Comparison

Thrive Mind vs MyFreud

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

Head to head
About

Thrive Mind

This app provides age-appropriate tools and guided activities to support emotional growth for children and teens aged 5-17. It offers coping skills, mood check-ins, and calming resources for managing anxiety, sleep issues, and big feelings. A parent dashboard offers insights and a wellbeing toolkit.

Highlights
  • Age-banded experiences (5-8, 9-12, 13-17)
  • Mood check-ins with traffic-light signalling
  • Guided modules for common worries
  • Calming sounds and personal 'Safe Place'
  • Gratitude entries and reflections
  • Parent dashboard with insights and toolkit
  • Crisis-support resources
Features
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Thrive Mind is a calm, family-friendly wellbeing app for children, young people and the grown-ups who care for them. It offers age-appropriate tools, guided activities and step-by-step coping skills to support emotional growth at every stage from age 5 to 17. Whether your child is feeling anxious about school, struggling to wind down at bedtime, navigating friendship worries or working through big feelings, Thrive Mind helps you both find calm together. WHAT YOU'LL FIND INSIDE โ€ข Mood check-ins a friendly way to notice and name feelings, with traffic-light signalling for younger children โ€ข Guided modules for the most common worries: โ€“ Low mood and self-confidence โ€“ Anxiety and worry โ€“ Sleep and bedtime routines โ€“ School confidence and friendship difficulties โ€“ Behaviour and self-regulation โ€“ Mindfulness and calming techniques โ€ข Calming sounds and a personal "Safe Place" for moments that need quiet โ€ข Gratitude entries and reflections small daily habits that build resilience โ€ข Trusted Contacts children can name the grown-ups they trust most โ€ข Co-regulation activities families can do together โ€ข A parent dashboard with insights, gentle coaching and a wellbeing toolkit just for grown-ups DESIGNED FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY โ€ข Three age-banded experiences โ€” 5โ€“8, 9โ€“12 and 13โ€“17. Language, visuals and pace adapted for every stage โ€ข Parental controls and account management โ€ข Crisis-support resources reachable in two taps from anywhere in the app,never paywalled โ€ข No advertising, no behavioural profiling, no data sold ever Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY FIRST We take children's privacy seriously. Personal data is encrypted in transit and at rest, never sold, and never shared for advertising. You can delete your account and all your data from inside the app at any time. For full details see our Privacy Policy. NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL CARE Thrive Mind provides supportive wellbeing tools and is not a substitute for professional mental health care. It is not a crisis service. If you, your child or someone close to you is in immediate danger, please call your local emergency number or one of the helplines listed inside the app.

About

MyFreud

Features
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MyFreud is your AI coach and AI therapist, available the moment you need to talk. Speak instead of type, in any of 28 languages, and work through what's on your mind with an AI trained in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the same method human therapists use. No sign-up, no typing. Just open the app and talk. MyFreud also tracks your mood and organizes progress into short, structured programs. Your journal entries and conversation transcripts stay on your device. ANXIETY Anxiety is a low hum that gets louder: a racing thought before a meeting, a spiral at 1am. Open MyFreud the moment it shows up and just talk. Your AI coach names the thought driving the anxiety and helps you reframe it in real time, while mood tracking reveals your triggers over repeated sessions. LOW MOOD Low mood is easy to ignore, which is what makes it hard to shift. Regular mood check ins make a flat week visible instead of invisible. Your AI therapist tests the thoughts that travel with low mood ("nothing I do matters") against the evidence, and helps you find one small, doable step. SLEEP Racing thoughts get loudest once the lights go off. MyFreud talks through what's keeping you awake, using CBT technique on the specific worry, not generic wind-down sounds. Voice based, so you can use it lying in the dark. BREAKING BAD HABITS A bad habit is an automatic loop, not a willpower problem. Your AI coach helps you spot the trigger behind it (boredom, stress, time of day) and builds a realistic alternative with you, checked in right at the moment of temptation. BUILDING GOOD HABITS New habits need momentum, not willpower. MyFreud breaks a goal into short, sequential sessions and tracks progress, working as a check in point that keeps a habit alive past its hardest week. CAREER STRESS Work stress is procrastination, self-doubt, and confidence dips in disguise. Your AI coach works one level down, on the thinking patterns behind it: the presentation spiral, the focus work you keep pushing to tomorrow. INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS An intrusive thought feels convincing, which is what makes it unsettling. MyFreud helps you notice it, create distance, and examine it rather than suppress it. Talking it through out loud works better than sitting with it silently. PANIC ATTACKS When a panic attack hits, reading advice off a screen rarely helps. Talk to your AI coach instead: a calm, responsive voice that guides your breathing and grounds you in the present. MyFreud isn't a replacement for emergency care, and knows when to point you toward real help. LONELINESS Loneliness makes it harder to reach out the worse it gets. MyFreud lowers the bar: no scheduling, no explaining your week first, just somewhere to say it out loud. RELATIONSHIPS Relationships drift slowly, not all at once. Think a hard conversation through with your AI therapist before you have it, and build the small habits, like checking in and saying the appreciative thing out loud, that keep people close. ANYTHING AFFECTING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH Most people aren't dealing with one clean problem. Anxiety feeds low mood; a bad habit answers loneliness. Because MyFreud's conversations never reset, mood check ins, journal entries and session history build a real picture of what's driving things, not just what you lead with. Your AI coach then works a strategy for it: a sequenced plan, built from CBT, that adapts as you do. COMMON QUESTIONS Does this replace therapy? No. MyFreud is a self-help and wellbeing companion built on CBT technique. It does not replace professional therapy. Do I have to talk? Never if you would rather not. The mood log and the journal work in silence whenever speaking is too much. Do I need an account? No. There is no sign-up and no email required to begin. MyFreud is a self-help tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, and does not replace professional therapy or care. If you need urgent help or are in crisis, contact your local emergency services.

Screenshots

Thrive Mind4 screens
MyFreud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Thrive Mind at none against MyFreud's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Thrive Mind sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and MyFreud sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thrive Mind ships an update every 2 weeks, MyFreud weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Thrive Mind versus MyFreud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThrive MindMyFreud
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size127 MB58 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRichard SsuunaSam Arian

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Thrive Mind

Subscriptions4
  • 1-Child Plan โ€” Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Family Plan โ€” Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • 1-Child Plan โ€” Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Family Plan โ€” Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
2 purchases

MyFreud

Subscriptions2
  • MyFreud Pro Weekly$7.997 Days
  • MyFreud Pro Monthly$24.991 Month

Questions

Is Thrive Mind free?
Thrive Mind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyFreud free?
MyFreud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thrive Mind or MyFreud have ads?
MyFreud shows ads; Thrive Mind does not.
Which is updated more often, Thrive Mind or MyFreud?
Thrive Mind ships an update every 2 weeks, and MyFreud weekly. Most recently, Thrive Mind was updated on October 31, 2026 and MyFreud on October 31, 2026.

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