Gramps VS Geni

Gramps

Research, organize and share your family tree with Gramps genealogy software.

Geni

Geni.com is a genealogy-related social networking website.

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2022-03-20

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2023-06-21

Gramps Genealogy Software v4.1.1 - overview

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Gramps and Geni)

Geni

Family Tree

74 74%

Family Tree

26% 26

Family Social Media

78 78%

Family Social Media

22% 22

Family Organizer

81 81%

Family Organizer

19% 19

Online Services

35 35%

Online Services

65% 65

User comments

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Geni should be more popular than Gramps. It has been mentiond 33 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Gramps mentions (9)

Ask HN: Web app for building family tree
Why does it have to be a web app? It does not meet your requirements, but when I looked into this sort of task before, the best option looked like Gramps [0], which was discussed at [1].
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  [0] https://gramps-project.org.
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- Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
The Night 17M Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke
Is there a reason to prefer Webtrees over an open source desktop app like Gramps? https://gramps-project.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago
How to get started / how to use (or not) paid memberships?
My technique is to maintain my tree off line in Gramps and do online work in the always free FamilySearch. Source: over 1 year ago
New Computer for me!
Alternatively, there's Gramps (free): https://gramps-project.org/. Source: over 1 year ago
About to Start a Family Genealogy Project and want to stop myself from over-engineering a solution
I think you are looking for Gramps. Source: over 1 year ago

Geni mentions (33)

Looking for any info on William Mark Lyons, Lincolnshire 1793
I found other incomplete profiles on different genealogy sites which stated that his parents were Thomas Lyons from Lincolnshire and Ann Stodart (also listed as Anne Stoddard/Stoddart) from Durham, England. There are, however, no sources listed so I am not sure if this is factual. I have added their information to our geni.com family tree in the hopes that I can find matches, but no such luck. Source: 9 months ago
Edgar Atheling Descendants?
Now, I don't know what happened here, whether its a glitch or someone on geni.com made a mistake, broke a link or this is an actual inconsistency in the records, but both Sir Nicholas and Sir Richard have sons named Nicholas and Richard, both of their Nicholases die as children, and their Richards share the same webpage. I don't know how that happened, just maybe we can't distinguish which son of Muriel is whom,... Source: 10 months ago
What is one of the dumbest things a person has said to you?
Link just directs me to geni.com. Maybe because I'm not logged in? Source: 11 months ago
I am 18th cousins 8 times removed to James Monroe, the 5th President of the US!
It's geni.com, I'm not sure if it's an app, but I know it's a website. Source: 12 months ago
Strange Encounter on Geni.com: Help Needed to Navigate Unusual Situation
TL;DR: While filling up my family tree on geni.com, I came across a user who claims to be a priest and has made over 15k entries, including updates to my ancestors' details. However, I discovered that this person is someone I am acquainted with and is definitely not a priest. Seeking advice on how to proceed. Source: 12 months ago