Open Dental vs ProMonitoring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
ProMonitoring
This app facilitates remote monitoring of clear aligner treatment. It allows users to take scans, track progress, and communicate with their dental provider, reducing the need for in-office visits.
- Take teeth scans remotely
- Track treatment progress
- Communicate with dental provider
- Receive reminders for scans
- Get feedback on treatment
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The ProMonitoring™ app makes it easy and convenient to safely straighten your teeth with clear aligners prescribed by your dentist. The ProMonitoring app is a virtual HQ for tracking your clear aligner treatment and sharing progress with your provider from wherever life takes you. With this convenient app, you’re never far from exceptional oral health care. The ProMonitoring app will help you take scans of your teeth, communicate with your provider, and send your provider updates on how your teeth are moving throughout your clear aligner journey. You’ll get handy reminders when it’s time to scan your teeth and you can always email with our support team if you have any questions. How does the ProMonitoring app help during treatment? - Take scans of your teeth from anywhere - Get the go-ahead to move to the next step - Track your progress during treatment - Avoid unnecessary office visits - Email with our support team - Get timely feedback from your provider about your treatment
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ProMonitoring at 89% against Open Dental's 33%. ProMonitoring also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 5). Open Dental's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ProMonitoring holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ProMonitoring has 3.7K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Open Dental's written reviews are positive against 89% of ProMonitoring's.
Open Dental ships an update every 6 weeks, ProMonitoring every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Dental | ProMonitoring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (3.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 89.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 3.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 422 MB | 436 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Open Dental Software Inc | Candid Co |
Customer experience
Open Dental
ProMonitoring
Bugs and requests
Open Dental
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ProMonitoring
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen issues
- Compatibility problems with newer phone models
- Inconsistent autofocus during scans
- Blurry progress photos
Requested features
5 requests- Add timer to track wear time
- Allow direct communication with overseeing orthodontist
- Improve scan quality and consistency
- Provide original treatment plan video in the app
- Add ability to leave notes/comments for orthodontist
In-app purchases
Open Dental
No in-app purchases
ProMonitoring
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Open Dental free?
Is ProMonitoring free?
Which has better reviews, Open Dental or ProMonitoring?
Do Open Dental or ProMonitoring have ads?
Which is updated more often, Open Dental or ProMonitoring?
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