Comparison
Roots Albania and VoiceMap: the facts
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. 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: compare/voicemap.md
How do Roots Albania and VoiceMap compare?
| Fact | Roots Albania | VoiceMap |
|---|---|---|
| What it covers in Albania | 211 places in ten cities, each city with its own map of places | 4 titles across 4 destinations: Butrint National Park, Gjirokastër, Shkodra, Tirana |
| Cities and places, where published | 10 cities and 211 places, all in Albania | 2,292 titles in 86 countries (site); over 600 destinations (Google Play) |
| Languages | 28 languages, with a male and a female voice in each | 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 | iPhone (iOS 16.0 or later) and Android | iOS and Android |
| Store links | App Store and Google Play | App Store and Google Play |
This page is about Roots Albania, and What Roots Albania is 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.
VoiceMap: The Albania page lists 4 titles across 4 destinations, one each: Butrint National Park, Gjirokastër, Shkodra and Tirana. Source: 2.
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.
VoiceMap: The site counts 2,292 VoiceMap titles in 86 countries. The Google Play description states "over 600 destinations worldwide". Sources: 1, 4.
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.
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: 3.
Account needed
Roots Albania: No account is needed: open a city, pick a place and play.
VoiceMap: Yes. The site states: to "access them with the VoiceMap app, please sign in or create a VoiceMap account". Source: 1.
Plays offline
Roots Albania: Yes. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.
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
Roots Albania: The stories are written by local people.
VoiceMap: The site states that its audio is produced by "historians, podcasters, novelists, chefs, experienced guides, and passionate locals". Source: 1.
Platforms
Roots Albania: iPhone with iOS 16.0 or later, and Android.
Store links
Roots Albania: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761542889. Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsalbania.app.
VoiceMap: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id852027939. Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.voicemap.android. Sources: 3, 4.
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. The Roots Albania column is from the Roots Albania catalogue and its store listings, counted on 12 September 2026.
- https://voicemap.me: VoiceMap home page, read 16 September 2026 at 06:53 UTC; read in a browser, because the site answers a plain request with HTTP 403.
- https://voicemap.me/albania: VoiceMap Albania page, read 16 September 2026 at 06:51 UTC; read in a browser, because the site answers a plain request with HTTP 403.
- https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=852027939&country=us: VoiceMap 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.
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.voicemap.android&hl=en&gl=US: VoiceMap 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 for iPhone and on Google Play 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 and rootsearth.com.