This app guides you through a process of identifying and challenging limiting beliefs. It uses behavioral experiments based on cognitive behavioral therapy to help you test and overcome these beliefs in real life.
1.0.6
October 27, 2026
Conversations that remember: Expand now keeps the whole story in mind: what you’ve said, tried, and set aside. It won’t ask you to repeat yourself or suggest something you’ve already turned down. It starts from what you told it during setup, so your first conversation gets to the point faster. Short on words? You’ll get a few quick answers to tap, then a follow-up built on your pick. Plainer language throughout, one question at a time. When life’s limits are real: If your constraints are genuinely real, Expand says so, and helps you test what could make life better within them, instead of arguing with the facts. Better experiments: Every set of options includes at least one that involves a real person. Asking for new options gets you a genuinely different kind of experiment. Scheduled experiments now land on the right day and time. Setting up your test: A new “The Test” card shows your whole experiment as one sentence: “If I… without… then…” Your prediction is in your own words, and Expand checks it’s something reality can actually confirm or disprove. The safety-move question is clearer and checked too. Ending an experiment minutes after starting now asks you to confirm first. After the experiment: When the prediction came true, your next steps fit what actually happened, including a “Go bigger anyway” option. A clearer first question in your journal: “Did what you feared actually happen?” Your next step follows what happened: push further after a win, rethink and retry after a miss. Finished all six experiments? Keep going with Day 7 and beyond, or start on a new belief. Fixes and polish: Fixed a freeze that could lock up the app mid-conversation. Your messages save more reliably, and an interrupted reply picks up where it left off. Belief badges light up only at your current tier, with a smooth color fade along the progress bar.
MoreExpand utilizes behavioral experiments, a core tool of cognitive behavioral therapy. This method involves identifying what an old belief predicts, performing an action to test it, and observing reality's outcome to challenge the belief.
The app initiates a guided conversation, distinct from a typical questionnaire, to help users articulate a belief that is bothering them. This process aims to surface a specific, often unspoken, limiting belief.
The Audit step involves listing all perceived evidence supporting an old belief. Users then analyze this evidence, distinguishing facts from interpretations and questioning the origin and age of the belief.
No, Expand focuses on testing beliefs through real-world experiments rather than affirmations. It encourages users to write a 'rival belief' that is almost believable today, pushing for practical change.
Expand guides users to design three experiments based on their life, each testing the belief from a different angle. These are concrete actions to be completed within 24 hours, with specific steps for planning and reflection.
If an experiment goes badly, Expand treats it as information about the experiment itself, not a verdict on the user. Guided prompts help users understand what happened and explore underlying issues.
Everything the app learns about a user is listed in Settings, where it can be edited or deleted. This ensures users have control over their personal information within the app.
Expand is rated for ages 12 and up, making it suitable for teenagers and adults looking to work on their self-beliefs.
