Comparison

Root vs Club.com

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

Club.com

Connect with people on a personal level through shared interests and conversations. Discover content, join communities, and directly support creators with various monetization options. It's a space for genuine interaction and building lasting relationships.

Highlights
  • Personalized content discovery
  • Collaborative community spaces
  • Creator monetization (subscriptions, unlocks, tips)
  • Direct messaging
  • Content posting and scheduling
  • Media vault storage
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Doesn’t matter where you are or the time of day, we are here to bring people together and enable conversation at a highly personal level. Post what you're into. Chat with the people who actually show up. Build communities that don't clock out when you go offline. Support the creators you care about through subscriptions, unlocks, and ClubCash tips. Whether you're creating or following, Club keeps the relationship going. Here’s what you can do on Club: • Discover content that speaks to you Find creators you already love and new ones worth following. With For You feeds built for quality and not filler, it won’t be long till you scroll across something you like • Communities worth joining Go beyond just following and be a part of something bigger. Converse in flexible, collaborative spaces that creators and members build together as equals • Support creators your way Subscribe for exclusive content, unlock specific posts, tip with ClubCash, or send a Paid DM. Show up for the people you care about on your terms • Chat experience that makes sure you’re heard Message creators and members directly. Club chat feels like you're talking face to face with someone — not shouting into a comments section. No requirements. Just post On Club, everyone can participate. Store everything within your media Vault and post on your own schedule. • Create and get paid Monetize content in whatever way you think is best. Pay per unlock, subscribe to unlock, or recieve tips!

Screenshots

Root4 screens
Club.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Root at none against Club.com's 10. Root also leads on chart position (#162 vs unranked) and ratings volume (152 vs 32). Club.com's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (93% vs 70%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Club.com sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Root asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Club.com holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 152 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Root's written reviews are positive against 93% of Club.com's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Root versus Club.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRootClub.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (152 ratings)4.8 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.9% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings152 — better32
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#162 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB104 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRoot Communications, IncClubCreators Inc.

Customer experience

Root

All ratings152 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews113 reviews
Positive69.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative20.4%

Club.com

All ratings29 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

None

Root

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Club.com

Subscriptions8
  • Creator Sub Tier 2 #1$2.001 Month
  • Creator Sub Tier 5 #1$5.001 Month
  • Creator Sub Tier 8 #1$8.001 Month
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  • Creator Sub Tier 50 #2$50.001 Month
  • Creator Sub Tier 50 #1$50.001 Month
  • Creator Sub Tier 250 #1$250.001 Month
  • Creator Sub Tier 500 #1$500.001 Month
  • Creator Sub Tier 1000 #1$1000.001 Month
One-time2
  • 500 Club Cash$7.99
  • 2,000 Club Cash$29.99

Questions

Is Root free?
Root is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Club.com free?
Club.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Root or Club.com?
Club.com is rated higher. Root averages 4.3 out of 5 from 152 ratings, while Club.com averages 4.8 from 32 ratings.
Do Root or Club.com have ads?
Neither Root nor Club.com shows ads.

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