Cozi
Free
$0/year
- Shared calendar, to-dos, shopping lists and recipes
- Future events can be added from Agenda view for the next 30 days
- Ad-supported experience
Best for: A household already happy with basic family organization.
Cozi is no longer only a Free-versus-Gold decision.
Cozi Free covers a shared calendar, to-dos, shopping lists and recipes. Gold is the $39-per-year calendar and experience upgrade. Max is the $79-per-year tier with AI Event Import, AI Recipe Creator and AI Meal Planner. If Free still covers your household’s work, there is no reason to rush a move.
Plans before a switch
Cozi Free vs. Gold vs. Max vs. Nori Free.
Cozi
Gold
$39/year
- Everything in Free
- Ad-free, mobile month view, search, extra reminders and change alerts
- Unlimited future calendar access
Best for: Keeping the Cozi workflow with a better calendar experience.
Cozi
Max
$79/year
- Everything in Gold
- AI Event Import
- AI Recipe Creator and AI Meal Planner
Best for: A current Cozi family that needs these three AI jobs.
Nori
Free
$0/year
- Shared family calendar, tasks, shopping list, recipes and meal plan
- 10 free AI uses, including basic AI tools, chat and voice input
- Start without a paid subscription
Best for: Testing a different family-planning workflow before paying for ongoing AI help.
Cozi’s public plan page currently lists Gold at $39/year and Max at $79/year. The 30-day limit refers to adding future events from Cozi Free’s Agenda view; it does not mean a calendar feed is an editable two-way sync. Prices, promotions and store availability can change.
Sources: Cozi Compare Plans, Cozi FAQ and Nori Membership.
AI scope
Cozi Max has focused AI. Nori has a broader input workflow.
Cozi Max adds three named AI jobs inside a familiar organizer. Nori’s public materials describe several input methods that can help create or update family planning information. The useful decision is which specific household work you need to reduce, not whether one product “has AI.”
Photos
Email / text
Voice
Chat
School emails pile up.
Forward it. Nori finds what matters.
Nori’s public AI material describes forwarding messages so the important family-planning details can be reviewed and organized in one shared system.
Flyers and files get lost.
Share it once. Nori makes the plan.
Nori’s public AI material describes photo input for family-planning details. Review suggested details before relying on them in the family plan.
Too much to type.
Say it once. Nori creates the work.
Voice input can help capture a spoken family request while the details are fresh. The household can then review and adjust the suggested plan.
Keep or test
Keep Cozi when its workflow fits. Test another system when it does not.
Gold and Max make sense when their specific calendar and AI upgrades remove recurring work without changing how your family organizes. A separate family system becomes worth testing only when the recurring bottleneck lies outside those workflows.
Keep Cozi
Stay with Cozi Free when its shared calendar and lists are enough. Upgrade to Gold for calendar experience, or Max for its three AI jobs, when those solve an actual repeated task.
Compare Cozi plans →Test another family system
Consider a different setup when family information arrives through voice, messages and photos, and the hard part is keeping those inputs connected to the rest of the plan.
Use the Family App Matcher →Cautious calendar test
Keep Cozi, test carefully, then decide.
Do not treat a calendar feed as a full migration. Cozi describes read-only appointment feeds to and from Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar. Start with one test feed, keep the original account intact and allow the receiving calendar’s stated refresh window.
Keep the Cozi account intact
Do not delete data, cancel a subscription or change the family routine before you verify a test calendar.
Share one Cozi calendar feed
In Cozi, use Settings → Shared Cozi Calendars to enable a feed for one family member or All, then copy the Cozi URL.
Know the boundary
This creates a read-only view outside Cozi. It is not two-way editing.
Add it only to a test destination
Follow the destination’s supported calendar-import instructions. Check time zone, duplicate events, recurring schedules and who can view the result.
Timing note: Cozi says the receiving calendar controls its refresh. Google can take up to 48 hours for incoming iCal changes.
Decide task by task
Keep Cozi, upgrade to Gold or Max, use a read-only shared view elsewhere, or test another system only where it removes real recurring work.
Do not assume an integration
Verify the destination’s current inbound-calendar compatibility before treating a read-only feed as a migration route.
Need a school-schedule workflow rather than a full app switch? Read how to organize school schedules in one family calendar →
Cozi pricing & migration FAQ
Quick answers before you switch.
Is Cozi free?
Yes. Cozi Free includes a shared calendar, to-dos, shopping lists and recipes. It is supported by ads and does not include Gold or Max upgrades.
How much do Cozi Gold and Cozi Max cost?
Cozi’s current public plan page lists Gold at $39 per year and Max at $79 per year. Check the final purchase screen for local pricing or promotions.
Does Cozi Free have a 30-day limit?
Cozi’s FAQ says Free users can add future events from Agenda view for the next 30 days. Gold provides unlimited future calendar access and more calendar views.
Does Cozi have AI?
Yes. Cozi Max includes AI Event Import, AI Recipe Creator and AI Meal Planner. Gold does not include these Max tools.
Can I move a Cozi calendar without deleting it?
Yes. Cozi describes read-only feeds to and from supported calendar programs. Start with one test feed and expect the receiving calendar to control refresh timing. This is a visibility bridge, not two-way editing.
Choose the family system that removes the work you actually repeat.
