Synium Software GmbH has released major upgrades to MobileFamilyTree 10 and MacFamilyTree 10, upgrading its iPhone and iPad mobile genealogy app to MobileFamilyTree 10.4 and its Mac genealogy program to MacFamilyTree 10.4. If you look at the release notes for both programs, you’ll notice that they are the same – MobileFamilyTree is basically MacFamilyTree ported to the iPhone and iPad.
Along with the major upgrades, they are having a 50% off sale through September 15, 2024, through the Apple App Store, lowering MacFamilyTree 10 down to just $34.99 (USD). Both upgrades are free to existing users (MobileFamilyTree and MacFamilyTree are separate purchases).
There is a lot that is new with MacFamilyTree 10.4. The screenshot you see below is the improved Statistics Maps with Heat Maps, that helps you with visualizing your research – you choose statistics such as births, burials, deaths, marriages, etc., and then it will generate a heat map showing concentrations of whatever statistics you chose. You can then visually see areas where the most and least, and in-between events took place, and you can restrict the data to a subset of individuals to help you see trends.
Statistics Maps as a whole were improved as well, in terms of better readability and enhanced user interface – you can see below, the menu/sidebar on the right – clicking on the various things (such as birth events or death events) will then generate the map showing higher and lower concentrations of said event..
Demo: You can download a demo version at the link below, but there are limitations – you can’t save data, printing is disabled as is data export, and the Cloud features are disabled:
https://www.syniumsoftware.com/downloads
Purchase: It can be purchased (or updated) through Apple’s Mac App Store at (US version, it should redirect non-USA residents to the proper country):
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macfamilytree-10/id1567970985?mt=12
Requirements: An Apple Mac running macOS 10.15.0 or later.
Release Notes:
| New Statistic Maps with Heat Maps |
| A unique way to combine facts, geography, and chronology in a single view |
| Display where most events in your family tree have occurred as a heat map |
| For example, see where most marriages took place or where most people in your family tree were born |
| Fully customizable: color, opacity of the heat map, and many other options are available |
| Use groups of people to evaluate only a specific subset of individuals for a heat map |
| Improved Statistics Maps |
| Added a new map type with reduced opacity so that pins and other markers stand out more clearly |
| The overall display of values on the statistic maps has been improved for better readability |
| Enhanced user interface and legends |
| The settings for statistic maps have been completely revised and more logically grouped |