Fridge Club vs Cozi

Same goal, different place

Cozi has been helping families organize since 2006, which makes it one of the longest-running family apps around. It puts a shared calendar, shopping lists, to-dos and recipes in one app that everyone in the family can open on their own phone.

Fridge Club shares the goal and changes the place. You plan the week on your laptop or phone, and it turns into one printed page on the fridge. The app is where the planning happens. The fridge is where the family actually reads it.

What Cozi does well

Cozi’s shared lists are genuinely handy. Someone adds milk at home, and whoever is at the store sees it right away. It’s simple to start, there’s a free version to try, and one paid plan covers the whole family.

If your family already lives in its phones and likes it that way, Cozi does that job well, and has for a long time.

Where a page on the fridge works better

An app only works for the people who open it. The youngest kids usually don’t have phones, grandparents may not want another app, and even the grown-ups don’t always check before they leave the house.

A page on the fridge is just there. Everyone sees the week on their way past, without unlocking anything, and it’s the natural thing to talk through over breakfast. It also works with a pen: when practice moves, you cross it out and carry on.

What each one costs

Cozi has three plans. The free version has ads and, at the time of writing, only lets you add events for the next 30 days. Cozi Gold is $39 a year, removes the ads and adds premium calendar features. Cozi Max is $79 a year and adds AI tools like an automatic meal planner.

Fridge Club is $39 a year, or $5.99 a month, with two Sundays free to try it. There’s no free version and there are no ads in any version. So next to Cozi Gold, the choice isn’t really about money. It’s about whether you want the week on your phones or on your fridge.

Can you use both?

Yes, and some families might. Cozi’s shopping list is handy in the store, and Fridge Club is made for the week on the fridge. Fridge Club also has a to-do row on the page, and a grocery list that remembers what you buy every week is coming soon, so over time you may not need two apps.

So which one should you choose?

Choose Cozi if your family runs on phones, you want live shared lists, and you’d like a free option to start with.

Choose Fridge Club if you want the whole family to see the week without needing a phone, you’d rather plan once on Sunday than check an app all week, and you like the idea of a page you talk through at breakfast. You can try it for two Sundays before you decide.