Will the app “Lucky Patcher” run only on rooted Android phones/devices?

On my Sony Xperia L (Android 4.2.2), I have observed that whenever I want to speed up the time on having more lives/hearts/keys/rewards/etc. on such games via changing the Date and Time, it actually works. Is it due to my phone is rooted? Because, I tried that “trick” on my aunt’s Samsung (forgot the model and Android…