ReunionTouch

I’m disgusted that Reunion FORCES you to use Dropbox at about $20 a month. I’m horrified that if you delete something from Dropbox it deletes it everywhere. I can’t afford unlimited internet let alone $20 a month for an app I don’t want. Bring back plugging the iPad into the Mac, or Bluetooth or ANYTHING other then Dropbox!

I’ve been using Reunion for years and it’s great. When the opportunity presented to use ReunionTouch on my iPad I couldn’t resist. The drop box reliance was the only extra annoyance and something I hadn’t used. I really didn’t want to sign up to an extra service. I would like iCloud support option . Everything works although the search function could improve.

Note: You need "Drop Box" for this app at $20 odd dollars/ month (unless you use the 1st month free). You also need the latest, or second latest version of Reunion on your Mac or it won't work, so you had better be sure you have your original purchase records for your current version of Reunion to pay the upgrade price or you'll fork out for the full version all over again. So it all adds up to a lot more than the cost of the iOS app.

I’ve been using both Reunion and the ReunionTouch programmes for years and they are to me the best genealogy Apps - even on Windows or Cloud (I use Ancestry for their data finding but use Reunion for the layout). Especially good when you need to merge folk together or do those tricky family links which have members marrying say the sister of their now dead wife. Syncing just works with DropBox and its great to have it on my phone when someone like Granny just remembers a gem mine of information which I can prompt them with more names that I happen to have with me. It’s the “one to use” - some 15 years after first using Reunion and at least 5 years with ReunionTouch.

Great app, but needs works. I have a large database, and Reunion Touch requires a long waiting time to make searches. Make the search function snappier and this becomes an A1 app.

I have been using Reunion on my Mac since around 1994. it contains the data expertly, and I'm full of gratitude that it has kept my data intact for nearly 30 years The Mac version is totally un-Maclike. I don't think the designers ever looked at Mac user interface guidelines. Same is true for Version 1.0.19 for iOS: version; they don't take advantage of any of the user interface genius of the iPhone. It works, and I'm glad to have it available on my iPhone. Dealbreaker: when I added a note to a person's record on my iPad and added a photo, those changes did not sync back to my iPhone even after restarting both devices. Dear Product Manager, please ask Apple for help. You need it. ... Now I understand when it says "Family files on this device". I mistakenly thought that it would have a link back to iCloud. My mistake. And I see that it says "Download a family file from iCloud Drive" They never promised to synchronize my file. Why not? That's the whole point of iCloud. So I deleted the app from my iPhone, because it is dangerous to have two separate files on two separate devices being updated, and they know that. I take responsibility for my mistake in understanding how it works. But they should make it more clear. They should make it clear that if I use Dropbox, either it will sync, or it will be the same problem: downloading and not synchronizing.

I like the Reunion app, but I am totally disappointed with the fact that I have to pay for expensive updates to get very little value from them. In particular, why do I have to keep using Dropbox to sync after all these years later? It is totally disappointing that Reunion can’t move forward, I love my past but I like to use apps that keep up with my current life. Please!!! I would like to sync this app like the rest of my apps.

I had been happily using Reunion for years, easily syncing computer and iPad weekly. Then Dropbox entered the picture. Ridiculous to pay over $100 a year in addition to the one-time cost of Reunion. (Free Dropbox account is unusable since it has a 3-device limit.) MacFamilyTree is harder to use but I’m trying to learn it. Cloud sync makes it the winner.

What is wrong with this company that they force a user to use Dropbox, and not iCloud? There is no excuse for this! I do not understand how a company that has always been an Mac/iOS company refuses to support iCloud syncing. I don’t want Dropbox installed on anything I own, yet I’m forced to in order to use an otherwise great app (MAC and iOS.) Another update, and still no iCloud support! Still no iCloud support! It’s been a year since I wrote my initial review. The app gets updated and yet still no iCloud support. I had reluctantly installed Dropbox just for syncing my file from my Mac. After recently discovering the dirty tricks that Dropbox in doing on the Mac , I deleted it completely from all of my devices. So now I have a useless app since the developer will not support other syncing or manually transferring your files.

Long-time Reunion user. User interface needs to be made more intuitive. Otherwise, the app seems to work fine.