Comparison

Quietime vs Root

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

Head to head
About

Quietime

Features
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Quietime shows your days as one calm timeline: the calendars on your iPhone and your own events, in order, with nothing else in the way. TIMELINE Scroll through your days, past and future. Tap the date at the top to get back to today. Search titles and notes to find any event. DAY VIEW Swipe right to see the whole day on one screen. Free time between events is marked with its length, so you see at once where there is room. Tap a free stretch to add an event at that time. MONTH Swipe left for the month. Colored dots show the busy days. Tap a day to go to it. YEAR IN PIXELS See a year of one calendar as a grid of days, each shaded by how many events it holds. Swipe between calendars and choose how many events give a day full color. YOUR CALENDARS Shows events from iCloud, Google, Outlook and any other calendar on your iPhone, grouped by account. You choose which ones appear. EVENTS AND REMINDERS Create events with a title, time, notes and one of five colors. Repeat them daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. Add as many reminders as you need, from a week before to the moment it starts. WIDGETS Your next five days on the Home Screen, or today in the small widget. Track a special date and see the countdown in the app and the widget. FIVE THEMES Dark, Light, Evening Glow, Night Stars and Meadow. PRIVATE No account and no subscription. Your own events stay on your iPhone.

About

Root

Features
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Root is a personal space where ideas and everyday life take root. KEEP WHAT INSPIRES YOU Collect photos, text, and stickers on boards. Capture a moment or turn your own photos into stickers to make each board yours. GIVE YOUR IDEAS ROOM TO GROW Organize boards in folders and build a hierarchy for your projects. Keep everyday memories, creative inspiration, and work plans together without mixing them up. TURN A BOARD INTO A GOAL Manage a board as a goal, organize subgoals, set priorities and dates, and use reminders to stay connected to what matters. Keep ongoing, completed, and archived goals separate. MAKE SPACE FOR TODAY Quickly capture tasks, add times and reminders when needed, and view your day in the calendar. Connect a task to a board or goal to keep the bigger picture close. YOUR OWN PERSONAL SPACE Start without creating a Root account. Export and restore your workspace using backup files. ROOT PRO Root is free to download, with an optional auto-renewable Root Pro subscription for additional features. Available plans and local prices are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://root-website-tawny.vercel.app/terms/en/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quietime4 screens
Root4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Root at Free against Quietime's $7.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Root is free to download; Quietime costs $7.99 up front. Quietime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Root sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quietime ships an update every 5 days, Root every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Quietime versus Root: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuietimeRoot
Price$7.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.616.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenneth FagermoJin Hyundeok

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quietime

One-time1
  • One time unlock$2.99
2 purchases

Root

Subscriptions2
  • Root Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Root Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Quietime free?
Quietime costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Root free?
Root is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quietime or Root have ads?
Neither Quietime nor Root shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quietime or Root?
Quietime ships an update every 5 days, and Root every 3 days. Most recently, Quietime was updated on October 25, 2026 and Root on October 24, 2026.

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