Side by side
OpenFamily vs Our Life
Both stand on family calendar apps. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+3
OpenFamily covers many shared household activities, with real-time syncing and useful calendar and meal-planning tools. Choose self-hosting or the hosted plan at 3.90 €/month per family, and check the installation route for your devices.
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Free plan iPhoneWeb
Choose Our Life if your household wants a shared calendar alongside recipes, meal planning, tasks, and shopping lists. The free plan has monthly photo-to-event and member limits; Plus Pro is the listed tier for two-way Apple Calendar sync and Google and Outlook sync.
Visit Our LifeThe facts
| OpenFamily | Our Life | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Android, API, iPhone, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | iPhone, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | OpenFamily Cloud: €3.90 a month | Plus: $4.99 a month |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | openfamily.fr | ourlifeapp.ai |
| On family calendar apps | #14 of 43 | #21 of 43 |
OpenFamily: what it does well
- Twelve modules synchronize in real time
- Shopping lists include reusable templates
- Calendar allows up to five reminders per appointment
- Integrates with five named household apps
- Free self-hosted option
What to know first
- Self-hosting requires Docker except with the Windows installer
- Cloud costs 3.90 €/month per family
- Android is distributed as an APK
Our Life: what it does well
- Turns photos of paper notices into calendar events.
- Includes shared tasks, meal planning, and shopping lists.
- Offers guided cooking with step-by-step instructions and detected timers.
- Sitter links show a read-only agenda and expire automatically.
- Supports calendar connections including Apple, Google, and Outlook.
What to know first
- Free plan caps households at 6 members and photo-to-events at 10 monthly.
- Free plan has read-only Apple Calendar sync.
- The family data is not currently end-to-end encrypted.
- Android availability is described as coming shortly.
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