A Cozi alternative that reads the school emails for you
Cozi has organised families for years. Its free version shows adverts, and its AI that turns emails into events comes with Cozi Max at £79.99 a year. parte. is free, has no adverts, and reads 5 emails, letters or PDFs a month on the free plan.
Free on iPhone and iPad. No card needed.
Forwarded to your family’s parte. address
Fwd: Newsletter — November dates
From St Mary’s Primary
Added 3 events
Leo — flu vaccination
Tue 17 Nov · at school
Inset day, no school
Mon 30 Nov · all day
Maya — Christmas jumper day
Fri 11 Dec · all day
One forwarded email, three events. That’s one intake.
parte. and Cozi, feature by feature
| parte. | Cozi | |
|---|---|---|
| Free version | Shared calendar, iPad wall display, Google and Outlook calendars, no adverts | Shared calendar, to-do and shopping lists, recipes, with adverts |
| Paid plans | 20p per intake, or Premium £3.99 a month | Gold from £29.99 a year; Max £79.99 a year |
| AI that turns emails into events | 5 a month on the free plan | AI Event Import, with Max |
| Photos of letters and PDFs | Yes. They count towards your 5 a month | — |
| Shopping lists and recipes | Not yet | Yes, free. AI meal planner with Max |
| Android | In a web browser | App |
Cozi features from cozi.com/compare-plans and UK prices from the App Store, checked 24 October 2026. The App Store lists several Gold prices; £29.99 is the lowest yearly one. A dash means we couldn’t confirm it either way.
Cozi does more lists. parte. does more of the typing for you.
Stay with Cozi if
- You want shopping lists, a recipe box and meal plans in the same app as the calendar.
- Someone in the family uses Android and wants an app, not a web page.
- You type everything in yourself anyway, and the adverts don’t bother you.
Choose parte. if
- Most of the dates arrive by email, letter or WhatsApp, and you’re tired of copying them in.
- You want the calendar on the kitchen wall. parte. turns a spare iPad into one, for free. How to set it up.
- You’d rather not see adverts, or pay a yearly fee to stop them.
- The children live across two homes. parte. links them.
You don’t have to move everything on day one
Start with what’s coming up. The calendar fills itself as the emails arrive.
Forward the next school email
parte. pulls out the dates and adds them to the right child.
Type in the regular clubs
Write it the way you’d say it: “Leo has football every Saturday at 9”.
Connect Google or Outlook
If work or family events live there, connect them in Settings and they appear alongside the rest.
The honest answers
Is parte. free like Cozi?
Yes. The shared calendar, the iPad wall display, Google and Outlook calendars and 5 AI intakes a month are free, with no adverts. After your 5 it’s 20p an intake, or £3.99 a month for unlimited.
Does parte. have adverts?
No, not on any plan.
How does parte. read school emails?
Your family gets its own parte. email address. Forward an email to it, and parte. adds the dates as events. You can also send a photo, a PDF or a WhatsApp message.
Does parte. work on Android?
There’s no Android app yet. Anyone on Android can use parte. in a web browser through the dashboard at dash.parte.app.
What about Cozi vs Skylight?
Cozi is an app, Skylight is a screen with an app. parte. is an app that also turns an iPad into a wall screen. See parte. as a Skylight alternative.
Forward the next school email to parte.
Free on iPhone and iPad. No adverts, no card needed.