Comparison

Flinker vs nBranches

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

Head to head
About

Flinker

Collaboratively build and explore your family tree with relatives. Add rich profiles, receive birthday reminders, and gain insights into your family's history and connections. Designed for ease of use and privacy.

Highlights
  • Collaborative family tree building
  • Rich relative profiles
  • Automatic birthday reminders
  • Interactive tree exploration
  • Private family spaces
  • Family insights and statistics
Features
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Flinker is the modern way to build your family tree — together. Most family history apps feel like research software. Flinker feels like a family app. Invite your relatives, build your tree as a team, and stay connected around the people who matter most. BUILD A TREE THAT'S TRULY YOURS • Add relatives with rich profiles: birthdays, photos, careers, education, languages spoken, hobbies, and the places they've lived. • Explore a beautiful, interactive tree you can pan and zoom. • Built for real families, including complex branches. INVITE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY • Share a private family space with a simple invite link. • Everyone contributes what they know, so your tree grows faster and stays accurate. • Owner, contributor, and viewer roles keep everything organized. NEVER MISS A BIRTHDAY • Automatic birthday reminders, delivered in your own time zone. • See who's celebrating next and plan ahead. DISCOVER YOUR FAMILY IN NUMBERS • Insightful statistics about your tree: members, generations, weddings, and more. • Birthday heatmaps, top locations, hobbies, and languages across your family. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your family data lives in your private family space. • You decide who to invite and what they can do. AVAILABLE IN YOUR LANGUAGE Flinker is translated into many languages and adapts to your device, including right-to-left layouts. Start your tree today and bring your whole family together in one place.

About

nBranches

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Every family has a story worth growing. nBranches helps you turn scattered memories into a living, interactive tree for the people, pets, classes and communities that matter to you. Instead of leaving photos, names, stories and documents spread across albums, phones and messages, nBranches brings them together in one connected place. Create beautiful trees, add branches, attach memories, invite loved ones and watch your story grow over time. With nBranches, you can: • Build family trees, pet trees, school class trees or your own custom tree • Add people, pets, relationships and important life details • Save memories with photos, stories, voice notes and PDF documents • Invite relatives and loved ones to claim their branch and add their own memories • Explore where your family has lived and travelled with map-based context • Use Photo Studio tools to colorize black and white photos and enhance low-quality images • Keep birthdays, remembrance dates and meaningful moments close • Use AI-assisted prompts to help scaffold trees and turn details into stories • Choose from multiple supported languages after logging in, with language preferences available in Settings nBranches is free to download and use, with optional subscriptions if you want to unlock more ways to build, preserve and grow your trees. More than a static family tree, nBranches is a place to preserve real memories, connect generations, include pets and keep the people you love close — wherever life takes you. Your family story, now closer than ever. — nBranches offers optional auto-renewable subscriptions. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your device's App Store account settings after purchase. Subscription titles, lengths and prices are shown in the app before you purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nbranches.com/privacy

Screenshots

Flinker4 screens
nBranches4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flinker at none against nBranches's 6. Flinker also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. nBranches sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Flinker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Flinker versus nBranches: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlinkernBranches
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMOHAMED MAHFOUDNbranches Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Flinker

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

nBranches

Subscriptions6
  • Oak$5.991 Month
  • Forest$9.991 Month
  • Jungle$29.991 Month
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  • Oak$49.991 Year
  • Forest$79.991 Year
  • Jungle$229.991 Year

Questions

Is Flinker free?
Flinker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is nBranches free?
nBranches is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flinker or nBranches have ads?
Neither Flinker nor nBranches shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flinker or nBranches?
Flinker ships an update every 4 days, and nBranches every 4 days. Most recently, Flinker was updated on October 30, 2026 and nBranches on November 5, 2026.

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