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September 2011

To find out more about Cozi Gold, visit our Cozi Gold feature page, which is always updated with the latest information.

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Cozi GoldWe love bringing you Cozi for FREE. Our great advertisers make that possible. But we get that not everyone loves those ads, plus they take up a lot of space.

If you'd like to remove ads from your Cozi experience to make room for all the busy stuff on your calendar and lists, you can do it now by signing up for Cozi Gold.

What is Cozi Gold?

Cozi Gold is an ad-free version of Cozi. It has all the same features as regular Cozi, PLUS you get priority email-based customer support. And of course all that extra space where the ads used to be.

Once you sign up, everyone in your family account will be automatically upgraded to Cozi Gold. Cozi will be ad-free on all your phones, computers and tablets, too.

Why Should I Get It?

The first 5,000 subscribers to Cozi Gold will get it for just $2.99/month for the first six months! This introductory offer is ONLY for the first 5,000 subscribers, so act now to try it at the introductory price.

How Much Does It Cost?

The regular price for Cozi Gold is $4.99/month. But if you sign up right now, you might still be able to grab the limited introductory price. ($2.99/month for the first six months)

Important Stuff

  • There is NO contract! If you try Cozi Gold and don't want to keep it, you can cancel at any time.
  • All the tools (Calendar, Journal, To Do Lists and Shopping Lists) are part of Cozi Gold, so you will not see ads on any of those pages.
  • Payments are processed through Amazon Payments, which takes credit cards issued in the USA only.
  • If you use Cozi Express (the desktop icon access to your Cozi account), you will need to go to your Cozi account online (open a regular web browser and go to www.cozi.com) to sign up for Cozi Gold. 

After Sign Up

  • After you're all sign up for Cozi Gold, sign out and sign back in to your phone apps (if you have them) to see the ad-free Cozi experience.
  • You're monthly payment will occur automatically. You'll receive monthly statements from Amazon and you might think you need to act on them to keep your ad-free Cozi, but they are for information only!
  • At this time, we have a monthly payment option only. If we offer another payment option, like yearly payments, we will make an announcement.

Cozi Gold = no ads. Pretty simple, right? Sign me up!!

PS: Don't panic! if you don't mind ads, you are welcome to keep using ad-supported Cozi for free. Your Cozi, your choice!


Posted on September 23, 2011, 8:00 am in Cozi Improvements | Featured | Inside Cozi

I'm on Top of It DayNeed some daily inspiration? See how families just like yours are using Cozi to get their arms around busy family life:

"Airline pilot dad. I just updated our family to do list from the west coast and east coast in the same day with Cozi! No really, #ImOnTop!" via @5ontheglide, on Twitter

"I use it to keep track of my husband who is a traveling salesman, my mother's chemo appts, my kids crazy life and the mom who has to keep everyone straight (me). Love, love, love my Cozi!" - Beverly C, on Facebook

"I've been looking for Cozi since Feb. and my husband has been asking his friends for it.  Now, I only have one calendar,instead of three and can share it with my husband. The bonus part of Cozi, is not only can I print out my one calendar full of activities but I can share them with my household. I no longer need to write on my kitchen, office, and phone calendars. Nor does my husband need to ask all the time, about my schedule or forgetting his appts. It's amazing!" - Anna, on the Cozi blog


Posted on September 20, 2011, 2:36 pm in Featured | Inside Cozi | Tips & Tricks

Religious Calendars in CoziWe know that lots of you would like to see religious dates and holidays on your calendar without having to add them by hand. An easy way to do that is to add an iCalendar of religious dates and holidays to Cozi.

Here are a few religious holiday iCalendars we found that you can download right now. Just click on the link and you'll be taken to your Cozi account. Select which family members you'd like to have the iCalendar and you're all set!

And if you happen to use another iCalendar for religious holidays, please share it with the Cozi community by leaving a comment that includes the iCalendar URL.

Christian Holidays

Here is a basic Christian holidays calendar: Add the Christian Holidays iCalendar to your Cozi calendar.

Another choice for Christian holidays is this very detailed calendar that includes holidays (Lutheran in persuasion), information about church leaders, dates in Christian history, and more. So much is covered that you'll see dates on your calendar each week. A great educational iCalendar!: Add the Lutheran Church Year iCalendar to your Cozi calendar. 

Jewish Holidays

Hebcal is a generic Jewish hoildays calendar.: Add the Jewish Holidays iCalendar to your Cozi calendar.

For custom options including candle-lighting times, rosh chodesh, Hebrew/English and more, go to hebcal.com and choose what you want. Then copy the iCalendar link and paste into the Internet Calendars page in Cozi.

Muslim Holidays

This Muslim holiday calendar includes significant events on the Islamic calendar and a descriptive note about each: Add the Islamic Calendar iCalendar to your Cozi calendar.

Add other iCalendars to Cozi

If you find an iCal on your own that you'd like to use, here is a quick demonstration of how to do add it to Cozi:


Posted on September 14, 2011, 11:12 am in Tips & Tricks

You know that totally awesome feeling you get when you reorganize and neaten up your closet?

Or when you get all your to do items into a list (with dates added) so you feel you can actually tackle them?

Or when you put the whole family schedule into the calendar so everyone can see who needs to be where, and what days you need to put something into that slow cooker so the family won’t starve between activities?

That sensational “I’m on Top of It!” feeling is what Cozi is all about.

To celebrate it, every year* on the second Monday in September we ask Cozi fans to share how they use Cozi to get on top of some busy, crazy aspect of their family life. And as a thank you, we’re giving away $250 to 10 people who shared how they got on top of it. Just for telling us!

Here are a few things you might do or buy with that money:

  • Groceries
  • A massage
  • Gas
  • Fall clothes
  • Shoes
  • Donate

Pretty much, whatever YOU want.

So crack open that keyboard and tell us: how are YOU getting on top of it?

*OK this is only the second year we’re doing it but it’s still fun.


Posted on September 11, 2011, 9:49 pm in Featured | Inside Cozi

The Cozi Family Dinner Club is all about teaming up to make dinner: sharing ideas and simplifying meal planning to help you get dinner on the table. Join the Cozi Family Dinner Club to get recipes sent direct to your inbox and enjoy all the benefits of membership.

Here are the September Selections in the Family Dinner Club:

Cozi Classic ChickenCozi Classic Chicken

A home-cooked meal doesn't get any easier than this. And it was the grand prize winner in the Cozi Dinner Recipes contest, so your family won't get tired of seeing it pop up on the meal plan over and over again.


Bean and Sausage StewBean and Sausage Stew

Another great staple recipe that handles ingredient variations well. Some ideas: add more beans to make the dish go further, add leafy greens like spinach during the last few minutes of cooking.



Posted on September 11, 2011, 8:09 am in Featured | Inside Cozi

For the third year in a row Cozi is bringing back our super-popular PTA/PTO sponsorship. And since we know school budgets are tighter than ever, we've increased the prize to up to $750 bucks! That's cold, hard cash your PTA/PTO can use to handle anything the school needs: Buy supplies, pay for a new piece of equipment or even buy a closet full of healthy snacks for hungry kids.

Here what you should do:

  1. Go to the sponsorship entry page and enter your name, email, and the name of your school (You also need to confirm that you are over 18 years of age). This completes your official entry.
  2. Go to our Facebook page and tell us the name of your school so everyone in your school can see it there, and pile on with their entries too.
  3. Tell everyone at your school to enter too by sending them to this link. 

Official Rules

You may enter ONLY ONCE for your school. If you have three kids at three different schools, you may enter ONCE for each school.

If your spouse wants to enter separately to get extra entries, that is FINE.

Feel free to invite aunts, grandparents, neighbors and friends to enter for your school.

The 3 winning schools will be chosen AT RANDOM. The more entries your school gets, the greater your school's chances of winning.

The prize is $500 for each winning school. If your school gets over 100 entries, the prize is automatically raised to $750 if your school wins.

Entries close on September 30, 2011 at 9pm  PST.

As always, feel free to complain about these rules, or anything else that is bugging you. Everyone needs to sound off now and again, especially busy families, so we are ready to smile, nod and sympathize.

Questions, comments, just want to share some love? Post it in the comments below. But FIRST, click over to ENTER to WIN up to $750 for your school now!


Posted on September 2, 2011, 8:19 am in Featured | Inside Cozi