Cozi organises the diary. A home also has accounts
Cozi has been the reference for family calendars and lists for a long time. What it doesn't touch is money, and in a household money is half the awkward conversations.
Stick with Cozi if…
If what you're after is mainly the calendar and the meals, Cozi is further along in that particular part.
Move to homeify if…
If on top of organising you want the household accounts to add up on their own, or if you're sharing a flat rather than being a family, that's where Cozi doesn't reach.
Where Cozi is better
- Its family calendar is its strong point and it's very well developed, with years behind it.
- It includes recipes and meal planning in more depth than our weekly menu, which is deliberately light.
- It has an enormous community and a lot of help material behind it.
Side by side
| What it does | homeify | Cozi |
|---|---|---|
| Shared family calendar | ||
| Shared lists | ||
| Chores with a named person and a date | ||
| Shared expenses and balances between the people who live there | ||
| Pantry with use-by alerts | ||
| Household documents with expiry warnings | ||
| In-depth recipe book and meal planning | ||
| Built in Europe: euros, European dates, data under GDPR | ||
| Works just as well for a flatshare |
Comparison written by us from Cozi's public information as of today. Apps change: if something here has gone out of date, write to us and we'll correct it.
Questions
- Where is my data held?
- In the European Union, under GDPR. It isn't sold and it isn't used for advertising, and you can export it or delete the whole home whenever you like.
- Does it have recipes like Cozi?
- No. The weekly menu is free text per day and meal, deliberately: a recipe book with ingredients that fill the shopping list is three or four times the work, and we'll only build it if the planner gets used.
Try it without dropping what you use
Setting up a home is free and takes a minute. If a month later you're still going back to Cozi, you'll have found that out with real data rather than a table.