Comparison

Steve Roach Immersion III vs Stellarvox

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 III

Create infinite, evolving ambient music soundscapes using unique loops from a renowned artist. This interactive tool offers intuitive controls for mixing and saving custom sound combinations, perfect for deep listening experiences.

Highlights
  • Create custom soundscapes
  • Infinite loop combinations
  • Intuitive interactive interface
  • Save and share custom mixes
  • Background music playback
  • CD quality sound
Features
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Immersion Station I and II have received rave reviews from users worldwide. We are excited to announce the release of Immersion Station III. Created from the soundworlds of ambient music pioneer Steve Roach, in this third version Steve draws from a special selection of new sounds that takes the Immersion Station into a deeper realm of sonic suspension. This version is especially effective in automation mode where the sources and silence intermingle into infinity. 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 FEATURES * Easily create custom soundscapes from Steve Roach's source loops * Includes 80 megabytes of loops custom crafted by Steve Roach * Includes four custom mixes from Steve Roach * Each mix provides constantly changing ambient music * Save your own mixes at any time * Use AirPlay to stream your music anywhere * Share your mixes with Twitter * Control the volume or stereo pan of each loop * Incubate new mixes using the evolve function * Plays music in the background * Optimized with HD Images for iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 * 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.

About

Stellarvox

Design immersive ambient soundscapes with a hybrid reverb and artificial space designer. Create lush textures, deep spaces, and whispering backgrounds for electronic, experimental, and sound design projects. Offers intuitive controls and inspiring presets for quick, high-quality results.

Highlights
  • Hybrid reverb with artificial space designer
  • Algorithmic reflections tail processing
  • Dynamic timbre changes over time
  • Geometry and dimension control
  • Factory presets and random feature
  • MIDI learn support
  • Standalone and AUv3 module
Features
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Hybrid reverb with an artificial space designer, combining it with algorithmic reflections tail processing, is ideal to creating immersive ambience of deep spaces, lush atmospheric textures or stunning whispering backgrounds in your ambient, electronic, experimental and sound design projects. Unlike traditional algorithmic reverbs, Stellarvox constructs a complex model of a vast resonant sound spaces with choice of geometry, dimensions and tonal structure of the space, along with a unique feature that dynamically change the timbre of reflections over the reverberation time. The second algorithmic reverb allows you to prolong and blur reflections, adding extra dimensions to the sound space. Easy-to-use controls on a single screen, along with optimally designed parameters that always give great results, make insignificant the peculiarity of that kind of reverbs, when the model creates with a little delay after changing it. Factory presets and the random feature will give you a starting point of inspiration and allow you to get a quick result where you need just to slightly tweak the parameters to align with your idea. This application is great for ambient projects, it can create mesmerizing atmosphere from single infrequent sounds of various instruments, or giving a beautiful and deep backgrounds to sharp sequences in electronics, as well as for any experimental projects that require unusual, deep and rich sound ambience. Stellarvox 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). Stellarvox works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, with supports Audiobus host app. On MacOS, Stellarvox 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) and audio unit parameters. Stellarvox has a built-in detailed description of all parameters also available as PDF file on the application site. Sound demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtZfvLtJy8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqCYa1tp2Qw You can find more information on Stellarvox and other audio apps at: https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com

Screenshots

Steve Roach Immersion III4 screens
Stellarvox3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Steve Roach Immersion III at Free against Stellarvox's $11.99. Steve Roach Immersion III also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Stellarvox's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ratings volume, 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

Steve Roach Immersion III is free to download; Stellarvox costs $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stellarvox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Steve Roach Immersion III's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stellarvox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steve Roach Immersion III ships an update every 47 months, Stellarvox every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Steve Roach Immersion III versus Stellarvox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteve Roach Immersion IIIStellarvox
PriceFree — better$11.99
Rating4.3 (11 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1111
Update frequencyEvery 47 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric FreemanIgor Vasiliev

Customer experience

Steve Roach Immersion III

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Stellarvox

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Steve Roach Immersion III

No in-app purchases

None

Stellarvox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steve Roach Immersion III free?
Steve Roach Immersion III is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stellarvox free?
Stellarvox costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steve Roach Immersion III or Stellarvox?
Stellarvox is rated higher. Steve Roach Immersion III averages 4.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Stellarvox averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Steve Roach Immersion III or Stellarvox have ads?
Neither Steve Roach Immersion III nor Stellarvox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steve Roach Immersion III or Stellarvox?
Steve Roach Immersion III ships an update every 47 months, and Stellarvox every 5 months. Most recently, Steve Roach Immersion III was updated on September 23, 2026 and Stellarvox on October 9, 2026.

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