Comparison of genealogy software

This article compares several selected client-based genealogy programs. Web-based genealogy software is not included.

Contents 1 General information 2 Operating system support 3 Features 4 Languages 5 References 6 External links

General information

Software	Example(s)	Latest release	Free to use	Free software	Software license
Ahnenblatt		2011-02-08	Yes	No	Proprietary
Agelong Tree		2007-12-27	No (40 Person Free Trial)	No	Proprietary
Ancestral Quest		2011-11-15	Yes (Basics version)	No	Proprietary
Brother's Keeper		2011-12-06	Yes (Unreg. ver.)	No	Shareware
Family Historian		2009-May	No	No	Proprietary
Family Tree Builder		2011-01-26	Yes (Free ver.)	No	Proprietary
Family Tree Maker (Windows)		2011	No	No	Proprietary
Family Tree Maker for Mac[1]		2010-11-04	No	No	Proprietary
GEDitCOM II		2010-07-17	No	No	Proprietary
Genbox Family History		2007-11-17	No (30 Day Free Trial)	No	Proprietary
GenealogyJ		2010-02-19	Yes	Yes	GNU GPL
GenoPro		2010-12-30	No (25 Person Free Trial)	No	Proprietary
GRAMPS		2011-10-01	Yes	Yes	GNU GPL
Legacy Family Tree		2011-06-04	Yes (Standard Edition)	No	Proprietary
LifeLines		2007-10-06	Yes	Yes	MIT License
MacFamilyTree		2010-05-14	No	No	Shareware
Personal Ancestral File		2002-07-23	Yes	No	Proprietary
Reunion		2010-08-28	No	No	Proprietary
RootsMagic		2011-02-12	Yes (Essentials)	No	Proprietary
SmartGenealogy		2007-05-02	Yes	No	Freeware
The Master Genealogist		2011-12-21	No (30 Day Free Trial)	No	Proprietary

Operating system support

Software	Windows	DOS	Mac OS	Linux	BSD	Unix
Ahnenblatt	Yes	No	No	Wine[c]	Wine[c]	No
Ancestral Quest	Yes	No	No	Wine[c]	Wine[c]	No
Agelong Tree	Yes	No	No	Wine[c]	Wine[c]	No
Brother's Keeper	Yes	Terminated (5.2B)	No	Wine[c]	Wine[c]	No
Family Historian	Yes	No	No	Wine[c]	Wine[c]	No
Family Tree Builder	Yes	No	No	Wine[c](v2)	Wine[c]	No
Family Tree Maker (Windows)	Yes	No	Separate	Wine[c]	Wine[c]	No
Family Tree Maker for Mac	No	No	Yes
GEDitCOM II	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Genbox Family History	Yes	No	No	Wine[c]	Wine[c]	No
GenealogyJ	Java[a]	No	Java[a]	Java[a]	No	Java[a]
GenoPro	Yes	No	No	Wine[c]	Wine[c]	No
GRAMPS	Yes	No	ported[b][2]	Yes	Yes	Yes
Legacy Family Tree	Yes	No	No	Wine[c][3]	Wine[c]	No
LifeLines	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MacFamilyTree	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Personal Ancestral File	Yes	Terminated	Terminated (2.3.1)	Wine[c]	Wine[c]	No
Reunion	Terminated (4.0)	No	Yes	Wine[c](v4.0)	Wine[c]	No
RootsMagic	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
SmartGenealogy	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
The Master Genealogist	Yes	Terminated (2.3)	No	Wine[c]	Wine[c]	No

^a Using Java

^b Ported

^c Using Wine

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
Agelong Tree	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Brother's Keeper	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	?
Family Historian	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	No	?
Family Tree Builder	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Family Tree Maker (Windows)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
Family Tree Maker for Mac	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	Yes
GEDitCOM II	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Genbox Family History	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
GenealogyJ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	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	Yes
Legacy Family Tree[a]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
LifeLines	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	?
MacFamilyTree	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
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	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	Yes	?	?	No	?

^a Legacy Family Tree can also save DNA Test Results and Print the values. Mapping is icluded to automatically pinpoint and plot important locations in ancestors’ lives.

Languages

Available user interface languages

Name	English	Afrikaans	Danish	Dutch	French	German	Italian	Norwegian	Polish	Spanish	Swedish
Ahnenblatt[a]	Yes	No[e]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ancestral Quest[j]	Yes	No[e]	Yes	No[e]	Yes	Yes	No[e]	Yes	No[e]	Yes	partial
Agelong Tree	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Brother's Keeper	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No[e]	Yes	Yes	No[e]	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 (Windows)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Family Tree Maker for Mac	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Genbox Family History[b]	Yes[f]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	partial	Yes	partial	partial
GEDitCOM II	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
GenealogyJ	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
GenoPro[h][i]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
GRAMPS[c]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Legacy Family Tree[d]	Yes	public test	Yes	Yes	public test	Yes	public test	Yes[f]	No	public test	Yes
LifeLines	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
MacFamilyTree	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	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	Yes[g]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	partial	Yes	No[h]	No[h]	Yes

^a Ahnenblatt is also available in Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Turkish

^b Genbox Family History is also available in Russian, Slovak, Slovenian; partial translations are available for Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.

^c GRAMPS is also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Esperanto, Finnish, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, and Slovak.

^d Legacy Family Tree is being tested in Finnish.

^e Can be created by available translation program.

^f Includes both nynorsk and bokmål

^g Includes U. K. English and U. S. English.

^h Can be created using the built-in translation tables.

ⁱ 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%.

^j Ancestral Quest also has partial translations in Chinese (Traditional) and Finnish.

References

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. (Historical)Archive copy at the Wayback MachineRIP
• 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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