Parenting & Family · head to head
Cozi Family Organizer vs Tiny Beans
Cozi Family Organizer
Parenting & Family
The must-have family organizing app
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Cozi Family Organizer the free version carries advertising, and removing it requires Cozi Gold at $39; Tiny Beans the free Tinybeans plan is capped at 20 uploads per month and 5GB of storage
- They diverge on capability: Cozi Family Organizer covers Shared family calendar, Tiny Beans covers Private photo sharing.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Cozi Family Organizer and Tiny Beans actually diverge.
| Attribute | Cozi Family Organizer | Tiny Beans |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Ios, Android, Web |
| Founded | 2005 | 2012 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Parenting & Family).
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 Cozi Family Organizer
- Shared family calendar
- Color-coded schedules
- Shopping lists
- To-do lists
- Meal planner
- Recipe box
- Birthday tracker
- Journal & notes
Only in Tiny Beans
- Private photo sharing
- Video sharing
- Milestone tracking
- Daily email digests
- Child timelines
- Comments & reactions
- Print products
- Memory search
Both cover
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
- English language support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Cozi Family Organizer
- Sharing one family calendar across everybody's phonesnot Tiny Beans
- Keeping shared shopping and to do lists for a householdnot Tiny Beans
Tiny Beans
- Keeping a private family photo and video journal organised by datenot Cozi Family Organizer
- Sharing baby photos with invited grandparents and relatives onlynot Cozi Family Organizer
- Turning saved moments into printed photo booksnot Cozi Family Organizer
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
Tiny Beans
- The free Tinybeans plan is capped at 20 uploads per month and 5GB of storage
- The free plan shows ads; an ad-free experience requires Tinybeans+
- A second user account to share the journal is a Tinybeans+ feature
- High-quality video uploads are limited to 5 minutes and require Tinybeans+
- Tinybeans+ storage is capped at 200GB rather than unlimited
- Priority support is restricted to Tinybeans+
- Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the period ends
Pricing, plan by plan
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
Tiny Beans
Free- FreeFree
- Photo & video sharing
- Daily email updates
- Milestone tracking
- Premium$4.99/month
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited storage
- Video longer than 1 min
Which should you pick?
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.
Choose Tiny Beans if
- You need private photo sharing.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Ios, Android, Web.
- You also want video sharing.
Questions people ask
- Is Cozi Family Organizer or Tiny Beans better?
- Neither clearly leads. Cozi Family Organizer starts at Free and Tiny Beans at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Cozi Family Organizer or Tiny Beans?
- Cozi Family Organizer starts at Free and Tiny Beans at Free.
- Does Cozi Family Organizer or Tiny Beans run on more platforms?
- Cozi Family Organizer runs on Web, Ios, Android. Tiny Beans runs on Ios, Android, Web.
- Can I use Cozi Family Organizer for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Cozi Family Organizer best used for?
- Cozi Family Organizer is most often used for sharing one family calendar across everybody's phones, keeping shared shopping and to do lists for a household. Of those, sharing one family calendar across everybody's phones and keeping shared shopping and to do lists for a household are not what Tiny Beans is typically brought in for.
- What can Cozi Family Organizer do that Tiny Beans cannot?
- Cozi Family Organizer covers Shared family calendar, Color-coded schedules, Shopping lists, To-do lists. Tiny Beans covers Private photo sharing, Video sharing, Milestone tracking, Daily email digests. Both handle Cloud deployment, Web support, Ios support, Android support.