Expand: Beyond Meditation
THE MONROE INSTITUTE Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Expand: Beyond Meditation is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by THE MONROE INSTITUTE. Rated 4.0/5 from 302 ratings. Requires iOS 16.0.
- Rating
- 4.0
- 302 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 67 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 3
- 2026 · v2.3.0
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About Expand: Beyond Meditation
From the world-renowned Monroe Institute, Expand helps you access deeper states of awareness to reduce stress, improve sleep, and cultivate greater meaning, clarity, and purpose. Powered by Monroe Sound Science, our proprietary audio technology, Expand uses targeted soundwave patterns to support unique states of consciousness and focused inner exploration. Through guided sessions, courses, and immersive sound experiences, you can uncover insight, release unwanted patterns, and reconnect with your inner wisdom. Inside Expand, you’ll find: • 100+ guided meditations and consciousness-expanding exercises • Multi-day mini-courses and structured practice paths • Guided reflection and journaling tools • Custom-generated soundscapes designed for specific brainwave states • Programs for both beginners and experienced practitioners Explore sessions across topics including: • Relaxation & Healing • Joy & Meaning • Insight & Intuition • Sleep & Dreaming • Healthy Relationships • Creativity & Manifestation • Beyond the Physical Unlike typical meditation apps focused only on clearing the mind, Expand encourages active imagination, perception, and intentional practice to help you achieve specific outcomes. About The Monroe Institute The Monroe Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and a global leader in the study and practice of expanded consciousness. Founded in the early 1970s as a research and educational organization, Monroe offers transformative learning through the Expand app, virtual programs, and in-person retreats on its 300-acre Virginia campus and in countries worldwide. Subscription Pricing and Terms Expand offers auto-renewing subscription options: • $69.99/year • $11.99/month Payment is charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged within 24 hours prior to renewal. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://info.monroeinstitute.org/expand-app-terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://info.monroeinstitute.org/expand-app-privacy-policy
Ratings & reviews
4.0
302 ratings
What’s new
Version 2.3.0 · Updated 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
App privacy
The developer, THE MONROE INSTITUTE, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Other User Content
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
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