Comparison of genealogy software
This article compares several selected client based genealogy programs. Please see the entries for the individual products for further information.
General information
| Software | Example(s) | Latest release | Free to use | Free software | Software license |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnenblatt | Ahnenblatt | 2009-07-12 | Yes | No | Proprietary |
| Ancestral Quest | 2009 | No (60 Day Free Trial) | No | Proprietary | |
| Brother's Keeper | 2010-01-31 | No | No | Shareware | |
| Family Historian | 2009 May | No | No | Proprietary | |
| Family Tree Builder | Family Tree Builder | 2009 August | Yes (Free ver.) | No | Proprietary |
| Family Tree Maker | 2009 | No | No | Proprietary | |
| Genbox Family History | File:Genbox family history.png | 2007-11-17 | No | No | Proprietary |
| GenealogyJ | GenealogyJ | 2009-03-23 | Yes | Yes | GNU GPL |
| GenoPro | GenoPro | 2008-9-15 | No | No | Proprietary |
| GRAMPS | GRAMPS | 2009-12-06 | Yes | Yes | GNU GPL |
| Legacy Family Tree | 2009-11-01 | Yes (Standard Edition) | No | Proprietary | |
| LifeLines | 2007-10-06 | Yes | Yes | MIT License | |
| Personal Ancestral File | Screen shot of PAF v5.2 | 2002-07-23 | Yes | No | Proprietary |
| Reunion | 2008-03-26 | No | No | Proprietary | |
| RootsMagic | 2009-11-21 | Yes (Essentials) | No | Proprietary | |
| SmartGenealogy | 2007-05-02 | Yes | No | Unknown | |
| The Master Genealogist | 2008-06-28 | No | No | Proprietary |
Operating system support
Features
| Name | Unicode Support | Individual view | Family view | Pedigree view | Chronology view | Ancestor charts | Ancestor narrative reports | Ancestor pedigree reports | Descendant charts | Descendant narrative reports | Fan charts | Research Manager | DNA charts | Research Guidance | Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnenblatt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Ancestral Quest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Brother's Keeper | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Family Historian | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Template:N/a | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Family Tree Builder | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Family Tree Maker | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Genbox Family History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| GenealogyJ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| GenoPro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? |
| GRAMPS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Legacy Family Tree | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LifeLines | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| Personal Ancestral File | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | No | ? |
| Reunion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| RootsMagic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
| SmartGenealogy | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | ? |
| The Master Genealogist | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? |
Features - International versions
Available user interface languages
| Name | English | Afrikaans | Danish | Dutch | French | German | Italian | Norwegian | Polish | Spanish | Swedish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AhnenblattTemplate:Ref label | Yes | NoTemplate:Ref label | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NoTemplate:Ref label | Yes | Yes | NoTemplate:Ref label |
| Ancestral QuestTemplate:Ref label | Yes | NoTemplate:Ref label | Yes | NoTemplate:Ref label | NoTemplate:Ref label | NoTemplate:Ref label | NoTemplate:Ref label | NoTemplate:Ref label | NoTemplate:Ref label | NoTemplate:Ref label | NoTemplate:Ref label |
| Brother's Keeper | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NoTemplate:Ref label | Yes | Yes | NoTemplate:Ref label | Yes |
| Family Historian | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Family Tree Builder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Family Tree Maker | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Genbox Family HistoryTemplate:Ref label | YesTemplate:Ref label | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | partial | Yes | partial | partial |
| GenealogyJ | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| GenoProTemplate:Ref labelTemplate:Ref label | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GRAMPSTemplate:Ref label | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Legacy Family TreeTemplate:Ref label | Yes | public test |
Yes | Yes | public test |
Yes | public test |
YesTemplate:Ref label | No | public test |
Yes |
| LifeLines | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Personal Ancestral File | (v4.x/5.x) | No | No | No | (v4.x) | (v4.x/5.x) | No | No | No | (v4.x) | (v5.x) |
| Reunion | Yes | No | No | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | No | Yes* | No | No | No |
| RootsMagic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| SmartGenealogy | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| The Master Genealogist | YesTemplate:Ref label | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | partial | Yes | NoTemplate:Ref label | NoTemplate:Ref label | Yes |
- Template:Note label Ahnenblatt is also available in Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian and Turkish
- Template:Note label Genbox Family History is also available in Russian, Slovak, Slovenian; partial translations are available for Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.
- Template:Note label GRAMPS is also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Esperanto, Finnish, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, and Slovak.
- Template:Note label Legacy Family Tree is being tested in Finnish.
- Template:Note label Can be created by available translation program.
- Template:Note label Includes both nynorsk and bokmål
- Template:Note label Includes U. K. English and U. S. English.
- Template:Note label Can be created using the built-in translation tables.
- Template:Note label GenoPro is also available in Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian/Lettish, Russian and Vietnamese. Partial translations are available in Portuguese (Brazil), Indonesian, Dutch, Hebrew, Swedish, Portuguese (Portugal), Lithuanian, Turkish, Chinese Traditional/Taiwan (Big5), Albanian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Scots Gaelic, Chinese simplified (GB2312), and 18 more languages translated less than 50%.
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External links
- Genealogical Software Report Card - Bill Mumford's opinions on the important features of genealogy software, with charts showing features available in common products. Very dated information.
- Genealogy Software Reviews - User reviews and ratings of genealogy software.
- RootsWorks PDA2001 Genealogy Software Comparison - Deals with genealogy software running on Portable Digital Assistants (PDAs).
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