Comparison

Find a Grave vs GEDitMobile

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

Head to head
About

Find a Grave

Access the world's largest free online collection of burial information. Search millions of graves, add new memorials with photos and GPS, and find loved ones' resting places. Honor ancestors by creating memorials and sharing discoveries.

Highlights
  • Search 250+ million graves
  • Add memorials and photos
  • Record GPS locations
  • Create ancestor memorials
  • Share discoveries
  • Manage user profiles
Features
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The Find a Grave app is a great way to use and add to the world’s largest free online collection of burial information. Quickly search more than 265 million graves in half a million cemeteries around the world. Add a new memorial or a photo and GPS location to an existing memorial. Easily add information for multiple graves by photographing and then uploading them for future transcription. Find and visit a loved one’s final resting place anywhere, anytime. Request a headstone photo or snap one yourself and share it instantly. Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. All this and more with just a few taps. Features: + Access the largest online collection of burial info for free + Find cemeteries near you and locate grave sites of your loved ones through a simple search + Add headstones photo and GPS coordinates + Create memorials with bios and photos + Share discoveries through Facebook, emails, text messages + Manage your profile and see the profiles of others + Track your own memorials, photos, and virtual cemeteries

About

GEDitMobile

Features
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GEDitMobile allows you to read, display, manipulate, edit and create new GEDCOM 5.5 formatted genealogy (Family History) files (FHFs). GEDitMobile is compatible with GEDitCOM II, a fully functional OS X genealogy package. Highlights of GEDitMobile include: • Ability to read FHFs and PDFs stored on your iOS device or in a Dropbox folder • Display of all GEDCOM Record types as well as GEDitCOM II Place (_PLC) Records • Navigation tools including ability to jump to next, previous, first and last Records of any type • Ability to search Records for desired terms • Full and compact displays of Individual and Family Records with or without color coding • Display of Thumbnail portraits generated by GEDitCOM II or GEDitMobile • Support for GEDitCOM II extensional tags • Display of linked maps and websites • Support for GEDitCOM II formatted notes with active hyperlinks • Ability to handle single parent and non-traditional (e.g., unmarried and same-sex partner) families • Generation of Pedigree Charts and interactive Pedigree Lists • Generation of Family Group Sheets (LDS and non-LDS formats) • Ability to save (as PDF), email and print Records, Pedigree Charts/Lists and Family Group Sheets • Ability to view, print and email saved PDFs Editing capabilities include: • Creation of new FHFs • Ability to add new Records to FHFs • Editing of existing Records in FHFs • Ability to establish links to external media files, maps and websites • Creation of Thumbnail portraits

Screenshots

Find a Grave4 screens
GEDitMobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Find a Grave at Free against GEDitMobile's $4.99. Find a Grave also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months). GEDitMobile's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Find a Grave is free to download; GEDitMobile costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Find a Grave ships an update every 9 days, GEDitMobile every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Find a Grave versus GEDitMobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFind a GraveGEDitMobile
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (3.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB84 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAncestry.comGrant Smith

Bugs and requests

Find a Grave

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Server errors and inability to load memorials
  • Issues with uploading and editing photos
  • Problems with signing in and accessing account features
  • Inconsistent behavior across iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to message other users within the app
  • Improve search functionality and allow for more flexible searches
  • Integrate with Ancestry.com for seamless family tree integration
  • Add option to set default location/cemetery preferences
  • Improve GPS and mapping features to better locate graves

GEDitMobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Find a Grave

No in-app purchases

None

GEDitMobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Find a Grave free?
Find a Grave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GEDitMobile free?
GEDitMobile costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Find a Grave or GEDitMobile have ads?
Neither Find a Grave nor GEDitMobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Find a Grave or GEDitMobile?
Find a Grave ships an update every 9 days, and GEDitMobile every 5 months. Most recently, Find a Grave was updated on October 15, 2026 and GEDitMobile on October 12, 2026.

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