Comparison

Steve Roach Immersion I vs SpaceFields

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

Head to head
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

SpaceFields

Create evolving rhythmic soundscapes from any audio source. This app uses a loop-based system with dual loops, pitch shifting, and effects to generate ambient textures and rhythmic structures. Experiment with complex sound design using intuitive controls and randomization.

Highlights
  • Loop-based sound mangling
  • Dual loop recorder
  • Pitch shifting and effects
  • Convolution reverb with deep spaces
  • Rhythmic structure generation
  • Automation generators with randomization
  • Live and sample processing modes
Features
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Loop-based mangler effect to create slowly changing rhythmic sound structures in deep reverb space from any external sources or samples. Great for experimenting and designing ambient and noise backgrounds with rhythmic elements. The principle of the application is quite simple. It is based on a loop recorder with two loops. When one loop is recorded, the second is played back. When the loop recording stops, there is a smooth transition between them. Three separate outputs can playback the recorded loop with different pitches (speeds), each with its own effects and two automation generators. The mix of these outputs is fed to the convolution reverb. The reverb is packed with a set of long and deep sound spaces that create a blurry and ambient sound. But the main feature of this application is its well designed parameters that make it easy to experiment with a huge number of sound options using any source material from live instruments to synthesized sound. With just two parameters you can add complex rhythmic structures based on Euclidean rhythms, and easy-to-use automation generators with a randomize option to add variations to the sound, allowing you to modify parameters like an LFO or based on a given rhythm. The convolution reverb has advanced options with which you can change and extend the original reverb spaces. Even using the randomization options, in almost every case, you will get interesting and various soundscapes and textures. With these options it is very easy to create the basis for new unique presets. It only takes a little tweaking of some parameters to get impressive results. The loop recorder can be started and stopped manually or by input signal, can use fixed length or overwrite the loop while recording, and has the option for crossfade between the end and the beginning of the loop. All this makes it convenient for live use as well as when processing recorded material. As an extended option, you can use a special mode in which the application works as a direct effect, without the loop recorder. The special mode sampler is designed for quickly load samples and easy control of the application when used it live. This panel contains the input and output controls, essential controls of the loop recorder, and a large area with a recording counter, which is also used to start/stop the recorder. You can assign up to nine samples for fast loading into the loop, as well as save a recorded loop as a sample and to an external file. SpaceFields is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). SpaceFields works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, with supports Audiobus host app. On MacOS, SpaceFields can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins. All application features are available on iOS and macOS, including MIDI support (with a MIDI learn option), audio unit parameters and importing samples from any directory on device. SpaceFields has a built-in detailed description of all parameters also available as PDF file on the application site. Demos and previews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL1Dis3u0AQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpkWkc5I0uE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74LyfDM2dQM You can find more information on SpaceFields and other creative audio apps at: https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com

Screenshots

Steve Roach Immersion I4 screens
SpaceFields4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Steve Roach Immersion I at Free against SpaceFields's $10.99. SpaceFields's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 43 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Steve Roach Immersion I is free to download; SpaceFields costs $10.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Steve Roach Immersion I against 4.7 for SpaceFields. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 47 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 90% and 90% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steve Roach Immersion I ships an update every 43 months, SpaceFields every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Steve Roach Immersion I versus SpaceFields: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteve Roach Immersion ISpaceFields
PriceFree — better$10.99
Rating4.6 (29 ratings)4.7 (47 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.4% of reviews90.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2947 — better
Update frequencyEvery 43 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric FreemanIgor Vasiliev

Customer experience

Steve Roach Immersion I

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

SpaceFields

All ratings47 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%

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

SpaceFields

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Steve Roach Immersion I

No in-app purchases

None

SpaceFields

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 SpaceFields free?
SpaceFields costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steve Roach Immersion I or SpaceFields?
SpaceFields is rated higher. Steve Roach Immersion I averages 4.6 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while SpaceFields averages 4.7 from 47 ratings.
Do Steve Roach Immersion I or SpaceFields have ads?
Neither Steve Roach Immersion I nor SpaceFields shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steve Roach Immersion I or SpaceFields?
Steve Roach Immersion I ships an update every 43 months, and SpaceFields every 2 months. Most recently, Steve Roach Immersion I was updated on October 13, 2026 and SpaceFields on October 9, 2026.

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