Practice Pad vs SOAP Notes

Finish the session. Tap Finalize. Done. Practice Pad is the clinical documentation app built by a licensed counselor for therapists who handwrite their notes. Capture them by hand with Apple Pencil and they become finished, signed clinical documentation — no retyping, no double work. WRITE BY HAND, FILE AUTOMATICALLY Handwrite session notes with Apple Pencil on your iPad On-device OCR turns your handwriting into clinical text — nothing leaves your iPad during conversion Built-in DAP, SOAP, BIRP, and Narrative templates organize your writing Browse and install community note templates — including EMDR specialty formats — right into your library (Cloud plan) Review section by section, then sign and lock the note TRACK PROGRESS OVER TIME Administer PHQ-9, GAD-7, PCL-5, ACE, and C-SSRS with automatic scoring Re-administer assessments and see each client's scores charted over time, with severity bands behind the line Progress is ready the moment you open a session — see where a client stands at a glance KEEP YOUR RECORD CLEAN AND DEFENSIBLE Append-only addenda let you add dated, signed amendments to a finalized note without altering the original record — designed to support proper clinical amendment practices under HIPAA Biometric Face ID / Touch ID lock protects your sessions AES-256 encrypted on-device storage YOUR DATA, YOUR ACCOUNT Sync finished notes to your own Google Workspace — Drive, Sheets, and Calendar (Cloud plan) Or copy note text and export PDF into any EHR (every plan) Your templates and your clients live in your account, not ours PRIVATE BY DESIGN We never collect your clinical data or PHI No PHI touches our servers A Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is available for your practice BUILT BY A CLINICIAN, NOT A BILLING COMPANY Practice Pad started because its founder — a Licensed Professional Counselor — was tired of paying for software that held his data hostage. It does one thing exceptionally well: turn your handwriting into a clean clinical record, then get out of your way. Plans start at $15/month with a 14-day free trial. Practice Pad is a documentation tool, not an EHR — no scheduling, billing, or client portal, by design.

The fastest way for massage therapists to keep professional SOAP notes, without a $40/month practice platform and without your clients' health information ever touching the cloud. TAP, DON'T TYPE Build complete Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan notes from your own library of tappable clinical phrases. Add your favorites once, reuse them in every session. Duplicate your last session in one tap and edit only what changed. INTERACTIVE BODY CHARTS Mark trigger points, tension, pain and areas worked on five professional views: front, back, left, right and face. Draw freehand for anything else. Every mark lands in the session record and the exported PDF. BUILT FOR REAL PRACTICE - Client list with full session history and search - Intake form with contraindication checklist, medications and treatment goals - Consent capture with finger signature, stored with date - 16 modality tags: Swedish, deep tissue, trigger point, cupping, prenatal and more - Pressure level and 0-10 pain scale, before and after each session - Appointment log with duration and fee notes INSURANCE-READY PDF EXPORT Export a single session or a client's complete treatment history as a clean, professional PDF with your practice name, ready for insurance requests, records requests or your own files. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your client records are stored only on your device. They never touch our servers, and we could not read them if we wanted to: there is no account, no cloud and no tracking. Lock the app with Face ID for an extra layer of protection. WHO IT IS FOR Massage therapists, bodyworkers, chiropractors, estheticians and any solo practitioner who needs clean, consistent treatment records for professional record keeping. FREE TO TRY The free version includes 1 client and 3 full sessions, every feature included. Premium unlocks unlimited clients and sessions with a weekly or annual subscription. This app offers a weekly subscription with a 3-day free trial, and an annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID Account Settings. Restore purchases from the app settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/