Porcini vs Cozi
Both help a busy household keep track of who's doing what. They take different approaches: Cozi is a free, ad-supported family calendar and list app with a paid upgrade. Porcini is a paid, ad-free household planner built around tasks, tags and voice capture.
At a glance
| Porcini | Cozi | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 14-day free trial, then Solo $5.99/month or $49.99/year; Household $8.99/month or $69.99/year (up to 6 members) | Free version; Cozi Gold upgrade is $39 (per Cozi's website) |
| Ads | None | Free version has ads; Cozi Gold is ad-free |
| Planning ahead | No limit | Events more than 30 days ahead are part of Cozi Gold |
| Family accounts | Each person has their own login, with permission levels and private tasks | One shared family account: everyone signs in with their own email and a shared family password |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Android, web | iPhone, iPad, Android, web |
| Other calendars | Not yet (in progress) | Subscribe to other calendars (work, school, team); read-only sync of Cozi events to Google, Outlook and Apple Calendar |
| Lists | Grocery and other lists, grouped into sections you choose; remembers where an item goes | Shared shopping and to-do lists, updated in real time |
| Recipes and meals | Not included | Recipe box; add ingredients to the shopping list and schedule meals |
What Porcini is built around
- Tasks with real dates. Give a task the day you plan to do it and the day it's due; anything without a date waits in Review instead of cluttering your calendar.
- Voice capture. Say "Remind me to call the dentist" or "Add oat milk to the list" and it lands in the right place. Longer brain dumps go to Declutter Mode to sort later.
- Tags and search across everything. Tag items with the people, places or topics they involve, then find them across tasks, events, notes, contacts and lists, including words inside notes.
- Several ways to see the week. Vista shows the household as a Mosaic by person, a month calendar, a list, or a Timeline with multi-day projects and trips as bars.
- Routines and notes. Step-by-step instructions, reusable checklists and notes for how your household runs.
- Daily Brief and Weekly Review. A short summary of what's due and what patterns are showing up.
Which one fits you?
Cozi may suit you better if you want a free app and don't mind ads, you plan meals around recipes, or you need your work and school calendars inside your family calendar today.
Porcini may suit you better if you want no ads, separate logins and private items for each person, voice capture, and one place for tasks, routines and notes as well as the calendar.
Features and prices change. Check each app's current details before deciding; tell us at team@getporcini.com if anything here is out of date.
More questions
See the Porcini FAQ, or start a 14-day free trial.