| Rank | Program | R2011 | N2011 | R2010 | N2010 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancestral Quest | 4.89 | 11 | 4.49 | 7 | +0.40 |
| 2 | Family Historian | 4.63 | 12 | 4.46 | 9 | +0.17 |
| 3 | My Great Big Family | 4.62 | 11 | 4.00 | 3 | +0.62 |
| 4 | Personal Ancestral File (PAF) **unsup | 4.61 | 20 | 4.42 | 16 | +0.19 |
| 5 | Ultimate Family Tree (UFT) **unsup | 4.59 | 14 | 3.13 | 8 | +1.46 |
| 6 | GenSmarts | 4.52 | 12 | 4.63 | 9 | -0.11 |
| 7 | Genbox Family History | 4.47 | 15 | 4.68 | 10 | -0.21 |
| 8 | WikiTree | 4.47 | 23 | --- | 0 | |
| 9 | The Next Generation (TNG) | 4.45 | 38 | 4.71 | 29 | -0.26 |
| 10 | RootsMagic | 4.45 | 46 | 4.74 | 41 | -0.29 |
| 11 | Brother's Keeper | 4.42 | 49 | 4.74 | 38 | -0.32 |
| 12 | Reunion | 4.36 | 26 | 4.17 | 24 | +0.19 |
| 13 | Family Tree Maker - Up To Version 16 **unsup | 4.18 | 35 | 3.85 | 21 | +0.33 |
| 14 | Legacy Family Tree | 4.06 | 73 | 4.55 | 51 | -0.49 |
| Congratulations to the above programs rated >= 4.00 who have all won GenSoftReviews User Choice Awards for 2011 | ||||||
| 15 | Gramps | 3.81 | 18 | 3.72 | 16 | +0.09 |
| 16 | Family Tree Builder | 3.71 | 30 | 4.15 | 27 | -0.44 |
| 17 | The Master Genealogist (TMG) **unsup | 3.61 | 92 | 3.64 | 71 | -0.03 |
| 18 | MacFamilyTree | 2.89 | 13 | 4.65 | 9 | -1.76 |
| 19 | Family Tree Maker 2008 to 2014 - by Ancestry **unsup | 2.51 | 107 | 2.49 | 73 | +0.02 |
| 20 | Geni | 1.71 | 67 | 2.64 | 36 | -0.93 |
| The programs below did not have the 10 reviews with at least one in 2011 needed to be eligible for the awards | ||||||
| 21 | dynastree **unsup | 3.24 | 10 | 3.24 | 10 | |
| 22 | iFamily for Mac | 4.16 | 9 | 3.88 | 6 | +0.28 |
| 23 | Genealogie Online | 4.86 | 8 | 4.86 | 8 | |
| 24 | GenoPro | 3.93 | 8 | 3.93 | 8 | |
| 25 | Aldfaer | 3.95 | 7 | 3.93 | 6 | +0.02 |
| 26 | Ahnenblatt | 5.00 | 6 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| 27 | Second Site for TMG | 5.00 | 6 | 5.00 | 5 | 0.00 |
| 28 | FamViewer | 4.81 | 6 | 4.81 | 6 | |
| 29 | PhpGedView | 4.46 | 6 | 5.00 | 4 | -0.54 |
| 30 | Behold | 4.37 | 6 | 4.76 | 2 | -0.39 |
| 31 | Ages! | 4.25 | 6 | 3.47 | 4 | +0.78 |
| 32 | DISGEN | 4.17 | 6 | 4.17 | 6 | |
| 33 | Family Tree Legends **unsup | 4.12 | 6 | 4.51 | 4 | -0.39 |
| 34 | Family Echo | 4.01 | 6 | 5.00 | 1 | -0.99 |
| 35 | Ancestry Member Trees | 2.89 | 6 | 2.89 | 6 | |
| 36 | Gaia Family Tree | 2.30 | 6 | 2.30 | 6 | |
| 37 | Census Tools | 5.00 | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |
| 38 | TreeDraw | 4.82 | 5 | 4.50 | 3 | +0.32 |
| 39 | AniMap | 4.62 | 5 | 4.62 | 5 | |
| 40 | Gramps for the Mac | 2.72 | 5 | --- | 0 | |
| 41 | Geves | 5.00 | 4 | 5.00 | 4 | |
| 42 | Get My Ancestors | 5.00 | 4 | 5.00 | 4 | |
| 43 | PAF Companion | 4.78 | 4 | 4.78 | 4 | |
| 44 | webtrees | 4.75 | 4 | 4.00 | 1 | +0.75 |
| 45 | The Complete Genealogy Reporter | 4.72 | 4 | 5.00 | 2 | -0.28 |
| 46 | MinSläkt | 4.00 | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |
| 47 | Pocket Genealogist | 5.00 | 3 | 5.00 | 3 | |
| 48 | CensusMate | 5.00 | 3 | 5.00 | 3 | |
| 49 | GedStar | 4.50 | 3 | 4.50 | 3 | |
| 50 | Kith and Kin | 4.44 | 3 | 4.00 | 1 | +0.44 |
| 51 | Family History CD | 3.99 | 3 | 3.99 | 3 | |
| 52 | PRO-GEN | 3.36 | 3 | 3.36 | 3 | |
| 53 | MyHeritage | 2.84 | 3 | --- | 0 | |
| 54 | Family Tree Heritage | 2.81 | 3 | 4.40 | 2 | -1.59 |
| 55 | familylink | 2.03 | 3 | --- | 0 | |
| 56 | MagiTree **unsup | 2.00 | 3 | 2.00 | 3 | |
| 57 | GEDitCOM | 5.00 | 2 | 5.00 | 2 | |
| 58 | Ezitree | 5.00 | 2 | 5.00 | 2 | |
| 59 | Genoom | 5.00 | 2 | 5.00 | 2 | |
| 60 | Tree Seek | 5.00 | 2 | 5.00 | 2 | |
| 61 | Ancestral Sources | 5.00 | 2 | 5.00 | 2 | |
| 62 | Branches | 5.00 | 2 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 63 | All My Cousins | 5.00 | 2 | --- | 0 | |
| 64 | Gene Macintosh Genealogy Software | 5.00 | 2 | 5.00 | 2 | |
| 65 | Relatively Yours **unsup | 4.74 | 2 | 4.74 | 2 | |
| 66 | Personal Ancestry Writer II (PAWriter) | 4.64 | 2 | 4.64 | 2 | |
| 67 | GensDataPro | 4.54 | 2 | 4.54 | 2 | |
| 68 | tpstry | 4.52 | 2 | --- | 0 | |
| 69 | Family Bee | 4.50 | 2 | 4.50 | 2 | |
| 70 | Embla Familie og Slekt | 4.50 | 2 | 4.50 | 2 | |
| 71 | Charting Companion | 4.46 | 2 | 4.46 | 2 | |
| 72 | GenealogyJ | 4.41 | 2 | 5.00 | 1 | -0.59 |
| 73 | Stammbaumdrucker | 4.38 | 2 | 4.38 | 2 | |
| 74 | Familienbande | 4.00 | 2 | 4.00 | 2 | |
| 75 | Ancestral Forest | 4.00 | 2 | 4.00 | 2 | |
| 76 | HistoryGeo | 3.49 | 2 | --- | 0 | |
| 77 | Generations **unsup | 3.32 | 2 | 5.00 | 1 | -1.68 |
| 78 | FacTree **unsup | 3.31 | 2 | 5.00 | 1 | -1.69 |
| 79 | Related Families | 3.21 | 2 | 5.00 | 1 | -1.79 |
| 80 | Gramps for Windows | 2.25 | 2 | --- | 0 | |
| 81 | Lineage Family Tree Software **unsup | 1.64 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | +0.64 |
| 82 | Ancestrologie | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 83 | TMG Utility | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 84 | On This Day | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 85 | Family Origins **unsup | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 86 | Genius Family Tree **unsup | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 87 | GENMatcher | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 88 | Genealogica Grafica | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 89 | HuMo-gen | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 90 | FotoTagger | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 91 | Transcript | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 92 | ViewGED | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 93 | Lineascope | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 94 | GedStar Pro for Android | 5.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 95 | Ancestor Tree | 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | |
| 96 | Ancestory | 5.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 97 | GenoPresse | 5.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 98 | gedcomToDatabase | 5.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 99 | Ancestris | 5.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 100 | GenScriber | 5.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 101 | Famtree | 4.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 102 | Haza-21 | 4.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | |
| 103 | Famiva | 4.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | |
| 104 | GeneWeb | 4.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | |
| 105 | GenMerge | 4.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | |
| 106 | Ohile | 4.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | |
| 107 | Personal Historian | 3.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 108 | Family.Show | 3.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 109 | Family History System **unsup | 3.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | |
| 110 | Ges-2000 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | |
| 111 | DateCalc | 3.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | |
| 112 | MyBlood **unsup | 3.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | |
| 113 | Généamania | 3.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | |
| 114 | GeneaQuilts | 3.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 115 | SmartGenealogy | 2.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 116 | GenealogyWise | 2.00 | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | |
| 117 | GEDCOM Crawler | 1.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |
| 118 | Community Express | 1.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 119 | Research Logger | 1.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 120 | GedScape | 1.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 121 | Names In Stone | 1.00 | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 122 | ROOTS **unsup | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | |
| 123 | SeeGEDCOMX | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | |
| 124 | WinFamily | --- | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 125 | SharedTree | --- | 1 | --- | 0 | |
| 126 | GEDxlate | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | |
| 127 | Genealogy Research Organizer | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | |
| 128 | GedReporter | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | |
| 129 | FamilyInsight | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | |
| 130 | Genealogy Browser | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | |
| 131 | RecordAGrave | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | |
| 132 | Genealogy Ancestors Search Tool | --- | 1 | --- | 1 | |
