Comparison

VeryFamily vs Timeline Maker

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

Timeline Maker

Features
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Turn dates, notes and photos into a timeline you can share. Clarus arranges your events automatically and gives you five distinct layouts to choose from. Create a project overview, record personal milestones, or bring a school history project to life. • Add events with dates, titles, notes and photos. • Choose year, month or day precision, including BCE dates. • Switch between Classic, Editorial, Milestones, Roadmap and Event Flow layouts. • Share timeline images as PNG, or export multi-page PDFs with Pro. • Keep your timelines saved locally on your device. Free includes 3 timelines, 10 events per timeline, the Classic layout and PNG export with a watermark. Pro unlocks unlimited timelines and events, four additional layouts, PDF export and watermark-free exports. Terms of Use: https://www.notion.so/Terms-of-Use-for-Timeline-Maker-Clarus-32b457c470328057a249ea8c9e82b521 Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/Privacy-Policy-for-Timeline-Maker-Clarus-32b457c47032800f9896f0ab73110a21

Screenshots

Timeline Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Timeline Maker at none against VeryFamily's shown. Timeline Maker also leads on device support (3 vs 1). VeryFamily's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. VeryFamily sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Timeline Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VeryFamily ships an update every 5 months, Timeline Maker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
VeryFamily versus Timeline Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeryFamilyTimeline Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVeryphone紫妍 连

In-app purchases

2 purchases

VeryFamily

One-time2
  • version with no ads$0.99
  • access to export tools of VeryFamily$1.99
2 purchases

Timeline Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Clarus Pro Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Clarus Pro Yearly$6.991 Year

Questions

Is VeryFamily free?
VeryFamily is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timeline Maker free?
Timeline Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VeryFamily or Timeline Maker have ads?
VeryFamily shows ads; Timeline Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, VeryFamily or Timeline Maker?
VeryFamily ships an update every 5 months, and Timeline Maker every 3 months. Most recently, VeryFamily was updated on October 19, 2026 and Timeline Maker on October 28, 2026.

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