Root: Built for Community

Root: Built for Community

Obsession Unleashed

118 ratings
90 reviews
#89 in free Social Networking
📊 Productivity
🌐 Social Networking
Free

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • July 2, 2025
  • October 2, 2026
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This platform empowers communities to connect, collaborate, and grow. It offers tools for organizing groups, from gaming guilds to interest-based clubs. Stay connected on the go with mobile chat, voice, and video calls, and manage your community with customizable channels and permissions.

✓Community connection and collaboration
✓Mobile chat and notifications
✓Voice and video calls
✓Customizable channels, roles, and permissions
✓Desktop command center with integrated apps
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What's New in Root

0.9.37

October 2, 2026

This update brings custom themes, favorite GIFs and text chat in voice channels. As well as many performance improvements - New OLED, gradient and custom themes, synced to your account. - Long-press any GIF to save it to your Favorites. -Voice channels now have text chat, even before you join the call. - Screen shares start only when you tap Watch Stream, which saves data. - Mute and deafen now carry over to your next call. - Images open right away and don't download again. - Profile edits now say why they failed, like too many changes in a row. - Fixed wide or tall custom emoji looking squished. - Fixed reordered channels moving back to their old place. - Fixed closed apps popping back open or leaving a blank screen. - Fixed headings and some usernames being hard to read on dark themes. - Channels and DMs open faster, with less stutter in big communities. - Conversations start loading as soon as you touch them. - Custom emoji load sooner on slow connections. - The emoji picker opens faster after the first time. - Fixed chats getting stuck or moving on their own, including when you return to the app. - Fixed the message list jumping to the newest message while you scroll up. - Fixed unread lines appearing for messages you're reading in a DM. - Fixed unsent messages disappearing after a reconnect. - Fixed profile edits failing until you reopened the screen. - Fixed a second tap closing a chat that was still opening.

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Top Free

The app has maintained its position at 89 recently.

Last updated on October 8, 2026.

User reviews

Misinformed about server migration

Its not ez to migrate like they say

Sugestões

O aplicativo é ótimo, porém deveriam colocar os bots pra ser de graça e que dê para colocar no mobile, e também deveriam mudar mais coisas como deixar um apelido ao invés do nome principal único, e deveria ter mais tipos de decorações no perfil, para mudar a cor dele e etc, e deveria ter traduções para outras línguas.
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Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback! We only charge for apps when they have a real cost for us, like hosting. Apps already work on mobile, and adding them from mobile is on the way. We also recently launched themes, and we've noted your suggestions about nicknames, profiles and languages

Add more design features!

This is already 5000 times better than discord, it’s also more simpler and easy to navigate which I just love, and I hope everyone uses this app instead of discord because it’s so freeing being able to design your own profile.
I honestly think you should go above and beyond, and make even more design features than discord, it will make your app loved
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Great

Very good alternative to discord however sometimes when pressing on the messages replied to someone it doesn’t properly load them. Also can you please add an option to search for individual messages in chats like on discord rather than only have a search available for usernames

Great app

I love this app especially seeing that unlike apps like discord I can actually use certain gifs and images without subscriptions as well as I can add gifs as a banner as well which is neat, the chats are easy to use as well as it’s easy to friend as soon as you get the app. Great app I recommend it if you don’t want to pay for discords nitro subscription every month for features you should have just in general 10/10 no complaints so far.
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FAQ

What is Root: Built for Community?

Root is a platform designed for communities to connect, collaborate, and grow. It provides tools to organize groups, facilitate communication through chat and calls, and manage members with customizable roles and permissions.

What are the key features of the mobile app?

The mobile app allows users to stay connected on the go with flowing conversations and notifications. It also supports voice and video calls, easy navigation between communities, and filtering of notifications. Users can also manage community structure with channels, roles, and permissions.

Is Root: Built for Community free to use?

Yes, the application is free to use. The provided information indicates that it does not have in-app purchases or ads, suggesting a completely free model for users.

What kind of communities is Root designed for?

Root is designed for a wide range of communities, including gaming guilds, creative collectives, and interest-based groups. Its features allow for structuring spaces that reflect how specific groups work and collaborate.

What additional features are available on the desktop version?

The desktop version of Root acts as a full-featured command center, unlocking more integrated apps. These can include tools like document management, task organization, and other application integrations to enhance community management.