# Roots Albania and izi.TRAVEL: the facts

Canonical: https://rootsalbania.com/compare/izi-travel
Published: 15 September 2026

Roots Albania is an app for iPhone and Android with audio stories about 211 places in ten Albanian cities, in 28 languages, written by local people. izi.TRAVEL is an app for iOS and Android with a web catalogue; its App Store description says it "turns your phone into a personal audio guide for city walks, museum visits, road trips, cycling routes, and boat journeys." The table puts the facts of both side by side; every izi.TRAVEL fact on this page comes from izi.TRAVEL's own pages, read on 16 September 2026, and is listed under Sources.

## How do Roots Albania and izi.TRAVEL compare?

| Fact | Roots Albania | izi.TRAVEL |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it covers in Albania | 211 places in ten cities, each city with its own map of places | 12 items in the Albania listing before "Load more": Tirana 8, Buthrotum 2, Vlorë 1, Durrës 1 |
| Cities and places, where published | 10 cities and 211 places, all in Albania | 6500 cities in 166 countries (home page); 2,500 cities in 137 countries (store descriptions) |
| Languages | 28 languages, with a male and a female voice in each | More than 50 (store descriptions); 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 (App Store description) |
| Who writes the content, where stated | Local people write the stories | Not stated as one sentence; the home page links "Create a guide" |
| Platforms | iPhone (iOS 16.0 or later) and Android | iOS, Android and the web catalogue |
| Store links | [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761542889) and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsalbania.app) | [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id554726752) and [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=travel.opas.client) |

This page is about Roots Albania, and [What Roots Albania is](https://rootsalbania.com/app) describes the app in full.

## Every row in full

### What it covers in Albania

Roots Albania: 211 places in ten Albanian cities: Tirana 39, Vlora 34, Saranda 33, Durrës 23, Berat 15, Gjirokastra 15, Korça 15, Pogradec 15, Shkodra 12 and Kruja 10. Every city has its own map of places.

izi.TRAVEL: The Albania listing showed 12 items before its "Load more" control: eight in Tirana, two at Buthrotum, one in Vlorë and one in Durrës. The Tirana listing page showed 9 items. Sources: 2, 3.

### Cities and places, where published

Roots Albania: 10 cities and 211 places, all of them in Albania. Every place has two audio stories: a short introduction and a story of about six minutes.

izi.TRAVEL: The home page counts 30000 titles in 6500 cities and 166 countries. The App Store description counts 25,000 titles across 2,500 cities and 137 countries, and the Google Play description gives the same three numbers. Sources: 1, 4, 5.

### Languages

Roots Albania: 28 languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian, with a male and a female voice in every one.

izi.TRAVEL: The App Store description states "more than 50 languages" and the Google Play description states "50+ languages". The App Store Languages field lists English only. Sources: 4, 5.

### Account needed

Roots Albania: No account is needed: open a city, pick a place and play.

izi.TRAVEL: Not stated on their site. No page read on 16 September 2026 states whether listening needs an account.

### Plays offline

Roots Albania: Yes. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.

izi.TRAVEL: Yes. The App Store description lists "offline listening". Source: 4.

### Who writes the content, where stated

Roots Albania: The stories are written by local people.

izi.TRAVEL: Not stated as one sentence. The home page carries the links "Create a guide" and "Creator Login", and the Google Play description states it is "Trusted by over 3,000 museums". Sources: 1, 5.

### Platforms

Roots Albania: iPhone with iOS 16.0 or later, and Android.

izi.TRAVEL: iOS, Android and the web catalogue. Sources: 1, 4, 5.

### Store links

Roots Albania: App Store: [https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761542889](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761542889). Google Play: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsalbania.app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsalbania.app).

izi.TRAVEL: App Store: [https://apps.apple.com/app/id554726752](https://apps.apple.com/app/id554726752). Google Play: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=travel.opas.client](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=travel.opas.client). Sources: 4, 5.

## Sources

Every izi.TRAVEL fact on this page was read on 16 September 2026 from a page izi.TRAVEL publishes itself; times are UTC. Where a page counts its own audio items, this page gives the number and calls them titles. The Roots Albania column is from the Roots Albania catalogue and its store listings, counted on 12 September 2026.

1. [https://izi.travel/en](https://izi.travel/en): izi.TRAVEL home page, read 16 September 2026 at 06:48 UTC.
2. [https://izi.travel/en/country/e8e56380-d805-493e-9e1a-f07bd46942da/all](https://izi.travel/en/country/e8e56380-d805-493e-9e1a-f07bd46942da/all): izi.TRAVEL Albania listing, read 16 September 2026 at 06:51 UTC; read in a browser, because the page needs JavaScript.
3. [https://izi.travel/en/albania/city-guides-in-tirana](https://izi.travel/en/albania/city-guides-in-tirana): izi.TRAVEL Tirana listing, read 16 September 2026 at 06:51 UTC; read in a browser, because the page needs JavaScript.
4. [https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=554726752&country=us](https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=554726752&country=us): izi.TRAVEL App Store listing, read 16 September 2026 at 06:48 UTC; Apple's own lookup service for the App Store listing, which returns the listing's published fields.
5. [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=travel.opas.client&hl=en&gl=US](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=travel.opas.client&hl=en&gl=US): izi.TRAVEL Google Play listing, read 16 September 2026 at 06:48 UTC.

## Roots Albania in short

- 211 places across 10 Albanian cities
- 10 cities, each with its own map of places
- 28 languages
- 2 stories for every place: a short introduction and a story of about six minutes
- No account
- Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection
- The stories are written by local people

Get the app on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761542889) for iPhone and on [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsalbania.app) for Android.

Roots Albania for iOS and Android is made by ROOTS SHPK, Rruga Zef Jubani, Nd. 4, H. 1, Ap. 3, Njësia Administrative Nr. 5, 1000 Tiranë, Albania, NUIS M61803028A, D-U-N-S 631176123, +355 69 443 8348, hello@rootsalbania.com, [roots-shpk.com](https://roots-shpk.com) and [rootsearth.com](https://rootsearth.com).

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- [All ten cities](https://rootsalbania.com/cities)
- [What Roots Albania is](https://rootsalbania.com/app)
- [Questions travellers ask](https://rootsalbania.com/faq)
- [The 28 languages](https://rootsalbania.com/languages)
- [Events and activities](https://rootsalbania.com/events-and-activities)
- [About Roots Albania](https://rootsalbania.com/about)
- [Press and facts](https://rootsalbania.com/press)