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Brown Paper Tickets vs Cozi Family Organizer

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Brown Paper Tickets

Event Management

The fair-trade ticketing company

From
Free
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Cozi Family Organizer logo

Cozi Family Organizer

Parenting & Family

The must-have family organizing app

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Brown Paper Tickets fees are charged to ticket buyers rather than the organiser, at $1.49 plus 6.0% of the ticket price in USD; Cozi Family Organizer the free version carries advertising, and removing it requires Cozi Gold at $39
  • They diverge on capability: Brown Paper Tickets covers Ticketing, Cozi Family Organizer covers Shared family calendar.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Brown Paper Tickets and Cozi Family Organizer actually diverge.

Attributes where Brown Paper Tickets and Cozi Family Organizer differ
AttributeBrown Paper TicketsCozi Family Organizer
Pricing modeltransactionfreemium
CategoryEvent ManagementParenting & Family
Founded20002005

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Brown Paper Tickets

  • Ticketing
  • Will call
  • Seating charts
  • Reporting
  • Customer service
  • PayPal
  • Google Analytics
  • Mailchimp

Only in Cozi Family Organizer

  • Shared family calendar
  • Color-coded schedules
  • Shopping lists
  • To-do lists
  • Meal planner
  • Recipe box
  • Birthday tracker
  • Journal & notes

Both cover

  • Web support
  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Brown Paper Tickets

  • Selling tickets for events, performances and workshopsnot Cozi Family Organizer
  • Handling ticket distribution and door lists for independent organisersnot Cozi Family Organizer

Cozi Family Organizer

  • Sharing one family calendar across everybody's phonesnot Brown Paper Tickets
  • Keeping shared shopping and to do lists for a householdnot Brown Paper Tickets

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Brown Paper Tickets

  • Fees are charged to ticket buyers rather than the organiser, at $1.49 plus 6.0% of the ticket price in USD
  • The 6.0% applies regardless of payment method, including when the organiser uses their own merchant account or PayPal
  • The flat component varies by currency, running from roughly $0.99 to $1.99 equivalent
  • Because the buyer pays, the advertised ticket price is not what the buyer is charged

Cozi Family Organizer

  • The free version carries advertising, and removing it requires Cozi Gold at $39
  • Calendar search is a paid feature, so the free version cannot search its own calendar
  • Free accounts are limited to one reminder per event, against three on Gold
  • Month view on mobile, the birthday tracker and change notifications are all behind Gold

Pricing, plan by plan

Brown Paper Tickets

Free
  • StandardFree
    • $0.99 + 5% per ticket
    • Free events free
    • All features

Cozi Family Organizer

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Shared family calendar
    • Shopping lists
    • To-do lists
  • Cozi Gold$29.99/year
    • Everything in Free
    • Ad-free experience
    • Calendar search

Which should you pick?

Choose Brown Paper Tickets if

  • You need ticketing.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want will call.
Brown Paper Tickets review

Choose Cozi Family Organizer if

  • You need shared family calendar.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want color-coded schedules.
Cozi Family Organizer review

Questions people ask

Is Brown Paper Tickets or Cozi Family Organizer better?
Neither clearly leads. Brown Paper Tickets starts at Free and Cozi Family Organizer at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Brown Paper Tickets or Cozi Family Organizer?
Brown Paper Tickets starts at Free and Cozi Family Organizer at Free.
Does Brown Paper Tickets or Cozi Family Organizer run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Brown Paper Tickets for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Brown Paper Tickets best used for?
Brown Paper Tickets is most often used for selling tickets for events, performances and workshops, handling ticket distribution and door lists for independent organisers. Of those, selling tickets for events, performances and workshops and handling ticket distribution and door lists for independent organisers are not what Cozi Family Organizer is typically brought in for.
What can Brown Paper Tickets do that Cozi Family Organizer cannot?
Brown Paper Tickets covers Ticketing, Will call, Seating charts, Reporting. Cozi Family Organizer covers Shared family calendar, Color-coded schedules, Shopping lists, To-do lists. Both handle Web support, Ios support, Android support.
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