Comparison

Therapad vs Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey

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

Head to head
About

Therapad

Features
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TherapyNotes is a comprehensive client management app designed for psychologists and therapists. FEATURES: CLIENT MANAGEMENT • Create detailed client profiles • Contact info and therapy history  • Quick search and filtering  SESSION TRACKING • Session notes and summaries • Mood tracking • Progress assessment • Reminders and notifications  CLINICAL SCALES • PHQ-9 Depression Scale • GAD-7 Anxiety Scale  • Automatic scoring and interpretation • Progress charts  RISK ASSESSMENT • Comprehensive risk analysis • Suicide and self-harm evaluation • Protective and risk factors • Safety plan creation FAMILY INFORMATION • Family members and relationships • Family history notes • Significant events LIFE TIMELINE • Important life events • Trauma marking • Emotional impact tracking  SECURITY • App lock (PIN/Biometric • Data stored securely on device • Privacy compliant MULTILINGUAL Support for English, Turkish, French, German, Spanish, and Arabic. Take your professional therapy practice to the next level! NOTE: Some features require in-app subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey

Features
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Your notes, your words, your phone. No recording, no cloud, no AI scribe listening to your sessions. NoteKey is the iOS keyboard for therapists, psychologists, LCSWs, LPCs and LMFTs: note skeletons that expand with tap-through fill-in fields, an intervention phrase library organized by modality, and autocorrect that finally knows CBT from DBT and clomipramine from chlorpromazine. It works in every app you already write in: your EHR, Notes, email, telehealth platforms. NOTE SKELETONS THAT FILL THEMSELVES Type .dap and the whole progress note scaffolds itself. Tap through the fill-in fields instead of hunting with the caret, and a progress chip tracks where you are in the note. 15 templates at launch, including SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, intake summary, mental status exam, risk assessment, safety plan review, telehealth, group, couples and family, treatment plan review and discharge. AN INTERVENTION PHRASE LIBRARY 69 original clinical sentence stems tagged by modality: CBT, DBT, ACT, MI, EMDR, person-centered, psychodynamic, family and substance use. Filter by modality, search, tap to insert. When your caret is standing in a skeleton field, the Phrases tab opens already filtered to that section, so the interventions you need are the ones you see. AUTOCORRECT THAT KNOWS CLINICAL WORDS A psychiatric lexicon compiled from open National Library of Medicine data. Medication names, clinical vocabulary and instrument names like PHQ-9 and GAD-7 are protected, so autocorrect stops rewriting them into something else. Look-alike medication names never cross-correct into each other. DICTATION THAT STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Talk your note and Apple's on-device speech recognition transcribes it. Audio is never stored and never transmitted. NoteKey formats what you said into note shape, then returns you to exactly where you were typing. SESSION TOOLS A session timer and a words-typed count live in the keyboard's own header, so the note stays on pace without leaving the field. SPECIALTY PACKS Four packs at launch: CBT, EMDR, family and substance use. Each adds terms, templates and phrases tuned to how you actually work. WHAT IS FREE Full typing, autocorrect and the clinical lexicon never expire and never nag. The free tier includes 3 note skeletons with fill-in fields, 5 custom snippets, 20 expansions a day, 1 specialty pack, and browsing the whole phrase library. WHAT PRO ADDS All 15 skeletons, unlimited snippets and expansions, phrase insert, dictation, session tools and all 4 specialty packs. Monthly, yearly with a 14-day free trial, or a one-time founding lifetime purchase. PRIVACY, BY ARCHITECTURE The keyboard contains no networking code at all. Turn on Airplane Mode and it behaves identically, because it never had anything to send. There are no accounts, no analytics and no advertising, and we run no servers holding your content. Nothing you type leaves your phone. NoteKey is a documentation tool. It does not diagnose, does not recommend treatment and does not provide dosing. Its templates are documentation scaffolds and contain no clinical advice. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kamal-no-bot.github.io/notekey-legal/

Screenshots

Therapad4 screens
Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey at daily against Therapad's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Therapad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Therapad ships an update weekly, Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey daily. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Therapad versus Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTherapadTherapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB25 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDILARA IRMAK GAYGUSUZKamal Nasir

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Therapad

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$79.991 Year
3 purchases

Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly: Documentation$6.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly: Case Notes14 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime: Private Practice$79.99

Questions

Is Therapad free?
Therapad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey free?
Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Therapad or Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey have ads?
Neither Therapad nor Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Therapad or Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey?
Therapad ships an update weekly, and Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey daily. Most recently, Therapad was updated on September 10, 2026 and Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey on September 19, 2026.

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