A fair 2026 roundup of AI note-taking apps for solo therapists — Mentalyc, Upheal, Heidi, Freed, Twofold, Supanote, Blueprint, SimplePractice Note Taker, and PsyFi — with verified public pricing and a fit guide for each.
For most solo therapists in 2026, the shortlist comes down to three kinds of tools: ambient scribes built for behavioral health (Mentalyc, Upheal, Twofold, Supanote, PsyFiScribe), general medical scribes with a therapy mode (Freed, Heidi), and EHR-attached options (Blueprint, SimplePractice's Note Taker). Published solo pricing runs from about $1 per session to $69–$79 per month for unlimited notes. PsyFi starts at $15/month for chat-and-drafting and $49/month for unlimited ambient session notes on the Clinician plan. Prices below were checked against each vendor's own pricing page as of September 2026.
The category has split into two jobs that get bundled under one name:
Solo clinicians usually need one of these badly and the other occasionally. For what a good AI progress note looks like, see our AI progress notes for therapists guide; this post is the shortlist.
Two ground rules: every tool here handles protected health information, so a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is the price of entry, and every AI draft stays a draft until you have reviewed and signed it.
Public pricing (Sept 2026): Mini $19.99/mo, Basic $39.99/mo, Pro $69.99/mo, Super $119.99/mo billed monthly; annual billing drops each tier by roughly $5–$20. 14-day trial with 15 notes, no card required.
Mentalyc is the most widely known therapy-specific scribe, and its pricing ladder is built around note volume: lower tiers cap notes per month, so a full caseload usually lands on Pro. Strengths are treatment-plan and supervision-note support and a mature template set; the knock is cost at the tier most full-time clinicians actually need.
Best for: solo clinicians who want the best-known therapy-specific option and are comfortable paying $60–70/month for a 160-note monthly allowance (Mentalyc's individual tiers are volume-capped; unlimited notes is a group-plan feature). If you're already looking past it, our Mentalyc alternatives guide goes deeper.
Public pricing (Sept 2026): $1 per session, capped at $69/month, with a free tier that includes unlimited notes and built-in telehealth. 30-day full trial, no card required.
Upheal is the strongest choice if you want to pay only for what you use: ten sessions a month costs $10, and a full caseload never exceeds $69. It also bundles telehealth video. Card processing and insurance billing carry their own per-transaction fees.
Best for: part-time or early-caseload solo clinicians, and anyone who wants telehealth and notes in one place. We compare it head-to-head in Upheal vs. PsyFiScribe.
Public pricing (Sept 2026): a free tier with unlimited transcription and standard templates; paid Clinician, Practice, and Evidence tiers with a 14-day trial, but US dollar prices are not published on the pricing page — you register or talk to sales to get a quote.
Heidi is a general medical scribe with a large user base across specialties. The free tier is genuinely usable for transcription, a low-risk way to see whether ambient capture suits you. The trade-off is that templates and defaults are medicine-first; expect to tune them toward a therapy note.
Best for: clinicians who want to test ambient recording for free before committing, and who don't mind a general-medicine starting point.
Public pricing (Sept 2026): Starter $39/mo (up to 40 notes), Core $79/mo (unlimited), Premier $119/mo or $104/mo annually. 7-day trial, no card required.
Freed is a polished medical scribe many therapists try on a physician colleague's recommendation. It's fast and flexible, but the note structure assumes a medical visit, and behavioral-health nuance (interventions, client response, risk language) takes editing to get right. We wrote up the specifics in Freed AI for therapists.
Best for: clinicians in integrated or medical settings who share tooling with physician colleagues.
Public pricing: $49/mo billed annually or $69/mo month-to-month for unlimited notes, as listed on Twofold's site (last verified August 31, 2026).
Twofold is a behavioral-health-specific scribe with an unusually broad template library — SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, PIRP, intake, biopsychosocial, risk assessment — plus CPT/ICD-10 coding suggestions. For a solo clinician billing insurance, the coding assistance is a concrete time saver. Pricing is one flat plan — simple, but higher than several options here month-to-month.
Best for: solo clinicians who bill insurance and want coding suggestions and a deep template library in one documentation-only tool.
Public pricing (Sept 2026): Starter from $19.99/mo (40 notes), Pro from $39.99/mo (unlimited), XL from $69.99/mo (adds group-therapy sessions). 14-day trial.
Supanote is a newer therapy-specific entrant priced aggressively against Mentalyc: unlimited notes at $39.99, with couples sessions, treatment plans, discharge notes, and automatic deletion. Being newer, it has less of a track record, so lean on the trial.
Best for: budget-conscious solo clinicians who want a therapy-specific scribe with unlimited notes under $40.
Public pricing (Sept 2026): $0.99 per session alongside your existing EHR, or $1.49 per session on Blueprint's all-in-one EHR. Credits don't expire; every new signup gets 30 days free.
Blueprint's per-session model is the cheapest way in for a light caseload, and it pairs notes with measurement-based care (symptom tracking and outcome measures). The notes-only tier works next to whatever EHR you already use.
Best for: solo clinicians with a small or variable caseload, and anyone who wants outcome measures attached to their notes.
Public pricing (Sept 2026): a $35/mo add-on to a SimplePractice plan (Starter $49, Essential $79, Plus $99 per month), or included in the Care Aide bundle at $59/mo. Promotional 50%-off introductory rates run for the first three months.
If SimplePractice is already your EHR, the Note Taker is the lowest-friction option here: no separate login, notes land in the chart, modest add-on cost. The limitation is the obvious one — it's only an option while SimplePractice stays your EHR.
Best for: established SimplePractice users who want AI notes without adding another vendor.
Public pricing (Sept 2026): PsyFiGPT $15/mo, PsyFiGPT Pro $29/mo, Clinician $49/mo (unlimited AI session notes), Psychologist $99/mo; each with an annual option that takes two months off. 7-day trial, no card required, BAA on every plan.
PsyFi is the suite we build, so weigh this entry accordingly. The distinguishing design choice is that the scribe and the drafting assistant are one product: PsyFiScribe captures the session (tuned for one to four speakers, so couples and family work are covered) and drafts SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, or narrative notes, and every transcript is available inside PsyFiGPT, a HIPAA-aligned chat surface with document search and encrypted memory across sessions. PsyFi is HIPAA-aligned, BAA available, with PHI de-identification and audit logging.
Best for: solo clinicians who want to start cheap with drafting-only at $15 and move to ambient notes at $49 without switching tools, and who value having the transcript and the note available in a chat surface afterward.
| App | Entry price (solo) | Unlimited notes | Built for behavioral health | Beyond the note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentalyc | $19.99/mo (capped) | No individual unlimited tier (Pro $69.99/mo = 160 notes) | Yes | Treatment plans, supervision notes |
| Upheal | $1/session (free tier) | $69/mo cap | Yes | Built-in telehealth |
| Heidi | Free tier | Not published (US) | No — general medical | Ask-Heidi clinical Q&A |
| Freed | $39/mo (40 notes) | $79/mo (Core) | No — general medical | Visit summaries, dictation |
| Twofold | $49/mo annual | $49–69/mo | Yes | Coding suggestions |
| Supanote | $19.99/mo (40 notes) | $39.99/mo (Pro) | Yes | Treatment and discharge plans |
| Blueprint | $0.99/session | Per-session only | Yes | Outcome measures |
| SimplePractice Note Taker | $35/mo add-on | Included in add-on | Yes | Inside the EHR chart |
| PsyFi | $15/mo (drafting) | $49/mo (Clinician) | Yes | HIPAA-aligned chat, document search, memory |
All prices are the vendor's published monthly rates for a single clinician as of September 2026; annual discounts and introductory promotions vary. Confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before you buy.
Say you see 22 clients a week in a hybrid practice, bill a mix of insurance and private pay, and currently spend Friday afternoons catching up on notes. Here's a decision process that fits in one week:
Clinicians who regret their choice almost always skipped step 4; the tool that demos best is not reliably the one that needs the least editing on your caseload.
Whichever you pick, the rules are the same: get the BAA signed, get consent before recording, and keep the clinician — not the software — as the author of the note. For the compliance side in depth, see our guide to HIPAA-safe AI therapy notes.
This post cites publicly listed pricing checked on each vendor's own pricing page as of September 2026 (Twofold last verified August 31, 2026); confirm current pricing and BAA terms directly with each vendor. Nothing here is legal advice — consult your compliance lead.
