Solutionreach vs Open Dental
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solutionreach
This app provides powerful patient communication tools for healthcare professionals on the go. It allows for real-time texting, appointment confirmations, telehealth visits, and access to patient information and message history.
- Real-time patient texting
- Appointment confirmation
- Telehealth visit initiation
- Patient information review
- Message templates
- Appointment status viewer
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Take Solutionreach with you—anytime, anywhere. The Solutionreach mobile app brings powerful patient communication tools right to your phone, helping your team stay connected and responsive on the go. The mobile app includes the key features you know and love from the desktop experience, with real-time syncing so you can seamlessly transition between platforms without missing a beat. Key features include: - Communicate with patients in real time via text to answer questions, confirm appointments, notify patients of office closures, collect images, and more. - Review patient information quickly and securely. - Use message templates to communicate faster, including sending Intake and Payment requests directly from your phone. - Access patient message threads, including full message history and view attachments sent or received. - View upcoming appointments for the day or week in the Appointments tab. - Launch telehealth visits with patients directly from the app. * An active Solutionreach account is required to use this app.
Open Dental
Manage patient appointments, view schedules by operatories, and access patient contact details. The app allows for e-prescribing, direct patient communication via call or text, and viewing medical information like allergies and prescriptions.
- Appointment scheduling and management
- Patient contact information access
- Allergies and prescriptions viewing
- e-Prescribing with DoseSpot
- Direct patient calling and emailing
- Office texting integration
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+ View your schedule by operatories and see appointment details. + Create, edit, move, or delete appointments. + Set appointment & confirmation status, assign appointment type, add appointment notes. + Access patient contact info, appointments, allergies, and prescriptions. + View pharmacy contact information. + e-Prescribe with DoseSpot access. + Call or email patients directly from the app. + View, send and receive text messages from patients using your office texting number.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Open Dental at 5.0 against Solutionreach's 2.6. Open Dental also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.1). Solutionreach's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 5). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Open Dental holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Solutionreach's written reviews are positive against 33% of Open Dental's.
Solutionreach ships an update monthly, Open Dental every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solutionreach | Open Dental |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 422 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Solutionreach, Inc. | Open Dental Software, Inc. |
Customer experience
Solutionreach
Open Dental
In-app purchases
Solutionreach
No in-app purchases
Open Dental
No in-app purchases
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