Comparison

Open Dental vs Pip

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Appointment scheduling and management
  • Patient contact information access
  • Allergies and prescriptions viewing
  • e-Prescribing with DoseSpot
  • Direct patient calling and emailing
  • Office texting integration
Features
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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.

About

Pip

Features
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Most people don't take their medications wrong because they don't care. They do it because nobody ever showed them. Pip fixes that. Add what you take, by typing or by just saying it out loud, and Pip builds your day: every dose, at the right time, colour-coded per medication, with a reminder that actually nags until you tap "Took it". Then it teaches you. Each medication gets its own page with a short animation of what the drug does in your body, how to take it, what to do when you miss a dose, what to expect, what never to do, and a quick quiz so it sticks. WHAT YOU GET • One Today list for every dose, grouped by time, colour-coded per medication • Tap "Took it" to log it. Tap "Missed it?" to say you missed or skipped it, and why, and Pip tells you what to do next • Reminders per dose, with optional 30-minute and 2-hour nudges • Animated lessons for the most common medications, including birth control, isotretinoin (Accutane), atorvastatin, lisinopril and metformin, with more on the way • Blister-pack calendar for the pill (21+7, 24+4, 21-day, 91-day and mini-pill packs), with placebo days explained and a "graduate the pack" moment • Courses with an end date, like Accutane, and the month of birth control after it • Talk to Pip: hold the mic and say the medication name. Speech stays on your phone • A catalog of the most prescribed drugs with dose, timing and food rules built in PRIVACY No account, no ads, no third-party trackers. Your dose history stays on your phone. If you leave "Share anonymous usage data" on, Pip sends anonymous events about which medications you take and when you log doses, under a random ID, so we can learn what actually helps people stay on track. Turn it off any time in Settings. Pip is an educational reminder, not medical advice. Your prescriber, your pharmacist and the leaflet in the box always win.

Screenshots

Open Dental4 screens
Pip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pip at every 2 weeks against Open Dental's every 6 weeks. Open Dental's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Open Dental ships an update every 6 weeks, Pip every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Open Dental versus Pip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen DentalPip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size422 MB4 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperOpen Dental Software IncBlake Young

In-app purchases

None

Open Dental

No in-app purchases

None

Pip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open Dental free?
Open Dental is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pip free?
Pip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Open Dental or Pip have ads?
Neither Open Dental nor Pip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Open Dental or Pip?
Open Dental ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pip every 2 weeks. Most recently, Open Dental was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pip on October 24, 2026.

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