Dolphin Mobile vs Open Dental
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dolphin Mobile
Access patient imaging and management data directly from your iOS device. This app ensures secure, encrypted access without requiring data synchronization, ideal for medical professionals on the go.
- Access patient imaging data
- Access patient management data
- Secure encrypted data access
- No data synchronization required
- iOS device compatibility
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Dolphin Mobile allows Dolphin users to access Dolphin Management and Dolphin Imaging data directly from the iPhone™, iPad™ or iPod touch™. It is available to customers running Dolphin Imaging, Dolphin Management or both. All sensitive data is encrypted. There is no data synchronization required. Minimum Requirements: • Imaging-only customers, version 11 build 39 or higher and installation of the Premium Security Utilities • For Management customers, version 4.5 Service Pack 1 or higher installed on all computers Please download ONLY after these releases are installed on your system.
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 review sentiment: Dolphin Mobile at 77% against Open Dental's 33%. Open Dental's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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, 4.2 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Dolphin Mobile's written reviews are positive against 33% of Open Dental's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dolphin Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Open Dental every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dolphin Mobile | Open Dental |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 422 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Patterson Companies | Open Dental Software Inc |
Customer experience
Dolphin Mobile
Open Dental
In-app purchases
Dolphin Mobile
No in-app purchases
Open Dental
No in-app purchases
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