Comparison

VeryFamily vs GEDexplorer

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

Head to head
About

VeryFamily

Easily create and visualize your family tree, even with complex relationships like remarriages and stepfamilies. Add photos, dates, and professions to each individual. Export your tree as a PDF or print it directly.

Highlights
  • Draws full family trees (ascendants and descendants)
  • Manages remarriages and stepfamilies
  • Attaches photos and personal details
  • Exports trees in PDF and GEDCOM formats
  • Prints directly via AirPrint
  • Backup and restore data
  • Multiple representation styles
Features
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Looking to easily draw your family tree ? You know nothing about genealogy ? It's almost the anniversary of Grandma and you want to print his family tree with a photo of all her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren ? VeryFamily is for you. Simply enter the full name of the people to show and their relationship and VeryFamily does the rest and draws the family tree of any member of your family. Of course you can complete the form for each person indicating their date and place of birth, date and place of death and profession if you know them, and attach a photo. Easily manage remarriages and stepfamilies. VeryFamily wants general public oriented, accessible to everyone. VeryFamily not intended to be a tool for professional genealogy. VeryFamily is just a tool of representation of family trees. Recreational use and intuitive interface make it an original essential application to create beautiful family trees. VeryFamily trees build full family trees starting from a member of your family (tree trunk) and draws its ascendants (the roots of the tree), but also all its descendants (branches and leaves of the tree) . VeryFamily is not limited, as with other products, to 3 or 4 generations. It will draw all the generations you have indicated. To add some Fun to your trees, VeryFamily offers several types of representations of family trees. Add frames for photos of people, materialize sky and earth for more realism. With over 10,000 opportunities to represent your family tree, you should find your happiness. In options: VeryFamily manages swap files between applications genealogy. It can export your tree in gedcom format. You can also take a tree that has already been done on another application and send by email, on your iPad, the gedcom file. Very Family will import the data so you do not re-enter it. VeryFamily can export your family tree generating a PDF file to allow you to distribute it by email to your family or simply to print. However, you can print your tree directly from the app with AirPrint technology. VeryFamily integrates a module to backup and restore your data to allow you to transfer your trees on another iPad in case of reset or change device. For any questions or observations, please send an email to support : support@veryphone.fr

About

GEDexplorer

Explore your family history offline with this genealogy browser. View biographical details, ancestor/descendant trees, and images. Supports various GEDCOM file formats and character encodings.

Highlights
  • Biographical view
  • Ancestor/descendant tree view
  • Circular ancestor view
  • Image and map display
  • HTML notes support
  • Offline access
  • GEDCOM file support
Features
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GEDexplorer is a browser for genealogy data contained in GEDCOM files. Using GEDexplorer you can keep your family history data with you at all times, in your phone or in your tablet. With GEDexplorer there's no recurring fee, no need to share your data with others and no need to stay connected to the internet. Please note that GEDexplorer can not (yet) edit genealogy data - it can only visualize genealogy information that you have already collected. Features: * A compact yet detailed biographical view * A scrollable and zoomable tree view for showing a person's ancestors and/or descendants * A circular view for showing a person's ancestors * Split screen mode (useful for tablets and high density phones) * Shows images for persons, events and places * Shows maps for places (if they have coordinates) * Supports links to web pages * Supports notes written in HTML * Supports GEDCOM 5.5, 5.5.1 and 5.5EL files in a variety of character encodings * Fast and memory efficient * Supported languages: English, French, German, Polish and Swedish

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: VeryFamily at Free against GEDexplorer's $3.99. VeryFamily also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). GEDexplorer's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

VeryFamily is free to download; GEDexplorer costs $3.99 up front. VeryFamily sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. GEDexplorer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GEDexplorer holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 34% and 33% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VeryFamily ships an update every 5 months, GEDexplorer every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
VeryFamily versus GEDexplorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeryFamilyGEDexplorer
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.3% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB8 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperVeryphoneChrister Sundin

Customer experience

VeryFamily

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive34.3%
Neutral9.0%
Negative56.7%

GEDexplorer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

VeryFamily

One-time2
  • version with no ads$0.99
  • access to export tools of VeryFamily$1.99
None

GEDexplorer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VeryFamily free?
VeryFamily is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GEDexplorer free?
GEDexplorer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VeryFamily or GEDexplorer?
GEDexplorer is rated higher. VeryFamily averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while GEDexplorer averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do VeryFamily or GEDexplorer have ads?
VeryFamily shows ads; GEDexplorer does not.
Which is updated more often, VeryFamily or GEDexplorer?
VeryFamily ships an update every 5 months, and GEDexplorer every 7 months. Most recently, VeryFamily was updated on November 1, 2026 and GEDexplorer on November 2, 2026.

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