Comparison

Families vs XCubes

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

Head to head
About

Families

Manage and edit your family tree data on the go. This app syncs with desktop genealogy software, allowing you to view, edit, and add to your family files from your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. It supports various views, sources, media, and powerful search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Multiple family file support
  • GEDCOM and Legacy file compatibility
  • Create new family files
  • Family, Pedigree, Descendant Views
  • Source and location management
  • Picture and document attachment
  • Powerful search functionality
Features
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Families is designed to operate in conjunction with Legacy Family Tree, the leading Windows-based genealogy software from Millennia Corp. Your Legacy family files can be easily transferred to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, enabling them to be viewed and edited wherever you are. Families supports the following functionality: - Multiple family files - Supports GEDCOM as well as Legacy files - New family files can be created from scratch - Family View, Pedigree View, Descendant View and Timeline - Relationships - Events - To Do Lists - Master and Detail Sources - Locations and Addresses, with mapping display - Alternate Names - Master Lists - Pictures, including the ability to add pictures from camera or photo album - Documents, audio and video files - Bookmarks - Powerful search options - Portrait and Landscape mode on all views - Supports Legacy 6, 7, 8 and 9 - Support for Legacy 9 features, including same sex relationships, hashtags and stories Families uses a highly efficient database implementation, allowing very large family files to be supported. Users have successfully displayed and edited files containing over 300,000 individuals on an iPhone. Families requires access to a Wi-Fi network or use of a USB connection in order to transfer family files between your device and your PC. Families requires a companion program running on the PC to transfer family files to and from the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. This program, Families Sync, can be downloaded free of charge from www.telgen.co.uk/families/sync. A sample family file is included. Support is available via support@telgen.co.uk.

About

XCubes

This app offers a multidimensional spreadsheet system for creating and editing data cubes. It simplifies data analysis and visualization with interactive charts and easier formula maintenance compared to traditional spreadsheets. Users can import data from Excel files.

Highlights
  • Multidimensional data cubes
  • Drag-and-drop dimension exploration
  • Simplified formula maintenance
  • Automatic dimension resizing
  • Interactive 2D and 3D charts
  • MS Excel file import
Features
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XCubes is a multidimensional spreadsheet system allowing you to create and edit cubes the easy way. Compared to spreadsheets cubes can store larger amounts of data and enable data exploration/analysis by dragging and dropping the cube's dimensions. Cubes use less formulas which makes their maintenance much easier than spreadsheets. You can use the provided dimensions or create your own to build your cubes. Cubes will automatically grow or shrink when adding or removing dimensions or when adding or removing items in dimensions. Real names are used in formulas and across the system instead of traditional cell references. XCubes generates a large variety of fully interactive 2D and 3D business charts for a new experience of data visualization. You can open MS Excel files directly in the app to copy/paste data into cubes. *** Stay tuned for new features to come.

Screenshots

Families4 screens
XCubes2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: XCubes at Free against Families's $14.99. XCubes also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Families's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (60% vs 33%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

XCubes is free to download; Families costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Families holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Families's written reviews are positive against 33% of XCubes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Families ships an update every 5 months, XCubes every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Families versus XCubes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFamiliesXCubes
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (10 ratings) — better3.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.010
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMalcolm GreenMarc braun

Customer experience

Families

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

XCubes

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Families

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Crashing upon launch
  • Crashes when adding pictures
  • Crashes when trying to add new data
  • Crashes when trying to open Legacy file
  • Crashes when selecting a picture from camera roll
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  • Crashes when attempting to place cursor into a text field
  • App flashes back to main screen on opening
  • Quit working after iPad OS update
  • Application hung up after data transfer
  • Cannot add a picture
  • Syncing issues with joint Apple accounts
  • Problem with multiple marriages display
  • RIN issue (historically)
  • Networking issue reported by users
  • App not working on specific computer configurations

Requested features

10 requests
  • Password option for security
  • Printing capabilities (Ancestor/Descendant Reports)
  • True automatic syncing
  • Relationship calculator
  • Ability to delete old database files
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  • Search function when viewing name list
  • Fan charts and ancestor/descendant reports
  • Larger font size on iPad
  • Bookmarks
  • Generic reports

XCubes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Families

No in-app purchases

None

XCubes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Families free?
Families costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is XCubes free?
XCubes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Families or XCubes?
Families is rated higher. Families averages 3.9 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while XCubes averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Families or XCubes have ads?
Neither Families nor XCubes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Families or XCubes?
Families ships an update every 5 months, and XCubes every 6 weeks. Most recently, Families was updated on November 1, 2026 and XCubes on November 2, 2026.

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