# Root: Built for Community — user reviews > 80 indexed App Store user reviews of Root by Root Communications, Inc, rated 4.10/5 from 107 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/root-built-for-community/id6742028281/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/root-built-for-community/id6742028281.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 66 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 11 ## Newest reviews (13 of 80) ### 3/5 — Mais ou menos *2026-08-19* Substituem o outro app, só que é bem mais ou menos **Developer response:** Thanks for giving Root a try and for leaving a review. We’re still building and improving a lot of the experience, so there’s plenty more to come. Hopefully we can convince you to bump those stars up in future 😊 ### 4/5 — root *2026-08-18* aplicativo bom, porém falta muitas opções, transmissão de tela para móbile e variação de língua são duas principais. de resto o app é ok e bem diverso mas falta esses dois recursos que na minha opinião é essencial **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback! Mobile screen sharing and language support are both really useful callouts. We’re continuing to build out the mobile experience and add more options, so we really appreciate you taking the time to tell us what’s missing for you 💙 ### 3/5 — sincera opniao como usuaria de discord *2026-08-18* mudaria onde edita o perfil o local é mt confuso, tambem achei muito ruim não ter transmissão para mobile e o aplicativo só ser inglês dificulta a vida de algumas pessoas. fora isso a ideia do aplicativo é muito boa e ele funciona bem, gostei bastante!! tem tudo para ser um dc 2.0 **Developer response:** Thanks for such a detailed review! The feedback around profile editing, mobile streaming and language support is really helpful. We’re glad you like the overall idea and experience, and we’ve still got plenty we want to improve and build from here ### 4/5 — BIG potential *2026-08-09, version 0.9.28* First of all this is a great alternative for chatting. Just a few things, i noticed you cant disable streams, which is whatever not big issue to me. On the other hand i cannot hear on mobile. When i join the audio comes thru the phone and not the speaker. Not only that but the audio cuts out after a second and I’m no longer able to hear. Unfortunate, but love this app otherwise. ### 4/5 — Has Potential! *2026-08-02* I really like the look and mission of this app, and I know it’s still new and likely a small team behind it and I wish you guys well on that mission as I’d love for this to be where my friends and I can stay in the long term. There are some things here and there where cracks show in it being a newer app, such as errors giving general info but not telling you why it’s not working. I tried sending a photo that’s 17MB big and got a file size error, after much research it’s because it was a RAW file, not the size. And my server that I just started so it’s just me and two apps I’ve added says there are 4 people online… but even if I include the two apps there’s no fourth person. Even the member list only shows 3 members, so 4 is definitely wrong. Upon downloading this on my PC I found out this was a Chromium app and that immediately feels against the sales pitch I was given about the platform being private and secure. And for that reason alone, my friends are not jumping with me to Root. **Developer response:** Thanks for such a thoughtful review, and for giving Root a proper try. The RAW upload error and incorrect online count are both really useful callouts, especially where the error messaging didn’t explain what was actually wrong. Just to clarify one point, Root’s desktop app is native. We use Chromium for specific parts of the experience, including voice, video and apps, but Root itself isn’t a Chromium app. If you’re happy to, please send the RAW upload and member count examples to Support so we can dig into those properly. Your feedback is really appreciated and we look forward to hearing from you soon ### 2/5 — Continual issues *2026-06-12, version 0.9.20* Sometimes messages don’t send. Sometimes it’s images. Sometimes it won’t even let you know when you e been messaged; either way, Root is a grab bag and I hope it improves…. ### 4/5 — Love it but *2026-05-13, version 0.9.19* I heavily enjoy the app since everything is quite simple and not to bad to navigate but I do wish special characters could be used in channel names like these ꧁ I think it adds nice decor, also the banner for accounts often squish the image I'm using or just look off. Everything else is great though ^_^ ### 3/5 — So much potential *2026-05-08, version 0.9.19* I used the app today since DC was down and my group created a server on here as backup. When I first arrived, it seemed really nice. But shortly after I noticed that I wasn’t receiving any chat notifications from the channels. I did some searching online and found that this is not a feature in Root. I think this is a major flaw and the developers of the app should integrate these notifications with an option to turn off or mute. ### 2/5 — Lacking in Accessability Features *2026-05-02, version 0.9.19* I think this app is good in construction and is similar to another application. However I think you’d be able to get more consumers interested if you added certain Accessability Features.Like for instance make the app compatible to that of Voice Readers and better usage on Mobile. I’ve heard that it’s better on an actual Computer. However it’d be best if both Computer nad Mobile was ssync’d up to be the same on both ends. I’m Blind nad so I always look for apps which have compatibility with that of Voiceover or that of Screen Readers. ### 4/5 — Needs some work *2026-04-24, version 0.9.18* I like the app so far, but sometimes me and my friends are having issues not hearing each other sometimes, streaming is all kinda of laggy, And I’d like to have soundboard options. And RPC for games ### 5/5 — Fantastic alternative *2026-04-23, version 0.9.18* After issues with discord getting its data leaked, housing pedophiles and overall being an unsafe platform I quit and moved to root and it’s been amazing since - same layout, talking to my friends in peace, no past interactions or dangerous members of communities that might doxx etc ### 4/5 — A solid foundation with potential *2026-04-03, version 0.9.17* I would love to get notified when people text in the group channel. The option to receive all notifications would be nice. ### 4/5 — Amazing app *2026-03-29, version 0.9.16* Works amazing. By far the best discord alternative out there. I do wish it had more features like video chat and notifications for servers. But they are minor issues. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ugh *2026-07-20, version 0.9.25* root was almost great. it was almost good enough to replace discord. it was comforting to know my privacy would be safer here and not handed over to any AI or any other person/place that may invade my privacy. however. i have been using the app for months now and nothing has improved at all. i still cant send SHORT photos/videos/files to my friends. hardly anybody is here. there’s no public servers or bots to customize your server with. this app may be fine for you if you lack personality or just looking for a simple, basic messaging app. but to me it’s been a complete waste of my time and i almost considered going back to discord if it weren’t for them forcing AI and personal identifiers against us. what a massive letdown. ### 1/5 — discord aint ever getting replaced *2026-06-16, version 0.9.20* 🫩 ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-05-21, version 0.9.19* Glitchy, drops calls randomly, and sometimes can’t join a call. ### 1/5 — Just copy discord *2026-05-13, version 0.9.19* Literally do what discord does, how hard is that? and just keep the good audio quality. I swear people constantly try to remake the wheel when it already works. Just figure out how to make it better without changing the fundamentals. Like why can’t I stop a livestream in the app?? Why do I have to mute the person but the stream keeps going. How hard is it to simply put a x at the top of the video so I don’t have streams constantly playing in the background ### 1/5 — Kicked out of my account *2026-05-03, version 0.9.19* I got logged out of my account, and now I can’t get back in. I tried to reset my password, and I’m not getting the email for the stupid verification code. I checked my spam folder, and nothing is there. It also takes like 5 minutes to load the security verification. Please fix this! ### 1/5 — Крутой приложение но сделайте перевод на русский *2026-04-23, version 0.9.18* Крутой приложение но сделайте перевод на русский ### 1/5 — Logged me out out of nowhere *2026-04-13, version 0.9.18* The app suddenly decided to log me out today after using it a couple of hours earlier. I only found out because when I received a message a minute or two ago and tried to look at the message and root prompts me to log in. I never logged out, it just automatically did it for me and yet I still receive notifications of new messages despite being logged by by the app ??? I’ve been using root for a couple of months and it was an okay experience until this happened. ### 1/5 — Flat out doesn’t work *2026-03-28, version 0.9.16* App logged me out and isn’t letting me log back in, I’ve changed password but it still won’t let me. This problem is happening to my friends as well. Why have an app that doesn’t work ### 1/5 — Not great *2026-02-17, version 0.9.13* This app has no bots, can’t change email, support doesn’t reply and I am not happy with this. ### 1/5 — So many problems *2026-02-17, version 0.9.13* It keeps saying error for changing user even when its not taken, its slow, laggy its just the worst app i ever used ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great community! *2026-09-05, version 0.9.32* Updating my review as the devs not only responded but also fixed a lot of what I mentioned! Speaking of the devs, I do love how involved with the community feedback they are and how they are doing their best to deliver :) ### 5/5 — call problem *2026-08-09, version 0.9.28* great app and all but when i call my friend i can't hear her at all can u fix this bug please? ### 5/5 — Better than Discord *2026-07-30, version 0.9.27* Switched over from Discord after their lack of data integrity and their “nickel and diming” nature for some as simple as changing the font of your name. Root has been great and it also has a bright future. Hoping it continues ### 5/5 — Great *2026-07-11, version 0.9.24* Amazing worth the try and really recommend it. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-06-29, version 0.9.23* It’s so nice to have an alternative to discord that allows me to send images and videos without needing a subscription. It’s also really user friendly when creating servers and editing them. ### 5/5 — The best discord alternative *2026-06-26, version 0.9.23* That’s all ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-06-14, version 0.9.20* I’m gonna say it again I love it ### 5/5 — Root is a great discord alternative *2026-05-29, version 0.9.19* I literally use this every day now and the apps are a new idea overall and theres no builtin AI features which I love! ^^ ### 5/5 — Great root gaming app, great graphics, and easy to use *2026-04-29, version 0.9.18* Great root gaming app looks great. They said they have great graphics and it is easy to use. ### 5/5 — This is my discord replacement *2026-04-24, version 0.9.18* This app is amazing my friend got hacked from discord and this was a great app to be his replacement I suggested it to my other friends thank you for making this --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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