Choose Ok Donkey if
The problem is that a reminder fires once and the school run, the medicine, or the bins still do not happen. You want the alert to stay, and to pass to someone else.
Ok Donkey vs Cozi
Cozi is the name most households already know. It keeps the family calendar, the shopping, and the to-dos in one cheerful place, and you can assign a chore to someone. Its own to-do page talks about sharing the work without nagging.
That is a different job from Ok Donkey. Cozi reminds you. Ok Donkey stays with the job, re-alerting every couple of minutes, until someone marks it done. If the first person does not finish it, the others are brought in. Cozi does not do that chase. Ok Donkey does not do the calendar, the shopping list, or the recipes.
Choose Cozi if
You want one family organiser for the diary, the lists, and the chores, and a normal reminder is enough. Cozi is available now on iPhone and Android.
The same questions, side by side
| Feature | Ok Donkey | Cozi |
|---|---|---|
| Your data | Only the reminder | Tracks usage and identifiers |
| Keeps alerting until done | Yes | No |
| Shared with family or friends | Yes | Yes |
| One Done closes it for everyone | Yes | Shared list |
| Escalates if the first person does not finish | Yes | No |
| Whose turn it is | Yes | Assigns a person |
| One-off and repeating | Yes | Yes |
| Only that job | Yes | No |
| iOS and Android | Yes | Yes |
| Available now | Coming soon | Yes |
Bin night
Cozi can put the bins on a shared list, assign a person, and repeat it weekly. The reminder is a reminder. Ok Donkey keeps the alert up until someone marks the bins done, then tells the others it was handled, and whose turn it was.
Questions
Does Cozi nag until a chore is done?
No. Cozi’s shared to-do page describes lists, assigned chores, and repeating tasks, and it presents that as a way to share the work without nagging.
Can Cozi and Ok Donkey do the same evening?
They can sit side by side. Cozi can hold the family diary. Ok Donkey can hold the one job that must not be missed. Ok Donkey does not replace the calendar.
Cozi from its shared to-do page, September 2026, including assigned chores and daily or weekly repeats. Ok Donkey from the product shown on okdonkey.app. The data cell is the App Store privacy label: usage data and identifiers used to track you. Features change.
