Families vs Group Mail App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Group Mail App
Easily send emails to multiple recipients by managing custom contact lists. Organize contacts for family, friends, or work, and select who receives emails in CC or BCC. You can also temporarily deselect individuals before sending.
- Manage multiple contact lists
- Add contacts from address book
- Choose CC/BCC recipients
- Temporarily deselect receivers
- iPad multitasking support
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This app makes sending of emails to a group of receivers as easy as possible. Manage different lists for family, friends, work and so on. Features: - manage different lists of email receivers - add names and email addresses from your contacts - choose who receives the email on CC or BCC - temporary deselect individual receivers before sending - support for iPad multitasking (split screen...)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Families at 60% against Group Mail App's 0%. Families also leads on rating (3.9 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Group Mail App's advantage is price (Free vs $14.99). On update cadence, ads, monetization model 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
Group Mail App is free to download; Families costs $14.99 up front. Group Mail App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Families asks for nothing beyond the download.
Families holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Families's written reviews are positive against 0% of Group Mail App's.
Families ships an update every 5 months, Group Mail App every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Families | Group Mail App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (10 ratings) — better | 2.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Malcolm Green | Piet Jonas |
Customer experience
Families
Group Mail App
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
Group Mail App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Families
No in-app purchases
Group Mail App
- Group Mail Upgrade$1.99
