Comparison

Centric Notes vs PDForms

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Centric Notes

Streamline the creation of detailed clinical treatment notes for dental professionals. This app helps you write accurate, readable, and thorough legal notes in minutes, covering various dental procedures.

Highlights
  • Create detailed treatment notes
  • Save time on clinical documentation
  • Ensure readable and consistent notes
  • Supports various dental procedures
  • Digital and print formats
Features
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C Notes enables you to create highly accurate detailed treatment notes in about 2 minutes. Writing complete and accurate clinical notes is time consuming. Centric notes saves you time. Plenty of time, but with the peace of mind knowing that you are writing detailed legal clinical notes. Whether in digital format, or in print, your treatment notes should be readable, consistent and thorough. C Notes enables you to write detailed clinical notes on all treatments of dentistry including crowns, fillings, root canals, oral surgery, implants and others.

About

PDForms

Features
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Now you can have your new patients fill out their paperwork from the iPad. Handover your iPad to have your patients sign their treatment consent forms electronically when in office.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PDForms at 14.0 against Centric Notes's 16.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Centric Notes ships an update every 3 months, PDForms every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Centric Notes versus PDForms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCentric NotesPDForms
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperC Notes, LLCPavan Chakka

In-app purchases

None

Centric Notes

No in-app purchases

None

PDForms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Centric Notes free?
Centric Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDForms free?
PDForms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Centric Notes or PDForms have ads?
Neither Centric Notes nor PDForms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Centric Notes or PDForms?
Centric Notes ships an update every 3 months, and PDForms every 2 months. Most recently, Centric Notes was updated on June 1, 2026 and PDForms on September 17, 2026.

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