values (Stoic philosophy) • Your Observing Self (Advaita Vedanta) • Your Natural Flow (Taoist wu wei) • Your Flourishing (Aristotelian eudaimonia), and more. FUTURE — what you're moving toward • Your Real Why (motivational interviewing) • Your Future Self (future-self research) • Your Purpose (ikigai) • Your Legacy (existential therapy) • Your Worst Case (Stoic premeditatio) • Your New Identity (identity-based change) • Your Commitments, Your Energy, Your Circle, and more. — PRIVATE BY DESIGN — What you're willing to say changes completely when you know no one else is listening. Thrive is built around that fact. • Conversations are never stored on our servers. • Sessions clear from your device automatically. • No sign-up required to begin — anonymous account by default. • Optional Face ID / fingerprint lock on the app itself. • 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. — BUILT ON 2,500 YEARS OF KNOWING YOURSELF — Thrive draws from the traditions that have actually helped humans live well — 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. — FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DONE WITH SHALLOW — 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 — and want a structured place to actually do it. A single session is a conversation. A thousand sessions are a transformation. — WHAT'S INCLUDED — • A free trial, then monthly or annual subscription. • 30 guided sessions every month, across all 38 modes. • Goals that quietly carry forward between sessions. • A reading library of short essays, beautifully typeset for slow attention. • Optional gentle notification reminders. — WHEN TO OPEN THRIVE — • When a thought won't leave you alone. • When trying to get clarity on your life. • On the days you'd usually scroll instead.

Screenshots

Flip It4 screens
Thrive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Thrive at 15.1 against Flip It's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Flip It sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flip It ships an update weekly, Thrive every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Flip It versus Thrive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlip ItThrive
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB53 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMohammad AlshunnarTrends Technology LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flip It

Subscriptions2
  • Flip It Pro3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Flip It Pro Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year
5 purchases

Thrive

Subscriptions2
  • Thrive Pro Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Thrive Pro Annual3 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Session Pack$4.99
  • 25 Session Pack$9.99
  • 50 Session Pack$17.99

Questions

Is Flip It free?
Flip It is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thrive free?
Thrive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flip It or Thrive have ads?
Neither Flip It nor Thrive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flip It or Thrive?
Flip It ships an update weekly, and Thrive every 3 days. Most recently, Flip It was updated on October 13, 2026 and Thrive on October 6, 2026.

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