Thriving vs juggling separate apps for anxiety, fitness and habits
The usual setup is a meditation app, a workout app, a habit tracker and a notebook. Each one is fine. Together they're four subscriptions, four streaks, and no view of the whole.
How the two setups compare
| An app per problem | Thriving | |
|---|---|---|
| What it covers | One slice each: mind, or body, or tracking | Physical, mental, emotional and purpose in one routine |
| What you open each day | Several apps, each with its own reminders | One routine with today's practices |
| When you miss a day | Often a streak resets | Your habit garden pauses. Nothing resets. |
| Where the advice comes from | Often “science-backed” with no source | Named studies on every practice, linked |
| Seeing what you're neglecting | No app knows about the others | A dashboard with one ring per sphere |
| Price | Often shown only at checkout | Free tier, or $17.99/month, $99/year, $349 once |
| If it doesn't help | Varies by app | Full refund within 30 days, no questions |
When separate apps are the better choice
If you only want one thing — a guided meditation library, say, or a lifting log — a specialist app goes deeper on that one thing. Thriving is for when the problem is that there are several things, and nowhere to hold them together.
The research behind each sphere
Quick Pump
Stamatakis et al. (2022), Nature Medicine
One Breath
Zaccaro et al. (2018), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Be Human & Connect
Holt-Lunstad, Smith, Layton (2010), PLoS Medicine
One Important Goal
Locke & Latham (2002), American Psychologist
What it costs
Free
$0
Permanent. No credit card.
A routine across all four spheres, one routine from history, the Total Health dashboard, your entries and your habit garden.
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$17.99 / month
or $99 a year ($8.25 a month) · or $349 once, yours for life
Every practice in the library, every twelve-week Program, and the AI tools that fit a routine to you.
Try it for 30 days. If nothing moves, it's free.
Use it properly for a month. If your sleep, your stress, your focus or your consistency haven't shifted, email admin@thriving.org and we'll refund you in full. No form, no explanation, we won't ask why. Monthly and yearly plans can be canceled any time.