Comparison
Roots Earth and TouringBee: 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. TouringBee is an app for iOS and Android which describes itself as "your personal audio travel guide that brings cities to life through stories told by locals." The table puts the facts of both side by side; every TouringBee fact on this page comes from TouringBee's own pages, read on 16 September 2026, and is listed under Sources.
Published 15 September 2026. Markdown: touringbee.md
How do Roots Earth and TouringBee compare?
| Fact | Roots Earth | TouringBee |
|---|---|---|
| What it covers | 133 cities in 25 countries across 6 regions | Cities across the globe, Paris, Amsterdam and Barcelona named (store descriptions) |
| Cities and places, where published | 133 cities and 5,665 places | No count published |
| 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. | The site switcher lists 7 languages; 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 (Google Play description) |
| Who writes the content, where stated | Local people write the stories | Audio "created by people who live and work in the 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.
TouringBee: Both store descriptions name "major cities across the globe, including Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and many more" and state that new destinations are added regularly. No count is published. Sources: 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).
TouringBee: No count of cities or places is published on the pages read on 16 September 2026. Sources: 1, 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.
TouringBee: The site lists English, Русский, Español, Français, Polski, Deutsch and Italiano in its own language switcher. The App Store Languages field lists English only. Sources: 1, 2.
Account needed
TouringBee: Not stated on their site. A login option exists. Source: 1.
Plays offline
TouringBee: Yes. The Google Play description states "TouringBee works offline". Source: 3.
Who writes the content, where stated
TouringBee: Both store descriptions state that its audio is "created by people who live and work in the city", and describe "High-quality audio guides narrated by local experts" and "Local guides with years of real, hands-on experience". Sources: 2, 3.
Store links
TouringBee: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1415705651. Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ae.touringbee. Sources: 2, 3.
Publisher, as the stores show it
Roots Earth: App Store seller: ROOTS SH.P.K. Google Play developer: ROOTS SHPK. The two stores spell the company name differently; it is the same company.
TouringBee: App Store seller: Touringbee Limited. Google Play developer: TOURINGBEE LIMITED. The site states the company is incorporated in the Republic of Ireland. Sources: 1, 2, 3.
Sources
Every TouringBee fact on this page was read on 16 September 2026 from a page TouringBee publishes itself; times are UTC. Where the record of the read does not name which TouringBee page a statement is on, the row cites every TouringBee 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://touringbee.com: TouringBee home page, read 16 September 2026 at 07:05 UTC.
- https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=1415705651&country=us: TouringBee 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.ae.touringbee&hl=en&gl=US: TouringBee 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.