Is there a free Cozi alternative?

Yes. Our Life offers a genuinely free tier with no ads, unlike Cozi's free tier which includes promotional content. The free tier includes the shared family calendar, shopping lists, and real-time sync. No email or credit card required.

How do I export my data from Cozi?

Sign in to my.cozi.com on a desktop browser, click Settings (gear) → Calendar Sync, and copy the iCalendar URL. You can subscribe to that URL from any standards-compliant calendar app, including Our Life's import flow.

Is Our Life cheaper than Cozi Gold?

Cozi Gold is cheaper at the monthly tier ($2.99 vs $4.99). However, Our Life offers a $149.99 lifetime option (first 1,000 families only), AI features Cozi doesn't have (photo-to-events, AI meal planning, voice quick-add), and zero ads on every tier including free.

Cozi alternative · 2026

The Cozi alternative for 2026.

You probably found Our Life because you searched "Cozi alternative." We get it — we were Cozi users too. Here's an honest look at what's different, and how to bring your whole family over in five minutes.

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Why families are leaving Cozi in 2026

Ads got worse. The free tier became hard to use, and even Cozi Gold shows promotional content for Cozi-branded products.
Prices crept up. Cozi Gold has nearly doubled since 2020 with no corresponding feature investment.
No AI features. In 2026, snapping a school flyer should create eight calendar events automatically. Cozi still asks you to type each one.
Email-based accounts. Cozi requires email addresses for every adult and ties usage analytics to those identities.
The app feels its age. The interface hasn't been meaningfully redesigned in six-plus years.

Cozi vs Our Life — feature by feature

What you need	Cozi	Our Life
Shared family calendar	✓	✓
Color-coded per family member	✓	✓
Shopping lists	Basic	✓ + AI from recipes
Recipe storage	✓	✓
Meal planning	Manual	✓ AI-generated week
Photo → events (AI)	—	✓
Voice quick-add	Limited	✓
Real-time sync	✓ (polls)	✓ Sub-second
Apple Calendar two-way sync	One-way	Two-way (v1.1)
Google Calendar sync	✓	✓
Free tier	✓ With ads	✓ Truly free
Premium monthly	$2.99	$4.99
Premium yearly	$29.99	$49.99
Lifetime option	—	$149.99 (1,000 fams)
Ads anywhere in the app	Yes	Never
Email required to sign up	Yes	Never
iPad app	✓	✓
Apple Watch	—	Coming

Honest note: Cozi is cheaper at the entry-level monthly tier. We chose to invest in AI features and refuse ad revenue, which costs more to deliver. If price is your only criterion, Cozi wins on that single dimension.

How to switch from Cozi in five minutes

Sign in on my.cozi.com (desktop site — the mobile app hides this), click Settings (gear) → Calendar Sync, copy the iCalendar URL.

Download Our Life from the App Store, tap "Start a family", and paste your Cozi iCal URL into the import field. Every event lands color-tinted to the right kid.

Share your new 6-character family code with your partner and older kids. They tap "Join family," enter the code and a 60-second pairing PIN. Done.

How AI changes the family calendar game

The reason we built Our Life is that every family calendar app from 2005-2024 assumed you'd type your way through life. School flyer? Type 8 events. New soccer schedule? Type 12 dates. Meal plan? Type 21 meals. Grocery list? Type 30 items.

In 2026 that's absurd. Here's how Our Life replaces typing with snapping, speaking, and tapping:

Snap a flyer. Open the camera, point at any printed schedule (school, soccer, dance, scouts, doctor's office). Our AI extracts every event, attaches the right kid, and flags conflicts before they happen.
Speak naturally. "Soccer Tuesday at 4 for Leo, repeats weekly through October" becomes a recurring calendar event in one tap.
Pick a recipe. The grocery list builds itself — deduplicated against items you already have on a list, organized by store aisle (coming soon).
One Sunday digest. A single calm email each Sunday morning summarizing the family's whole week. No notification noise.

The privacy difference

Cozi requires an email address per adult and ties usage to that identity for product analytics and marketing. Our Life uses a no-account architecture:

No email required. Your family gets a 6-character code. That's the account.
New devices join via a 60-second pairing PIN generated on an existing device. No "send a magic link" flow because there's no email to send it to.
We literally cannot identify your family because we don't ask who you are. Even our admin tools see only the family code.
No third-party trackers. No Facebook pixel, no Google Analytics tied to user IDs, no ad-network tags.

If your family includes minors, this matters. The fewer companies that know your kids exist, the better.

You might want to stick with Cozi if...

You've used Cozi for 10+ years and switching software feels like overhead you don't want.
You want the absolute cheapest monthly tier ($2.99) and don't care about AI features.
You enjoy Cozi Gold's recipe community and shared meal-planning content.
You don't have an iPhone or iPad — Our Life is iOS-first; Android arrives Q3 2026.

No hard feelings. Our goal is to be honest about who we're for. If you'd like to try Our Life, it's free →

Frequently asked questions

Will Cozi keep my data if I switch?

Yes. Importing into Our Life only copies your events here — Cozi's account is untouched. You can run the import as a trial and Cozi is exactly where you left it. When you're ready, cancel from my.cozi.com.

Is there really no email required?

Correct. Your family gets a 6-character code. New devices join via a 60-second pairing PIN. We never collect email addresses, names, or any personally identifying information. If you want optional weekly digest emails, you can add an email later — but it's never required for the app to work.

What happens to my Cozi subscription?

You handle it. Our Life doesn't touch Cozi. Once you're settled in Our Life, cancel Cozi from my.cozi.com → Account Settings. Your data stays in both places until you decide.

What's the $149.99 lifetime?

The first 1,000 families to commit get lifetime Our Life Plus Pro — every feature we ship, forever, no recurring subscription. Most lifetime spots are still available at launch but go fast once we hit the App Store.

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