Roots pricing:
free tier, Plus at $9.99/mo or $59.99/yr

Roots publishes a clear price for its paid tier, alongside a genuinely usable free plan. Roots Plus is listed at $9.99 monthly or $59.99 yearly, with a 7-day free trial and a student discount available on top of the permanent free tier.

This page focuses specifically on cost. For the full feature comparison against Fella, see Fella vs Roots. What follows covers what's confirmed about pricing and free access.

These figures come from Roots' own official pricing page as recorded in current comparison data. Offers can vary by account or App Store checkout, so confirm the price shown at your own checkout before subscribing.

The free tier caps you at two blockings. That's the concrete line between free and paid: beyond two blocked apps or categories, Roots Plus is required.

Roots' free tier is more than a stripped-down trial. It includes screen-time insights, a Balance Score, scroll replacements, and two blockings at no cost, enough for some people to never need Plus.

Roots Plus is what unlocks the coaching layer in full. Unlimited blockings, Monk Mode, Digital Dopamine, locked editing, uninstall protection, app groups, streak rewards, and pauses are all part of the paid tier, not the free one.

The 7-day trial and student discount are ways to reduce risk before committing. Both are documented on top of the standing free plan, giving more paths to evaluate Roots Plus than a straight paywall would.

Roots Plus annual ($59.99) works out to roughly $5 a month, cheaper per month than its own $9.99 monthly plan. That's the standard subscription pattern: committing to a year lowers the effective monthly rate.

Against Fella, Roots' monthly price matches exactly, $9.99 either way. The difference shows up on annual billing: Fella's $34.99 yearly is lower than Roots Plus's $59.99 yearly, a roughly $25 gap over twelve months if you're comparing purely on the published number.

Anyone who wants to try real coaching tools before paying. The free tier's insights, Balance Score, and two blockings are a genuine way to test whether Roots' approach fits before spending anything.

People who value goals, streaks, and progress tracking enough to justify the higher annual price. Roots Plus costs more per year than Fella, but it includes a coaching layer, Monk Mode, and app groups that Fella doesn't offer.

Less ideal if you only need one or two apps blocked. The free tier's two-blocking cap may already be enough, making Plus unnecessary for a narrow use case.

Worth factoring in if you've already tried and abandoned other coaching-style apps. Roots Plus is the more expensive annual option on this page, so it makes most sense for people who know they respond well to goals, streaks, and visible progress rather than guessing that they might.

Roots' free tier and trial are real advantages if you want to test before paying. There's no equivalent free experience with Fella, which has no trial and no free tier at all.

Fella's advantage shows up on yearly billing, where its published price is lower. The choice comes down to whether Roots' coaching features, goals, streaks, and Monk Mode, are worth the higher annual cost over Fella's simpler, cheaper fixed rule. See how Fella works or Fella's current pricing.