Comparison

UDR Resident vs Rootkin

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

UDR Resident

Manage your apartment experience on the go with this app. Pay rent, submit maintenance requests, and handle lease renewals easily. It simplifies your living experience with convenient digital tools.

Highlights
  • Pay rent online
  • Submit maintenance requests
  • Make deposit payments
  • Sign lease renewals
  • Manage apartment experience
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The UDR Resident app is a convenient and easy-to-use tool for managing your UDR apartment experience, especially when you're on the go. Now you can pay rent and submit maintenance requests with just a few simple clicks. Features include: * One-time rent payments with your preferred payment method * One-time deposit payment before you move-in * Easy maintenance requests * Sign and complete lease renewals ...and more to come soon!

About

Rootkin

Build and share your family tree while capturing spoken memories from relatives. This private space allows you to record stories, organize photos, and create shareable keepsakes. It keeps your family connected with gentle reminders and ensures your data is always exportable.

Highlights
  • Build interactive family trees
  • Record and attach voice memories
  • Share trees with family members
  • Organize photos by person
  • Create shareable newsletters/cards
  • Export tree data as GEDCOM
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Rootkin is where your family actually shows up. Build your family tree, share it with the people in it, and capture the stories — in their own voices — before they fade. Rootkin is a private space for your family, not another social network and not a public database. RECORD THE VOICES THAT TELL YOUR STORY This is the part most family trees miss. Pick a question — "Tell me about the first house you ever lived in" — hand the phone over, and press record. Two minutes is plenty, and no account is needed to answer. Every recording gets an automatic transcript and stays tied to the people in it, so you can find it again by person or topic. ASK, AND THE ANSWER COMES BACK Send a question to your mom, your uncle, your grandmother. They record their answer from a simple link — no app, no account — and the moment they finish, their voice lands in your tree. BUILD YOUR TREE TOGETHER Add parents, children, siblings, and partners, or just describe your family in your own words — Rootkin turns what you say into people and relationships. Invite family with a simple code, and everyone sees the same tree, kept in sync in real time. SEE THE WHOLE FAMILY An interactive tree shows how everyone connects — including step and adoptive relationships. Pinch to zoom, pan to explore, and tap anyone to jump to their page. PHOTOS THAT BELONG TO PEOPLE Attach photos to the people in them, so the family album organizes itself over time. KEEPSAKES WORTH SHARING Turn memories and photos into a PDF newsletter or greeting card for the whole family — complete with codes that play the voices out loud. GENTLE REMINDERS Birthdays, anniversaries, and a daily feed of what your family has added — without notifications that nag. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your tree is only visible to the family members you invite. Nothing is public, nothing is searchable on the open web, and nothing is sold. Photos and details about children get extra protection, managed by the people you trust. YOUR DATA, YOURS Export your full tree anytime as GEDCOM — the standard format every genealogy tool understands. No lock-in. WORKS EVERYWHERE YOUR FAMILY IS iPhone, iPad, and the web. Grandma on her tablet, your cousin at a laptop, you on your phone — same tree, in sync, at the same time. A family tree, full of spoken memories. SUBSCRIPTIONS Viewing and listening are always free. Rootkin Family is an optional auto-renewable subscription, offered monthly or yearly, that covers you plus a co-editor, unlimited viewers on your tree, and voice recording for your family. Pricing is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://rootkin.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://rootkin.app/privacy

Screenshots

UDR Resident4 screens
Rootkin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rootkin at 100% against UDR Resident's 5%. Rootkin also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). UDR Resident's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (308 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Rootkin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. UDR Resident asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rootkin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UDR Resident has 308 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of UDR Resident's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rootkin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UDR Resident ships an update every 2 months, Rootkin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
UDR Resident versus Rootkin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUDR ResidentRootkin
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (308 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings308 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUDR, Inc.Lloyd Financial Consulting LLC

Customer experience

UDR Resident

All ratings308 ratings
Positive16.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative81.2%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive4.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative92.0%

Rootkin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

UDR Resident

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login not working
  • App crashes on login
  • Face ID loop
  • Incorrect account information
  • Delayed code delivery for account creation

Requested features

2 requests
  • Bring back community board
  • Improve payment breakdown and transparency

Rootkin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

UDR Resident

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Rootkin

Subscriptions2
  • Rootkin Family$4.991 Month
  • Rootkin Family$39.991 Year

Questions

Is UDR Resident free?
UDR Resident is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rootkin free?
Rootkin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UDR Resident or Rootkin?
Rootkin is rated higher. UDR Resident averages 1.7 out of 5 from 308 ratings, while Rootkin averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do UDR Resident or Rootkin have ads?
Neither UDR Resident nor Rootkin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UDR Resident or Rootkin?
UDR Resident ships an update every 2 months, and Rootkin every 2 weeks. Most recently, UDR Resident was updated on October 13, 2026 and Rootkin on October 9, 2026.

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