Cozee coins, diamonds and Space tokens explained

Cozee has three things to collect and spend. Coins buy furniture in the catalog, and you earn them almost everywhere: designing, voting, medals and levels. Diamonds are the premium currency; you can trade them for coins or Space tokens, or use them for Design Pass levels and profile styles. Space tokens let you publish a Space of your own for other players to design. Underneath it all sits one rule worth knowing well: each furniture purchase gives you 5 uses, and a use is only spent when you submit a design that includes that piece. You never have to pay real money to design. Here’s how each currency works and how to make your coins go further.

The three at a glance

Coins: your everyday currency

Coins are what you’ll handle most. You earn them by:

• Submitting designs. Your first design in a Space earns the full submit reward straight away. Later designs in the same Space earn XP, and if one beats your best medal there, you collect the extra medal rewards you hadn’t earned yet.
• Voting. Every voting round earns coins and XP, and your first rounds each day earn double.
• Medals. Bronze, Silver and Gold all pay out when you claim your results.
• Levelling up. Each level brings a reward.

Rewards wait in the app until you tap to claim them, so check for pop-ups when you open Cozee.

You spend coins in the catalog, on sofas, rugs, lamps, plants, art and everything else.

The 5-uses rule

This is the part new players most often misread, and it shapes how you should shop.

• Buying a piece gives you 5 uses.
• A use is spent only when you submit a design that includes it. Not when you place it, not when you move it, not when you take it out again.
• So you can place a sofa, decide you hate it and remove it, and nothing is spent. You only “pay” for the pieces that make it into the finished room.

Diamonds: the premium currency

Diamonds are the premium currency, and they’re mostly for things other than buying furniture directly. You can:

• Trade diamonds for coins, if you want a particular piece and you’re short.
• Trade diamonds for Space tokens, to publish a Space of your own.
• Use them for Design Pass levels in the monthly Design Pass.
• Buy profile styles to change how your profile looks.

Diamond packs are an optional purchase, and some rewards (the Design Pass, for example) can include diamonds too.

Space tokens: publish your own room

A Space token does one job: it lets you publish a Space you’ve created so the whole community can design it. To create one, you choose a room, describe its mood, style and story, and Cozee generates a few looks; you pick one and publish it with a token. You also earn rewards as other players design it. The full walkthrough is in how to create your own Space.

Space tokens come from rewards, and diamonds can be traded for them. Since you need only one per Space, it’s worth spending a little time on the description before you publish.

How to spend your coins wisely

The 5-uses rule changes what “a good buy” means. These habits stretch your coins the furthest, and most of them make your rooms look better too.

Try before you submit

Because placing a piece is free, use the room as your fitting room. Put two rugs in and compare. Try the sofa against both walls. Only the pieces in the room when you submit cost a use, so experiment as much as you like and edit at the end.

Buy versatile pieces first

Five uses means five rooms. A piece that suits many styles and many Spaces is worth more than a showstopper you’ll use once. Good first buys:

• A neutral sofa in cream, oatmeal, grey or tan, with a simple shape.
• A large plain or softly patterned rug, which anchors almost any seating group.
• A simple floor lamp and a table lamp, because every room needs layered light; see our guide to layered lighting.
• One or two big leafy plants, which fit everything from Scandinavian to boho.
• A plain wood coffee table or side table.

Save statement pieces for the right room

A bold velvet sofa or a dramatic chandelier can win a room, but only in the right Space. Buy them when you have a design they belong in, not because they look good in the catalog.

Edit before you submit

Take out anything that isn’t pulling its weight. Fewer, better pieces usually look better to voters, and every piece you remove keeps a use for another room. Our decorating mistakes guide covers why crowded rooms underperform.

Vote early in the day

Your first voting rounds each day earn double coins and XP. A couple of rounds before you design is the easiest coin boost in the game, and seeing five versions of the same Space is good research for your own room.

Claim everything

Rewards don’t drop into your balance automatically. They wait until you tap to claim them, so make it a habit to collect before you go shopping.

Do you ever have to pay?

No. Cozee is free on iPhone and Android, and you never have to buy anything to design. The optional purchases are coin and diamond packs, special offers, the premium Design Pass and profile styles. If you play regularly, voting, designing, medals, levels and the free Design Pass track keep coins coming in. Whether to buy anything is entirely up to you, and there’s no need to decide early: play for a while and see how the free path suits you.

Try it in Cozee

Next time you design, run a “fitting room” pass. Place every piece you’re considering, including a couple of alternatives, then remove the weaker option of each pair and anything that doesn’t serve the room’s main idea. Count what’s left: those are the only pieces that will spend a use. If you’re buying, start with a neutral sofa, a big rug and a lamp you’ll reach for again and again, and save the statement pieces for a Space that really calls for them.

New to the game? Start with the beginner’s guide.