# Who Do You Think You Are?

> Discover Your Family Tree

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id486429648](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id486429648)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id486429648`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Our Media Limited
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (36 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.8
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-02
- **First published:** 2012-04-13
- **Size:** 57 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/who-do-you-think-you-are/id486429648)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://policies.ourmedia.co.uk/privacy-policy/](https://policies.ourmedia.co.uk/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Official companion to the BBC series, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine helps you trace your family’s past, explore celebrity histories, and learn practical steps to build your own family tree and uncover military and social histories.

The app offers a 1-month trial for 99p with in-app purchases and subscriptions. Subscriptions auto-renew unless you turn them off; manage renewals in Account Settings. For support, privacy, and terms, visit the provided help pages.

## Rankings

- #199,963 — Overall

## Review summary

The reviews praise the app for accessible, current issues, strong writing, and live links that aid genealogical research. However, persistent reliability problems with downloads and offline access, a magazine-like experience that feels diluted in the app, subscription glitches, lack of landscape mode, and price concerns significantly detract from user satisfaction.

### Pros

- Easy to use and readable interface.
- Current edition available promptly, with overseas option and cost savings.
- High-quality, well-written genealogy and history content.
- Live, clickable references/links within articles.
- Valuable resource for genealogists with practical tips and historical context.

### Cons

- Downloads and offline access are unreliable; back issues often don't download; downloads stop mid-way.
- Content in the app often feels like a collection of web articles rather than a magazine; full articles missing.
- Subscription management issues (auto-renew stops; white screen after paying; access problems).
- No landscape orientation support.
- Price/value concerns; $4.99 price for online access is considered too high by some users.

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