Thrive - Smarter screen time
Screen time that kids earn
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Thrive: Screen Time That Kids Earn
Thrive makes parenting screen time simple - and motivating.
Set activities you want your kids to do, and they earn their screen time.
Kids manage themselves. You stay in control. Everyone wins.
Why Families Love Thrive
- Motivates, Not Punishes: Kids earn screen time through positive habits - chores, homework, movement, you name it.
- Simple Setup: Add your kids, set activities, choose rewards - done in minutes.
- Kids in Control: They see what to do, track progress, and unlock time automatically.
- Smart Insights: Know how your child spends time and what's working.
- Real-World Balance: Encourages focus, activity, and responsibility - not just screen limits.
Built for Busy Parents
- Fast and Intuitive: No confusing menus or endless settings.
- Flexible Rewards: Screen time, treats, privileges - you decide what motivates your child.
- Peace of Mind: Thrive handles the tech, you handle the parenting.
Try It Free
Start your free trial and see how fast your kids start motivating themselves - not fighting limits.
A subscription is required to connect your family's devices and access full functionality.
One subscription covers your entire Family Sharing group.
Terms of Use: https://www.thrive.kids/terms
Privacy Policy: https://www.thrive.kids/privacy
more What's New
• Connecting a child is clearer: live setup progress on your phone, a quick practice run before Apple's Screen Time screen, and straight answers when a device's Apple ID can't approve.
• Returning after a break? One simple menu asks what this device should be — child, co-parent, second parent device, or sign back in.
• "Turn Thrive Off" fixed for long-time families, faster launch, and a calmer child welcome — one sentence at a time, in 40 languages.
1.2.71 6 days ago
What's New
• Your child's rewards stay put — an extra space in an activity name can no longer hide the whole list.
• Settings you change reach your child's device reliably, even if their setup was interrupted.
• A calmer first run for kids, clearer messages when something goes wrong, and small fixes throughout.
1.2.70 4 Aug
What's New
• Signing in and account recovery are steadier — your family's setup stays safe across devices and reinstalls.
• More accurate screen-time accounting: every earned minute counts, and website time lands on the right reward or limit.
• A smoother add-child flow, clearer settings sheets, and small fixes throughout.
1.2.69 3 Aug
What's New
• Account recovery is more reliable, so returning parents can sign back in without losing their family setup.
• Child connections and rewards now sync more steadily, without duplicate activities appearing.
• Setup remembers your progress and handles Screen Time and notification permissions more clearly.
• Annual trials and paid monthly plans are easier to understand, with safer purchase recovery and accurate reminders.
• Settings, Help & Recovery, and diagnostics are simpler to navigate.
1.2.66 30 July
What's New
• Returning parents can now sign back in with Apple and pick up right where they left off.
• Settings has a cleaner layout, and routines can be paused when plans change.
• Steadier child connections — sync hiccups no longer sign your child's device out.
1.2.65 27 July
What's New
• A new conversational welcome helps you choose what matters most, set a daily screen-time target, and see how offline time adds up.
• Starter activity suggestions now adapt to your family's goals, making it quicker to turn screen time into motivation.
• A clearer demo preview shows how children can earn screen time before you connect their device.
• Smoother onboarding on compact screens and with accessibility settings, plus a steadier AskThrive control on Home.
1.2.64 23 July
What's New
• New School and Out & About modes — Thrive can automatically switch your child to essential apps only when they're at school or away from home.
• Activity Approvals, your way — approve each earned reward yourself, let Thrive smart-approve, or make it fully automatic.
• Ask Thrive is smarter and more accurate, with clearer answers and the exact steps to the right screen.
• Clearer weekly summaries — see how much your child earned per activity, across all their devices.
• Faster, steadier, and more reliable throughout, with polish and fixes across the app.
1.2.63 12 July
What's New
• See every app on your child's device — know exactly what they can open.
• Smoother device connection: pick their layout and authorize Screen Time in three guided steps.
• Faster start: choose 3 starter activities and a daily limit right from welcome.
• Clearer plans, plus a friendly heads-up when your free trial starts.
• Polish and fixes throughout.
1.2.62 6 July
What's New
• Smoother child pages, with faster switching, steadier scrolling, and fewer blank returns.
• A cleaner mature child view for rewards, apps, limits, downtime, breaks, and theme.
• Device Summary is easier to read, with clearer colours for Free, Schedule, Block, and Smart Protection.
• Ask Thrive now gives more direct, child-specific guidance and quicker paths to common actions.
• More reliable sign-in, link-code fallback, extra parent devices, and Screen Time sync.
1.2.61 2 July
What's New
• A cleaner child-focused home makes each child's status, activities, rewards, and settings easier to scan.
• Ask Thrive gives simpler help for rewards, activities, limits, and Screen Time questions.
• Settings now separate family setup from account controls more clearly.
• Expanded localization coverage keeps more of Thrive translated across supported languages.
• Reliability fixes for setup, sync, and Screen Time status updates.
1.2.60 26 June
What's New
• Clearer Device Summary shows why apps are available, faded, hidden, or blocked.
• Faster child status sync for Screen Time balances, downtime, limits, and block mode.
• Better guidance when app pickers do not show a child’s apps.
• Ask Thrive now explains Schedule, Free, Block, and Smart Protection internet blocks more clearly.
1.2.56 19 June
What's New
• Fixed connection links so child-device setup opens the correct Thrive app.
• Improved invite-link reliability for new and returning families.
• General bug fixes and setup improvements.
1.2.55 7 May
What's New
• More helpful information is now easier to find throughout the app.
• New info popovers explain key setup steps and controls when you need them.
• Clearer guidance to help families get set up with more confidence.
1.2.54 6 May
What's New
• More helpful information is now easier to find throughout the app.
• New info popovers explain key setup steps and controls when you need them.
• Clearer guidance to help families get set up with more confidence.
1.2.53 2 May
What's New
• New Social Media controls with Free, Limited, and Never modes.
• New Viral Messengers controls so scrollers and pingers can be managed separately.
• Stronger Never blocking: blocked apps are removed from the child device, not just faded.
• YouTube can be included in Social Media limits, with cleaner daily-limit sliders.
1.2.52 27 Apr
What's New in 1.2.51
• New mature mode for older children, with a more grown-up child experience.
• Clearer child stats and a more polished rewards view.
• Smoother child setup, plus general reliability improvements across the app.
1.2.51 24 Mar
Network Improvements (1.2.50)
• Improves connection reliability when syncing rewards and limits.
• Reduces failed requests during poor network conditions.
• General performance enhancements.
1.2.50 9 Mar
Stability Patch (1.2.49)
- Fixes an issue where block changes could fail when Thrive wasn't active on the child device.
- Improves reliability of background syncing and enforcement.
- Minor stability improvements following 1.2.48.
1.2.49 2 Mar
Thrive has been rebuilt from the ground up – faster, simpler, and designed specifically for the latest iOS experience.
- All-New Design: A clean, intuitive interface that makes setting goals and rewards effortless.
- Simpler Connections: Linking your family’s devices is now quick and seamless.
- Smarter Performance: Everything runs smoother, loads faster, and just works.
- Focused on What Matters: Less clutter, more clarity, and a smarter way to motivate your kids.
This is not an update – it’s a total rethink of how screen time should work.
1.2.48 27 Feb
Thrive has been rebuilt from the ground up – faster, simpler, and designed specifically for the latest iOS experience.
- All-New Design: A clean, intuitive interface that makes setting goals and rewards effortless.
- Simpler Connections: Linking your family’s devices is now quick and seamless.
- Smarter Performance: Everything runs smoother, loads faster, and just works.
- Focused on What Matters: Less clutter, more clarity, and a smarter way to motivate your kids.
This is not an update – it’s a total rethink of how screen time should work.
1.2.47 20 Feb
Thrive has been rebuilt from the ground up – faster, simpler, and designed specifically for the latest iOS experience.
- All-New Design: A clean, intuitive interface that makes setting goals and rewards effortless.
- Simpler Connections: Linking your family’s devices is now quick and seamless.
- Smarter Performance: Everything runs smoother, loads faster, and just works.
- Focused on What Matters: Less clutter, more clarity, and a smarter way to motivate your kids.
This is not an update – it’s a total rethink of how screen time should work.
1.2.46 7 Feb
What’s New
• Expanded screen-time stats so you can track patterns more clearly
• Language selection — choose what works best for your family
• Simplified device connection for faster setup
1.2.45 2 Feb
What’s New
• Expanded screen-time stats so you can track patterns more clearly
• Language selection — choose what works best for your family
• Simplified device connection for faster setup
1.2.44 1 Feb
• Full access, no trial pressure
• Core features unlocked from day one
• Upgrade only if you need more• Upgrade only if you need more
1.2.43 23 Jan
• Faster, reliable device connections
• Smarter AI help
• 40+ new languages
1.2.42 20 Jan
What's New
• Connecting a child is clearer: live setup progress on your phone, a quick practice run before Apple's Screen Time screen, and straight answers when a device's Apple ID can't approve.
• Returning after a break? One simple menu asks what this device should be — child, co-parent, second parent device, or sign back in.
• "Turn Thrive Off" fixed for long-time families, faster launch, and a calmer child welcome — one sentence at a time, in 40 languages.
more Version 1.2.71 6 days ago
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