Comparison

AfterNote vs Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey

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

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AfterNote

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Therapy Notes AI helps therapists finish clinical notes faster after every session. Speak or type a quick post-session summary, then turn it into a clean, editable therapy note. Create SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, progress notes, and session notes in minutes while keeping full control over the final record. Built for solo therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, and private practice clinicians who want a faster way to document sessions without recording the full therapy session. Finish notes faster After a session, open the app, select the client, and add a short summary. Therapy Notes AI helps organize your thoughts into a structured clinical note you can review, edit, save, and copy into your EHR. Keep clients organized Create client profiles, save session notes, review previous progress, and keep documentation organized in one private workspace. Write in your format Generate notes in common clinical formats, including: SOAP notes DAP notes BIRP notes GIRP notes Progress notes Session notes Case notes Stay in control The app creates a draft. You review, edit, and approve the final note before saving or exporting. Designed for therapist workflows Use Therapy Notes AI to: Turn voice summaries into structured notes Write progress notes faster Organize notes by client Review session history Copy notes into your EHR Create concise clinical documentation Reduce after-hours paperwork No full-session recording required Therapy Notes AI is designed for therapists who want faster documentation without placing an AI recorder in the therapy room. Add only the summary you choose to include. Important Therapy Notes AI is a documentation assistant. It does not provide therapy, diagnosis, crisis support, clinical decision-making, or medical advice. Clinicians are responsible for reviewing and approving all notes before use. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12QB7ieRc4cUFvs6wOsgPBw_N8HV8dbc8SpVCtuw2SdU/edit?usp=sharing

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Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey

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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

AfterNote4 screens
Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AfterNote at none against Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. AfterNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
AfterNote versus Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAfterNoteTherapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size19 MB25 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAmine KhaouiKamal Nasir

In-app purchases

None

AfterNote

No in-app purchases

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 AfterNote free?
AfterNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey free?
Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AfterNote or Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey have ads?
Neither AfterNote nor Therapy Notes Keyboard NoteKey shows ads.

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