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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.
Okay I’ve tested it out here are the ups and downs:(All on mobile)1. The multiple reply’s is amazing 2. You can choose which role is on top so no need for 15 extra color roles if your a owner or admin3. It’s ui is very user friendly, even with no guide I got it down instantly 4. It’s just like discord with its in chat ui, but without the shameless nitro button and it has a button to quickly bold italicize and what I believe is spoiling 5. You can literally transfer over your old discord server into a root server using the template link discord gives you!Some noticeable bad things:1. There is no saving gifs, and gifs appear with the link and the embed2. There are no sound effects on call, as in, joining leaving muting etc. and no talking bubble (I haven’t used the vc much so idk if it does or doesn’t but through my test it doesn’t)3. If a big video is sent, it takes a bit for it to load4. Big one: I tried using an link embedder (you know, how you send large videos without sending the video) and it didn’t work (that be it I was using x266 so I don’t know if others work, but I believe embedded links of all kind should work)Some neutrals:Its upload size is capped but bigger than discord! Idk how big though, this should be clarified
PLEASE ADD VOLUME/SOUND CONTROLS TO STREAMS
ByScorpius
I just downloaded the app to try it as an alternative to discord and it seems simple and way less bloated than discord, however one big issue I noticed right away is that there are no voice/volume settings for when I am in a call. A friend was streaming a game and I was on my phone (iPhone) but I could not hear anyone talking while they were streaming the game because the volume was so loud. I couldn’t leave the video or stop viewing it any way, nor could I turn the stream volume down/off. I also noticed I couldn’t edit my microphone settings at all. I know this app is in its infancy, I have high hopes, but PLEASE add some sort of volume settings for iPhone!
Honestly a great alternative to discord BUT
CozmicStar!
I think this will 90% be my alternative to discord because of how customizable it is, it still requires some getting used to concerning the layout, like the communities/servers and stuff, but overall, it actually seems super great, i play on console as of now so i cant really use it to game, and i definitely miss the soundboard features BUT i love how calling and video calling look and sound, the camera is actually WAYYYYYYY better than when i use instagram to call, and the audio isnt muffled like when i talk on discord, of course these are from my phone, i havent tried on pc yetthe only thing i'd say thats left to add is soundboards or yt in the app like discord if it isnt there already!!
A good alternative with a cost.
icantfindaname000
For starters the app itself works, well enough. It’s a bit slow, clunky, and such. But If you are obsessed with leaving discord for whatever reason then it’s likely your best option. One thing I unfortunately cannot omit from this review is it’s current state, especially compared to Discord. Mind you this app is still in its infancy so it may be unfair to critique it too early but either way it has issues. For starters the UI is noticeably worse, overall being more clunky, certain features you’d expect like nicknames are absent, bugs litter it like on mobile I personally cannot full screen the screen shares of others, and I’m sure there is more jank to be had, overall I would say this add can have potential, but as of current it’s too underdeveloped to really be a completely viable replacement or contender as much as a side grade or temporary fix.
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.
Version 0.9.39
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