Comparison

The Simple Things Magazine vs Thrive with Alice

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

Head to head
About

The Simple Things Magazine

This magazine app offers inspiration for a well-lived life, focusing on mindful living, home, nature, and simple pleasures. Each issue provides seasonal content, recipes, projects, and creative ideas.

Highlights
  • Mindfulness and microadventures
  • Home life and slow moments
  • Seasonal content
  • Recipes and weekend projects
  • Poems, stories, and playlists
  • Digital issue purchases
  • Subscription options
Features
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The Simple Things is a beautiful, useful, quirky and fun magazine about taking time to live well. We cover eating and growing, mindfulness and microadventures, forgotten wisdom, home life and slow moments. It's for people who love their lives but want to take the pressure off and remember what’s really important. We like tea & cake, learning stuff, being outside and the satisfaction of a job well done. Do you? Every month we publish 132 pages of seasonal loveliness, ideas and inspiration to dip into. Includes a poem, a story and a playlist, plus our ‘could-do’ list, recipes and weekend projects. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

About

Thrive with Alice

Features
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Your guided journey into the Five to Thrive Mindset Mastery Practices—proven tools to help you start each day with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress, build resilience, or create meaningful change, this app gives you a simple, powerful daily routine to support your growth. Inside Thrive With Alice you’ll learn to: Set Daily Intentions – focus your energy and design your day with purpose. Practice Gratitude – rewire your brain for positivity and resilience. Visualize Success – harness mental imagery to achieve your goals. Use Affirmations – shift your self-talk and build lasting confidence. Find Stillness with Meditation & Breathwork – calm your mind, reduce stress, and restore balance. Why Thrive With Alice? Science-backed practices proven to boost mental health, well-being, and performance. Guided videos, summaries, and prompts to help you apply each practice with ease. Daily routines & reflection exercises to make growth consistent and sustainable. Flexible tools you can use in just a few minutes each day—anytime, anywhere. Benefits of Mindset Mastery: Greater focus, clarity, and productivity Improved emotional balance and stress relief Stronger confidence and self-belief A deeper sense of purpose and joy Whether you’re new to personal growth or ready to deepen your practice, Thrive With Alice gives you a clear path to build a resilient, positive mindset—one intentional day at a time. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy: https://passion.io/terms-of-service https://passion.io/privacy-policy

Screenshots

The Simple Things Magazine4 screens
Thrive with Alice2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Simple Things Magazine at none against Thrive with Alice's shown. Thrive with Alice's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. The Simple Things Magazine sells 47 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 3 months and Thrive with Alice sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $25.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Simple Things Magazine ships an update every 16 months, Thrive with Alice every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Simple Things Magazine versus Thrive with Alice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Simple Things MagazineThrive with Alice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIceberg Press LimitedAlice Scales

In-app purchases

47 purchases

The Simple Things Magazine

Subscriptions2
  • The Simple Things$14.993 Months
  • The Simple Things$55.991 Year
One-time45
  • November 2015 (pp:756676)$6.99
  • January 2017 (pp:756662)$6.99
  • December 2016 (pp:756663)$6.99
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  • November 2016 (pp:756664)$6.99
  • September 2016 (pp:756666)$6.99
  • April 2016 (pp:756671)$6.99
  • March 2016 (pp:756672)$6.99
  • February 2016 (pp:756673)$6.99
  • May 2017 (pp:756658)$6.99
  • December 2022 –... (pp:792269)$6.99
  • February 2023 –... (pp:895688)$6.99
  • January 2024 (id:708140)$6.99
  • November 2023 (id:708142)$6.99
  • December 2023 (id:708141)$6.99
  • April 2024 (pp:1011730)$6.99
  • January 2018 (pp:756650)$6.99
  • Mar-26 (pp:1130605)$6.99
  • January 2026 (pp:1109281)$6.99
  • November 2014 (pp:756688)$6.99
  • November 2020 ... (pp:756616)$6.99
  • February 2022 –... (pp:792309)$6.99
  • October 2023 (id:708143)$6.99
  • July 2025 (pp:1109287)$6.99
  • June 2025 (pp:1109288)$6.99
  • May 2025 (pp:1109289)$6.99
  • April 2025 (pp:1109290)$6.99
  • April 2023 – 130 (pp:895680)$6.99
  • March 2025 (pp:1109291)$6.99
  • February 2024 ... (pp:1011738)$6.99
  • February 2018 (pp:756649)$6.99
  • February 2025 (pp:1109292)$6.99
  • January 2025 (pp:1011694)$6.99
  • December 2024 (pp:1011698)$6.99
  • December 2020 –... (pp:756615)$6.99
  • November 2024 (pp:1011702)$6.99
  • November 2019 (pp:756628)$6.99
  • October 2020 – 100 (pp:756617)$6.99
  • September 2024 (pp:1011710)$6.99
  • October 2024 (pp:1011706)$6.99
  • September 2017 (pp:756654)$6.99
  • September 2020 (pp:756618)$6.99
  • August 2024 (pp:1011714)$6.99
  • July 2019 (pp:756632)$6.99
  • June 2018 (pp:756645)$6.99
  • June 2024 (pp:1011722)$6.99
4 purchases

Thrive with Alice

Subscriptions4
  • Founding Members Monthly$25.001 Month
  • Standard Monthly$34.001 Month
  • Founding Members Annual$269.991 Year
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  • Standard Annual$369.001 Year

Questions

Is The Simple Things Magazine free?
The Simple Things Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thrive with Alice free?
Thrive with Alice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Simple Things Magazine or Thrive with Alice have ads?
Thrive with Alice shows ads; The Simple Things Magazine does not.
Which is updated more often, The Simple Things Magazine or Thrive with Alice?
The Simple Things Magazine ships an update every 16 months, and Thrive with Alice every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Simple Things Magazine was updated on September 10, 2026 and Thrive with Alice on September 12, 2026.

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