Comparison

Root vs Hub

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Hub

Connect with a community of Fallout 76 players to trade in-game items, find teammates, and get quick answers to your game-related questions. Features a peer-to-peer marketplace with anti-scam protection and an in-app assistant for game information.

Highlights
  • Peer-to-peer item trading
  • In-app game assistant (Overseer)
  • Team-finding and matchmaking
  • Live nuke code ticker
  • Community courier system
  • Player-driven marketplace
  • Gamertag privacy controls
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Hub: 76 is a companion app for Fallout 76, where you trade, team up, and connect with a community that plays as hard as you do. TRADE IN-GAME ITEMS Buy and sell weapons, armor, apparel, and plans in our peer-to-peer marketplace. Starting with Fallout 76 and expanding to more games. Advanced anti-scam protection and a zero-tolerance policy keep every trade safe. ASK THE OVERSEER The Overseer is the in-app assistant, and it knows Appalachia. Ask where an item drops, what a legendary effect actually does, where an enemy spawns, which vendor sells what, or where Minerva has parked this week. Answers come back with an in-chat map pinned to the exact spot. It also covers farm routes for materials, nuke codes, patch notes, the Atomic Shop, and the event calendar. ESCALATE TO A HUMAN The Overseer is also the front door for support. Report a scam, a bad trade, or a rule-breaker and it hands you straight to a moderator or adjudicator, who picks up the same conversation and answers you in the chat you already started. No ticket forms, no waiting on an email. SQUAD UP Find teammates instantly. Create a squad call, set your platform and party size, and fill your open slots before the timer runs out. Fast matchmaking instead of LFG spam. NUKE CODES The live ticker keeps this week's Fallout 76 nuke codes in your feed, ALPHA, BRAVO, and CHARLIE, refreshed automatically every week. COMMUNITY COURIERS Volunteer middlemen facilitate trades so both parties stay protected. Apply to become a courier or adjudicator and earn Influence for every successful delivery and resolved dispute. GIVEAWAYS Enter prize draws by liking or commenting on a post. Winners are picked by server-enforced fair RNG, with no rigging and no re-rolls. EARN INFLUENCE Your merit score, your level, and your currency, all in one. Earn XP from trades, streaks, and daily activity. Spend it on trade slots, cosmetics, and avatar rolls. GAMERTAG PRIVACY One toggle hides your gamertag everywhere. Squad leaders, trade partners, and followers still get it when they need it. Nobody else does. AVATAR MARKET Roll for procedurally generated avatars and trade them with other players. Your identity, your way. SOCIAL HUB DMs, group chats, polls, and more. Hub: 76 is where your gaming life lives. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hub76.app/privacy

Screenshots

Root4 screens
Hub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hub at 4.8 against Root's 4.2. Hub also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 70%). Root's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and chart position (#179 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hub sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Root asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hub holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 146 and 210 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Root's written reviews are positive against 92% of Hub's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Root ships an update weekly, Hub every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Root versus Hub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRootHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (146 ratings)4.8 (210 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.9% of reviews92.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings146210 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#179 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB86 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRoot Communications, IncAutomata Technologies Inc.

Customer experience

Root

All ratings146 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews113 reviews
Positive69.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative20.4%

Hub

All ratings210 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive92.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.6%

In-app purchases

None

Root

No in-app purchases

18 purchases

Hub

Subscriptions1
  • Vault Access$4.991 Month
One-time17
  • Scrap$1.00
  • Sponsored 1 Day$1.99
  • Avatar Slot$2.99
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  • Stash$4.99
  • Sponsored 3 Days$5.99
  • Sponsored 4 Days$7.99
  • Cache$9.99
  • Sponsored 5 Days$9.99
  • Founder$9.99
  • Sponsored 6 Days$12.99
  • Sponsored 2 Weeks$19.99
  • Basket of Common Eggs$24.99
  • Footlocker$24.99
  • Sponsored 1 Month$29.99
  • Basket of Polished Eggs$49.99
  • Bunker$49.99
  • Vault$99.99

Questions

Is Root free?
Root is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hub free?
Hub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Root or Hub?
Hub is rated higher. Root averages 4.2 out of 5 from 146 ratings, while Hub averages 4.8 from 210 ratings.
Do Root or Hub have ads?
Neither Root nor Hub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Root or Hub?
Root ships an update weekly, and Hub every 5 days. Most recently, Root was updated on October 30, 2026 and Hub on October 31, 2026.

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