Comparison
Roots Earth and VoiceMap: 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. VoiceMap is an app for iOS and Android; its App Store description says its audio is like podcasts that move with you, telling stories about what you are seeing right now. The table puts the facts of both side by side; every VoiceMap fact on this page comes from VoiceMap's own pages, read on 16 September 2026, and is listed under Sources.
Published 15 September 2026. Markdown: voicemap.md
How do Roots Earth and VoiceMap compare?
| Fact | Roots Earth | VoiceMap |
|---|---|---|
| What it covers | 133 cities in 25 countries across 6 regions | 86 countries (site); over 600 destinations worldwide (Google Play) |
| Cities and places, where published | 133 cities and 5,665 places | 2,292 titles in 86 countries (site); over 600 destinations (Google Play) |
| 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. | Not stated on their site; the App Store Languages field lists 17 entries |
| Account needed | No account | Yes, a VoiceMap account (site) |
| Plays offline | Yes, once a city's audio is downloaded | Yes, once downloaded in advance (site) |
| Who writes the content, where stated | Local people write the stories | "historians, podcasters, novelists, chefs, experienced guides, and passionate locals" (site) |
| 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.
VoiceMap: The site counts VoiceMap titles in 86 countries. The Google Play description states "over 600 destinations worldwide". Sources: 1, 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).
VoiceMap: The site counts 2,292 VoiceMap titles in 86 countries. The Google Play description states "over 600 destinations worldwide", and the App Store description counts over 2,100 titles in 80 countries. 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.
VoiceMap: Not stated on their site. The App Store Languages field lists 17 entries: Afrikaans, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Chinese, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Xhosa. Source: 2.
Account needed
VoiceMap: Yes. The site states: to "access them with the VoiceMap app, please sign in or create a VoiceMap account". Source: 1.
Plays offline
VoiceMap: Yes. The site states that audio downloaded in advance will "work offline and include offline maps". Source: 1.
Who writes the content, where stated
VoiceMap: The site states that its audio is produced by "historians, podcasters, novelists, chefs, experienced guides, and passionate locals". Source: 1.
Store links
VoiceMap: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id852027939. Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.voicemap.android. Sources: 2, 3.
Sources
Every VoiceMap fact on this page was read on 16 September 2026 from a page VoiceMap publishes itself; times are UTC. Where a page counts its own audio items, this page gives the number and calls them titles. 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://voicemap.me: VoiceMap home page, read 16 September 2026 at 07:12 UTC; read in a browser, because a plain request answers 403.
- https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=852027939&country=us: VoiceMap 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=me.voicemap.android&hl=en&gl=US: VoiceMap 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.