Era Workshop vs RootsLore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Era Workshop
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Era Workshop is a groundbreaking creative application that challenges traditional perceptions of time. Users can customize era names (e.g., "Year 7 of Tianlin") and day names (e.g., "Day 92 of Immediacy"), creating an immersive timeline experience. Designed for history enthusiasts, creative professionals, and enterprise teams, Era Workshop transforms abstract time into editable cultural symbols through its innovative "Time Layers" concept. From personal life documentation to fictional world-building and team milestone management, it redefines value expression through temporal dimensions. Core Features: - Custom Era System: Create personalized era names like "Celestial Era", "Cultural Renaissance" to mark significant life phases - Cultural Day Naming: Add meaningful day names to record special moments and personal stories - Time Layers Management: Independently manage personal, work, and creative life dimensions - Immersive Timeline: Visualize eras and day names as a personal historical scroll
RootsLore
Visualize your family history on an animated map and a generational tree. Record birthplaces, residences, and life events to see how your ancestors moved across the globe over centuries. Collaborate with family to build a shared digital heirloom.
- Animated time-lapse world map
- Generational family tree view
- Flexible relationship graph
- Collaborative building
- Shareable map link
- Record birthplaces, residences, marriages, graves
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RootsLore turns scattered family memory into a living, time-lapse map. Add the people you remember — names, years, and the places that defined their lives. RootsLore plays it all back as an animated map, so your whole family can watch two centuries of shared history unfold across the world. — RECORD WHAT MATTERS Add birthplaces, residences, marriages, and graves. Every field is optional — start with just a name, fill in details as you go. City names look up coordinates automatically; pins are always hand-editable. — TWO VIEWS, ONE STORY Switch between a time-lapse world map and a generational family tree. Select any person and both views sync. Watch migration arcs trace the paths your ancestors walked. — BUILT FOR REAL FAMILIES A flexible relationship graph supports any family structure: unknown or non-binary parents, multiple marriages, remarriage, adoption, and unlinked branches. A person with no data shows as "Unknown" rather than blocking entry. — SHARE WITH ONE LINK Drop a link in the family group chat. Anyone can open the map — no account required. Invite specific family members to help build it together. — A DIGITAL HEIRLOOM Manual input isn't a limitation — it's the soul of RootsLore. The record you build here is one no database in the world holds. It's yours to preserve for the next generation. Where was your grandmother born? And her mother? And hers? Most of us only know two generations back. RootsLore is for the third. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rootslore.com/en/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Era Workshop at none against RootsLore's 2. RootsLore's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). 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
Both are free to download. RootsLore sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Era Workshop asks for nothing beyond the download.
Era Workshop ships an update every 4 months, RootsLore every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Era Workshop | RootsLore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Sunrise Chime Technology Co., Ltd. | Taeeun Kim |
In-app purchases
Era Workshop
No in-app purchases
RootsLore
- RootsLore Pro$3.991 Month
- RootsLore Pro$39.991 Year









