VaultCord vs Root
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VaultCord
This service helps users recover their Discord servers after they have been compromised or lost. It provides a way to restore your guild to its previous state.
- Discord guild recovery
- Restore from raids
- Recover from nukes
- Server restoration service
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VaultCord is a Discord Recovery Service, that allows you to restore your Discord Guild after being nuked, raided, or otherwise lost.
Root
Connect with communities through text, voice, and video chat. Customize your profile and server with free themes and animated elements. Enhance your experience with integrated apps for collaborative activities.
- Text, voice, and video chat
- Screen sharing
- Free profile and theme customization
- Integrated community apps
- Server template import
- Community discovery
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Root is community chat with voice and video calls, screen share, themes, and apps, all in one place. Chat in channels, hop into a call with your group, and add apps to enhance your community experience. FREE PROFILE AND THEME CUSTOMIZATION No paywalls on personality. Animated profile pictures, animated banners, custom emoji and themes are all free. Pick a theme or build your own. VOICE, VIDEO AND SCREEN SHARE Talk in voice channels, turn on video, and share your screen with sound. Move a call from your computer to your phone without hanging up. APPS IN YOUR COMMUNITY Add apps to your community. Draw together on one canvas, track tasks, or plan your next raid. BRING YOUR SERVER Import a server template and Root sets up your channels, categories and roles. FIND YOUR PEOPLE Browse Community Discovery to find a new group chat, or list your own community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VaultCord at 5.0 against Root's 4.3. VaultCord also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.4). Root's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (152 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
VaultCord holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Root has 152 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
VaultCord ships an update every 11 months, Root weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VaultCord | Root |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (152 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 69.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 152 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #207 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nelson Cybersecurity LLC | Root Communications, Inc |
In-app purchases
VaultCord
No in-app purchases
Root
No in-app purchases
