Root vs wroom|
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Root
This platform empowers communities to connect, collaborate, and grow. It offers tools for organizing groups, from gaming guilds to interest-based clubs. Stay connected on the go with mobile chat, voice, and video calls, and manage your community with customizable channels and permissions.
- Community connection and collaboration
- Mobile chat and notifications
- Voice and video calls
- Customizable channels, roles, and permissions
- Desktop command center with integrated apps
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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.
wroom|
This social media app is designed for writers and roleplayers. Create multiple character profiles to join collaborative storytelling environments. Manage conversations and replies efficiently within private or community-driven rooms.
- Create multiple character accounts
- Join writing and roleplaying rooms
- Manage threads and replies
- Private rooms with friends
- Community-managed universe rooms
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Step into writers' room! wroom| is a social media app built for writing and roleplaying. Create endless character accounts and join a wroom full of other characters! Manage threads and replies all in one place and take on as many characters as you can imagine! Manage a private wrooms with friends or in community-managed wrooms of your favourite universes!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: wroom| at 5.0 against Root's 4.2. wroom| also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Root's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (146 vs 8). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
wroom| holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Root has 146 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Root's written reviews are positive against 100% of wroom|'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Root | wroom| |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (146 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #110 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Root Communications, Inc | Joseph Icho Youssouf |
Customer experience
Root
wroom|
In-app purchases
Root
No in-app purchases
wroom|
No in-app purchases
