Open Dental vs PracticeFinder
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.
PracticeFinder
This platform connects healthcare professionals and businesses in the dental, veterinary, optometry, and medical fields. It facilitates the sale of practices through a third-party listings service, utilizing technology to attract potential buyers to active listings.
- Connects healthcare professionals and businesses
- Facilitates practice sales
- Third-party listings platform
- Attracts qualified buyers
- Technology-driven approach
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PracticeFinder is a neutral MLS-style platform and marketplace app built for healthcare professionals in the dental, medical, optometry, and veterinary industries. The platform provides a centralized place to discover practice and healthcare commercial real estate listings, explore marketplace resources, and connect with trusted industry partners — all in one experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PracticeFinder at 100% against Open Dental's 33%. PracticeFinder also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Open Dental's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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.
PracticeFinder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Open Dental's written reviews are positive against 100% of PracticeFinder's.
Open Dental ships an update every 6 weeks, PracticeFinder every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Open Dental | PracticeFinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 422 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Open Dental Software Inc | PracticeFinder Inc |
Customer experience
Open Dental
PracticeFinder
In-app purchases
Open Dental
No in-app purchases
PracticeFinder
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Open Dental free?
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