Comparison
Roots Earth and CityAppTour: the facts
Roots Earth: Audio stories for 5,665 places in 133 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions. The stories are written by local people. CityAppTour is an app for iOS and Android; its own description says its audio plays "automatically as you walk" in "75+ cities worldwide, with audio in seven languages". The table puts the facts of both side by side; every CityAppTour fact on this page comes from CityAppTour's own pages, read on 16 September 2026, and is listed under Sources.
Published 15 September 2026. Markdown: cityapptour.md
How do Roots Earth and CityAppTour compare?
| Fact | Roots Earth | CityAppTour |
|---|---|---|
| What it covers | 133 cities in 25 countries across 6 regions | "75+ cities worldwide" (store descriptions); the country picker lists 12 countries |
| Cities and places, where published | 133 cities and 5,665 places | "75+ cities worldwide" (store descriptions) |
| Languages | 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. | 7 languages for listening; the App Store Languages field lists English only |
| Account needed | No account | Not stated on their site |
| Plays offline | Yes, once a city's audio is downloaded | Yes, once downloaded before you go (site) |
| Who writes the content, where stated | Local people write the stories | Written "by local guides and writers who actually know each city" |
| Platforms | iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play) | iOS and Android |
| Store links | App Store and Google Play | App Store and Google Play |
This page is about Roots Earth, and the Roots Earth app page describes the app.
Every row in full
What it covers
Roots Earth: Audio stories for 5,665 places in 133 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions. Europe: 10 countries, 58 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.
CityAppTour: Both store descriptions state "75+ cities worldwide". The country picker on the site lists Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland and Spain. Sources: 1, 2, 3.
Cities and places, where published
Roots Earth: 133 cities and 5,665 places. The counts come from the Roots Earth catalogue snapshot read on 31 October 2026 (2026-10-31T08:21:20.121Z).
CityAppTour: Both store descriptions state "75+ cities worldwide". Sources: 2, 3.
Languages
Roots Earth: 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 covers all 5,665 places.
CityAppTour: Both store descriptions state "Listen in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese." The App Store Languages field lists English only. Sources: 2, 3.
Account needed
CityAppTour: Not stated on their site.
Plays offline
CityAppTour: Yes. The site says to download before you go, with "no internet needed". Source: 1.
Who writes the content, where stated
CityAppTour: Both store descriptions state that its audio is "written by local guides and writers who actually know each city", and add that it is "not crowdsourced, not auto-generated". The site states "Created by content makers with a passion for travel and history, our writers have visited and experienced the city themselves." Sources: 1, 2, 3.
Store links
CityAppTour: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6749141555. Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cityapptour. Sources: 2, 3.
Sources
Every CityAppTour fact on this page was read on 16 September 2026 from a page CityAppTour publishes itself; times are UTC. Where the record of the read does not name which CityAppTour page a statement is on, the row cites every CityAppTour page it could be on. Roots Earth catalogue facts: The counts come from the Roots Earth catalogue snapshot read on 31 October 2026 (2026-10-31T08:21:20.121Z). Store facts retain their cited read dates.
- https://cityapptour.com: CityAppTour home page, read 16 September 2026 at 07:05 UTC.
- https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=6749141555&country=us: CityAppTour App Store listing, read 16 September 2026 at 07:05 UTC; Apple's lookup service, which returns the listing's published fields.
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cityapptour&hl=en&gl=US: CityAppTour Google Play listing, read 16 September 2026 at 07:05 UTC.
- https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=6772810517: Roots Earth App Store listing, read 24 September 2026 at 08:39 UTC; Apple's lookup service, which returns the listing's published fields.
Roots Earth in short
- 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.