Heredis 2025 is now out, and it marks the 30th anniversary of the cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS) genealogy database software. The Heredis team considers this to be the most extensive upgrade they’ve ever released to the Heredis line, and to celebrate 30 years, they have handed “30 innovations”.
Heredis (the company) is based out of France, and has been developing and publishing genealogy software since 1994, with English-language versions of its software being published since 2012.
Below is a very brief list of the highlights (and I’ll dig deeper into these in the near-future), but for the full list and to see photos/videos, visit the new feature page for the desktop versions at:
https://www.heredis.com/en/new-features-2025/
And the mobile/phone/tablet versions at:
https://www.heredis.com/en/family-tree-app-for-phone-and-tablet/
New in Heredis 2025
- Flags – Mark people, events, media, and facts with flags. Privacy is respected – if a flag is defined as a “Private flag”, it will not be exported. Flags are customizable – you can tag all people who took part in a war, or who carry a disease that can be passed down through a family, or direct-line ancestors, religions, label people or families that you have covered certain research for, etc.
- Detect isolated branches – One click and you can see all isolated persons and branches in your genealogy file, allowing you to flag duplicates or process them later.
- Birthdays widget – see birthdays among current and past family members.
- Location Trees – highlight places important to your ancestors (birthplaces, marriage and death places) using color coding
- New types of events – Specifically designed events can have specifically designed items, such as “succession deed” and “notarial deed”.
- Immediate Family – parents/grandparents marriage information is clearly displayed in the Immediate Family view.
- Tiny Tree – Tiny trees are included in the summary
- Customize the family union status – Including “short-term relationships” or “unmarried couples with children” etc.
- Bulk processing – Mark all notes as private simultaneous, bulk-edit places of events, etc.
- Alternate names – can be exported to books and sheets
- Export persons from a book – Generate a file with only the persons from a book in Heredis or GEDCOM format.
- Custom report – Using Smart Search, list and sort all facts by type of facts
- Unused subdivisions – Bulk clean genealogy files
- Data entry assistance – Display lists of events or facts or witness’ role
- New theme colors
- macOS – Occupations are displayed in the Immediate Family screen
- Windows – Drag-and-drop any media directly from your storage to any media-compatible input field.
- Android – Zoom in on thumbnails, Input and display Person sources and Families numbers
- iOS – Open a file directly from the app (Open Genealogy and Open GEDCOM), Input and display Person sources, and Families numbers
Heredis 2025 for iPad/iPhones can take advantage of Siri’s voice dictation being input directly into your genealogy database, along with notes, and with Android and iOS versions, you can add photos directly into the database.
Requirements:
- Windows – Windows 10 or 11, 500MB storage, 4GB RAM
- macOS – macOS Monterey (12) – Sequoia (15), 500MB storage, 4GB RAM, 64-bit only
- iOS/iPadOS – iOS 14 – 18
- Android – Android 9 – 14
You can download demonstration versions (limit of 50 people) here:
www.heredis.com/en/free-family-tree
Prices for Heredis (in USD):
- Heredis 2025 – Windows – $39.99 (Upgrade – $24.99)
- Heredis 2025 – “Expert” – Windows – $54.99 (sale) (Upgrade – $39.99)
- Heredis 2025 – Windows & macOS – $84.99 (Upgrade – $54.99)
- Heredis 2025 – macOS – $69.99 (Upgrade – $44.99)
- Heredis 2025 – “Expert” – macOS – $84.99 (sale) (Upgrade – $59.99)
- Heredis 2025 – Android – $7.99
- Heredis 2025 – iOS/iPadOS – $9.99
Note: The Android and iOS/iPadOS versions, if you have Heredis 2025 on your desktop, can allow you to easily import and export between your various devices, as well as handle GEDCOM files.
A few screenshots:
Below is a short video showing some highlights celebrating the last 30 years and including a few glimpses of the new features.
