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Wonderful
I like the app even tho it cost money I have fun doing that thank you for creating itAlexander Vecchi
GED view
I have used this app for years, it is something my whole family and members of my tree download so they can see the new changes and deletions of their ancestors. Once a week I send a ged file so it can update. I use it when out and about for my notes and when I visit old graves. Instructions are easy to understand and use. It is a wonderful app, I would even pay for it.Show lessVivienNicoll
Disappointed
Followed the instructions on exporting , it just hangs.Sunnydale121
Super app
This is money well spent on a very good family tree app. Very pleased with it.Aqwsedrftgy
Awesome
My old viewer died and I needed a new viewer on my iPhone for my GEDCOM file. Uploading the GEDCOM file is easy. The author will respond to your question(s) very timely. BTW, my GEDCOM file is 13 years old and an older format. This app read the file with no problems.drficklin
Best !!👍👍
Excellent tree app, for my iPhone and iPad. Professionally done and very easy to use. I've never had any problems with it, yet it continues to be updated and improved regularly. Great tech support.😃👏 Beautiful update ! Thanks.Krug j.
Cannot Recommend Enough!!
I was looking for an easy way to transfer my current family tree (from Heredis 2022 for Windows), plus all the sources and images associated with it, onto a mobile app. The Heredis mobile app was not up to the job, as it does not include the sources, their images and transcriptions on the uploaded data. This does the job perfectly - nothing is missing! Plus it is in an easy to use and pleasing interface and you can view information in so many different ways.
To transfer the GEDCOM file with its associated images, you just need to have the images in the same folder as the GEDCOM file, and then convert this to a zip file. Then this zip file can be uploaded to your device using Wi-Fi or by several other methods.
This will allow me to carry the most recent complete copy of my family tree around with me - incredible!
Well worth the few pounds this costs.Show lessScotty112356789
Absolutely wonderful.
Been using it for years. Can’t thank you enough for your making it available. PS: Operator error is the obvious reason that the few lunkheads didn’t like it. DH Northern Michigan.W8MI northern Michigan
Total waste - Cannot view gedcom files
One would assume with a $5 app called “GedView”, that viewing gedcom files would be a function of said app. Don’t bother.wastedfiver
Developer Response
If you have a problem opening a gedcom file contact support.Drops Name Fields Without Warning
2nd attempt to submit a review: much more abbreviated this time. Neither this app store profile nor the gedview web site provide a clear description of what the app actually does.
The gedview app doesn't operate directly off the ged file. Instead, it converts the content of your ged into a new database, then no longer uses the original ged file. In the process of conversion, it dropped the middle name field content of my ged file, leaving the new database with ambiguous, corrupted data with first names and surnames, only. Since there's no log file created nor warnings issued about dropped or ignored data, It is impossible to know what else is ignored by the attempt to translate the ged file.
It was a waste of $5 just to find out its limitations. The resulting database is worthless and can't be trusted with my ged files. I've deleted the app.
Just get a good iOS-based family tree app like MobileFamilyTree that handles multiple versions of ged file formats for import and it provides a rich functional interface with FamilySearch's global genealogy database. it is functionally much, much more robust.Show lessBackBlaster
Developer Response
Gedcom has no concept of a middle name, if an app supports one it is using a non standard extension, while GedView supports many of these extensions it doesn't one for middle names.
