Comparison
Neiliro vs Cozi
Cozi has been the default family organizer for over a decade: a shared calendar, shopping lists, to-dos and recipes, free with ads, or $39 a year without them. Neiliro is the newer, private alternative: the same shared calendar and lists, plus money, notes and a family mailbox, encrypted in your browser, for one price that covers the whole household. Here is where they differ, honestly.
| Cozi | Neiliro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free with ads; Cozi Gold $39/year | €4.99/month or €44.99/year per family; 30 days free, no card; no free tier, no ads |
| Who is covered | The whole family on one account | The whole family, each member with their own login and password |
| Shared calendar | Yes; the free version shows only 30 days ahead | Yes, unlimited; subscribe from Google or Apple Calendar; share one event by link |
| Lists | Shopping and to-do lists | Shopping and any other lists, with sections and a guest link for whoever is near the shop |
| Tasks | To-do lists | Tasks with projects, due dates, recurrence and private tasks |
| Money | — | Accounts, budgets per category, recurring payments, reconciliation |
| Notes | Family journal | Notes with links between them, versions and attachments |
| Family mailbox | — | Yes: [email protected]; a letter becomes a task in one click |
| Recipes and meal planning | Yes | — |
| Apps | iOS, Android, web | Web app for every device; add it to the home screen, reads offline |
| Encryption | Standard cloud storage | What you write is encrypted in your browser with a key we don't hold |
| Ads and tracking | Ads in the free version | None, anywhere |
| Your data | Stays in Cozi | Full archive in one click; restores into the free self-hosted edition |
| Open source | — | Yes, AGPL-3.0 |
Where Cozi is the better pick
- You want a free app and don't mind ads or the 30-day calendar window.
- Recipes and meal planning matter to you — Neiliro doesn't do them.
- You prefer a native app store app over a web app on the home screen.
Where Neiliro is
- Privacy is the point: what your family writes is encrypted where you type it, with a key that never reaches our servers. Cozi, like most apps, can read what you store.
- You want the money side too — accounts, budgets, who paid what — in the same place as the calendar, not in a third app.
- The paperwork arrives by e-mail: the school, the landlord, the utility. A family mailbox turns a letter into a task.
- You'd rather pay a little and never see an ad, with everyone in the family on their own login.
- You want the door open: full export anytime, and a free self-hosted edition if you ever want to run it yourself.
Try Neiliro free for 30 days, no card: create your family, or poke around the demo first.
Cozi is a trademark of its owner. This page describes Cozi's publicly listed features and prices as of September 2026; tell us at [email protected] if something is out of date.