Comparison

Steve Roach Immersion I vs Measuring Center

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Steve Roach Immersion I

Create infinite ambient music soundscapes from the soundworlds of pioneer Steve Roach. This interactive tool allows you to mix loops to craft the perfect atmosphere for deep listening, meditation, work, reading, or sleep.

Highlights
  • Create custom soundscapes from source loops
  • Infinite mix combinations from five loops
  • Save and control custom mixes
  • Evolve function for new mixes
  • Background playback
  • CD quality sound
Features
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A re-release of the classic Immersion Station App. Immersion Station brings you infinite ambient music, created from the soundworlds of ambient music pioneer Steve Roach. Use Immersion Station to create the perfect atmosphere for deep listening, meditation and supportive sound spaces for working at the computer, reading, and sleeping. Immersion Station is an elegant interactive sound immersion tool. Create infinite mix combinations from five different loops of varied lengths for endless playback. These sounds have been extracted from the heart of Steve Roach’s soundworlds and carefully chosen for a congruent relationship allowing the user to sculpt constantly changing ambient music. The Immersion Station interface and application, created by Software Artist Eric Freeman (working closely with Steve), allows you to mix loops using a simple, intuitive, interactive and organic interface that is reflective of Steve's work. You can visit http://www.immersionstation.com for a complete demonstration. FEATURES * Easily create custom soundscapes from Steve Roach's source loops * Includes 80 megabytes of loops custom crafted by Steve Roach * Includes five custom mixes from Steve Roach * Each mix provides constantly changing ambient music * Save your own mixes at any time * Control the volume or stereo pan of each loop * Incubate new mixes using the evolve function * Plays music in the background with iOS 4 * Optimized with HD Images for iPhone 4 Retina display * CD quality sound * Supports Apple's remote interface for controlling playback * User's guide provided in the App and online Recommended for headphones or external speakers. ATTENTION iPhone/iPod touch 3.1 Users iOS 3.1 does not support stereo pan, but that's okay, the Immersion station still sounds wonderful. To enable control of stereo pan, just freely upgrade to iOS 4.

About

Measuring Center

This application allows users to perform spectral analysis of sound using their mobile devices. It supports various measurement functions and can connect to both wired and wireless external devices, or use the device's built-in microphone.

Highlights
  • Spectral sound analysis
  • Amplitude-frequency characteristic (AFC) display
  • Signal waveform display
  • Total harmonic distortion (THD) measurement
  • Sound pressure level (SPL) measurement
  • Support for wired and wireless Spl-Lab devices
  • Built-in microphone support
Features
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In modern world tablet PCs or smartphones are playing greater role in our lives. Devices, comparable in power with personal computers, gained a big part of the consumer market, supplanting PCs. For general consumer mobile devices completely replaced the functionality of PC, but specific tasks are still mostly solved using computers. It mostly happens because of the lack of necessary software. Our company goes with the times and offers its customers the possibility of using mobile devices for sound measuring and analysing. We have developed an application for spectral analysis of sound for iOS. The application Measuring Center is simplified version of the program for PC, but it still has its reach functionality. The interface of the program is intuitive and easy to use. It supports both the wired Spl-Lab devices (USB BASS Meter, USB RTA Meter, etc.) and wireless devices, such Next-LCD(WiFi) or Next-USB(WiFi). Also you can make measurements using build-it microphone of your phone or tablet! Functions: Build-it mic support for AFC measurements Measuring the amplitude-frequency characteristic (AFC) of a signal - displaying the spectrum Displaying the signal waveform Measuring the Total harmonic distortion (THD) Measuring the sound pressure level (SPL, dB Drag, IdBL, ESPL, AMT, etc) Linear, logarithmic and octave view of spectrum Measuring the amplitude and frequency of the peak values of the spectrum Measuring average level of sound pressure in time (Bassrace, Bass Boxing, AMT SPL-Show, etc) Measuring the average in time and whole spectrum sound pressure level (SQL) Supports the wired and wireless Spl-Lab devices

Screenshots

Steve Roach Immersion I4 screens
Measuring Center1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steve Roach Immersion I at 90% against Measuring Center's 19%. Steve Roach Immersion I also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (27 vs 2). Measuring Center's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 43 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steve Roach Immersion I holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steve Roach Immersion I has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Steve Roach Immersion I's written reviews are positive against 19% of Measuring Center's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steve Roach Immersion I ships an update every 43 months, Measuring Center every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Steve Roach Immersion I versus Measuring Center: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteve Roach Immersion IMeasuring Center
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews90.4% of reviews — better18.5% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 43 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric FreemanKirill Berezin

Customer experience

Steve Roach Immersion I

All ratings29 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.5%

Measuring Center

Written reviews27 reviews
Positive18.5%
Neutral7.4%
Negative74.1%

Bugs and requests

Steve Roach Immersion I

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • My mixes scroll issue
  • Pause on lock screen issue
  • Cannot save mixes anymore (iOS 7)
  • Cannot enter track name when saving
  • Default title save doesn't work
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  • No new mix appears in list after saving
  • Save new mix doesn't work on iOS7
  • Scroll on loop selection page doesn't allow reaching mixes at the bottom

Requested features

48 requests
  • Sleep timer function
  • More loops available
  • More spheres
  • More stations for variety
  • Ability to pause on lock screen
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  • More complexity
  • More spheres, especially chants or angelic choirs
  • Customizable spheres
  • More sphere-loops added
  • More presets (by composer) and/or tracks
  • Automatic updates of loops and other acoustic components
  • Option to keep screen lit while charging
  • Access to additional loops (paid option)
  • iPad version
  • More sounds
  • Sleep timer
  • More options for setting a sleep timer
  • More sounds please
  • More balls/loops
  • Reverb adjuster
  • More sound orbs
  • Upgrade to evolve feature (randomly turn spheres on/off)
  • Add more balls
  • Put your own wallpaper (photo) in the background
  • Mixes run in the background
  • Background play is awesome
  • Evolve feature changes sounds, not just mix
  • More spheres, especially chants or angelic choirs
  • Customizable spheres
  • More sphere-loops added
  • More presets (by composer) and/or tracks
  • Automatic updates of loops and other acoustic components
  • Option to keep screen lit while charging
  • Access to additional loops (paid option)
  • iPad version
  • More sounds
  • Sleep timer
  • More options for setting a sleep timer
  • More sounds please
  • More balls/loops
  • Reverb adjuster
  • More sound orbs
  • Upgrade to evolve feature (randomly turn spheres on/off)
  • Add more balls
  • Put your own wallpaper (photo) in the background
  • Mixes run in the background
  • Background play is awesome
  • Evolve feature changes sounds, not just mix

Measuring Center

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Steve Roach Immersion I

No in-app purchases

None

Measuring Center

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steve Roach Immersion I free?
Steve Roach Immersion I is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Measuring Center free?
Measuring Center is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steve Roach Immersion I or Measuring Center?
Steve Roach Immersion I is rated higher. Steve Roach Immersion I averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Measuring Center averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Steve Roach Immersion I or Measuring Center have ads?
Neither Steve Roach Immersion I nor Measuring Center shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steve Roach Immersion I or Measuring Center?
Steve Roach Immersion I ships an update every 43 months, and Measuring Center every 2 months. Most recently, Steve Roach Immersion I was updated on October 22, 2026 and Measuring Center on October 23, 2026.

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