Reunion for Mac is hands down the best genealogy program out there! I've used it for years and it's been a joy to use. Of course when the iPhone version came out last year I got it. Although the iPhone version is definitely functional, I didn't really use it a lot simply because of the small size of the iPhone display. Reunion for iPad changes that! This is a brand new App built from the ground up to take advantage of the iPad. First off let me say that this App is a "companion" App for Reunion on the Mac. In other words without Reunion on the Mac the App is of no use to you and there is no reason to get it. If you do use Reunion on the Mac, then you can get Reunion for iPad to sync and update your Reunion file. This new App let's you display your Reunion data in a very iPad friendly way. You can also share Family cards via email to those family members that don't have Reunion. The idea of this App is that you can take Reunion on the go, look up information and more importantly update the information right on the iPad itself. Once you get back to Reunion on the Mac you can then sync your changes. You can even sync changes in both directions. So if someone was making changes on the Mac while you were out or with other iPads, Reunion will sync all the changes in both directions. One of the other big additions for me in this new App that I'm still surprised was not in the IPhone version is the ability to also add photos to the records just like you can on the Mac. This is handy with the iPad Camera Connection Kit.
The Interactive Family Tree Is Amazing
Visually the thing that I was most blown away by was the Family Tree tab. Once you tap it to view it you start with the record you were last viewing. You can navigate the tree using your finger to drill down and branch off to different family members. It's really cool to see. The Ages display is also neat. For any given person you can see a linear break down of every event that has taken place and what age that person was when it happened.
Reunion for iPad definitely has everything I want. What I'd love to see is support for the iPad VGA connector so that I could do a live presentation at my family reunion of the interactive tree. Other than that, this App has it all!
You can get Reunion for iPad here from the 
*NOTE – Reunion for Mac is required to use this App!
Reunion for iPad
Reunion for iPad is the companion product to Reunion for Mac. It allows you to take your Reunion genealogy files with you to show and update on the go.
- Leister Productions, Inc.
- Get on App Store
- $14.99
All info was collected on 26th August, 2010 when the app was reviewed.
About Terry White
Terry is the co-author of The Best Selling "The iPhone Book" 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions. He has been active in the industry for over 25 years and is the founder and president of MacGroup-Detroit, Inc., Michigan's largest Macintosh Users Group, host of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and a technology writer - Terry White Tech Blog.
Have you checked out MacFamilyTree? It’s a similar product and the new version (6) has a really nice, modern interface. It also has an iPhone/iPad companion app. I’d be interested to hear what you think about how they compare. http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree/
FamilyTree is good, but Reunion is THE BEST!!
It’s the “Rolls-Royce” of genealogy programs!
I have more than 5000 entries and it works perfectly!