Comparison

RootsLore vs willhave

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

Head to head
About

RootsLore

Features
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RootsLore turns scattered family memory into a living, time-lapse map. Add the people you remember β€” names, years, and the places that defined their lives. RootsLore plays it all back as an animated map, so your whole family can watch two centuries of shared history unfold across the world. β€” RECORD WHAT MATTERS Add birthplaces, residences, marriages, and graves. Every field is optional β€” start with just a name, fill in details as you go. City names look up coordinates automatically; pins are always hand-editable. β€” TWO VIEWS, ONE STORY Switch between a time-lapse world map and a generational family tree. Select any person and both views sync. Watch migration arcs trace the paths your ancestors walked. β€” BUILT FOR REAL FAMILIES A flexible relationship graph supports any family structure: unknown or non-binary parents, multiple marriages, remarriage, adoption, and unlinked branches. A person with no data shows as "Unknown" rather than blocking entry. β€” SHARE WITH ONE LINK Drop a link in the family group chat. Anyone can open the map β€” no account required. Invite specific family members to help build it together. β€” A DIGITAL HEIRLOOM Manual input isn't a limitation β€” it's the soul of RootsLore. The record you build here is one no database in the world holds. It's yours to preserve for the next generation. Where was your grandmother born? And her mother? And hers? Most of us only know two generations back. RootsLore is for the third. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rootslore.com/en/privacy

About

willhave

Features
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willhave keeps everything you wish for in one place, and shares it with one link. The people who open that link quietly reserve what they'll give β€” and you never see who reserved what. Nobody turns up with the same gift twice, and the surprise stays a surprise. Everything you wish for, in one place - Add a wish from a photo, a link, or a few words - Paste a product link and the picture, title and price fill themselves in, whatever the currency - Save from Safari with the extension, or from any other app through the share sheet - Sort wishes into albums like Birthday or Christmas - Say how much you want something: Dream gift, Want it or Fun thing - A wish with no photo gets a hand-drawn sketch of its own, so your list never looks empty Share it with one link - One link opens your album for anyone, including people who don't have the app - Set your profile to Everyone or to Approved only, and make each album public or private on its own - People can find you by name, by email if you switch that on in settings, and through your contacts So nothing arrives twice - Follow the people you give to and see what they're wishing for - Reserve a gift and everyone else can see it's taken β€” the owner never can - Keep a private to-buy list with notes, grouped by person, and check off each gift once you've bought it - Gift inspiration shows you real public wishlists, filtered by the age and gender of the person you're buying for - Suggest a gift for someone you follow β€” it lands in their β€œGift ideas”, not their wishlist, visible to everyone who can see their profile and never to them For the whole family - Parents keep a wishlist for each child, and the child needs no email and no account Start right away - Look through a shared wishlist without an account - Start your own the same way: get started right away, and save your account whenever you like - No passwords anywhere β€” you sign in with a 6-digit code we email you Private by design - The list owner never sees who reserved what. That is the whole point of willhave - If you look for people through your contacts, they're hashed on your own device, so we never see your address book - You choose what's visible and how people can find you - Delete your account and everything in it, anytime - We don't sell your personal data, and no advertiser gets near it - Free to use, with no paywall willhave is made for iPhone and iPad, works in 12 languages β€” English, Swedish, Spanish, Arabic, German, Italian, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Romanian, Greek and Turkish β€” and understands any currency.

Screenshots

RootsLore4 screens
willhave4 screens

Verdict

The call

RootsLore and willhave are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RootsLore ships an update every 2 days, willhave every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
RootsLore versus willhave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRootsLorewillhave
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days β€” betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size52 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaeeun KimHenrik Lantz Hedstrom

In-app purchases

None

RootsLore

No in-app purchases

None

willhave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RootsLore free?
RootsLore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is willhave free?
willhave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RootsLore or willhave have ads?
Neither RootsLore nor willhave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RootsLore or willhave?
RootsLore ships an update every 2 days, and willhave every 3 days. Most recently, RootsLore was updated on October 1, 2026 and willhave on September 7, 2026.

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