Comparison

Thrive vs Unloop

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

Head to head
About

Thrive

Features
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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.

About

Unloop

This app helps you identify and understand recurring behavioral patterns in real-time. It visualizes these patterns as characters, allowing you to interact with them and explore their motivations. The tool supports self-reflection and personal growth, especially for neurodivergent adults.

Highlights
  • Visualize recurring behavioral patterns
  • Identify patterns as distinct characters
  • Log experiences via voice or text
  • Explore pattern motivations
  • Prepare for upcoming situations
  • Create small, optional experiments
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You know the pattern. You just recognize it too late. The overthinking before you send a message. The people-pleasing that turns into resentment. The burst of motivation that disappears before you finish. The shutdown you only understand afterward. Unloop helps you see what keeps repeating, understand what's underneath it, and try another way to respond. Each pattern becomes a character you can recognize, question and speak with, so the loop gets a voice and you can hear what it's trying to protect. No perfect streaks. No punishment for disappearing. No requirement to have it figured out. Not broken. Just looping. SEE YOUR PATTERN Answer a few questions about what keeps happening. See your loop mapped across thoughts, feelings, actions and consequences, then meet the character that lives inside it, in a world of its own. Its story continues through your first month. EXPLORE WHAT'S UNDERNEATH Your reading offers three angles on the pattern. Pick the one that lands and go deeper. What sets it off? What does it protect? What does it cost you afterward? PREPARE FOR A REAL MOMENT A date, a meeting, a hard conversation coming up? Tell your character what's ahead and meet the feeling before you're in it. See its shape, hear its sound, shake your phone to feel how it moves, set how big it is. Leave with one small move, and come back after to see how it went. TALK WITH YOUR PATTERN Speak with your character in real time and hear it answer as the pattern itself. Question its reasoning, ask what it fears, notice where its voice shows up in your life. Text works too. LET SOMEONE TALK TO IT Send a link to a partner, a parent or a friend. They ask your character what sets it off, what happens inside you and what helps, and it answers for you, in your words. Nothing for them to install. You choose what it knows, you see what they asked, and they can leave you a note. PICK UP YOUR THREAD Bring a moment from your day or a thought that keeps circling. Thread connects it to what you've already explored, so you never start from the beginning. FIND A WAY OUT Choose a small, optional move grounded in your situation, three ways: something to say, something to notice, or something to feel. Try it, then come back with what you found. Adjust it or pick another direction when you're ready. KEEP WHAT YOU DISCOVER Moves gathers what you've tried and saved into a hand of cards. Put the one you're trying on your Home Screen or Lock Screen so it's there when the moment comes. Open any loop for its teachings. Unloop is for the everyday loops that are hard to see from inside: - Overthinking and second-guessing - People-pleasing and the resentment after - Avoidance and putting it off - Pulling away when things get close - Starting strong, never finishing - The same fight, the same silence, again The first questions, your character reveal, your first reading and your first Prepare session are free. A subscription unlocks deeper exploration and ongoing work with your patterns. Your loops are private by default and never used to train AI. Unloop is an AI-assisted self-reflection and personal growth tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or crisis support, and is not a replacement for a qualified healthcare professional. SUBSCRIPTION Unloop offers two auto-renewing subscriptions: Unloop Annual, with a 7-day free trial for eligible subscribers, and Unloop Monthly, billed monthly with no free trial. Current prices and trial terms are shown before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase or after any free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.unloop.so/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.unloop.so/privacy

Screenshots

Thrive4 screens
Unloop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Thrive at none against Unloop's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Thrive sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Unloop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thrive ships an update every 3 days, Unloop every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Thrive versus Unloop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThriveUnloop
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB111 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTrends Technology LLCUnloop Labs, Inc.

In-app purchases

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
3 purchases

Unloop

Subscriptions3
  • Unloop Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Unloop Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Unloop Annual1 Year trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Thrive free?
Thrive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unloop free?
Unloop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thrive or Unloop have ads?
Unloop shows ads; Thrive does not.
Which is updated more often, Thrive or Unloop?
Thrive ships an update every 3 days, and Unloop every 4 days. Most recently, Thrive was updated on October 31, 2026 and Unloop on November 5, 2026.

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