Root Explorer

4.12.9

Speed Software

4.00

30,922 reviews

1,000,000+
Downloads

$4.99

The ultimate file manager for rooted devices. The original and still the best.

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About Root Explorer

Root Explorer is a productivity app developed by Speed Software.

Download Statistics

Root Explorer has been downloaded 1 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 0 times. It is ranked in the top 100 productivity apps.

User Ratings

Root Explorer is rated 4.00 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 31 thousand ratings.

App Information

Root Explorer costs $4.99 to download. The APK download size is 6.72 MB. The latest version available is 4.12.9. The last update was on February 10, 2026.

Technical Requirements

Root Explorer requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play before 2010.

Description

Root Explorer is the ultimate file manager for root users. Access the whole of android's file system (including the elusive data folder!).

More data about Root Explorer

Price	$4.99
Total downloads	1 million
Recent downloads	0
Rating	4.00 based on 31 thousand ratings
Ranking	Highly ranked
Version	4.12.9
APK size	6.72 MB
Number of libraries	26
Designed for Android	5.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Downloads over time

Root Explorer has been downloaded 1 million times. Over the past 30 days, it has been downloaded 0 times.

Changelog of Root Explorer

Feb 10, 2026UpdateVersion 4.12.9
Jul 21, 2025UpdateVersion 4.12.8
Dec 23, 2024UpdateVersion 4.12.7
Sep 25, 2024UpdateVersion 4.12.6
Aug 9, 2024UpdateVersion 4.12.5
Aug 1, 2024UpdateVersion 4.12.4
Oct 29, 2023UpdateVersion 4.12.3
Sep 19, 2023UpdateVersion 4.12.2
Aug 27, 2023UpdateVersion 4.12.1
Aug 9, 2023UpdateVersion 4.12
Apr 13, 2023Price IncreaseNew price: $4.99 ($1.49)
Apr 5, 2023Price DropNew price: $1.49 ($4.99)
Mar 13, 2023UpdateVersion 4.11.5
Mar 9, 2023Installs1,000,000+ installs
Jan 8, 2023UpdateVersion 4.11.4
Nov 30, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.99 ($1.99)
Nov 22, 2022Price DropNew price: $1.99 ($4.99)
Oct 11, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.99 ($3.99)
Oct 1, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $3.99 ($0.99)
Sep 23, 2022Price DropNew price: $0.99 ($3.99)
Sep 16, 2022UpdateVersion 4.11.3
Sep 13, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.99 ($4.36)
Sep 10, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.36 ($3.99)
Sep 9, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.99 ($4.36)
Sep 9, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.36 ($3.99)
Aug 23, 2022UpdateVersion 4.11.2
Aug 17, 2022UpdateVersion 4.11.1
Aug 9, 2022UpdateVersion 4.11
May 13, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.99 ($4.09)
May 12, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.09 ($3.99)
May 10, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.99 ($4.09)
May 8, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.09 ($3.99)
May 6, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.99 ($4.09)
May 4, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.09 ($3.99)
May 2, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.99 ($4.09)
Apr 29, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.09 ($3.99)
Apr 28, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.99 ($4.09)
Apr 27, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.09 ($3.99)
Apr 22, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.99 ($4.09)
Apr 21, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.09 ($3.99)
Apr 20, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.99 ($4.09)
Apr 18, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.09 ($3.99)
Apr 16, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.99 ($4.09)
Apr 14, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $4.09 ($3.99)
Mar 17, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $3.99 ($3.83)
Mar 16, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.83 ($3.99)
Mar 15, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $3.99 ($3.83)
Mar 13, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.83 ($3.99)
Mar 11, 2022Price IncreaseNew price: $3.99 ($3.83)
Mar 9, 2022Price DropNew price: $3.83 ($3.99)

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Developer information for Speed Software

Speed Software

support@speedsoftware.co.uk

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Comments on Root Explorer for Android

★★★★★ Garry Robano · Oct 30, 2023

Best Root Explorer app. 1st app I install Been using for past 10+ years 👍👍👍

★★★★★ Jonathan Gluff · Jan 17, 2025

Even without root access, this is still one of the best file browsers on Android.

★★★★★ Juan Jaime · Dec 25, 2023

Been using this app for years (2010) And whether your rooted or not this has a lot of usefulness. Especially if you're rooted.

★★★★★ Shivaram Selvam · Jul 17, 2025

Great app with a low memory footprint. Any chance of including support for RAR files? Thanks.

★☆☆☆☆ Testeez Duhnutz · Sep 4, 2024

won't rename files on sdcard says to allow to write permission. Then says to press button to allow in setting. Then glitches and shows store root explorer app main page. Android 14.

★☆☆☆☆ Fleik Fries · Jul 23, 2025

If Google Drive support was just removed, please take all the references out of your app description that say you have Google Drive support. Thanks!

★★☆☆☆ anon machina · Sep 10, 2025

20250910 This file manager STILL lacks the ability to display thumbnails of .webp files...in 2025...dispiriting. 20250909 Whenever I copy-paste a name to an image file (that apparently has an invalid character?) I end up with a question mark in place of said character, and I cannot rename (nor view) the image file. Oddly, I can view and rename the file when I connect my phone to my WIN blows 10 computer. I can also view and rename the file...in another ANDROID file manager.

Google Play Rankings for Root Explorer

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
37	Austria	Productivity	Top Paid
37	Belgium	Productivity	Top Paid
37	Switzerland	Productivity	Top Paid
37	Czech Republic	Productivity	Top Paid
37	Denmark	Productivity	Top Paid
37	Finland	Productivity	Top Paid
37	Indonesia	Productivity	Top Paid
37	India	Productivity	Top Paid
37	Mexico	Productivity	Top Paid
37	Netherlands	Productivity	Top Paid

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Technologies used by Root Explorer

Root Explorer is requesting 18 permissions and is using 28 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Network communication

view network connections, view Wi-Fi connections, full network access, Google Play license check

Your accounts

find accounts on the device, add or remove accounts

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

System tools

prevent phone from sleeping, install shortcuts

Extra

android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC, android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES, android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES, com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Ad network libraries

AdMob

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

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