Comparison

GenealogyDirect vs Tekna

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GenealogyDirect

Connect with local researchers to find archive documents for your family history. Offer your services to help others with their genealogy searches, making research more accessible.

Highlights
  • Connect with local researchers
  • Request archive document retrieval
  • Offer assistance to others
  • Collaborative genealogy network
  • Accessible family history research
Features
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GenealogyDirect helps you move beyond online hints and reach the records, context, and local knowledge your family history research often needs. Use GenealogyDirect to: • Request copies of archive documents when records are not online • Ask structured genealogy questions with evidence and context • Connect with local archive specialists, experienced volunteers, and professional researchers • Get help reading, locating, and understanding civil, parish, notarial, immigration, and historical records • Organize the next step in your ancestor search without relying on scattered messages or informal posts Whether you are building a family tree, tracing immigrant roots, researching ancestors abroad, or trying to solve a difficult record problem, GenealogyDirect gives your request a clear format so the right people can understand what you need. GenealogyDirect is not a record database. It is a bridge between family historians and the human help often needed when research reaches offline archives, local languages, handwriting, or specialized sources.

About

Tekna

Build and explore your family tree with secure cloud sync and collaborative editing. Visualize relationships, search individuals, and preserve your lineage privately on mobile.

Highlights
  • Secure cloud sync
  • Collaborative editing
  • GEDCOM import
  • Relationship path visualization
  • Individual profiles
  • Shareable path images
  • Private user authentication
Features
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Discover how everyone in your family connects—now with secure cloud sync and collaborative editing. Tekna transforms your family tree into a private, interactive mobile experience. Import GEDCOM files or start with preloaded data, then instantly search people, view detailed profiles, calculate precise relationship paths, and explore ancestors, descendants, and extended relatives with robust real-world logic. Open any person to see key facts, notes, and family views. Share clean relationship path images with family. Now powered by Supabase for secure, real-time access. New & Improved Features Secure user authentication & profiles – sign up to keep your data private Cloud database sync – access and update your tree from any device Collaborative editing – suggest changes with pending edit review workflow Admin moderation – control approvals for community or family contributions Full privacy with Row Level Security – only authorized users see data Improved relationship detection & path visualization Fast global search with recent history Individual profiles with tree views & notes Share paths as shareable image snapshots Add/edit individuals & family connections Import GEDCOM files + preloaded comprehensive dataset Whether preserving history, solving “how are we related?”, or building a shared family archive, Tekna makes genealogy simple, visual, secure, and truly collaborative on mobile. Download Tekna – your family tree, protected and connected.

Screenshots

GenealogyDirect4 screens
Tekna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GenealogyDirect at weekly against Tekna's every 3 weeks. Tekna's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GenealogyDirect against 5.0 for Tekna. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GenealogyDirect ships an update weekly, Tekna every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GenealogyDirect versus Tekna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGenealogyDirectTekna
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTheFrenchApps, LLCJACK RILEY GARBER

Customer experience

GenealogyDirect

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tekna

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GenealogyDirect

No in-app purchases

None

Tekna

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GenealogyDirect free?
GenealogyDirect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tekna free?
Tekna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GenealogyDirect or Tekna?
GenealogyDirect and Tekna are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do GenealogyDirect or Tekna have ads?
Neither GenealogyDirect nor Tekna shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GenealogyDirect or Tekna?
GenealogyDirect ships an update weekly, and Tekna every 3 weeks. Most recently, GenealogyDirect was updated on October 11, 2026 and Tekna on October 19, 2026.

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