Find a Grave vs British Names
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Search 250+ million graves
- Add memorials and photos
- Record GPS locations
- Create ancestor memorials
- Share discoveries
- Manage user profiles
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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
British Names
Discover the meanings and origins of over 17,000 British names, including English, Scottish, and Welsh surnames. This offline app allows you to search for specific names and learn their history, making your heritage easily accessible.
- 17,000+ British names
- Name meanings and origins
- English, Scottish, Welsh surnames
- Offline access
- Search functionality
- Name history
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This app contain 17000+ British names with the history of each names, there is a search option to find out your desire name and know the history of you name. Top UK names, British names, History of names. The names are presented in three sets: English, Scottish, and Welsh surnames. Your heritage is now at your fingertips! The Application is offline and does not need any internet connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Find a Grave at 4.7 against British Names's 3.5. Find a Grave also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 12 months). British Names's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Find a Grave holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Find a Grave has 3.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Find a Grave ships an update every 9 days, British Names every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Find a Grave | British Names |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ancestry.com | Andrew Yahin |
Customer experience
Find a Grave
British Names
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
British Names
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Find a Grave
No in-app purchases
British Names
No in-app purchases
Questions
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