Comparison
Roots Earth and Rick Steves Audio Europe: 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. Rick Steves Audio Europe is an app for iOS and Android which, in its own description, organizes walks and radio interviews "into geographic playlists covering Europe's top sights, travel tips, and cultural insights." The table puts the facts of both side by side; every Rick Steves Audio Europe fact on this page comes from Rick Steves Audio Europe's own pages, read on 15 September 2026, and is listed under Sources.
Published 15 September 2026. Markdown: rick-steves-audio-europe.md
How do Roots Earth and Rick Steves Audio Europe compare?
| Fact | Roots Earth | Rick Steves Audio Europe |
|---|---|---|
| What it covers | 130 cities in 25 countries across six regions | Europe |
| Cities and places, where published | 130 cities and 5,665 places | Not stated on their site |
| Languages | 7 languages: English and German in all 130 cities; Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 | Not stated on their site; the App Store Languages field lists English only |
| Account needed | No account | Not stated as required |
| Plays offline | Yes, once a city's audio is downloaded | Yes (App Store description) |
| Who writes the content, where stated | Local people write the stories | Tracks from the radio program "Travel with Rick Steves"; walks excerpted from Rick Steves guidebooks (site) |
| Platforms | Android (Google Play) | iOS and Android, and Soundcloud for the audio library |
| 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.
Rick Steves Audio Europe: Europe. No number of cities or countries is stated on the pages read on 15 September 2026. 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.
Rick Steves Audio Europe: Not stated on their site. No number of walks, cities or countries is stated on the pages read on 15 September 2026. 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.
Rick Steves Audio Europe: Not stated on their site. The App Store Languages field lists English only. Source: 2.
Account needed
Rick Steves Audio Europe: Not stated as required on the pages read on 15 September 2026. Sources: 1, 2, 3.
Plays offline
Rick Steves Audio Europe: Yes. The App Store description states "The app downloads and stores audio files on your device. No Wi-Fi or cellphone connection is required to listen." Source: 2.
Who writes the content, where stated
Rick Steves Audio Europe: The description states "Many tracks provide general cultural and sightseeing information gleaned from his public radio program, Travel with Rick Steves." The site adds that the walks are excerpted from Rick Steves country and city guidebooks. Sources: 1, 2, 3.
Platforms
Rick Steves Audio Europe: iOS and Android, and Soundcloud for the audio library. Sources: 1, 2, 3.
Store links
Rick Steves Audio Europe: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id414357125. Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ricksteves.audioeurope. Sources: 2, 3.
Sources
Every Rick Steves Audio Europe fact on this page was read on 15 September 2026 from a page Rick Steves Audio Europe publishes itself; times are UTC. Where a page names its own walking audio items, this page calls them walks. Where the record of the read does not name which Rick Steves Audio Europe page a statement is on, the row cites every Rick Steves Audio Europe page it could be on. Roots Earth facts: its live catalogue on 12 September 2026, and Google Play.
- https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/audio/audio-europe: Rick Steves Audio Europe page on ricksteves.com, read 15 September 2026 at 18:04 UTC.
- https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=414357125&country=us: Rick Steves Audio Europe 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.ricksteves.audioeurope&hl=en&gl=US: Rick Steves Audio Europe 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.