Astral Star vs The Gateway Project

Astral Star is the companion app for the Light Mandalas Astral Star projector. Explore light symbols and choose colors and timing for creative sessions, reflective practice or time with friends. FREE FEATURES Project every library symbol, play all 42 basic programs, use Mandala Scan app features and save its results as playlists, and create and edit your own playlists from the symbol library. Set each step's color and time, reorder or rename playlists, and play them. Import symbols, libraries and playlists shared by others, and keep playing content you already have. Mandala Scan features in the app, including saving scan results as playlists, are free. A Mandala Scan device is required for scanning and must be purchased separately; it is not included with the app or Premium. OPTIONAL ASTRAL STAR PREMIUM Monthly and yearly subscriptions unlock the same seven features: • AI playlist assistant: describe what you need in an everyday message. Receive a 5–10 minute playlist with selected symbols, colors and timings; loop it for a longer session. Up to 20 completed AI playlists per day. • Draw and save your own symbols. • Customize library symbols. • Create and share your own symbol libraries. • Share your playlists with a share code or file. • Turn pictures into symbols with local picture tracing. • Add spin, zoom and movement to symbol playback. Premium subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled through your Apple account. The price and billing period are shown before purchase. Restore Purchases is available in the app. Existing lifetime activation-code access remains separate from subscriptions. Before using the AI assistant, you choose whether to share your request with Light Mandalas and its AI service provider. You can turn this permission off in Settings. See the Privacy Policy for details about data processing. A compatible Astral Star projector is required for physical light projection. Avoid direct laser exposure and follow the device's safety instructions. Astral Star is for creative and general wellbeing use and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://privacy.light-mandalas.com/mandalaastralstar/index.html

The Gateway turns your headphones into a precision binaural beat instrument, built on Robert Monroe's Focus Level system and two declassified U.S. government documents. Every tone is synthesized live on your device from pure sine waves. Nothing is pre-recorded, streamed or compressed. Each session uses the carrier and beat frequencies documented in Monroe's research, with up to eight layers playing at once. FREE FOREVER • Focus 10 (Body Asleep, Mind Awake) and Focus 12 (Expanded Awareness) with no time limits • General brainwave sessions for sleep, focus, stress release, creativity and morning energy • Ambient sounds like brown noise, rain, ocean and singing bowls, mixed with separate volume controls • Prep Mode with resonant breathing, a safety checklist and affirmations • Daily Tools: short visualization techniques for everyday life that need no headphones • Optional voice guidance with your choice of voice and speaking rate • Session history, streaks and a progression roadmap • Learn: plain-language background on binaural beats, Monroe's books, the 1983 U.S. Army assessment, and an honest look at the research, which is promising but mixed • Optional Audible beat mode, which mixes the two ears so the beat can be heard as a pulse PREMIUM • Focus 15 (Into the Past / Into the Future) and Focus 21 • Custom Builder: set the exact left and right frequencies and amplitude for each layer • Companion Modules: Energy Bar Tool, Living Body Map, Emotional Body Map, REBAL and the Focus 12 Clock • Research Mode for structured sessions with a personal record • iCloud sync across your devices Premium is $4.99 per month or $39.99 per year, billed through your Apple ID. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. DESIGNED FOR CALM A slow-moving animated backdrop tinted to each Focus level, dark mode throughout, and nothing to distract you. Audio keeps playing in the background and from the Lock Screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No third-party analytics or trackers. No social feeds. You don't need an account. Your sessions stay on your device unless you turn on iCloud sync. HEADPHONES Binaural sessions need stereo headphones, because each ear hears a slightly different tone. Daily Tools and companion exercises work without them. PRIMARY SOURCES • McDonnell, W. (1983). Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process. U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command. • The Monroe Institute (1977). Gateway Experience: Intermediate Workbook. Both are held in the CIA FOIA Reading Room. The Gateway is a wellness and relaxation tool. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat or cure any condition. Do not use it while driving or operating machinery. "The Monroe Institute," "Gateway Experience" and the Focus 10, 12, 15 and 21 names are trademarks of The Monroe Institute and are used descriptively. The Gateway is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Monroe Institute. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/