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Fact Sheet
Kin Nearby is an iPhone and iPad app that answers one question: which of your ancestors were near a place, and when were they there? It reads a family tree from a GEDCOM file, the standard export that genealogy websites and programs offer, and shows the answer on a map and a timeline.
Choose any place you are planning to visit and see which relatives lived, worked or were recorded there, with the years. Or tap Near Me to see who was close to where you are now. Open one ancestor to follow their life across the map, event by event, in date order.
Most places in a tree are a town or a county, not an address, so Kin Nearby says "in this county" and never claims a distance the data cannot support. Years a person is only presumed to have stayed are drawn apart from recorded events and labeled as presumed.
There is no account and no server. Your tree is read and kept on your device, and the offline globe works with no connection. Apple Maps is an option, and if you choose it, Apple is sent the area you look at and the places you search for. Cards you share never include anyone who may be living.
Free to try on a built-in demo tree. After you import your own tree you see what was found and a preview of it; a single one-time purchase opens the whole tree. No subscription and no ads.
Kin Nearby is developed by Steven H. VanderLeest at squishLogic, an independent studio. Version 1.0 was released on November 11, 2026.
Quick Facts
- Developer: Steven H. VanderLeest / squishLogic
- Platform: iPhone, iPad
- Price: Free, with one in-app purchase (one-time, no subscription)
- Category: Reference, Travel
- Works with: Any family tree exported as a GEDCOM file
- Released: November 11, 2026
- Current version: 1.0
Screenshots
Official App Store screenshots, right-click or long-press to save.
Videos
Short videos showing the app at work, free to watch and link to: Kin Nearby on YouTube
Contact
Questions, interview requests, review copies, or anything not on this page? Email us: support@squishlogic.com