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Roots Albania press kit
Roots Albania is an app for iPhone and Android with audio stories about 211 places in ten Albanian cities, in 28 languages, with no account needed, made by ROOTS SHPK in Tirana. The facts below were checked against the app's catalogue and its two store listings and may be quoted as they stand. For anything else, write to hello@rootsalbania.com.
Published 15 September 2026. Markdown: press.md
How should Roots Albania be described in one line?
“Roots Albania is an iPhone and Android app with audio stories about 211 places in ten Albanian cities, in 28 languages, written by local people.” It is not a guided tour: the app has ten cities, each with its own map of places, and the listener chooses the places and the order.
What are the facts about Roots Albania?
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Roots Albania |
| What it is | An app with audio stories about places in Albania, played on your own phone |
| Maker | ROOTS SHPK, Tirana, Albania |
| Phones | iPhone with iOS 16.0 or later, and Android |
| Cities | 10: Tirana, Durrës, Berat, Gjirokastra, Kruja, Shkodra, Saranda, Vlora, Korça and Pogradec, each with its own map of places |
| Places with audio stories | 211 |
| Stories per place | Two: a short introduction and a story of about six minutes |
| Languages | 28 |
| Voices | A male and a female voice in every language |
| Account | None: no sign-up, no login |
| Without a connection | Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection |
| Who writes the stories | Local people |
| Events and activities | Two more sections in the app; an activity is arranged with its provider on WhatsApp and Roots Albania does not take the booking |
Where are the logo files?
The Roots Albania logo is published on this site in three sizes:
- logo-512.png, 512 by 512 pixels
- logo-192.png, 192 by 192 pixels
- logo-favicon.png, 64 by 64 pixels
Write the app as Roots Albania and the company as ROOTS SHPK. The App Store prints the company as ROOTS SH.P.K., which is the same company.
Where are the store listings?
On the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for Android.
Who is the press contact?
ROOTS SHPK in Tirana: hello@rootsalbania.com, telephone +355 69 443 8348.
In full
The store listings as they read, the numbers city by city with the date they were counted, the languages, and the company facts for a byline.
What do the store listings say?
| Store | Details |
|---|---|
| App Store | apps.apple.com/app/id6761542889; seller ROOTS SH.P.K.; category Travel; rated 4+; requires iOS 16.0 or later; first released 6 July 2026 |
| Google Play | play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsalbania.app; package com.rootsalbania.app; developer ROOTS SHPK; category Travel and local; rated PEGI 3 |
| Developer pages | ROOTS SH.P.K. on the App Store and ROOTS SHPK on Google Play |
The Google Play page does not print an Android version; the app is built for Android 7.0 or later.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the Roots Albania catalogue, counted on 12 September 2026 and checked again on 15 September 2026: 10 cities, 211 places, 2 stories for every place, 28 languages and 2 voices, which makes 23,632 audio files with none missing.
Which languages is Roots Albania in?
All 28 of these, each with every one of the 211 places: 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. Hebrew, the newest, was added on 6 August 2026. The codes are on the languages page.
What are the company facts for a byline?
- Company: ROOTS SHPK, Tirana, Albania
- Registered address: Rruga Zef Jubani, Nd. 4, H. 1, Ap. 3, Njësia Administrative Nr. 5, 1000 Tiranë, Albania
- NUIS M61803028A
- D-U-N-S 631176123
- Company site: roots-shpk.com
- The company's other app: Roots Earth, at rootsearth.com
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.
More from Roots Albania
- All ten cities: every city with its places, from Tirana with 39 to Kruja with 10.
- What Roots Albania is: the app in one page: 211 places, ten cities, 28 languages, how it works.
- Questions travellers ask: the cities, the languages, the account, listening without a connection.
- The 28 languages: every language with its code, and a male and a female voice in each.
- Events and activities: what is on in the city, and things to do you arrange with the provider.
- About Roots Albania: ROOTS SHPK in Tirana, and the company details.
- Comparisons: Roots Albania and eight other apps, the facts of each side by side.