The app
What Roots Earth is
Roots Earth is an app for Android with audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities in 25 countries, in 7 languages, and it needs no account. The cities sit in 6 regions: Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Open a city, pick a place, and play the short introduction or the deeper story. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people.
Roots Earth is made by ROOTS SHPK, a company registered in Tirana, Albania. Every count on this page was taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 12 September 2026 and read again on 15 September 2026.
Published 16 September 2026. Markdown: app.md
What is in the Roots Earth app?
Audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities, in 7 languages, and a section for events and activities.
| What | Value |
|---|---|
| What it is | Audio stories you play on your own phone, at your own pace |
| Phones | Android |
| Regions | 6: Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Oceania |
| Countries | 25 |
| Cities | 130, from Munich with 98 places downwards |
| Places with audio stories | 5,665 |
| Stories per place | Two: a short introduction and a deeper story |
| Languages | 7: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian |
| Account | None: no sign-up, no login |
| Without a connection | Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection |
| Also in the app | Events and activities, and for Munich the Oktoberfest 2026 program |
| Who writes the stories | Local people |
| Who makes it | ROOTS SHPK, Tirana, Albania |
How does Roots Earth work?
Open a city, pick a place and press play.
- Install Roots Earth for Android from Google Play.
- Open it and pick one of the 130 cities.
- Pick a place in that city and play its short introduction. If you want more, play the deeper story.
- Change the language whenever you like.
- Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.
Is Roots Earth a guided tour?
No. Roots Earth is not a guided tour: there is no guide, no group, no meeting point and no fixed time.
- You pick the city, the place and the moment.
- Every one of the 5,665 places has its own two stories.
- Nothing has to be set up before you listen, because the app asks for no account.
Who is Roots Earth for?
Anyone who wants to know what they are looking at in a city: a visitor with an afternoon in Lisbon or Kyoto, a family walking Mexico City on a Sunday, someone staying a week in Marrakech, and people who like to know the story of the street they are standing in.
The stories are written by local people, so a city is described the way someone who lives there would describe it.
Which languages can I listen in?
Seven: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. English and German cover every one of the 130 cities; Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian cover 126 of them. The four cities with English and German only are Marseille, Cannes, Nice and Monaco.
Each language's city count and its code are on the languages page.
Which regions and countries does Roots Earth cover?
6 regions, 25 countries and 130 cities.
| Region | Countries | Cities | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 10 | 55 | 2,313 |
| North America | 2 | 10 | 467 |
| Latin America | 4 | 20 | 892 |
| Africa | 3 | 15 | 650 |
| Asia | 3 | 15 | 705 |
| Oceania | 3 | 15 | 638 |
| All six regions | 25 | 130 | 5,665 |
The cities page lists every one of the 130 cities by region and country, with its number of places and the languages its stories are in.
Where do I get Roots Earth?
Roots Earth for Android is available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app.
The iPhone version is not on the App Store yet, so this page links only the store page that is open today.
In full
The detail behind the answers above: every country with its cities and places, how complete each language is, how the numbers were counted, and the pages that set Roots Earth beside other products.
How many cities and places does each country have?
The 25 countries in the order the app lists them, inside their region.
| Region | Country | Cities | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Albania | 10 | 211 |
| Europe | Italy | 5 | 281 |
| Europe | Spain | 5 | 248 |
| Europe | Belgium | 5 | 220 |
| Europe | France | 8 | 374 |
| Europe | Germany | 6 | 301 |
| Europe | Greece | 5 | 216 |
| Europe | Monaco | 1 | 30 |
| Europe | Netherlands | 5 | 214 |
| Europe | Portugal | 5 | 218 |
| North America | United States | 5 | 242 |
| North America | Canada | 5 | 225 |
| Latin America | Mexico | 5 | 227 |
| Latin America | Brazil | 5 | 225 |
| Latin America | Argentina | 5 | 218 |
| Latin America | Peru | 5 | 222 |
| Africa | Morocco | 5 | 222 |
| Africa | Egypt | 5 | 222 |
| Africa | Tunisia | 5 | 206 |
| Asia | Thailand | 5 | 220 |
| Asia | Japan | 5 | 242 |
| Asia | China | 5 | 243 |
| Oceania | Australia | 5 | 226 |
| Oceania | New Zealand | 5 | 212 |
| Oceania | Fiji | 5 | 200 |
Albania is one of the 25 countries: its 10 cities and 211 places are inside the totals above, and the same ten cities are the whole catalogue of the company's other app, at rootsalbania.com.
How complete is each language?
Per language, the number of cities in which every place has an audio story, and the number of places that story exists for.
| Language | Code | Cities with audio stories | Places with audio stories |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | en | 130 | 5,665 |
| German | de | 130 | 5,665 |
| Spanish | es | 126 | 5,487 |
| Italian | it | 126 | 5,487 |
| French | fr | 126 | 5,487 |
| Dutch | nl | 126 | 5,487 |
| Albanian | sq | 126 | 5,487 |
The four cities with English and German only are Marseille, Cannes, Nice and Monaco. Chiang Rai has Spanish audio stories for all 40 of its places and the written Spanish description for 36 of them. The written Albanian description is Albanian in 12 cities and is shown in English elsewhere, which the languages page sets out city by city.
How were these numbers counted?
From the Roots Earth catalogue itself, on 12 September 2026, and read again on 15 September 2026: 6 regions, 25 countries, 130 cities and 5,665 places that are live in the app, with the languages each place has counted one place at a time.
The two reads returned the same totals, and the second one is the list the cities page is built from.
How does Roots Earth compare with other products?
There is one page per product, with the facts of each side taken from its own public pages and dated: see the comparisons.
Roots Earth in short
Roots Earth has audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions, written by local people.
- No account
- Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection
- Audio stories in English and German in every city, and in Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 of the 130 cities
Roots Earth for Android is available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app.