Comparison
Roots Earth and Audiala: the facts
Roots Earth is an app with audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions, written by local people. Audiala is an app for iOS and Android with a web version, which its site describes as an "AI-powered audio guide for 1,100+ cities across 96 countries". The table puts the facts of both side by side; every Audiala fact on this page comes from Audiala's own pages, read on 15 September 2026, and is listed under Sources.
Published 15 September 2026. Markdown: audiala.md
How do Roots Earth and Audiala compare?
| Fact | Roots Earth | Audiala |
|---|---|---|
| What it covers | 130 cities in 25 countries across six regions | 1,100+ cities across 96 countries (site) |
| Cities and places, where published | 130 cities and 5,665 places | 1,100+ cities in 96 countries (site); 117,000+ places across 1,890 cities (Google Play) |
| Languages | 7 languages: English and German in all 130 cities; Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 | 11 languages (site and both stores) |
| Account needed | No account | No (about page) |
| Plays offline | Yes, once a city's audio is downloaded | Yes, with whole cities downloaded in advance (Google Play) |
| Who writes the content, where stated | Local people write the stories | "AI-assisted content generation", reviewed by their editors (editorial process page); places "narrated by AI" (Google Play) |
| Platforms | Android (Google Play) | iOS, Android and the web |
| Store links | Google Play | App Store and Google Play |
This page is about Roots Earth, and the Roots Earth home page describes the app.
Every row in full
What it covers
Roots Earth: 130 cities in 25 countries across six regions. Europe: 10 countries, 55 cities and 2,313 places. North America: 2 countries, 10 cities and 467 places. Latin America: 4 countries, 20 cities and 892 places. Africa: 3 countries, 15 cities and 650 places. Asia: 3 countries, 15 cities and 705 places. Oceania: 3 countries, 15 cities and 638 places.
Audiala: The site states "1,100+ cities across 96 countries". Source: 1.
Cities and places, where published
Roots Earth: 130 cities and 5,665 places, counted from the live Roots Earth catalogue on 12 September 2026.
Audiala: The site states "1,100+ cities across 96 countries". The App Store description states "117,000 monuments. 1,890 cities." The Google Play description states "117,000+ places across 1,890 cities, in 11 languages". Sources: 1, 4, 5.
Languages
Roots Earth: Audio stories in English and German in all 130 cities, and in Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 cities; Cannes, Marseille, Nice and Monaco have English and German only.
Audiala: 11 languages, on the site and on both store listings. The App Store Languages field lists 11 entries: Czech, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish. Sources: 1, 4, 5.
Account needed
Audiala: No. The about page states that no account is needed to start. Source: 2.
Plays offline
Audiala: Yes. The Google Play description states "Download whole cities in advance and Audiala becomes a full offline travel guide, no signal needed." Source: 5.
Who writes the content, where stated
Audiala: The editorial process page states "Audiala uses AI-assisted content generation to produce guides at scale while maintaining editorial quality" and uses "large language models to transform structured research into readable, engaging prose", drawing facts from "Wikidata and Wikipedia", "Official tourism boards and municipal websites" and "Web search across multiple sources", and adds "Our editors review flagged content, low-confidence claims, source contradictions, and reader reports, and spot-check new guides." The Google Play description states that places are "narrated by AI and refined with real sources". Sources: 3, 5.
Store links
Audiala: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6446038181. Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audiala.audioguide. Sources: 4, 5.
Sources
Every Audiala fact on this page was read on 15 September 2026 from a page Audiala publishes itself; times are UTC. Roots Earth facts: its live catalogue on 12 September 2026, and Google Play.
- https://audiala.com: Audiala home page, read 15 September 2026 at 18:03 UTC.
- https://audiala.com/about/: Audiala about page, read 15 September 2026 at 18:09 UTC.
- https://audiala.com/about/editorial-process/: Audiala editorial process page, read 15 September 2026 at 18:05 UTC.
- https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=6446038181&country=us: Audiala App Store listing, read 15 September 2026 at 17:57 UTC; Apple's lookup service, which returns the listing's published fields.
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audiala.audioguide&hl=en&gl=US: Audiala Google Play listing, read 15 September 2026 at 18:01 UTC.
Roots Earth in short
- 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.