Fictional Names vs GenerationTree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fictional Names
Generate unique fictional names for characters in your books, scripts, or articles. Select male or female names and save your favorites to a personal list. Easily export your curated names to other applications or your clipboard.
- Generate male or female fictional names
- Save favorite names
- Delete names from saved list
- Export saved names
- Copy names to clipboard
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Author and film makers - This app will help you find fictional names for use in your books, articles, scripts. Choose whether you want a male or female name. A name will appear below the controls. If you don't like that one, tap the "See Another" button. If you like a name you can save it to the list at the bottom of the page. You can also delete names from the saved list or export those saved names to another application or to the clipboard.
GenerationTree
Visualize your family tree with ease. Input names and add parents to automatically generate a comprehensive chart of relationships, from great-grandparents to nth cousins.
- Automatic relationship analysis
- Extensive relationship types
- Simple name-based input
- Visual family tree display
- Supports multiple generations
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GenerationTree displays family relationships. The only required input is the name of each person. As the parents of each person are added, family relationships are analyzed and added. Relationships include Great... Grandparents, Great... Grand Uncles and Aunts, Grandparents, Grand Uncles and Aunts, Parents, Uncles and Aunts, Siblings, Children, Nieces and Nephews, Grand Nieces and Nephews, Great... Grand Nieces and Nephews, Cousins, nth Cousins x times removed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fictional Names at 5.0 against GenerationTree's 1.0. GenerationTree's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fictional Names holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Fictional Names | GenerationTree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Janelle | Philip Brothers |
Customer experience
Fictional Names
GenerationTree
In-app purchases
Fictional Names
No in-app purchases
GenerationTree
No in-app purchases






