Filed under: Odds and ends, Software Update, iPhone, App Store
MobileFamilyTree: Genealogy for iPhone
Want to carry your family tree with you?Synium Software, the developer of a genealogy app called MacFamilyTree, has announced a mobile companion for their Mac product. MobileFamilyTree for iPhone and iPod touch requires MacFamilyTree 5.2.3 to run, and allows genealogists to review, edit, or add to family tree information anywhere at anytime. Once you're back at your Mac, MobileFamilyTree syncs your changes with MacFamilyTree.
This is great for adding genealogical information on the spot from interviews with relatives, doing additional research on the road, or just having a copy of your family history to review wherever you are. MobileFamilyTree is a free update to registered users of MacFamilyTree 5.2.3, or available for $4.99 from the App Store (click here to view the app in iTunes).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
PaulN said 9:36AM on 8-02-2008
If you use MacFamily Tree and an iPhone or iPod Touch, this is a must have app. Downloaded yesterday and synced up my 1500+ family tree records, works great. Only downside is lack of search, however this will be added as a free upgrade in version 1.1. I have to say Synium software are great for updates and quickly respond to users comments.
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John said 12:59PM on 8-02-2008
Just looking at their website - I think you might have meant that MacFamilyTree 5.2.3 is a free update for registered users of MacFamilyTree 5. Users still have to purchase MobileFamilyTree, which requires 5.2.3.
Thanks for mentioning this - it looks "cuil"!
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jonathan ober said 1:52PM on 8-02-2008
or did you mean http://www.cuil.com/
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bryon brock said 6:32PM on 8-02-2008
I wouldn't touch this App just yet they have some patching to do first.
http://www.iphone-hacks.com
chriskeefe said 4:23PM on 8-02-2008
I was so very very close to buying this app for the mac but the lack of polish such as the comments explain made me back out, it seems they still haven't made it right, and now they rush to push out an iphone app that feels equally rushed (From what I have read of people who have actually paid the $5 for this app)
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j.holtslander said 12:28AM on 8-03-2008
Awesome. I was hoping someone would make this.
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Mike said 2:39PM on 8-03-2008
How does the MacFamilyTree software compare with Reunion?
I do like the idea of the mobile app, although it sounds like it needs some work
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Jim said 6:49PM on 8-03-2008
Bummer, just started dusting off the code for my old genealogy app for the Zaurus PDA and was getting ready to port it to the iPhone (http://jiceland.com/software/zfamtree.php - warning, incomplete site)
Jimmy C
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Jim said 7:00PM on 8-03-2008
Just noticed their iPhone app requires their Mac software as well, might be room for some competition...
Jimmy C