Comparison

PHS MAC 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

PHS MAC

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La aplicación del Programa Head Start del MAC está diseñada para gestionar y coordinar los servicios solicitados por el personal en las instalaciones del programa. Su objetivo principal es optimizar la comunicación interna, agilizar los procesos y garantizar la calidad en la atención.

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

PHS MAC3 screens
Genogram Creator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PHS MAC at none against Genogram Creator's 2. PHS MAC also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Genogram Creator's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Genogram Creator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year. PHS MAC asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PHS MAC versus Genogram Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPHS MACGenogram Creator
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCaguas MunicipalityC6 Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

PHS MAC

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Genogram Creator

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

Questions

Is PHS MAC free?
PHS MAC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Genogram Creator free?
Genogram Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PHS MAC or Genogram Creator have ads?
PHS MAC shows ads; Genogram Creator does not.

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