Roots vs GoDesk AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roots
This app helps you regain control of your phone usage by setting app limits, scheduling downtime, and participating in detox challenges. It provides insights into your screen time habits and offers features like 'Monk Mode' for focused periods. Aimed at improving well-being and reducing phone addiction.
- App and website blocking
- Scheduled downtime
- Phone detox challenges
- Monk Mode for strict blocking
- Digital dopamine monitoring
- Daily goals and progress tracking
- Personal balance score
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Roots is the #1 screen time app. Set boundaries with your phone, and unlock more time. Screen time has a major impact on our mental and physical wellbeing. We're here to help — with better app limits, digital downtime, daily goals, balance score, and more. Join thousands of people using Roots to build a better relationship with their phone. WHAT TO EXPECT - Better screen time management - Unlock 2 hours per day - Stop scrolling mindlessly - Cure your phone addiction - Detox from phone dopamine - Find better balance - Be more present - Stay focused BLOCK NOW - Start blocking apps at any time with one tap BETTER APP LIMITS - Block any app or website based on time limits or number of opens SCHEDULE DOWNTIME - Be intentional with "mindful mornings", "evening wind down", and more PHONE DETOX CHALLENGES - Personalized challenges to compete with yourself and friends - Challenges with neuroscientist and Roots Chief Science Officer, Tj Power BLOCK WITH "MONK MODE" - App blocking that doesn't let you unblock until tomorrow MONITOR DIGITAL DOPAMINE - Not all screen time is equal, so we help you understand the impact of each app DAILY GOALS - Set goals for screen time and phone pickups, and track your daily progress PERSONAL BALANCE SCORE - Daily score helps keep you accountable with beautiful illustrations and visuals SCREEN TIME TRENDS - View the progress and trends of your screen time journey BUILD A STREAK - Build a streak as you stay under limits, earn cheat days and custom app icons BLOCK ADULT WEBSITES - Keep yourself off adult websites once and for all DON’T JUST TAKE IT FROM US "We’re all guilty of being obsessed with our phones. Roots helps you break free." -- Tj Power, Neuroscientist and Author “It's beautiful, and it works” -- Jameston78 “This app does what it says” -- Casper-F “Worth every penny” -- Thehikingfool PRIVACY GUARANTEED We use Apple’s Screen Time API so all of your phone usage data stays on your phone. TERMS & CONDITIONS - Auto-Renewing Subscription Options: Roots Plus (Monthly or Annual) - Terms: https://www.getroots.app/terms - Privacy Policy: https://www.getroots.app/privacy-policy
GoDesk AI
This mobile workspace consolidates tasks, files, conversations, and AI assistance for seamless remote work. Organize your day, manage project content, and collaborate with teams from anywhere. It integrates with desktop folders for easy file access.
- Daily overview of tasks and updates
- Organize folders, notes, and files
- AI assistant for workspace queries
- Collaborative shared spaces and messaging
- Visual scene updates and comments
- Task management and workflow automation
- Synchronize desktop folders
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GoDesk AI is the mobile workspace for APIStreamer. It brings your tasks, files, conversations, shared spaces, scenes, assistant, and workflows together so you can keep work moving from anywhere. TODAY See a focused overview of your day, including tasks, recent activity, scene highlights, and important workspace updates. DESK Create and organize folders, notes, files, and other workspace content. Rename, move, copy, update, and delete items while keeping your workspace synchronized. ASSISTANT Start conversations with an AI assistant that can answer questions about your workspace, help organize information, and perform supported actions with appropriate confirmation. SPACES Collaborate through shared spaces, messages, threads, files, and shared scenes. Keep project conversations and their supporting context together. SCENES Publish and explore visual updates, share scenes with spaces, leave comments, send chimes, and manage your activity. TASKS AND WORKFLOWS Create and update tasks, review quick actions, organize workflows, and run supported automations from your mobile device. GODESK REFLECT Connect GoDesk Reflect to synchronize selected desktop folders and make authorized files available through your workspace. GoDesk AI requires an account via APIStreamer. Available features may depend on your organization, permissions, connected services, and workspace configuration. Camera, microphone, photo library, speech recognition, and notification access are optional and requested only when needed for a feature.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoDesk AI at none against Roots's 18. GoDesk AI also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Roots's advantage is ratings volume (3.1K vs 7). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. Roots sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. GoDesk AI asks for nothing beyond the download.
GoDesk AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roots has 3.1K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Roots's written reviews are positive against 100% of GoDesk AI's.
Roots ships an update every 2 weeks, GoDesk AI every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roots | GoDesk AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.1K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 355 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MWM | Isaac Taylor |
Customer experience
Roots
GoDesk AI
Bugs and requests
Roots
Reported bugs
5 issues- Apps getting blocked when they shouldn't be
- Screen time data not syncing correctly
- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Subscription issues and inability to cancel
- Trouble with the initial setup and syncing
Requested features
5 requests- Home screen and lock screen widgets
- Customizable challenges and ability to share with friends
- More options for the 'Do Not Disturb' mode
- Improved analytics and progress tracking
- Ability to easily adjust app limits without resetting
GoDesk AI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Roots
- Roots Plus - Monthly Plan$6.991 Month
- Premium$7.997 Days
- Roots Plus - Weekly Plan3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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- Roots - Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
- Roots Plus - Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
- Roots - Monthly Plan$19.991 Month
- Premium Pass7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Roots Plus - Annual Plan$29.991 Year
- Premium$39.991 Year
- Roots Plus - Annual Plan7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Premium Pass$59.991 Year
- Roots Plus - Annual Plan7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Premium1 Month trial$69.991 Year
- Roots Plus - Annual Plan$79.991 Year
- Premium Pass1 Year trial$99.991 Year
- Premium3 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Premium Pass1 Month trial$99.991 Year
- Premium Pass7 Days trial$99.991 Year
GoDesk AI
No in-app purchases








