FrontApp vs Roam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FrontApp
This platform streamlines customer communication for support, sales, and account management teams. It combines help desk efficiency with email familiarity, using automated workflows and real-time collaboration to deliver exceptional service at scale.
- Unified customer communication
- Automated workflows
- Real-time collaboration
- Centralized message routing
- Customer operations visibility
- Team efficiency tools
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Front is a customer operations platform that enables support, sales, and account management teams to deliver exceptional service at scale. Front streamlines customer communication by combining the efficiency of a help desk and the familiarity of email, with automated workflows and real-time collaboration behind the scenes. With Front, teams can centralize messages across channels, route them to the right person, and unlock visibility and insights across all of their customer operations. More than 8,000 businesses use Front to drive operational efficiency that prevents churn, improves retention, and propels customer growth.
Roam
This app provides a virtual headquarters for remote teams, enabling people and AI to collaborate efficiently. It aims to increase productivity, speed, accuracy, and reduce costs for businesses.
- Virtual HQ for remote teams
- AI and human collaboration
- Increased productivity
- Faster task completion
- Enhanced accuracy
- Cost reduction
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Roam is The Office of the Future: People & AIs collaborating in a Virtual HQ to get more done, at greater speeds, higher accuracy, and lower costs than ever seen before.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Roam at 4.5 against FrontApp's 3.3. Roam also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 34%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). FrontApp's advantage is ratings volume (201 vs 48) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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.
Roam holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 201 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of FrontApp's written reviews are positive against 61% of Roam's.
FrontApp ships an update every 3 weeks, Roam every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FrontApp | Roam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (201 ratings) | 4.5 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.5% of reviews | 60.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 201 — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 350 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FrontApp, Inc. | Wonder Inventions - Roam LLC |
Customer experience
FrontApp
Roam
Bugs and requests
FrontApp
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes frequently on launch and during use
- Emails fail to send or send blank messages
- Login redirects don't complete (Google auth)
- App freezes requiring phone restart
- Unable to mark emails as read
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- Cannot attach images to emails
- Cannot delete or close draft emails
- Inbox fails to load or refresh automatically
- Email body content doesn't load
- Keyboard jumps and disappears when typing comments
- Comment box loses focus with physical keyboard
- App closes when switching to other apps
- Swipe gestures display blank white screens
- Send button requires multiple taps to work
- Tags cannot be removed from emails
- App logs out users unexpectedly
- Performance degradation after updates
Requested features
15 requests- Dark mode for mobile app
- Ability to manage other users' status on mobile
- Calendar integration on mobile
- Push notifications for untagged emails
- Language filtering on mobile
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- Draft generation/AI features on mobile
- Knowledge base access on mobile
- Scheduling links option
- Multi-email selection with swipe gestures
- Tag and template creation/editing on mobile
- Better email truncation handling
- Session persistence when switching apps
- Apple Watch compatibility
- App widgets for mobile
- Advanced search functionality
Roam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FrontApp
No in-app purchases
Roam
No in-app purchases
