Patti, I can now tell you, from a fresh experience trying to upload to Shrubs, that it won't accept any Gedcom larger than 4096 KB. The other two programs -- FamViewer and GedView -- uploaded just fine. There is a newer app that I haven't yet tried -- MobileFamilyTree Pro, which also accepts a Gedcom as input (the regular MobileFamilyTree app, in contrast, requires MacFamilyTree on a Mac computer). And another newer app that I haven't tried yet is called MyKinFolks; it also allows import from a Gedcom. So I can personally vouch for both FamViewer and GedView at this time. MobileFamilyTree Pro and/or MyKinFolks may also be worth considering. -- Mary On 7/31/2011 10:33 PM, Mary D. Taffet wrote: > Patti, > > I've tried several of the ones available. > > I currently have FamViewer, Gedview, and Shrubs (in addition to the > Ancestry app). > > I've never really gotten any use out of Shrubs, because if I recall > correctly, it won't accept a Gedcom as large as mine, but I don't recall > whether the limit was on the number of people, or the number of bytes. > > Looking at the screens, I think I've probably used FamViewer more often > than GedView. > > One thing I don't like about any of the ones I've used so far is that > they all require Gedcom's. I used to use a Palm device, and really loved > GedStar Pro, which could directly import from FTM. I'd love to be able > to have that same functionality for the iPhone, but it was based on the > GenBridge technology created by Wholly Genes, which I gather is not > compatible with the Apple devices. > > I once contacted the creator of GedStar Pro to ask him if he'd ever > considered making that program compatible with the iPhone. He told me > that he was no longer making any further developments on GedStar Pro at > all (it was a hobby which he had moved away from), and had no plans to > port it to the iPhone. > > I'm getting ready to refresh the data in both FamViewer and GedView, so > will write back if I encounter any snags. > > I should probably mention that I'm still using FTM Version 16. > > -- Mary > > > On 7/31/2011 3:51 PM, Patricia Olsson wrote: >> While we are talking about other programs, >> >> I have an iPhone and it would be wonderful to have my file loaded on >> it so >> that I could take only my phone while doing research. I do NOT have an >> ancestry subscription nor do I have my file uploaded to Ancestry (and >> will >> not.....don't get me started on why). >> >> Are there any other apps which are decent that will allow you to load a >> gedcom and view a pre-existing file? >> >> Patti