Root vs Modern Forestry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Root
Discover nontoxic and organic beauty products with easy browsing and exclusive content. Get early access to sales, new releases, and app-user-only offers. Shop securely and quickly with a streamlined checkout process.
- App-exclusive offers
- Early access to sales
- Easy product browsing
- Exclusive beauty content
- First-to-know notifications
- Secure and fast checkout
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Download the Root app for app-exclusive offers & early access to sales + new releases. Our mission is to create the best performing beauty products that are also nontoxic & affordable. EASY BROWSING Shop the freshest new arrivals across our entire catalog with an organized & easy to use interface. EXCLUSIVE CONTENT Tips & helpful beauty content galore. New content added weekly to help you increase product performance & application. Along with easy guides to help select the best products for you. EXCLUSIVE ACCESS Be first to know about exclusive offers and launches through first-to-know notifications and app-user-only early access. SECURE CHECKOUT IN A FLASH Tap, swipe, shop and order your new products in an instant with our super easy checkout.
Modern Forestry
Shop for candles and manage your account directly from your iPhone or iPad. Browse products, select variants, manage your shopping bag, and complete purchases securely through Shopify checkout within the app.
- Browse featured products and collections
- Select product variants
- Manage shopping bag
- Secure Shopify checkout
- View rewards
- Manage account touchpoints
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Modern Forestry brings the candle catalog, rewards, account touchpoints, and Shopify checkout into a polished native iPhone and iPad experience. Browse featured products and collections, choose variants, manage your bag, and start checkout from inside the app. Purchases are completed through Shopify checkout presented in-app so payment stays secure while the shopping flow remains smooth. The app is scoped to Modern Forestry and keeps product browsing, bag management, rewards, and account surfaces concise and native-feeling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Modern Forestry at free against Root's free with in-app purchases. Root's advantage is ratings volume (319 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Root against 5.0 for Modern Forestry. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Root has 319 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Root | Modern Forestry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (319 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 319 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Root Pretty | Modern Forestry LLC |
Customer experience
Root
Modern Forestry
In-app purchases
Root
No in-app purchases
Modern Forestry
No in-app purchases
Questions
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