Comparison

Massage Scribe vs SOAP Notes for Massage

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

Head to head
About

Massage Scribe

This app helps massage therapists quickly generate professional clinical notes. It offers guided forms, voice dictation, and various note formats to reduce administrative time. Organize client history and export polished PDFs.

Highlights
  • Automated SOAP, PIRP, Narrative notes
  • Voice Mode dictation
  • Guided form input
  • Client history organization
  • PDF export
  • Appointment scheduling
Features
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Your clinical notes, written for you. Describe a massage session in your own words - typed through a quick guided form or spoken aloud with Voice Mode - and Massage Scribe turns it into a clean, professional SOAP, PIRP, or Narrative note in seconds. Spend less time on paperwork and more time with your clients. Jump right in - no account required to start. Create a free account anytime to save your work and pick up on any device. Built for massage therapists, bodyworkers, and manual therapists (LMT, RMT, and more) who want consistent, professional records without the after-hours charting. WHY THERAPISTS LOVE IT • Finish your notes in seconds, not minutes • Consistent, professional wording every time • Less admin, more hands-on time WRITE NOTES YOUR WAY • Choose your format - SOAP, PIRP, or Narrative • Fill a fast guided form, or just describe the session • Review and edit every note before saving - you're always in control VOICE MODE (PRO) • Dictate the session out loud and let us write the note • Perfect for capturing details right after a session • Audio is streamed for transcription and never stored KEEP CLEAN RECORDS • Organize clients and see their full session history • Track pain levels, techniques, and body regions • Export polished PDFs to share or keep on file MORE PRO TOOLS • Unlimited notes every month • Unlimited clients • Home-care instructions for clients • Watermark-free PDF exports • A technique library plus your own custom techniques • Appointment scheduling with reminders PRIVACY FIRST • Your notes and client data are yours • Voice audio is transcribed on the fly and never saved • Private notes are never exported or sent to third parties. START FREE • No account or credit card needed to start • Create a free account for 15 notes a month and up to 5 clients • Try Pro free for 7 days - then unlimited notes, Voice Mode, and the full toolkit MASSAGE SCRIBE PRO starts with a 7-day free trial, then continues as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or annual). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at the end of the free trial, upon confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Massage Scribe is a documentation aid, not a medical device, and does not provide medical advice. Generated notes may contain errors - always review and edit before use. Terms: https://mscribeai.com/terms.html Privacy: https://mscribeai.com/privacy.html

About

SOAP Notes for Massage

Features
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You meant to write it up after she left. Then the next client was early, and the one after that ran long, and now it is nine at night and you are trying to remember whether the tightness was the left trap or the right, and what you told her to do about it before the next visit. SoapNotes is somewhere to write that down in the five minutes you actually have — standing at the table, phone in one hand, before the detail fades. Open the app, tap the client you just saw, tap New Session Note. Four sections in the order you already think in: Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan. Each one has a row of tappable phrases for the things you write every week, so most of a note is taps and you type only what was specific to that person. Save, and it is attached to that client's chart for the next time you see them. Everything stays on this iPhone. There is no account to create, no server, no sync, and the app makes no internet connection of any kind. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add a client — a name, and optionally a date of birth and intake notes worth remembering, like a condition or something to work around. 2. Tap the client, then New Session Note. The date defaults to today. 3. Fill the four sections. Tap a phrase chip to drop common wording straight into the field with the spacing and punctuation already right, then type the rest. The field grows as you write. 4. Save. The note appears at the top of that client's history. 5. Before the next appointment, open the client and read back what happened last time. WHAT'S IN IT - Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan as four color-coded sections, the same four colors everywhere the app shows a note. - Phrase chips per section, written for hands-on practice. - A searchable client list showing when you last saw each person. - A client's full note history in reverse order, oldest visit still there. - Saved notes are read-only — if something needs correcting you write a new note. A deliberate choice about what a record is. - Work is written to this iPhone as you go, with iOS file protection. Close it, restart the phone, it is there. - Export a chart or everything as a plain-text file through the share sheet. Your notes exist only on this phone — export regularly if you need a backup. Sample data is never included. - Optional lock: Require Face ID / Passcode, in Settings. A convenience screen lock relying on your device's own security. - Your name, credentials and practice, entered by you, shown on exports. Nothing is prefilled. - The first launch is empty on purpose. Load Sample Data shows four example clients, each badged Sample, read-only, removable in one tap from Settings without touching a word you wrote. - Delete Account, in Settings, erases the profile and every client and note from this iPhone after a confirmation. It cannot be undone. - Dark mode and Dynamic Type throughout, including at the largest text sizes. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO — READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY - Your records live on this iPhone only. No sync, no cloud backup, no web version, no second device. Deleting the app deletes the records with it. - Export is plain text only. No PDF, no printing, no in-app email, and no way to import an export back in. - No editing or deleting a saved note, and no editing or archiving a client once added. - No scheduling, no billing, no CPT codes, no superbills, no client messaging, no intake forms. - No photos, no body diagrams, no voice dictation, no drafting of any kind. - It does not check your work, suggest what to write, or judge what you entered. It stores what you type. This app is a note-taking tool for practitioners. It is not a medical device, it does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment recommendations, and it makes no claim of compliance with any health-records regulation. You remain responsible for what your own jurisdiction and licensing body require of your records, including how long you keep them and how they are secured. Requires iOS 17 or later. iPhone only.

Screenshots

Massage Scribe4 screens
SOAP Notes for Massage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SOAP Notes for Massage at none against Massage Scribe's 2. Massage Scribe's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Massage Scribe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. SOAP Notes for Massage asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Massage Scribe versus SOAP Notes for Massage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMassage ScribeSOAP Notes for Massage
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUtterware SRLTAO CHEN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Massage Scribe

Subscriptions2
  • Massage Scribe Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Massage Scribe Pro (Annual)$139.001 Year
None

SOAP Notes for Massage

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Massage Scribe free?
Massage Scribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SOAP Notes for Massage free?
SOAP Notes for Massage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Massage Scribe or SOAP Notes for Massage have ads?
Neither Massage Scribe nor SOAP Notes for Massage shows ads.

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