Comparison
Roots Earth and CityAppTour: 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. 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 15 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 | 130 cities in 25 countries across six regions | "75+ cities worldwide"; the country picker lists 12 countries |
| Cities and places, where published | 130 cities and 5,665 places | "75+ cities worldwide" |
| Languages | 7 languages: English and German in all 130 cities; Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 | 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 | Android (Google Play) | iOS and Android |
| 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.
CityAppTour: CityAppTour states "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: 130 cities and 5,665 places, counted from the live Roots Earth catalogue on 12 September 2026.
CityAppTour: CityAppTour states "75+ cities worldwide". Sources: 1, 2, 3.
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.
CityAppTour: CityAppTour states "Listen in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese." The App Store Languages field lists English only. Sources: 1, 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: CityAppTour states that its audio is "written by local guides and writers who actually know each city, 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.
Publisher, as the stores show it
Roots Earth: ROOTS SHPK, as the Google Play page shows it.
CityAppTour: Google Play developer: CityAppTour. Source: 3.
Sources
Every CityAppTour fact on this page was read on 15 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 facts: its live catalogue on 12 September 2026, and Google Play.
- https://cityapptour.com: CityAppTour home page, read 15 September 2026 at 18:05 UTC.
- https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=6749141555&country=us: CityAppTour App Store listing, read 15 September 2026 at 17:59 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 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.