Cozi vs FamilyWall

Cozi

• Families who want a calendar, grocery list and meal plan in one account
• Households of up to 12 people sharing color-coded schedules
• Parents who want agenda emails sent to everyone in the family

FamilyWall

• Families who want a calendar, lists, messaging and photos in one private app
• Parents who want arrival alerts and a map of where children are (Premium)
• Households that plan meals and track a shared budget (Premium)
• Keeping separate circles for extended family, friends or neighbors

Cozi

• The free version shows ads and only lets you enter events for the next 30 days; Cozi Gold gives unlimited future calendar access.
• Month view on mobile, calendar search, change notifications and the birthday tracker need Cozi Gold.
• Everyone on an account signs in with one shared password and has full access to its data; Cozi offers no restricted-access option.
• Connections to Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar are read-only feeds, not two-way sync.

FamilyWall

• The US App Store listing gives the monthly Premium price as $7.99, above the $4.99 on FamilyWall's website and Google Play listing. The yearly price is $44.99 on all three.
• Google and Outlook sync, the meal planner, budget tracker, timetables, documents and location sharing all need Premium.
• Premium applies to the first 5 circles an account created; any further circles stay on the free plan and cannot be chosen manually.
• The Premium page lists ad-free use as a Premium benefit, although the About page describes FamilyWall as ad-free.

Cozi

Color-coded family calendar

Each of up to 12 family members gets a name and a color. The calendar shows everyone at once or filters to one person, on a computer or a phone.

Reminders and agenda emails

Reminders arrive as push notifications or email, and each person can receive a daily or weekly agenda email. Free accounts get one reminder per attendee; Gold allows three.

Shopping and to-do lists

Shared grocery lists, chore lists and as many other lists as you want. The shopping list can be emailed to whoever is at the store.

Recipes and meal planning

Store recipes, plan dinners for the week and add a recipe's ingredients to the shopping list.

Cozi Today

A single daily view of upcoming appointments, current to-dos and recently added shopping list items.

AI tools in Cozi Max

AI Event Import reads invitations and calendar details from email and adds them to the calendar. Max also generates recipes and builds meal plans around your preferences.

FamilyWall

Shared family calendar

A color-coded calendar shows one person's schedule or the whole family's at once. Any member can add or edit appointments, and reminders can be set for events.

Shopping and to-do lists

Shared shopping lists can be browsed offline in the store. To-do lists can be private or shared, and individual to-dos can be assigned to chosen family members.

Messenger, gallery and contacts

Family members post messages in threaded conversations, share photos and videos in a private gallery, and keep contacts such as a babysitter or doctor in a shared directory.

Calendar sync (Premium)

Premium connects Google and Outlook calendars to the family calendar and can subscribe to any public or shared calendar through its URL.

Meal planner and budget (Premium)

The meal planner lays out the week's meals, imports recipes from the web and turns a plan into a grocery list. The budget tracker records shared bills and everyday expenses.

Location and place alerts (Premium)

A map shows family members' recent and real-time positions, and alerts tell you when someone arrives at a saved place such as home or school. Each member chooses who sees their location.

Cozi

• Cozi (Free)$0

  Shared calendar, automatic notifications, shared grocery and to-do lists, and recipes, supported by ads.

• Cozi Gold$39

  per year, one subscription for the whole family

  No ads, month view on mobile, calendar search, up to three reminders per event, change notifications, birthday tracker and Shopping Mode.

• Cozi Max$79

  per year, one subscription for the whole family

  Everything in Gold, plus AI Event Import, AI Recipe Creator and AI Meal Planner.

FamilyWall

• Standard$0

  Shared calendar, shopping lists, to-do lists, messenger and contact book. The Premium page does not mark this plan as ad free.

• Premium$4.99

  per month, or $44.99 billed annually

  Adds Google and Outlook.com sync, meal planner, recipe box, budget tracker, timetable, documents, family locator and place alerts, without ads. One subscription covers a circle.

Cozi

No public discounts listed.

FamilyWall

• Annual discount

  About 25% less with annual billing

  The Premium page lists $4.99 per month or $44.99 billed annually. Twelve monthly payments come to $59.88, so paying for the year costs about 25% less.