Name: Shrubs
Developer: Benoît Bousquet
Type: Family Tree Software/GEDCOM Viewer
Cost: $4.99
Link to App Store: Update: No longer available
Current Version: Version 2.1 (Mar 24, 2009)
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Language: English, French (as of version 1.4)
Notes:
– Functions offline
– Imports data from GEDCOM Files
Notes – Limitations:
– GEDCOM file lines must end with a line feed (LF) or carriage return and line feed (CR/LF)
– Supported GEDCOM version/form: 5.5 lineage-linked only
– Supported GEDCOM character sets: ANSEL, ANSI, ASCII and Macintosh only
– Events other than births, deaths and marriages are ignored
– Dates are treated as is (no processing is done on the values read from the data file)
– GEDCOM files up to 4MB can now be imported
GEDCOM Support: Yes, GEDCOM 5.5
Software Requirements: iPhone Software Update 2.2.1 (as of Shrubs 2.1)
Hardware Requirements: iPhone/iPod touch
Other Requirements: Webserver or network connectivity (MacOS web sharing, etc.)
Landscape/Portrait: No
History:
First released: October 22, 2008 (Version 1.0)
– Version 2.1 (March 24, 2009)
– Version 2.0 (March 13, 2009)
– Version 1.4 (December 3, 2008)
– Version 1.3 (November 15, 2008)
– Version 1.2 (November 7, 2008)
– Version 1.1 (October 26, 2008)
— Improved GEDCOM parsing code
— Enforced a hard 250 Kb limit on data files to prevent excessive performance hits
— Fixed an issue with lengthy application startups
— Temporary files created during import are now deleted
— The internal database is now properly emptied between file imports