Comparison

PDF Pro vs Genogram Creator

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

Head to head
About

PDF Pro

Edit, annotate, and read PDF documents on your iPhone and iPad. Highlight text, add notes, shapes, voice recordings, and photos. Search your entire PDF library, fill out forms, and sign documents.

Highlights
  • Edit and annotate PDFs
  • Highlight text and add notes
  • Embed audio and photo annotations
  • Full-text search of PDF library
  • Fill out and sign PDF forms
  • Organize PDFs with folders and tags
  • Import from cloud storage
Features
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PDF Pro lets you read, edit and annotate your PDF documents directly on your iPhone and iPad. Highlight text, take notes, embed shapes or draw with your finger. You can even embed voice recordings or photo annotations. Full-text-search your entire PDF library with just a single tap. Above all PDF Pro comes with full-featured PDF form and signature support. Key-Features At A Glance: • POWERFUL SEARCH: ∙ Full-text-search your entire PDF library. ∙ Search inside specific documents with easy navigation through the search results. ∙ Look-up selected text directly on Wikipedia or in the included dictionaries. • FILE-MANAGEMENT: ∙ Group your PDFs in folders and tag them with colorful labels. ∙ Import PDFs from your Dropbox®, Microsoft OneDrive® or Google Drive®. ∙ Add PDFs via USB or WiFi. ∙ Open E-Mail attachments. • CLEAR VIEW: ∙ Easily browse through all your annotations. ∙ Full PDF outline support. You can even search the outline. ∙ Get an overview of all your bookmarked or annotated pages just with a single tap. • SHARE and PRINT: ∙ Easily share your annotated documents with your friends or co-workers. ∙ Print your annotated and edited PDFs. ∙ You can even share or print single pages of a document. • HIGH SPEED and STABILITY: ∙ Rapid viewing of PDF documents. ∙ Smooth display of very large PDF files. • NIGHT MODE: ∙ Makes reading in the dark much easier on the eyes. • SECURITY: ∙ Support for password-protected PDFs • AND MUCH MORE... Premium Features and Premium Offer include: • ANNOTATIONS and NOTES: ∙ Highlight text, take notes or draw with your finger. ∙ Powerful shape editor for arrows, rectangles, circles, lines and much more. ∙ Embed audio and photo annotations into your PDFs. ∙ Use predefined stamps or create your own. • DOCUMENT EDITOR: ∙ Create new pages. ∙ Export pages or merge them into existing documents. ∙ Reorder, rotate and delete pages. • CONTENT EDITOR: • Modify the existing content of PDF documents. • MULTITASKING: ∙ Work with multiple PDFs at a time. ∙ Copy and paste annotations, shapes, images or text from one PDF document into another. • FORM SUPPORT: ∙ Just fill out your PDF form, sign it with your handwritten signature and you are ready to send it via E-Mail or print it via AirPrint®. A monthly or annual subscription is required to get access to all premium features and premium offer. --- Subscriptions automatically renew monthly or yearly depending on your plan unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Plans are priced at $3.99USD monthly and $24.99USD yearly (pricing may vary in countries other than the U.S.). Payment will be charged to your App Store Account at confirmation of purchase. To avoid automatic renewal, you must turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before your subscription ends. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your App Store Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://pdf-pro.net/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://pdf-pro.net/privacy-policy/

About

Genogram Creator

Create detailed family trees with emotional and medical histories. This tool maps complex family structures and relationships across generations, ideal for therapists and genealogists.

Highlights
  • Map family structure across generations
  • Record emotional relationship types
  • Track medical and mental health history
  • Visualize cultural heritage and religion
  • Professional-grade visual canvas
  • Import GEDCOM and JSON files
  • Export to PDF, PNG, and SVG
Features
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Genogram Creator is a professional genogram tool for iPhone, iPad and Mac — a visual canvas for mapping a family across generations, with all the structural detail clinicians need and an editorial design that's pleasant to look at. PLANS AND PRICING Genogram Creator is free to download, and you can try it before you pay. The app shows what's included for free (a free plan or a free trial, depending on the current offer) and the exact price before any purchase. Paid plans are auto-renewing annual subscriptions: • Standard — $49.99/year: up to 20 genograms, full editor, all symbols, PDF/PNG/SVG export without a watermark, GEDCOM/JSON export, Family Report • Unlimited — $99.99/year: everything in Standard plus unlimited genograms, JSON/GEDCOM import, and premium templates A free trial, when offered, includes the plan you pick, which starts automatically when the trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel on iPhone or iPad in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions; on Mac in the App Store app > [your name] > Account Settings > Subscriptions; or in the app under Settings > Manage or Cancel Subscription. A genogram is a family tree with feelings. Beyond names and dates, it captures emotional patterns, medical history, cultural heritage, religion, social class, and the relationships that hold (or strain) a family together. It's the standard tool used by family therapists, social workers, genealogists, and researchers. WHAT YOU CAN MAP • Family structure across generations — marriages, divorces, partnerships, parent-child, adoption, surrogacy, donor conception • 41 emotional relationship types — close, distant, conflict, cutoff, fused, hostile, caretaker, and more • Twins (fraternal and identical), step-families, blended families, multi-partner relationships • Medical conditions, mental health history, cause of death • Cultural heritage with 80+ pattern fills and country flags • Religion, social class, education level, sexual orientation • Custom notes, secrets, family groups, and free-floating annotations DESIGNED FOR PROFESSIONALS • Visual canvas with 60fps rendering and smooth pinch-to-zoom • 80+ person properties per node • Auto-arrange layout engine — drop in nodes and the canvas tidies itself • Two-finger pan, one-finger drag-to-pan, lasso select • 20-level undo/redo • Family group support — visualize entire households at once • Layered view modes — toggle religion, heritage, social class, medical, location independently IMPORT, EXPORT, AND SHARE • Import GEDCOM and JSON files (Unlimited plan) • Print-ready PDF (paper sizes, tiling, black and white), PNG and SVG export • Files.app integration — your genograms live alongside your other documents • Works offline: no account, no analytics, your genograms are never uploaded 48 TEMPLATES (Unlimited plan) • Family structures — three-generation, blended, single parent, same-sex with adoption, adoptive, foster care, grandparents raising grandchildren, chosen family, co-parenting • Clinical patterns — anxiety, depression, substance use, PTSD, bipolar, ADHD, enmeshment, cutoff, parentification, triangulation, grief, military deployment, elder care, genetic counseling • Cultural and community systems across six traditions • Historical families — Freud, Darwin-Wedgwood, Queen Victoria, Kennedy, Curie, Tubman and more PRIVACY-FIRST Your genograms stay on your device (or in your own iCloud Drive if you enable it) and are never uploaded to us. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. Tutorial videos stream from genogramcreator.com, and problem reports are sent only if you choose to send one. Your family is yours. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Plans, prices, free options and how to cancel are listed under PLANS AND PRICING above. Terms: https://genogramcreator.com/terms. Privacy: https://genogramcreator.com/privacy.

Screenshots

PDF Pro4 screens
Genogram Creator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PDF Pro at 4.7 against Genogram Creator's 4.0. PDF Pro also leads on ratings volume (7K vs 5) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). Genogram Creator's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. PDF Pro sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Genogram Creator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PDF Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDF Pro has 7K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of PDF Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of Genogram Creator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PDF Pro ships an update every 2 months, Genogram Creator every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PDF Pro versus Genogram Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDF ProGenogram Creator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7K ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDominic RodemerC6 Labs LLC

Customer experience

PDF Pro

All ratings6,945 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews425 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.6%
Negative29.4%

Genogram Creator

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

PDF Pro

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Annotations and highlights randomly disappearing
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Corrupted PDF files after editing
  • Slow performance on older devices
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between PDFs

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved bookmarking and note-taking
  • Seamless iCloud/cloud storage integration
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Advanced text editing and OCR capabilities
  • Better organization and folder management

Genogram Creator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

PDF Pro

Subscriptions10
  • Offer - Monthly - iOS3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium - Monthly - iOS3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium - Monthly - macOS3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Offer - Annual - iOS3 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Offer - Annual - macOS3 Days trial$22.991 Year
  • Premium - Annual - iOS3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Offer - iOS + macOS3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Premium - Annual - macOS3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Premium - iOS + macOS3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Premium - macOS + iOS3 Days trial$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Genogram Creator

Subscriptions2
  • Standard Annual$49.991 Year
  • Unlimited Annual$99.991 Year

Questions

Is PDF Pro free?
PDF Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Genogram Creator free?
Genogram Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PDF Pro or Genogram Creator?
PDF Pro is rated higher. PDF Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7K ratings, while Genogram Creator averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do PDF Pro or Genogram Creator have ads?
Neither PDF Pro nor Genogram Creator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDF Pro or Genogram Creator?
PDF Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Genogram Creator every 9 days. Most recently, PDF Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Genogram Creator on October 31, 2026.

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