I was very excited to hear about the Cozi app. The promise of shared calendars, a family journal, even shared shopping lists was a dream come true. I gave it a try and coerced my husband into installing the app too.
The novelty wore off after a few weeks. Maintaining another calendar on top of my gmail calendar was a pain. My husband never seemed to get the updates and it was a hassle for him to manage notifications from yet another app. Journals seemed like a good idea, but in all honesty I hardly did it.
Shared lists? I can already do that with Evernote by sharing individual notes or notebooks. I didn’t find that to be unique with Cozi, but I liked the templates they provided on the sites.
Mostly – it felt like I was actually complicating where I kept my notes, and my schedules. I’m already a premium Evernote user and love that I can email any tidbit I want to remember into Evernote. Adding separate calendars in gmail for me, my husband, our caregiver schedule and school schedule took care of the need to see it all in one place. My laptop and Android phone allows me to view all the calendars, or only my own.
Cozi is a great idea for families. It just wasn’t enough to make me give up my gmail calendar and Evernote.