Root by Sudo vs Allawee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Root by Sudo
Manage your finances with a virtual payment card. Track spending, get real-time transaction insights, and create custom payment cards for better financial control.
- Create and manage payment cards
- Track spending
- Real-time transaction insights
- Customizable payment cards
- Financial control
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Root is a payment service that allows you to create and manage payment cards, track your spending, and receive real-time transaction insights on all of your purchases.
Allawee
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YOUR MONEY, YOUR WAY! Spend like a local, live like a tourist. Meet Allawee, your personal money buddy that lets you spend like a local in any country. Transform your local and international transactions with our multi-currency accounts & cards. Create multiple cards for yourself or loved ones and set controls on them - It’s your money, use it in your own way! Pay like a local with our Mastercard & Verve cards. Download the app & signup in seconds with just your phone number. Allawee is a financial technology platform, not a bank. Credit lines provided by Allawee as a licensed Digital Money Lender. Funds are safely held with Providus Bank PLC, a CBN licensed commercial bank. Debit & prepaid cards are issued by Providus Bank PLC pursuant to license by Mastercard & Verve. DO YOU!
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Verdict
Root by Sudo and Allawee are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Root by Sudo ships an update fortnightly, Allawee weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 27, 2026 and July 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Root by Sudo | Allawee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sudo Africa, Inc. | Allawee, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Root by Sudo
No in-app purchases
Allawee
No in-app purchases
