TreeView vs GenealogyDirect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TreeView
Easily build and manage your family tree with this intuitive application. Access your family history offline, add photos, and explore various tree designs. Sync your progress across devices and control your privacy settings.
- Flexible tree designs (Pedigree, Hourglass, Ancestors, Descendants, Family)
- Add and amend details with notes
- Upload photos to embellish your tree
- Offline mode for viewing family trees
- Automatic syncing across devices
- Privacy settings (Private, Invitation only, Public)
- Import GEDCOM files
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Build your family tree with TreeView and you’ll have your family history at your fingertips, even when you have no signal! Whether you’re an experienced family historian or just starting out, you’ll find TreeView easy to use and an essential tool in your research. Features • Includes a number of flexible tree designs including Pedigree, Hourglass, Ancestors, Descendants and Family views. • Add and amend details easily and add notes, all from within the app. • View historical records for your ancestors via TheGenealogist (subscription required). • Upload photos to embellish your tree. • Offline mode – View your family tree even when you have no signal. • Information you add on one device will automatically be available on all your other devices. • Help and advice at your fingertips. Compatibility • Import a GEDCOM file of your family tree at TreeView.co.uk (Free of charge) or TheGenealogist to view and edit it on your device. • If you have already built a family tree on TheGenealogist or TreeView.co.uk, you can log in with that account to view and edit you tree. Privacy TreeView offers you the flexibility to be as private or public with your trees as you wish. With 3 settings you have the choice of who you share your family tree with. • Private • Invitation only (Users can see if there is a potential match in your tree, but cannot see the full tree’s details without your permission) • Public
GenealogyDirect
Connect with local researchers to find archive documents for your family history. Offer your services to help others with their genealogy searches, making research more accessible.
- Connect with local researchers
- Request archive document retrieval
- Offer assistance to others
- Collaborative genealogy network
- Accessible family history research
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GenealogyDirect helps you move beyond online hints and reach the records, context, and local knowledge your family history research often needs. Use GenealogyDirect to: • Request copies of archive documents when records are not online • Ask structured genealogy questions with evidence and context • Connect with local archive specialists, experienced volunteers, and professional researchers • Get help reading, locating, and understanding civil, parish, notarial, immigration, and historical records • Organize the next step in your ancestor search without relying on scattered messages or informal posts Whether you are building a family tree, tracing immigrant roots, researching ancestors abroad, or trying to solve a difficult record problem, GenealogyDirect gives your request a clear format so the right people can understand what you need. GenealogyDirect is not a record database. It is a bridge between family historians and the human help often needed when research reaches offline archives, local languages, handwriting, or specialized sources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GenealogyDirect at 5.0 against TreeView's 2.0. TreeView's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
GenealogyDirect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively.
TreeView ships an update every 6 days, GenealogyDirect weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TreeView | GenealogyDirect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Genealogy Supplies (Jersey) Ltd | TheFrenchApps, LLC |
Customer experience
TreeView
GenealogyDirect
Bugs and requests
TreeView
Reported bugs
118 issues- Fatal errors on startup
- Cannot delete tree file
- Fatal errors when trying to get going
- Wouldn't upload images from iPhone 11
- Siblings not in the right order
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- Freezes up a lot
- App is telling me my version is out of date but no updates on App Store
- Program crashes immediately when trying to open on iPad 1 with IOS 5.1.1
- App won't open
- Keeps crashing
- App crashes and comes up with fatal error
- App crashes
- App glitched and lost all history
- App constantly force closes
- Clears family tree when you log back in
- Logged me out for no reason, deleted entire family tree
- App won't allow me to sign in after signing up with Facebook
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Cannot add collaborators
- Collaborators can only view and comment, not edit
- Cannot share trees from the app, have to login to website
- Cannot see the whole tree at the same time
- Cannot export the tree
- Cannot add adoptive children/parents
- Cannot add children of unmarried parents easily
- Cannot add half-siblings easily
- Cannot denote sibling order without birth dates
- Cannot add a sibling without adding a parent first
- Cannot denote person is deceased without a death date
- Cannot invite others to edit
- Cannot change date order preference
- Cannot add day of the week
- Cannot turn off middle name abbreviation
- Cannot add more fields for other names
- Cannot support cultures that write family names first
- Cannot add more than 7 photos
- Cannot add half-siblings well (different mothers)
- Cannot assign different fathers to siblings
- Cannot print or email the tree without paying
- Cannot import GED file without going to developer's website
- Cannot use app if 3rd party cookies are not allowed
- Cannot add sibling of a parent
- Only see parts of the tree depending on who is selected
- App not updated for latest screens
- Dates are open text fields
- Subscription required for 'In Other Trees'
- No subscriptions available for 'In Other Trees'
- Requires subscription after 7 pictures
- Charge a fee to stop paying
- App is telling me I'm using an older version but no update available
- Confusing to enter middle names
- Fatal error when trying to enter father's death date
- App freezes and takes too much time to invest
- App is unstable
- Interface with web based is impossible because it requires 3rd party cookies be allowed
- Not open about privacy policies
- Not open about when you must pay
- Not warning about subscription after 7 pictures
- Misleading about subscription
- Frustrating, lost all history
- Charged a fee to stop paying
- Rubbish, garbage, don't waste your time
- Have to pay to find out more about people
- Loaded on ipad 1 with IOS 5.1.1 program crashes immediately when trying to open
- Came through, said tree view did not come on
- Waste of memory
- Asks you to login with your Facebook account
- Intrusive login
- Sign in FIRST, deleting
- Awful, please get thanks
- 2 Issues Resulting Low Rating
- Can't add collaborators
- Ok.
- Useful to use
- Images
- It great but
- Okay
- Kind of basic but works great; could use some more features and a software refresh
- Subscription?
- Hope this works
- Great App and Free
- Tired of account-based apps
- Rubbish
- Not great
- Some siblings don’t have the same dad!!!!!!!
- Pay to print
- S**h
- After registering I got spam mails.
- I like it but...
- Great for the Novice
- Disappointing :(
- Confusing
- Eh... it's okay but...
- Simple & Very good
- LAB
- Meh
- Could be good, but lots of bugs
- So far, very good!
- Absolutely Rubbish
- Update?
- Unstable
- Eh.
- Ok
- Worst app ever😡😡😡
- Seems ok
- Thumbs Down
- Misleading
- Frustrating
- Not best
- Awful
- Crap
- Rubbish
- Treeview
- Hate it so much !!!!!!!!
- TreeView is Brill
- Great tree building app!
- The best tree building app I've seen
Requested features
49 requests- Ability to export/share trees
- View the whole tree at the same time
- Videos online under 6 years old
- Easier to add people from different relationships (half-sibling, other parent)
- Easier to remove people from the tree
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- Add sibling before adding at least one parent first
- Ability to choose which extra facts are visible in the main tree view
- Make the app usable without creating/logging into an account first
- Download family tree to mobile photo image
- Ability to change sibling order (not just birthday order)
- Support for adoptive children and parents
- Support for children of parents that were never married
- Support for half-siblings (easier implementation)
- Setting to turn off middle name abbreviation
- More fields for other names (maiden/birth name, former name, etc.)
- Support for cultures that write family names first
- Ability to denote sibling order without birth dates
- Checkbox for 'name unknown'
- Ability to change date order preference and add day of the week
- Ability to denote person is deceased without a death date
- Ability to invite others to edit
- Ability to change the orientation of the tree
- Make the software more beautiful
- Facebook sharing
- Tie people to Facebook profiles
- Tie birth/death locations to a map
- Dates should be dates rather than open text fields
- Dark mode option
- Improved UI/UX
- More intuitive navigation
- Better handling of complex family structures
- Option to sort siblings by age
- Fix for uploading images from iPhone
- Fix for fatal errors on startup
- Fix for inability to delete tree files
- Fix for crashing on older iPads with older iOS
- Fix for data loss after logging out/in
- Fix for app not opening
- Fix for subscription issues (no subscriptions available)
- Clearer pricing information
- Fix for login issues after signing up with Facebook
- Fix for app requiring 3rd party cookies
- Fix for not being able to add siblings of a parent
- Fix for only seeing parts of the tree depending on selection
- Fix for inability to assign different fathers to siblings
- Fix for app crashing and clearing family tree
- Fix for app freezing
- Fix for app version issues (outdated but no update available)
- Fix for subscription pop-ups after limited use
GenealogyDirect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TreeView
No in-app purchases
GenealogyDirect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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