# Root: Community Chat & Voice — user reviews > 115 indexed App Store user reviews of Root by Root Communications, Inc, rated 4.31/5 from 156 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/root-community-chat-and-voice/id6742028281/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/root-community-chat-and-voice/id6742028281.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 102 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 11 ## Is Root safe? Root: Community Chat & Voice appears mostly safe based on user ratings. The AppsHunter Safety Score for Root is 84 out of 100. This assessment is based on 156 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3 out of 5. Of 152 App Store ratings, 82.9% point to a safe experience, 4.6% suggest some concerns, and 12.5% point to a risky experience. ## Is Root legit? Root: Community Chat & Voice appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Root is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Newest reviews (18 of 115) ### 4/5 — Root *2026-11-03* It’s a really good app, the custom is nice but I wish it a had better features for the profile custom! I don’t have friends yet on it so it’s kinda sad ! I can’t say much on the notifications and call ! ### 2/5 — Okay app but bad people *2026-10-20* Ik this app is still fresh out but it lowkey sucks the people there are so toxic its not even funny most of them are disguising and make weird sexual jokes this app is not worth it ### 4/5 — Idk *2026-10-16* It’s alright would be better if command block worked with bedrock and also fix the change your mail system I put a wrong email in by accident and I can’t change it cuz it isn’t real ### 5/5 — ROOT>DC *2026-10-12* Just got it already way better than dc cool banners free and way easier to use ### 5/5 — Great app, some issues though *2026-10-12* Little laggy sometimes, but it’s very easy to use and useful ### 5/5 — Inlove with the app *2026-10-11* A lot more smoother than discord, calls better, plus clearer, looks soothing to look at, plus good quality, and I can make my own profile without spending for a background, 10 times better than discord I got my other friends to get the app aswell since discord hasn’t been good at all! ### 3/5 — Un style plus récent serait mieux *2026-10-11* Je trouve que l’application a beaucoup de potentiel, il a juste à mon avis des choses qui pourrait être rajouté pour avoir une expérience plus complète et avec plus d’options , de plus un aspect plus récent du profil , ou des des autres menus serait mieux ### 5/5 — good discord alternative *2026-10-11* provides everything for free ### 5/5 — Honestly a great alternative to discord BUT *2026-10-09* I think this will 90% be my alternative to discord because of how customizable it is, it still requires some getting used to concerning the layout, like the communities/servers and stuff, but overall, it actually seems super great, i play on console as of now so i cant really use it to game, and i definitely miss the soundboard features BUT i love how calling and video calling look and sound, the camera is actually WAYYYYYYY better than when i use instagram to call, and the audio isnt muffled like when i talk on discord, of course these are from my phone, i havent tried on pc yet the only thing i'd say thats left to add is soundboards or yt in the app like discord if it isnt there already!! ### 5/5 — Way better than discord *2026-10-08* I’m honestly surprised, I saw this app on instagram and decided to get on it with my friends. I did not expect it to be good but omds yes it is. Keep going devs. Only thing i would request is like, how to navigate / make your own servers and such, other than that everything is pretty good rn ### 5/5 — Отлично *2026-10-06* Отличное приложение, все очень нравится. Но хотелось-бы что добавили разные языки в приложение, по типу русского, японского и т.д. Жду обновлений, приложение чуть сырое. ### 4/5 — Sugestões *2026-10-03* 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. **Developer response:** 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 ### 5/5 — Add more design features! *2026-10-03* 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 ### 4/5 — Great *2026-09-25* 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 ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-09-25* 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. ### 3/5 — De nombreux point a corriger *2026-09-24* L’application est assez buger surtout au niveau des appel essayer de mettre des notifications à chaque message est un vraie sonnerie en cas d’appel mais l’application est très prometteuse ### 4/5 — Not too bad *2026-09-24* A few things could be worked on. For example being able to view your own bio after you’ve made it, being able to favourite emojis and making it easier to navigate. But the concept and the ability to use the app is good so far ### 5/5 — Can see potential *2026-09-24* It’s definitely close to another chat system, but it’s blocky aesthetic can be admired. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesnt actually work *2026-10-10* Huge scam dont get it ### 1/5 — Misinformed about server migration *2026-10-06* Its not ez to migrate like they say ### 1/5 — Ugh *2026-07-20* 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* 🫩 ### 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* 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* 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. **Developer response:** Thanks for the detail, and sorry for the disruption after a couple of good months with us. If you can drop a report at https://www.rootapp.com/support with your device and OS, we'll take a look. ### 1/5 — Flat out doesn’t work *2026-03-28* 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 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Personality addition *2026-10-31* Stuff that would allow you to have a little more “personality” in servers and with your profile: 1. Display Name being separated from Username, allowing fonts, spaces, etc, so you don’t have to be confined to a plain simple letter name and can have a nice font if you’d like. 2. Within servers allow the use of an “Server Nickname” where you can make a specific name that is only displayed for you in “THAT SPECIFIC SERVER”, this will allow you to have a bit more diversity with your name among other social groups without hindering others by constantly changing your user to what you’d like. ### 5/5 — I love it *2026-10-27* Amazing app for connecting with other users ### 5/5 — New to the app *2026-10-26* Honestly the amount of free stuff they provide compared to discord where you have to pay makes it worth it to begin with. Then you have the apps that are able to integrate with your community and stay open without taking up too much memory on my laptop is what really sells it for me. The devs seem to be really in tune with user feedback which is always nice to see. Overall I’m really excited to see root grow ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2026-10-20* I love the community and friends that I have made it makes big differences ### 5/5 — Wow *2026-10-19* This is literally so Good the last update with the mobile streaming changd my life i got banned on discord and i love this this is perfect please dont delete this its perfect ### 5/5 — Melhor que discord *2026-10-15* Muito bom mesmo e mais leve ### 5/5 — Add me! meowx3 *2026-10-13* So cutee hope I can make many friends ! ### 5/5 — Macht langsam Discord Konkurrenz *2026-10-13* hat auf jedenfall Potenzial discord eines takes zu überholen, ist auf jeden Fall in vielen Dingen schon viel weiter als Discord und auch wenn man das ganze discord Gehabe bei beiseite legt und es neutral betrachtet ist es auch eine sehr gute allein stehende App ### 5/5 — Great APP/Potential *2026-10-12* This app it’s just great, I’m glad I got to know it just a month late, it’s great, I can’t find any issue, what I would do is on “profile” make it so you can see your profile like others do, you have to go to a chat or a group chat to see how others see your profile, that’s all I can really say lol, this app is amazing, and I don’t wanna be pushy with the development staff but I have great expectancies, being this new and this good is really impressive, keep it up. ### 5/5 — ACTUALLY GOOD WTF *2026-10-12* THIS MOGS DISCORD WTF. FREE NITRO FEATURES AND EASY TO USE I AM DEFINITELY SPREADING THIS AROUND --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-11-12.*