Steve Roach Immersion III vs troooba
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Create custom soundscapes
- Infinite loop combinations
- Intuitive interactive interface
- Save and share custom mixes
- Background music playback
- CD quality sound
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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.
troooba
This app generates endless original music and soundscapes without repeating. It prioritizes a minimal environmental footprint, using very little memory, battery, and collecting no user data. Enjoy hours of unique audio playback.
- Endless original music generation
- No repeating audio playback
- Low environmental footprint
- Minimal memory and battery usage
- Zero data collection
- Offline playback
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troooba is generative music and sound app. It has a variety of preset modes that are updated periodically and will play as long as you want without ever repeating. troooba does NOT use artificial intelligence, it uses real intelligence instead. This app also does NOT stream audio via the internet. It has a very low environmental footprint, it uses very little memory, collects ZERO data, uses very little battery and can playback originally generated music and sound for endless hours. troooba is an experiment to see whether it is possible to create original music and soundscapes with the smallest environmental footprint on the Earth as possible. See (https://robertesler.com/troooba/) for more on this.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: troooba at 5.0 against Steve Roach Immersion III's 4.3. troooba also leads on update cadence (every 11 months vs every 47 months). Steve Roach Immersion III's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
troooba holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steve Roach Immersion III has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Steve Roach Immersion III ships an update every 47 months, troooba every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steve Roach Immersion III | troooba |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 47 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Freeman | Robert Esler |
Customer experience
Steve Roach Immersion III
troooba
In-app purchases
Steve Roach Immersion III
No in-app purchases
troooba
No in-app purchases
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