The app
What Roots Earth is
Roots Earth is an app for iOS and Android with audio stories about 5,665 places in 133 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. The counts come from the Roots Earth catalogue snapshot read on 31 October 2026 (2026-10-31T08:21:20.121Z).
Published 16 September 2026. Markdown: app.md
What is in the Roots Earth app?
Audio stories about 5,665 places in 133 cities, in 7 languages, and a section for events and activities.
You can listen to the audio stories in a female or a male voice.
| What | Value |
|---|---|
| What it is | Audio stories you play on your own phone, at your own pace |
| Phones | iPhone with iOS 16.0 or later, and Android |
| Regions | 6: Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Oceania |
| Countries | 25 |
| Cities | 133, 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 2027 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 iPhone from the App Store or for Android from Google Play.
- Open it and pick one of the 133 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.
Best self guided walking tour app for Europe
Roots Earth is a self guided audio guide app for places in European cities. It has audio stories in Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Florence, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Venice and other cities in the catalogue.
Open a city, choose a place and play its short introduction or deeper story. There is no fixed order, no group and 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. Every place in all 133 cities has its audio story, a short introduction and a longer story, in all seven languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Albanian.
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 133 cities.
| Region | Countries | Cities | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 10 | 58 | 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 | 133 | 5,665 |
The cities page lists every one of the 133 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. Roots Earth for iOS is available on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6772810517.
The App Store lists the app under the name "Roots Earth: City Audio Guide". It is the same Roots Earth app, made by ROOTS SHPK. It is not connected to other apps, games, shops or audio walks that have Roots or Earth in their name.
Both store pages are linked above.
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 | Germany | 6 | 301 |
| Europe | Italy | 5 | 281 |
| Europe | Spain | 5 | 248 |
| Europe | Greece | 5 | 216 |
| Europe | Portugal | 5 | 218 |
| Europe | Monaco | 4 | 30 |
| Europe | France | 8 | 374 |
| Europe | Belgium | 5 | 220 |
| Europe | Netherlands | 5 | 214 |
| 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 at every place | Places with audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | en | 133 | 5,665 |
| German | de | 133 | 5,665 |
| Spanish | es | 133 | 5,665 |
| Italian | it | 133 | 5,665 |
| French | fr | 133 | 5,665 |
| Dutch | nl | 133 | 5,665 |
| Albanian | sq | 133 | 5,665 |
Every place in all 133 cities has its audio story, a short introduction and a longer story, in all seven languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Albanian. The languages page has the current coverage table.
How were these numbers counted?
From the Roots Earth catalogue itself on 31 October 2026: 6 regions, 25 countries, 133 cities and 5,665 places that are live in the app, with the languages each place has counted one place at a time.
The cities page is built from that dated snapshot.
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 133 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions, written by local people.
- No account
- Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection
- Every place in all 133 cities has its audio story, a short introduction and a longer story, in all seven languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Albanian.
Roots Earth for Android is available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app. Roots Earth for iOS is available on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6772810517.