Plannie vs Any.do: the full comparison.
Any.do and Plannie are the two flat-priced family plans in this space, both about $100 a year. Any.do gives four members a private space and shared boards. Plannie gives unlimited members a shared calendar in their own colours, chores with rewards, meals and a kitchen display.
Feature by feature
| Plannie | Any.do | |
|---|---|---|
| Shared colour-coded family calendar | ✓ | ● Mirrored per account A calendar view shows your own connected events next to tasks. Any.do doesn't offer direct in-app calendar sharing, and no colour per member is documented. |
| Two-way Google & Outlook event sync | ✓ | ● Reads events Google, Outlook and iCloud events are pulled from the provider, set up on each device. The Outlook guide says Any.do only reads events; how far editing goes per provider isn't clearly documented. |
| Chores with tickets & rewards for kids | Premium | ● Family boards Boards for household responsibilities with assignment and recurring tasks. Any.do says chores aren't a dedicated feature: no rewards, points or kid mode. |
| Weekly meal planning & recipes | ✓ | ✗ Grocery list only The Family plan has a shared Smart Grocery List that groups items by aisle. No meal planning. |
| Shared household & private lists | ✓ | ✓ Each member keeps a private Personal space; the Family Space holds up to 4 shared boards. |
| Members included | Unlimited | Exactly 4 The member count is fixed and cannot be raised; a fifth person needs the per-member Teams plan. The privacy policy says under-18s may not use the product without a parent or guardian involved. |
| AI import of emails, photos & PDFs | Premium | ✗ Any.do AI covers list and subtask suggestions, natural-language input and WhatsApp capture. Photo, email and PDF import are not documented. |
| Wall display / kiosk mode | Kiosk mode on any tablet | Not documented |
| Per-member personal mode | ✓ | Private Personal space |
| Open API & MCP for your own agents | Premium + MCP | ● Zapier only No public API is documented. Zapier triggers and actions on paid plans; MCP is not documented. |
| Hardware to buy | None | None |
| Subscription | $99/yr whole household Plannie Premium covers unlimited members and devices. The free plan has no time limit. | $8.33/month billed annually About $100/yr for a fixed 4 members, or $9.99/month month to month. Premium for one person is $4.99/month billed annually. |
| 3-year cost, family of four | $297 (Premium) | About $300 (Family) $8.33 × 12 × 3 = $299.88 billed annually; $359.64 month to month. |
Any.do prices and platform details from any.do and support.any.do, checked 18 September 2026. The any.do/family page quotes the same plan as $8 per family per month billed annually. In fairness, Any.do's WhatsApp capture and reminders, its aisle-sorted grocery list and its Windows, Mac and watch apps have no direct Plannie equivalent.
Sources: any.do/family, support.any.do: calendar integration, support.any.do: Any.do + Zapier
The differences that matter
Any.do is the closest to Plannie on price and the furthest on the calendar. Its calendar view mirrors whatever Google, Outlook or iCloud account each member connects on each device, and Any.do says it doesn't offer direct in-app calendar sharing. To see each other's days, a family connects the same account or subscribes to each other's calendars. Plannie's calendar is the shared thing itself: everyone's events side by side in a colour per member, two-way with Google and Outlook.
Any.do Family does the shared list part well: a private Personal space for each member, up to four shared boards, assignment that drives each person's My Day, and a grocery list sorted by aisle. Plannie's lists do the same job and then the household layer takes over. Chores pay tickets the kids trade for rewards, and the meal grid plans the week's dinners and feeds the grocery list. The Family Inbox files a forwarded school email under the right child, and kiosk mode makes the tablet on the wall the family display.
Both plans cost about $100 a year, so the question is who gets to be on it. Any.do Family is fixed at four members with no way to add a fifth, and its privacy policy excludes under-18s unless a parent or guardian is involved. Plannie Premium has no cap, so grandparents, an au pair or a fifth child all join on the same $99 a year.
Choose Any.do if…
You want a flat-priced to-do app for exactly four adults or teens, with a private space each, shared boards, WhatsApp reminders and an aisle-sorted grocery list, on Windows, Mac, phones and watches. Your calendars can stay separate.
Choose Plannie if…
You want the family calendar itself to be shared, in a colour per member, with chores and rewards for the kids, the week's meals and a kitchen display, and you'd rather not count members. It costs the same $99 a year with no cap, and there is an open API if you ever want it.
Frequently asked
Any.do Family vs Plannie: what's the difference?+
Both are one flat price for the household. Any.do Family is $8.33/month billed annually (about $100/year) for exactly four members, each with a private Personal space, up to four shared boards and an aisle-sorted grocery list. Plannie Premium is $99/year for unlimited members and adds a shared family calendar with a colour per member, chores with tickets and rewards, a weekly meal grid, kiosk mode for a tablet and the Plannie Assistant that reads school paperwork.
Does Any.do have a shared family calendar?+
Not of its own. Any.do has a calendar view that mirrors your Google, Outlook or iCloud events next to your tasks, but its help centre says it doesn't offer direct in-app calendar sharing. Family members see each other's events only by connecting the same account or subscribing to each other's calendars, set up on every device separately, and there is no colour per member. Plannie's calendar is shared by design: everyone's days side by side, each in their own colour, with two-way Google and Outlook sync.
Is Any.do good for families?+
For shared to-dos, yes. The Family plan gives each of four members full Premium features, a private space nobody else sees, shared boards for household responsibilities with assignment, recurring tasks, WhatsApp reminders and a smart grocery list. Its own help centre notes that chores aren't a dedicated feature, so there are no rewards or points, and the privacy policy says under-18s may not use the product without a parent or guardian involved.
How many people can be on Any.do Family?+
Exactly four. Any.do's pricing page says the number of members is fixed and you cannot add more; a fifth person means the per-member Teams plan at $4.99/member/month billed annually. Plannie Premium has no member cap: grandparents, an au pair or a fifth child join the same $99/year household.
Does Any.do have an API?+
No public API is documented. Automation goes through Zapier on the Premium, Family and Workspace plans, with triggers and actions for lists and boards, plus Gmail, Siri, WhatsApp, Slack and ChatGPT integrations. Plannie has an open REST API with scoped tokens, and Premium + MCP ($159/year) adds a full MCP server for Claude or any other agent.