Cozi vs Well Stockd: the family calendar and the meals half
Cozi runs the family calendar, and meal planning is one tab inside it. Keep Cozi for the calendar and let Well Stockd handle the meals: what you have, what to cook and what to buy.
For a closer look at Cozi on its own, read Is Cozi Gold worth it? Gold vs Max and the best Cozi alternatives.
What you keep
- A shopping list drawn from your kitchen that you can share or copy.
- A recipe box, plus more than 5,700 recipes you did not have to collect.
- A weekly planner that starts from what you already own: this week by hand on Free, weeks ahead and Pick for me on Pro.
- The calendar stays where it is. Nothing here asks you to move it.
What it costs
| What matters | Cozi | Well Stockd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, ad supported. Cozi Gold is $39 a year and covers everyone in the account. Cozi Max is listed at $79 a year on the plan comparison page. | Free inventory of up to 30 foods, recipe matching, shopping lists and step-by-step cook mode. Pro has no food limit and is $7.99 a month or $79 a year. |
| Free tier | Shared calendar, shared grocery and to-do lists, and recipes, with ads and a 30-day limit on calendar entry. | Inventory of up to 30 foods with estimated best-by dates and reminders, the full catalog, can-make matching, a shopping list you can send to a Walmart or Kroger cart after checking it, and step-by-step cook mode. Two custom recipe lists and unlimited personal recipes. |
| Trial | No trial length is published on the plan comparison page. | 7 days of full Pro, no card, starting when you confirm your email. |
Side by side
| What matters | Cozi | Well Stockd |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Alive and actively developed. The Max tier and its AI features are new in 2026. | Inventory, recipes, shopping and cooking are available in one account. |
| What meal planning costs | Meal planning and the recipe box are in the free tier. The AI meal planner is a Max feature, above Gold. | Planner for this week on Free. Pro plans up to eight weeks ahead with a month view, suggests a week from what you have, and builds the shopping list from the plan. |
| Getting your data out | Partial. The calendar exports as a read-only iCal feed and contacts can be downloaded. Lists are emailed, shared or printed. No recipe or meal-plan data export is documented. | Export everything you own at any time, on Free: your recipes with their photos, your kitchen, lists and plan, as one ZIP file of CSV and JSON. You can also delete your account in Settings. |
| Pantry and fridge inventory | Not listed. | Full fridge, freezer and pantry inventory with expiry dates, freshness-aware sorting and reminders before food is due. Free keeps up to 30 foods; Pro has no limit. |
| Shopping | Shared grocery lists, emailed, shared or printed. | A shopping list usable at any store, in your aisle order, with price estimates and offline use. Send it to a Walmart or Kroger cart after checking the matches, or open it as a list on Amazon Fresh or Whole Foods. |
Sources
The pages we read for what this guide says about Cozi. Each may have changed since the date shown.
- Cozi: plan comparison (opens in a new tab), checked September 2026
- Cozi: FAQ (opens in a new tab), checked September 2026
- Cozi: Cozi Max page (opens in a new tab), checked September 2026
- Cozi: page on using Cozi with other calendars (opens in a new tab), checked September 2026
- Cozi: shopping lists page (opens in a new tab), checked September 2026
- Google Play: Cozi listing (opens in a new tab), checked September 2026
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What you gain
- An inventory. Your fridge, freezer and pantry, with quantities, in one place.
- Best-by dates. The app shows estimates and sorts items needing attention near the top. Free on every account.
- Can-make matching. Every recipe says whether you can cook it tonight with what you already have.
- A shopping list that reflects what you already own. Use it at any store, or check the matches and send it to a Walmart or Kroger cart.
- Pro household sync. One shared kitchen for members, rather than separate inventories.
The honest trade-off
What you may miss: Cozi is the family calendar, and no kitchen app replaces that. This is not an either/or. Keep Cozi for the schedule and let Well Stockd hold the fridge, the dates and the plan that comes out of them.
When you should stay with Cozi
Stay with Cozi if:
- You want one app for the calendar, the lists and the meals, and you are happy with the meal tab as it is.
- Nobody in the house will install a second app, whatever it does.
How to move off Cozi
- Keep Cozi. The calendar is the reason it is on everyone’s phone and nothing here replaces it.
- Export what you can: the calendar has a read-only iCal feed and contacts can be downloaded. Recipes and meal plans have no documented data export, so email or print the ones you want.
- Rebuild the grocery list here, then stock the fridge, freezer and pantry so the list becomes a gap list.
- Set the household up so both phones write to the same kitchen, the way the Cozi calendar already works.
- Create a free account and confirm your email. Seven days of full Pro start right then, with no card.
Founding offer ended
The switch offer has closed. Free includes inventory, recipe matching, shopping lists and step-by-step cook mode; current Pro pricing is on the pricing page.
See plansCommon questions
How much is Cozi Gold?
As of September 2026, $39 a year, and one subscription covers everyone in the account. Cozi Max is listed at $79 a year on the plan comparison page, although the Max page itself says $79.99.
Is Cozi meal planning free?
Yes. Meal planning and the recipe box are in the free tier. The AI meal planner is a Cozi Max feature, above Gold.
Do I have to give up Cozi to use Well Stockd?
No, and you probably should not. Cozi is a family calendar. Well Stockd holds the inventory, the expiry dates and the plan that comes out of them. They do different jobs.