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Expand: Beyond Meditation

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157 reviews
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  • Released
  • Updated
  • July 19, 2021
  • October 3, 2026

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THE MONROE INSTITUTE
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Access profound states of expanded awareness with guided meditations and proprietary sound science. Explore topics like relaxation, joy, insight, and sleep to foster meaning, relieve stress, and release unwanted patterns. Discover inner wisdom and joy through active imagination and perception.

✓100+ guided meditations
✓Monroe Sound Science audio technology
✓Multi-day mini-courses
✓Guided reflection and journaling
✓Custom-generated soundscapes
✓Focus on active imagination and perception
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What users say about Expand

Reviews of Expand are mostly positive: the Health & Fitness app is rated 4.1/5 from 297 App Store ratings. What users like most: powerful meditation tool, lovely and helpful. Top complaints: money maker, how do you get a premium subscription?. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 🚀Powerful meditation tool
  • 👍Lovely and helpful
  • 👍Great way to practice
  • 👍Transformative
  • 👍First class app
  • 👍Seriously the best app
  • 👍Phenomenal
  • 👍Brilliant
  • 👍Excellent extension of the Gateway tapes
  • 👍Amazing
  • 👍Beyond mindfulness - my new favorite meditation app
  • 👍The best gift!
  • 👍SO relaxing
  • 👍Very Good Mediation App
  • 👍LOVE LOVE LOVE
  • 👍Very promising so far

Negative things

  • 💰Money maker
  • 🔒How do you get a premium subscription?
  • 🐛Cuts off sometimes?
  • 🔍Where's the guidance?
  • 🐛Annoyed
  • 🐛Login screen of the app doesn't work
  • 🐛Great app but constantly crashes
  • 🐛Unusable with current update
  • 🐛Have they changed the app?
  • 🐛Broken app since update
  • 🐛Fraud
  • 🐛App does work...
  • 🐛Bait and switch. Immediately disappointed
  • 🐛Crashes
  • 🐛Not working
  • 🐛Terrible
  • 🐛Glitches
  • 🐛Doesn't open and load when needed!
  • 🐛Locked out of my subscription
  • 🐛Annoying
  • 🐛Crashes
  • 🐛Sound not working
  • 🐛Terrible guides/narrators!!!
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What's New in Expand

2.3.0

October 3, 2026

What's new in Expand 2.3 Never lose track of your account. The sign-in screen now reminds you how you signed in last time, whether with Google, Apple, or email, so it's easier to get back into the right account. Tick "Remember me" to have your email filled in for you. Get ready before your retreat. Before a virtual retreat begins, you'll find a Pre-Course Exercise on the course page. It's the Day Zero "Relax and Expand" meditation, a chance to check your headphones and sound before your program starts. Discussions that follow your progress. Each module's discussion now opens once you've completed that module, just like on the website. For trainers. If you're a trainer on a program, a new trainer view lets you unlock every session or preview the program as participants will see it on any date. Improvements and fixes • Subscribing is easier on smaller screens and with larger text sizes • Courses that showed as available but wouldn't play now open correctly • Your course media and photos now load through secure links • Journal summaries refresh when you change your answers, and the button at the end of a finished course no longer gets stuck

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User reviews

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Amazing

Great app that I use daily and every evening. Had issues with the timer and worked with the amazing support team which they have now resolved, also great that they have added the timer button back on the bottom ribbon. Great work all
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Response from developer

Thank you for coming back to update your review, and for the kind words about our support team. We are so glad the Timer is working for you again, and that you are enjoying having it back on the bottom ribbon. Here is to many more evenings with Expand.

Help

Subscription doesn’t work. I can choose the plan but then nothing happens. No button to confirm. Unable to scroll further down. Can’t find email support on the app. Please help.
catin' aroundcatin' around

Response from developer

Thank you for letting us know, and we are sorry for the frustration. The subscription screen should let you confirm your plan, and we would like to get you set up. Please write to support@monroeinstitute.org with your device model and the version shown at the bottom of My Profile, and our team will get you taken care of. We have also passed your note about finding support inside the app on to our team.

Will explore this App curiously

After a rough start, where the app would not let me register, the Monroe support was nice enough to hear my struggle and to help me out. I finally could create an account (after an update) by using my apple account, manual registration still did not work due to password requirements - this issue seems presently to be under review. A big Thank you to the very attentive support and quick and caring feedback. Now I can try the App - review shall follow.
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ShongwayShongway

Response from developer

Thank you for writing, and for your patience through a rough start. The password problem you hit on manual registration has now been fixed: version 2.2.0, released on 4 September, accepts passwords containing any special character. Thank you for flagging it, because reports like yours are what got it identified. Your kind words about the support team have been passed on to them. If anything else gets in your way, please write to support@monroeinstitute.org and our team will pick it up directly.

Great App, but Frequent Timer Glitch

I really enjoy this app and find it a highly effective aid in meditation—when it works. However, my biggest critique is that the timer function frequently begins counting down without actually playing the sounds (neither the signal nor the background music). I often cannot get it to work at all, leading me to just give up in frustration after 10 minutes trying to troubleshoot. I think it is a glitch, and it really does need to get fixed.
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TdadamoTdadamo

Response from developer

Thank you for this, and for the detail on what the timer is doing. The good news is that this has now been fixed. An update released on 17 September reloads the signal track before the timer starts, so it plays every time. It arrives on its own the next time you fully close and reopen the app, and My Profile will then show v2.2.0-ota.4 or later. If the timer still counts down without sound after that, please write to support@monroeinstitute.org with your device and the version shown, and our team will get you taken care of. Thank you very much for your patience.

Great app

The app and content are great. I would love to get into the gateway content.

Can you folks make a subscription that includes gateway?
WednesdayWednesday

Response from developer

Thank you, we are glad the app is working for you. Regarding the Gateway Voyage program, playback is now available through the app with the purchase of the program itself. Annual app subscribers will have access to the Intro and Chapter 1 so that they can get an understanding of the material before deciding to make the full program purchase. We hope this is helpful and thank you again for your review.

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User experience

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Reported Bugs

4 issues

Paid but no play

Bug

Login screen freezes

Bug

Incompatible with older devices

Bug

Sound shuts off when the iphone goes to sleep

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Requested Features

4 requests

Longer guided meditations

Feature

What's new section for meditations

Feature

Ability to turn off background music

Feature

Monthly charge option

Feature

FAQ

What does the Expand app do?

Expand offers guided meditations and proprietary sound science to help users access profound states of expanded awareness. It aims to foster greater meaning and purpose, relieve stress, improve sleep, and release unwanted patterns by encouraging active imagination and perception.

What are the key features of Expand?

Key features include over 100 guided meditations, multi-day mini-courses, guided reflection and journaling, and custom-generated soundscapes. It utilizes Monroe Sound Science, a proprietary audio technology designed to facilitate unique states of consciousness.

How much does Expand cost?

Expand offers an auto-renewing yearly subscription at $69.99/year or a monthly subscription at $11.99/month. This provides access to the entire library of guided experiences. Payment is processed through your app store account.

What kind of meditation topics are covered?

Meditation topics in Expand cover a wide range, including Relaxation & Healing, Joy & Meaning, Insight and Intuition, Sleep & Dreaming, Nurturing Healthy Relationships, Creativity & Manifestation, and Beyond the Physical.

Who developed the Expand app?

The Expand app was developed by the Monroe Institute, a non-profit organization founded in the early 1970s dedicated to the study and practice of expanded consciousness. They are known for their research and educational programs in this field.