Free mini apps, made with care
Small tools that help you thrive.
ThriveLab builds free, focused mini apps for every corner of life: Google Drive helpers, Chrome extensions, mobile apps and whatever comes next. Each one solves one real problem, and you decide what gets built next.
- Free forever
- No ads
- No tracking
- Your data stays yours
Why ThriveLab
For every part of life
Big software does a hundred things. A good mini app does the one thing you need, quickly, and then gets out of your way. That is the passion behind every tool here.
Work & focus
Automate the chores in Drive, Gmail and Sheets so your time goes to real work.
Home & family
Lists, reminders and small organisers that keep a busy household calm.
Learning
Capture, review and keep what you learn from lessons, videos and the web.
Health & habits
Gentle trackers that help good routines stick, without selling your data.
Money & admin
Receipts, budgets and paperwork, sorted in a few clicks.
Creativity & media
Record, convert and collect the media you make and love.
The app shelf
Free apps, ready when you are
Every app is free, private by design and documented. Pick a platform or search.
Tech updates & news
What’s new in the tech you use
Plain-English notes on browser, Google Workspace, mobile and AI changes that matter in everyday life, plus news from the ThriveLab workshop.
Community wishlist
You wish it. You vote it. I build it.
Every app here started as a small, annoying problem. Tell me yours. The open wish with the most votes becomes the next free app.
- Make a wish. Describe the tool you wish existed.
- Vote. Back the ideas you want most, one vote per idea.
- It gets built. The top wish moves to Planned, then ships free.
Support the work
Keep the apps free for everyone
ThriveLab apps have no ads, no subscriptions and no data deals. If one of them saved you time, a small donation keeps the next one coming.
- Store and developer fees for the Chrome Web Store, app stores and test devices.
- Build time for the most-voted wishes on the board above.
- Upkeep: updates, fixes and privacy reviews for every app on the shelf.
Donated? Add the title of your favourite wish to the PayPal note and it gets a Supporter star on the board.
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