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Root: Community Chat & Voice

Root Communications, Inc

Category: Social Networking
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Rankings updated

Current rank

#81 Australia · Free · Social Networking
Was
#6924 hours ago
Change
Down 12 places
Best
#69in 24 hours
Full history

Price and ratings

Price
Free
Rating
4.1 out of 5
Ratings
17Canada

Versions

Released
2 Jul 2025
Last update
Version 0.9.39
Requires
iOS 16.4 or later

Details

Size
164.1 MB
Languages
8
Website
rootapp.com (opens in a new tab)

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

Countries3In 3 charts right now
Best rank now#81Australia Free · Social Networking
Ratings, 7 days+4Canada since 8 Oct 2026
Longest chart run9 daysCanada Free · Social Networking

Competitors

Full chart

Top of Free · Social Networking in Australia. Root: Community Chat & Voice is #81 there. Changes are over 7 days.

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Store listing

How the app presents itself on the App Store. Select a screenshot to open it full size.

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What's new

Version 0.9.39 · 15 Oct 2026 · today

This update brings Root to seven more languages and lets you set each person's volume in a call. - Root is now available in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Polish and Turkish. - See what's new after each update, and find past notes in Settings > About. - Set each person's voice and screen share volume in a call. - Tap a profile picture or banner to see it full screen. - Links to channels, messages and apps now show as chips. - Theme previews now show every background color. - Developer mode moved to Settings > Advanced, matching desktop. - Fixed busy channels jumping back into older messages. - Fixed voice calls stuck connecting on some iPhones. - Fixed leaving a call taking you to the community home. - Fixed messages sometimes sending only partly. - Fixed photos showing sideways. - Fixed apps playing sound after you close them. - Fixed Files crashing when importing a theme.

Current rankings

Every chart this app is in right now, best position first.

Root: Community Chat & Voice chart positions
ChartRank24 h7 daysBestDays on chart
Australia· Free · Social Networking · best #22 · 7 days · 7 days Up 13 places#81Down 12 placesUp 13 places#227
Canada· Free · Social Networking · best #26 · 9 days · 7 days Down 3 places#93Up 3 placesDown 3 places#269
Germany· Free · Social Networking · best #14 · 9 days · 7 days Down 32 places#97Down 31 placesDown 32 places#149

Rank history

Higher on the chart is better: #1 is at the top.

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Australia · Free · Social Networking: best #69, latest #81, over 3 snapshots since 15 Oct. No snapshots on 16 Oct; the line joins the snapshots on either side.

Australia · Free · Social Networking: best #69, latest #81, over 3 snapshots since 15 Oct. No snapshots on 16 Oct; the line joins the snapshots on either side.

Ranking events

Entries, big moves, #1s and new versions we've recorded.

  1. New version 0.9.39 (was 0.9.38)
  2. Entered the Free · Social Networking chart at #96Canada
  3. Entered the Free · Social Networking chart at #51France
  4. Climbed #49 → #14 in Free · Social NetworkingGermany
  5. Climbed #63 → #23 in Free · Social NetworkingAustralia
  6. Climbed #52 → #26 in Free · Social NetworkingCanada
  7. Climbed #61 → #22 in Free · Social NetworkingUnited Kingdom
  8. Climbed #90 → #34 in Free · Social NetworkingUnited States
  9. Entered the Free · Social Networking chart at #63Australia
  10. Entered the Free · Social Networking chart at #52Canada
  11. Climbed #88 → #61 in Free · Social NetworkingUnited Kingdom
  12. Entered the Free · Social Networking chart at #90United States
  13. Entered the Free · Social Networking chart at #88United Kingdom
  14. Entered the Free · Social Networking chart at #99Canada
  15. Entered the Free · Social Networking chart at #94Australia
  16. New version 0.9.38 (was 0.9.37)