GenSoftReviews

From September 24, 2008 to June 20, 2023, I operated a site I called GenSoftReviews at www.gensoftreviews.com

My idea for the site was for it to sort of be a Trip Advisor for genealogy software, where users of the various programs could go to rate and review them. It gave people a place to go to see the ratings and reviews of others to allow them to decide which software to use. And it also gave developers the chance to see what their users thought of their programs which hopefully motivated them to continue improving them.

After 15 years and over 6,000 user reviews, the time came to shut down the site. I no longer have a personal need for the information the site provided me, and interest in the site from the general genealogical community has been waning with the number of reviews reducing each year for the past few years.

If you've reached this page, I thank you for your interest in my GenSoftReviews site.

I will be spending the time this frees up working on my own genealogy and getting back to development of my own genealogy software Behold.

 

GenSoftReviews Award Winners

Each year, GenSoftReviews awarded its Users Choice Awards to all software with average ratings of at least 4 out of 5.

If you are looking for genealogy software, might I suggest you consider some of the past award winners who were:


The following now unsupported programs also won Users Choice Awards:
  • Cherry Tree Software Family Tree Journal
  • Family Tree Maker - Up To Version 16
  • Genbox Family History
  • Generations
  • Mundia
  • Personal Ancestral File (PAF)
  • Relatively Yours
  • ScionPC
  • The Master Genealogist (TMG)
  • Ultimate Family Tree

 

Still Accessible on the Internet Archive

The GenSoftReviews site has been saved 287 times on the Internet Archive between Aug 18, 2008 and June 21, 2023 and most of the individual pages have been saved as well.

 

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