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Rootsy helps you find places, services and people that speak your language, anywhere in the world. Choose the experience that fits — you can switch anytime.
Rootsy™
The app that speaks your language and knows your culture. For travelers, for those putting down roots. In 31 languages (more coming soon).
Be found by people who already speak your language and share your culture, right in your city. Free sign-up at launch.
What Rootsy is for
Why it pays off for your business
For places that welcome
Restaurant, school, professional, place of worship? Rootsy brings customers looking for exactly someone like you.
When an Italian looks for a hairdresser in Berlin, your salon shows up at the top.
Community verification badge confirming people really speak that language at your place.
See how many users search you, where they come from, what languages they speak.
Respond directly to community feedback, build authentic relationships.
Offer 10% off to Rootsy Premium users: they recover their subscription with one meal, you get loyal customers.
Manage multiple branches from one dashboard. Perfect for chains.
Business launch 2027 - First 50 sign-ups get 6 months free at launch.
Why Rootsy works for local businesses
No more cold ads. People who already speak your language, share your culture, want your food or your service find you. Here's how.
Authentic Italian trattoria near Schönhauser Allee. Rootsy Business profile with verified "Italian spoken" badge. Result: 47% more bookings from Italians in Germany and Germans who want to practice the language at the table.
Turkish barber shop in Schwabing. 12 confirmations from the Rootsy community that native türkçe is spoken. Result: Turks just arrived in Munich find him in 30 seconds on the app, before Google Maps.
GP with Arabic-speaking staff. Business profile + SOS integration (Arabic-speaking patients find him via map in emergencies). Result: over 200 new Arabic-speaking patients in 12 months, 89% retention.
⚠ Illustrative examples based on business model projections. Real results depend on location, sector, service quality and platform activity.
2027 launch starting at €29/month per single location, 30 days free guaranteed. First 50 sign-ups: 6 months free at launch. Multi-site and chains: custom pricing based on number of branches.
The community confirms. When a Rootsy user visits you and confirms "yes, Italian (or Turkish, Arabic, Chinese…) is really spoken here", your pin turns green after 3+ confirmations. No self-declared: your real customers verify.
Yes. No annual commitment, no penalty. One-click cancellation from the dashboard. Profile stays visible until end of paid month.
Cloud multi-site dashboard: one account for the manager + sub-profiles for each branch. Stats per location, centralized review responses, mass CSV/Google My Business import. Contact us for personalized onboarding.
Ready to get found? Early sign-up: 6 months free at launch + private beta access.
Whether you're planning the move of a lifetime or backpacking on the other side of the world, the challenge is the same: the unknown. A language you don't understand, a lost document, a medical emergency, or just the need for honest advice in a city that isn't yours.
Rootsy is your global home in your pocket.
We built Rootsy because we believe traveling and living abroad should be an adventure, not a bureaucratic nightmare. Whether you stay three days or thirty years: Rootsy gives you the confidence of a local and the technology to solve any setback.
An AI that speaks your language and the local one, ready to explain how to get a visa or how to ask for an equivalent medicine at the pharmacy.
Your "Digital Vault" for passports and insurance, with smart alerts and an SOS button for real emergencies.
Find verified experts and a community of people like you, ready to share advice or a coffee, wherever you are.
"You are not a tourist, you are not just an expat. You are a citizen of the world, and Rootsy is your compass."
How the map works
Every place on Rootsy has a color based on user confirmations. If the community says "your language is really spoken here", the pin turns green. No more tourist traps.
At least 3 users confirmed your language is spoken here. Safe bet.
One or two confirmations. Likely yes, but call ahead to be safe.
Nobody confirmed yet. If you go, leave a confirmation for the community!
I moved to Germany, traveled across many countries, and felt firsthand what it means to be alone in front of a bureaucratic form or to look for a doctor who truly understands you. I built Rootsy to make sure no one ever has to feel foreign again.
— David Rallo, Founder · Rootsy
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Whether you're on vacation for a week or moving forever, Rootsy helps you feel at home.
Find your reference point wherever you are. Restaurants in your language, emergency doctors, cultural events from your community.
Everything you need to start a new life abroad, in one place. Bureaucracy, home, health, work, family.
Features
Green, yellow, red pins. The community confirms whether your language is really spoken.
Fills forms with you, prepares your phone calls, translates letters, reminds you of deadlines.
Passports, visas, contracts. End-to-end encrypted. Even we cannot see them.
Hey, there's another Rootsy two blocks away! Find real people nearby.
Compare rents Berlin vs Rome, see if you spend too much on groceries.
Step-by-step checklist for any country: residence, tax ID, health, home, bank.
Real users
From a permanent move to a one-week holiday. From a new friend to the doctor who speaks your language.
Just moved for work. Uses Rootsy to find a family doctor who speaks Italian, save his rental contract in the Vault, get the AI to explain German forms.
Looking for an Arabic-German translator for residency papers. With Coffee Mode meets other Arab women nearby. The AI explains official letters in Arabic.
Ten days in Rome. Looking for restaurants where English is spoken and an open pharmacy. The community warns them of tourist traps and suggests where locals actually go.
Erasmus in Paris. Finds a supermarket with Chinese products, a tribe of Chinese students on Rootsy, and the AI helps fill university forms in French.
Bureaucracy, languages, deadlines: Google's AI follows you everywhere, in all 31 languages. Fully integrated with the Google world: Calendar, Maps, Gmail, Translate. No more 'I didn't understand what that letter said'.
ℹ️ The AI assistant guides you and translates, but it does not replace advice from a professional (lawyer, tax advisor, doctor) or official information from the authorities.
Pricing
All new users get Premium free for 14 days. No card required. Cancel anytime.
For those passing through or testing the waters.
$7.99 USD · £4.99 GBP · ₺199 TRY · ¥49 CNY · 499₽ RUB · 22 zł PLN · 25 lei RON
For venues, schools, professionals.
💳 Secure payments via Stripe · 🔒 Cancel in 1 click · 🌍 Auto local pricing
FAQ
Put it on Rootsy. Get found by people who speak your customers' languages. Community verification, featured profile, analytics. Business launch 2027.
No spam, no ads. Just one email when the app goes live in your country.
🎁 First 100 sign-ups: Premium free forever. First 1,000: Premium free for 1 year.