Comparison

Families vs FileFlex Enterprise

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

FileFlex Enterprise

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OVERVIEW FileFlex Enterprise is a free client to allow FileFlex Enterprise users the ability to remotely connect to any or all of their organization's storage from their mobile device. It is different from public clouds, private clouds and Enterprise File Sync and Share services through its proprietary file access virtualization technology. FileFlex Enterprise uses its file access virtualization technology to allow an organization's users to remotely access corporate files stored anywhere on the corporate storage infrastructure from their smart phones, tablets or remote PCs. The location of the file can be on a server, SAN, DAS, NAS, PC or cloud. With FileFlex Enterprise, organizations don’t need to build a private cloud or copy anything to a third party EFSS or public cloud provider. They add FileFlex Enterprise as a software-only solution to their own existing storage instead. All of an organization's data stays on-premise, behind the firewall and under IT control to ensure data residency and protect client confidential information. FEATURES Remote Access  The FileFlex Enterprise mobile client provides users of FileFlex Enterprise remote access to corporate files and folders from their source locations anywhere on the corporate infrastructure. File Sharing  The FileFlex Enterprise mobile client allows users of FileFlex Enterprise to remotely share files from their source locations without having to sync, move or upload them to the cloud. It does not use links that can be forwarded or copied to social media. Instead it is permission-based to prevent unauthorized access. There are no storage limitations, no file size limits, no quality degradation (no compression) and no complicated IT type setup requirements for the sharing of files. Media Streaming  The FileFlex Enterprise mobile client allows the streaming of media files from their source locations to the user or to any contact. This allows the consumption and sharing of massive collections of digital media. Media streams right from where it is stored. Users don’t need to upload to the cloud or EFSS and recipients don’t need to download - they stream the organization's own storage. Remote Multi-Location File Management  The FileFlex Enterprise client is arguably the world’s best file manager app because it provides remote file management between multiple devices. The traditional file manager include an ability to create folders, as well as cut, copy, paste, move and upload and delete files. But that is where a traditional file manager ends. It works for devices that a user is connected to, but not when they are remote. FileFlex enables users to use any internet connected smart phone, tablet or secondary computer to remotely cut, paste, copy, delete, rename, move and organize any document no matter where it is stored. Users can even cut, copy and paste files between various storage devices remotely. They don’t have to be at the office to organize their files, they can keep things organized from anywhere. Remote Network Access  FileFlex Enterprise turns networked devices into a powerful gateway into all storage. For example, with FileFlex Enterprise on a corporate server, users can use that server to access, share, stream and perform remote multi-device file management functions to any and all permitted storage on the server and all permitted storage on the server’s network. SECURITY FEATURES - Files stay in their source locations and nothing is moved or copied to a third party - Users have high level encrypted direct access to the files with trusted certificates - Provides an activity log - All remote access and sharing is permission-based - Provides data residency and protects confidential information

Screenshots

Families4 screens
FileFlex Enterprise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FileFlex Enterprise at Free against Families's $14.99. Families's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Families versus FileFlex Enterprise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFamiliesFileFlex Enterprise
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMalcolm GreenQnext Corp.

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

FileFlex Enterprise

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Families

No in-app purchases

None

FileFlex Enterprise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Families free?
Families costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FileFlex Enterprise free?
FileFlex Enterprise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Families or FileFlex Enterprise have ads?
Neither Families nor FileFlex Enterprise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Families or FileFlex Enterprise?
Families ships an update every 5 months, and FileFlex Enterprise every 5 months. Most recently, Families was updated on November 1, 2026 and FileFlex Enterprise on November 2, 2026.

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