MobileFamilyTree 11 is exclusively available on the App Store and requires an iPhone or iPad with iOS 16 or newer. iOS 18 is fully supported.
Buy MobileFamilyTree 11
US$ 29.99 on the App Store

Video: What's new in Version 11

What's new in MobileFamilyTree 11

MobileFamilyTree 11 is by far the largest update we've ever released for our popular genealogy software. Version 11 comes with a huge number of new features and improvements, almost every section of the app was either re-developed or hugely improved.

New Photo Colorization, Enhancement, and Editing Features

  • New Colorization Models: Choose from multiple colorization models for your photos instead of being limited to one suggestion
  • Photo Restoration: Restore old and damaged photos and images
  • 4x Super-Resolution: Upscale small images and improve text readability in hard-to-read documents
  • Advanced Image Adjustments: New tools for customizing photos (exposure, gamma, channel-specific adjustments, etc.)
  • AI Background Removal: Automatically remove backgrounds from portraits or other photos
  • Faster AI Processing: Significant speed improvements of our AI servers
  • Improved User Interface: Enhanced interface with help texts, especially for iPad and iPhone

Completely New Places Management

  • Configurable Place Templates: Pre-configured templates for major countries
  • Completely customizable place citation styles, configurable for each place template individually
  • Favorites and Default Templates: Mark frequently used templates for quick access
  • Diagram and Report Options: Specify which citation style to use in diagrams and reports
  • Improved GEDCOM Support: Properly incorporates format information for places
  • On iPad, a large map is now available while editing places displaying all entered places and place details
  • Grouping Options: Group editing views by the first or second administrative level
  • Integrated Maps: iPad now displays a detailed map alongside place editing, similar to Mac
  • Flags and Pins: Optional flags for easier identification and movable pins for adjusting coordinates
  • Map Styles: Select map styles while editing places

Completely New: Place Details

  • Detailed Place Descriptions: Specify exact locations within a place (e.g., address, hospital, cemetery)
  • Coordinates and Maps: Display notable locations on maps with geographic coordinates
  • Integration with Existing Places: Easily convert places into notable locations
  • Support in Reports and Diagrams: Includes notable locations

New: Search for coordinates and alternate names

  • Results from a massive database of locations
  • Multilingual, including historical place names
  • In addition to the geographic database, Apple Maps search can also be used to locate significant places
  • Precisely configurable to determine which components of a place name are adopted in which language
  • Once downloaded, the new geographic database is fully usable without an internet connection
  • With data stored locally, location searches are impressively fast

Completely New: Search for Geographic Coordinates for All Locations

  • Available in MobileFamilyTree for the first time, no longer limited to Mac
  • Comprehensible presentation of all found coordinates for locations and significant places
  • Significantly faster than the previous server-based search
  • No internet connection required once the location database is downloaded

Wikipedia Integration for Places

  • Auto-Loaded Images: Display images from related Wikipedia articles
  • Direct Article Links: View Wikipedia references while editing places
  • Preview Articles: Access article previews directly in the interface
  • Completely integrated in new places search, which also show Wikipedia articles
  • Save as Media: Add Wikipedia content as media attachments

New Website Creation

  • Now on MobileFamilyTree, too: Previously Mac-only, now also available on iPhone and iPad
  • Highly Customizable: Tailor website templates to personal preferences
  • Integrated Search: Built-in search functionality on exported sites
  • Reduced File Size: Smaller storage requirements for exported family trees
  • Many included website styles ranging from plain to playful designs
  • A website may include more than one style a visitor may choose from
  • Multilingual Support: Websites can switch between multiple languages
  • Easy Hosting: No server/database required; simple static file hosting is sufficient
  • Completely new user interface for exporting websites
  • Significantly faster website exporting
  • Management of multiple websites with different configurations per family tree
  • Website settings are synchronized via CloudTree and iCloud Drive
  • Share button for quickly sharing the website
  • Continued support for uploading to FTP and MacFamilyTree.com – or burning to CD/DVD on Mac

New Feature: Influential Persons

  • Customizable Relationships: Define various relationship types between a person and their most influential persons
  • Icons for Relationship Types: Assign unique icons for each relationship type
  • Date Range Settings: Specify dates or date ranges for each relationship
  • Notes and Sources: Add notes and citations for each relationship
  • Reports and Diagrams: Updated to display influential persons
  • Additionally, the kinship report shows influential persons of the start person
  • GEDCOM Compatibility: Import and export support for influential persons
  • Interactive Tree: Easily add and visualize influential persons using a new mode
  • Indicators for Influencers: Mark individuals with attached key influencers in the Interactive Tree

Completely New Diagram: Sociogram

  • Display Influential Persons: Visualize all influential persons of a relative
  • Entire context: Optionally show children, parents, and their influential persons
  • Display all connections: Even highlights relationships when influential persons are linked to multiple people

Improved User Interface

  • Significantly improved navigation with better clarity
  • Enhanced representations in all editing views
  • Larger title images in the person-editing and family-editing views, where space permits
  • Improved dark mode for higher contrast display
  • Improved dark mode in the editing section
  • Improved structure in almost all dialogs
  • Noticeable performance improvements
  • Enhanced list views (better fonts, alignment, etc.)
  • Improved integrated browser (now supports forward/backward navigation, and websites can be added as media)

Completely New Welcome Screen

  • Modern Design: Enhanced layout for better tree organization
  • Color Labels: Assign labels to manage large collections of trees
  • Favorites: Mark trees as favorites for quick access
  • iCloud Tree Management: Improved download process for trees stored on iCloud Drive
  • Collapsible Sections: Collapse sections for better organization

Charts

  • Many new, customizable styles for persons added
  • New diagram templates introduced
  • New styles and templates for the fan chart
  • Noticeable performance improvements for most charts
  • Distribution chart can now also analyze places of death

Interactive Tree

  • Improved Family Editing: Access all options from the regular family editing view
  • Quick Family Selection: Select families linked to a person via a dedicated button
  • Zoom Feature: Quickly zoom to the tree section of the starting person
  • Enhanced Action Buttons: More visible and user-friendly buttons

Customizable Title Images

  • Editable Header Images: Configure the display of header images in editing sections
  • Family Photo Composites: Automatically generated from family members pictures
  • Placeholder Options: Use placeholders instead of images

Favorite Functions – your personal MobileFamilyTree

  • Quick Access: Mark frequently used functions as favorites
  • Dedicated Category: All favorite functions are grouped in a separate category for easy navigation
  • Customizable: Fully configure which functions are shown as favorites
  • Re-order Favorites: Adjust the order of functions to suit your workflow
  • Highlight Key Functions: Certain functions can be emphasized and displayed as larger icons for faster recognition

New Backup Feature

  • Now on MobileFamilyTree, too – previously only on Mac
  • iCloud Drive Backup as an alternative to local backups: Backups can now be stored on iCloud Drive and are accessible across devices
  • Configurable location where Backups should be stored
  • Improved Management: New interface for viewing and managing backups
  • It is now possible to define how each family tree is backed up individually
  • Improved automatic saving, which can now also be configured per family tree

CloudTree

  • Noticeably improved performance, especially when downloading new family trees or processing many changes
  • Faster and easier setup
  • Enhanced status display on iPhone

Performance Enhancements

  • Performance: Improved editing, diagram rendering, and app start-up times
  • Speed optimizations in the edit section
  • Performance improvements when editing diagrams
  • Faster app launch

More MobileFamilyTree-Specific Updates

  • World History Integration: Available for the first time in MobileFamilyTree
  • Bookmarks are now accessible directly from the overview sections
  • Labels are also accessible from each overview section
  • Access labels directly from person edit sections, charts and reports
  • Bookmarks are also accessible from charts and reports
  • Settings Interface: Redesigned for better usability

…and so much more!