Family Tree Maker - FamilyGTG

FamilyGTG

About this app

FamilyGTG app allows you to build your family tree or import your family's GEDCOM file so you can easily check your family while you are on the go.

- Create new family tree directly from the device.
- Import GEDCOM genealogy files easily (GEDCOM Viewer)*.
- Export family trees to GEDCOM files (send via email or store on device)*.
- Add and remove family members, and set relations between them.
- Search family members by name.
- View member's full profile: relatives, personal info, and photo.
- Add, change, or remove member photos*.
- Edit member information (name, birth, marriage details, note, etc.).
- Show descendants & ancestors tree for a specific member*.
- Add a member to bookmarks list for easy reference later*.
- Browse events calendar (birth, marriage, ...) for each month*. Today's events are highlighted.
- Enable daily events reminders.
- Browse family photo gallery.
- View or share a log of edits (member added/edited/removed, etc.)*.
- Undo/Redo logged edits*.
- Show statistics about the family tree.
- Sample family can be optionally downloaded.
- Change app language. Available translations: Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish.
- Free version app with no time limitation and ads-free.
* some limitations apply.

GEDCOM (GEnealogical Data COMmunication) files can be created by any desktop software. Send the file to your device via any method: bluetooth, ... etc. FamilyGTG then scans your device for any GEDCOM files (with .ged extention) so they can be imported.

Check FamilyGTG full version app ($3 USD) for no limitations.

Ratings and reviews

I've downloaded the free version of the app to decide if this is what I need. The app is simple but UI is intuitive. I wish it had more features like a relationship report given to relatives with a graph. But overall it's a vey nice app and I can keep it all local without having to connect to a cloud. A big plus I recent times.

This app displays and allows me to edit legacy GEDCOM files. It gets five stars for allowing a photo to be attached to each person. But two stars are deducted because those photos can't be exported as part of the updated GEDCOM file. They are exported as individual files and must be associated with profiles individually. This makes the work attaching photos basically useless for the long term.

I downloaded the free version without being aware about the limitations: only up to 150 family members. When I reached that number, I wanted to continue so I paid to download the full version. But to my great dissapointment, not the free version was updated but the new app was installed without an option to copy all 150 connections I had already entered into the free version! I tried to get in touch with developers but no reply for over a week! Very dissapointing!

What's new

[Version 1.3.9]
Support for same-sex marriages and miscellaneous enhancements.
- Spouses of the same-sex can now be added.
- Polish translation is added and enhancements done to Spanish translation.
- Miscellaneous enhancements.

[Version 1.3.8]
Miscellaneous enhancements.

[Version 1.3.7]
New ‘Display Settings’ and ‘Date Format’ options.