FamilySearch Memories vs Tinybeans Private Family Album

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1. [R2] FamilySearch Memories 5/5 · US Peace of mind!: With all of the terrible wild fires in the West this year… I have peace of mind … knowing that most of my precious family photos, certificates, letters, are safely copied and stored in Memories at the FamilySearch website!
2. [R5] FamilySearch Memories 5/5 · US EXACTLY what I was looking for!: For many, many years, I fretted over the idea that all of the fun things we had done as children would not be told to future generations. Sure, they would know our names and would know us as adults, but they would never know who we were during those form of the years. Our family used to sit around and talk about these stories as a means of entertainment when the li
3. [R40] FamilySearch Memories 1/5 · US Missing memories. No filters.: Doesn't show all memories. Only the most recent probably 200 or so. Also doesn't have filters to show "not tagged" or "no title" like you can do on the website. The website also needs to adopt the same circular tags and auto-face-circles as the app so everything stays consistent. Very Disappointed. Also people I can tag in photos in the Tree app don't show up in the
4. [R41] FamilySearch Memories 4/5 · US Great integration: The integration to FamilySearch Tree is amazing, but once I open the photo viewer, it won’t let me close it.
5. [R3] FamilySearch Memories 3/5 · US Slow: I have more than 20,000 images. Organizing them into albums or folders in Memories takes ages. At the rate I’m progressing, I’ll die long before I finish. As the only member in my family , I’m alone in my love for family history work. The hard copies will be tossed into a dumpster. I wish I could find the help I need. Some of these things are important historical materials that should
6. [R7] FamilySearch Memories 1/5 · US It needs to be easier to use with the iPhone format: I have to do way too much work to get a photo on onto my individual ancestors account on the iPhone. Seriously the only reason I got it was because the website is not formatted to use iPhone. So it’s frustrating that I can’t upload and tag and it goes automatically onto those ancestors memories I have to go in individually and hope the website w
7. [R11] FamilySearch Memories 5/5 · US I delayed writing my history until I turned 83.: So far, this is quite easy and I would recommend it to anybody to begin to write their history before they kicked the bucket.
8. [R14] FamilySearch Memories 5/5 · US On the Go: I love that I can use this app wherever I am. We visited my mother-in-law in her assisted living center and were able to record some very special memories.
9. [R1] FamilySearch Memories 1/5 · US No way to move from the memory to the person. loses attached memories for months with no resolution: Some people’s memories disappear and never come back. The IT department is ignoring the issue. The memory does not link back to the person, and the ID number associated with the memory is not tagged in anyway. So it’s just memories floating around randomly.
10. [R4] FamilySearch Memories 2/5 · US Content Sync Issues: There are major sync issues with this app and it’s very inconsistent from the website functionality. There’s also a file upload limitation that I didn’t know existed until I was on the website troubleshooting the syncing issues.
11. [R6] FamilySearch Memories 3/5 · US Most of the time it doesn't work: Once in a while it actually shows up on my memories of Family Search. But mostly it doesn't work
12. [R50] FamilySearch Memories 5/5 · US Leaving a legacy of my family: My family means everything to me. It is incredible that I have the ability to capture my greatest moments and memories forever.
13. [R55] FamilySearch Memories 5/5 · US Scrapbook and Journal: I love how I can store my photos on here to view for the millennium. In which I am hoping this app carries over tell then. I also write stories of my life as I go along.
14. [R10] FamilySearch Memories 1/5 · US Can’t reset my password: I can’t reset my password and I can’t find any help resetting it.
15. [R69] Tinybeans Private Family Album 3/5 · US Glitchy: Great app we have been using for almost 8 years but lately it has been so glitchy. I reached out to customer service for trouble shooting and they told me to re-download the app. I have done so a couple times and it is still not helping the glitches! I miss the old app.
16. [R72] Tinybeans Private Family Album 3/5 · US Slow app support response: Since the birth of my first grandchild, my daughter has been posting pictures of my now grandchildren daily. It has been great to be able to share the children’s growth with family and friends across the globe. Their great grandmother used to look at Tinybeans every night before she went to sleep. Last week, without any notification, my daughter was not able to upload pi
17. [R70] Tinybeans Private Family Album 1/5 · US No longer free: No notice to my email or on the app it would no longer be free. Log in today and have to pay. So disappointed. Edit: My MIL paid for a year and repaid when it was up a few months ago and there must have been an upgrade and bumped me down to the free plan out of nowhere when we paid for the year plan. Can I rate below 1 star? Update -1000 stars as I went to find a specific memory
18. [R85] Tinybeans Private Family Album 1/5 · US Great app till it’s not: I have used this service for 7 years, and every year the quality goes down. Now the free plan is so restrictive that I’m locked out of my account. I tried to upgrade and they happily take the payment but don’t actually give me access to my photos. One year they charged me for the same service twice and balked when I asked for a refund. Great idea, poor execution, questiona
19. [R97] Tinybeans Private Family Album 1/5 · US Used to be great: This was the best app ever when I started using it in 2020. Totally free! Then they started charging. Understandable that at some point it would happen. The next year the price DOUBLED! So I opted for the free version with limited uploads. Now they say my storage is full and I can’t even see the photos I had or upload new ones. I definitely regret recommending this app to so ma
20. [R106] Tinybeans Private Family Album 1/5 · US App holding my memories hostage: We loved tiny beans when we first downloaded. We used it to share photos from 2014-2024 and had great experiences but now the app said out album was full (no previous mention of a limit) and we have to pay to upload anything new. What’s worse is we now no longer have access to look at older photos we’ve uploaded. They are archived and not visible unless we pay. See
21. [R43] FamilySearch Memories 4/5 · US Videos: I love memories, but I really, really, REALLY wish I could submit videos
22. [R20] FamilySearch Memories 1/5 · US Gone: Terrible, years of work is now missing
23. [R61] Tinybeans Private Family Album 1/5 · US Expensive and glitchy, horrible app, greedy!!!!: They want $75 a year when it used to be free. I HATE them with a passion. Everything that used to be great SUCKS now and this is one of those things. I would never pay for this because the app doesn’t work half the time anyway. It crashes when you’re loading a bunch of photos at once and it’s a huge waste of time.
24. [R79] Tinybeans Private Family Album 1/5 · US THIS IS A SCAM: We've been using Tiny Beans for a few years. It is a service that allows us to upload photos of our kids, and it then organizes them by date. It also allows us to share photos with our extended family like a private social media page. We have honestly loved it though it is really just a private facebook page at best. We've had a premium membership for a year or two which was $40 pe
25. [R117] Tinybeans Private Family Album 3/5 · US Price increase: Y’all, this price increase is wild. Families are doing their best and at $40 this was a splurge for us. We’ve recommended this app but that’s going to stop because the increase is too much of a jump. What a disappointment. Y’all can do better. Be better.
26. [R120] Tinybeans Private Family Album 3/5 · US Why the double in price for yearly subscription????: We love this app and use it daily to share our daughter with friends and family. I was deeply disappointed to see that you are doubling the cost of this service in April. What happens to all of our pictures if we decide to not renew due to the exorbitant price tag you are now putting on a photo sharing app?????