Cozi vs GroupCal

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

GroupCal

• Clubs, communities and schools that publish a schedule to many people
• Small teams sharing shifts, bookings or meeting-room calendars
• Families and friends on a mix of iPhone and Android phones
• Groups where only the organizer should pay: members use the app free

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.

GroupCal

• A plan covers the calendars its buyer owns, so prices are per calendar owner, not per member; members and admins of those calendars pay nothing.
• The free plan allows 1 admin and has no permission controls. More admins start at Team ($50 per month, billed annually).
• The REST API, webhooks and white-labeled apps are limited to Enterprise, which has custom pricing.
• Accounts are tied to a phone number: the guide says to sign in with the same number on every device.

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.

GroupCal

Calendars joined by link

Create separate calendars for different groups, topics or resources, each with its own color and photo. Members join from a shared link or an invite sent to their phone number, without an email address.

Real-time updates and RSVP

Members get push notifications when they are added to a calendar and when events are added or changed. Each event shows who accepted or declined.

Roles and permissions

Calendars have Owner, Admin and Member roles. Paid plans let the owner choose who can add events or members, and from Team hide event details or limit members to editing their own events.

Personal calendars alongside

Events from Apple Calendar, Google Calendar and Outlook appear next to GroupCal calendars in one view. From Pro, events from connected Google, Outlook and iCloud accounts can be shared with a group.

Public channels and embeds

A public calendar can be embedded in a website, with a WordPress plugin and a Wix widget. On Organization, a calendar channel is listed in GroupCal's search and takes unlimited followers.

Linked calendars

On the Organization plan, calendars can be linked so events sync across them, which lets a master calendar reflect several related schedules.

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.

GroupCal

• Free$0

  Unlimited calendars and events, 25 event photo attachments and 1 admin. Aimed at sharing calendars with family or friends.

• Pro$10

  per month, billed annually at $120 ($15 billed monthly)

  150 photo attachments, control over who can add events and members, a color per member, advanced RSVP, and sharing of Google, Outlook and iCloud calendars.

• Team$50

  per month, billed annually at $600 ($75 billed monthly)

  3 calendar admins, 500 photo attachments, event ownership, hidden event details, members limited to editing their own events, a business page and priority support.

• Organization$150

  per month, billed annually at $1,800 ($225 billed monthly)

  Unlimited admins, 1,500 photo attachments, calendar channels, event sync across linked calendars, verified calendars and embedding several calendars together.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited attachments, REST API and webhooks, white-labeled web and mobile apps, a custom legal and security review and a dedicated success manager.

Cozi

No public discounts listed.

GroupCal

• Annual discount

  Save 33% with yearly billing

  The pricing page marks yearly billing as a 33% saving: Pro is $10 per month billed annually against $15 billed monthly, Team $50 against $75 and Organization $150 against $225.