10 Best AI Note Takers for Therapists of 2026

Upheal is a strong default because its $39 AI Notes plan has no note cap and covers the session types most private practices see: individuals, couples and families. You can capture an in-person session in the browser or mobile app, use the Chrome extension or Mac app for sessions on any video platform, connect Zoom, or hold the session in Upheal's own HIPAA-compliant telehealth and get the note automatically. The template system is deep, with more than 170 preset sections, custom AI prompts and a full list of note formats including BIRP, GIRP and EMDR. Insurance-billing therapists get Treatment Plans with Golden Thread and a Compliance Checker that reviews notes against payer criteria. The free plan is genuinely usable for dictated or typed summaries, though it covers individual therapy only. If you later want a full EHR, Upheal sells one for $1 per session or $99 a month, so you can switch systems without changing your note tool.

Twofold keeps the decision simple: one individual plan with unlimited notes, every template, CPT and ICD-10 coding support, treatment plans, progress tracking and the Ask Twofold AI assistant. On annual billing it costs $49 a month, billed as $588 a year; on monthly billing the first month is $19 and later months are $69. It records in-person sessions and telehealth through apps for iPhone and Android and a web app on any computer. The trade-off is integration. Twofold says it works with any EHR, but the documented method is copying the finished note into SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Epic or whatever you chart in, so there is still a paste step. It also lacks the built-in telehealth and practice tools that Upheal and Blueprint offer. For a therapist who wants coding suggestions and an AI chat assistant included rather than sold as add-ons, it is one of the cheapest complete options on annual billing.

Blueprint is the most flexible pricing model on this list. Used alongside your current EHR, its AI costs $0.99 per session or a flat $69 per seat per month for unlimited sessions, and credits never expire, so a part-time clinician pays only for sessions actually held. The documentation tools go beyond progress notes: treatment plans, discharge summaries, after-visit summaries and a long list of letters, from court and school letters to medical necessity letters. Session prep pulls recaps from prior sessions and suggests focus areas, and Blueprint recommends assessments, worksheets and interventions from a library of more than 600 clinical tools. If you want to drop your EHR, the All-in-one option at $1.49 per session adds scheduling, telehealth, intake forms, a client portal, insurance claims and payments. The downside is that per-session math gets more expensive than flat plans as a caseload fills, so compare it with your weekly session count.

AutoNotes is the lowest-cost way to get unlimited AI notes on this list, as long as you are happy to dictate or type a short summary after each session rather than record it. The $19 Notes tier covers unlimited typed or dictated notes in all core formats, a client workspace with session history, the Magic Edit assistant, basic treatment plans and custom templates. Recording in-person sessions or capturing Zoom and other telehealth platforms starts on the Workspace tier, listed at $49 a month with a first-year promo of $39, which also adds two-way calendar sync and basic screeners. The $69 Practice tier turns AutoNotes into a lighter practice platform with client charts, a portal, intake automation, supervision roles and self-pay billing. Annual billing lowers the tiers to $16, $41 and $58. The tier split means the headline price is not directly comparable with Upheal's $39 plan, which includes recording.

Mentalyc focuses on clinical structure rather than just transcription. From the $39.99 Basic plan, it builds treatment plans with SMART goals and writes progress notes that track those goals, and every note documents medical necessity, which matters for insurance audits. The Alliance Genie feature scores the therapeutic alliance after each session, with a full report and quotes on Pro. The pricing ladder is the weak point: Mini at $19.99 covers 40 individual-client notes, Pro at $69.99 is needed for couples, families and children, and group notes require Super at $119.99, which still caps at 330 notes a month. Annual billing lowers each tier, to $14.99 for Mini and $59.99 for Pro. Group practices get a Team plan with unlimited notes at $59.99 per seat monthly. Mentalyc works with any EHR and sends notes across in one click, with unlimited transfers from Pro upward.

Supanote is a focused AI note tool for therapists with three clear tiers. Starter, from $19.99 a month, covers 40 notes with custom templates, automatic treatment plans, notes that reference the treatment plan, couple sessions and human support, which is enough for a part-time caseload. Pro, from $39.99, is the plan most full-time therapists will want: it removes the note cap, adds EHR integration, learns your writing style, and drafts collateral emails, intervention plans and discharge notes. It also deletes notes automatically, which helps practices that do not want clinical text left in a third-party tool. XL, from $69.99, adds group therapy sessions and what Supanote calls its most sophisticated AI. A 14-day trial covers the full product. Supanote publishes less detail than Upheal or Mentalyc about note formats and recording options, so test it with your own templates during the trial.

Berries is a mental-health-specific AI scribe with one paid plan and a permanent free tier. The free tier starts with 20 sessions and then resets to 10 sessions each month, which is enough for a therapist with a small private caseload or one who wants to keep testing before committing. Pro at $79 a month adds unlimited sessions, personalized templates, treatment plans tied to the Golden Thread, patient letters, pre-session highlights, a coding assistant and an AI chat that draws on past sessions. Forms and measures are included, with automatic scoring and progress tracking. Berries also lists features aimed at psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrists, such as a medications list. The main drawback is price: at $79 it costs twice Upheal's unlimited plan and more than Twofold on monthly billing. Berries offers special pricing to students, trainees and early career clinicians.

TherapyFuel is the AI layer inside TherapyNotes, and it only makes sense if you already use or plan to use that EHR. For $40 a month per clinician, it drafts progress notes from TherapyFuel Scribe or from a summary you write, generates draft treatment plan goals, objectives and interventions, and prepares you for sessions with Session Assist, which surfaces recent visits, urgent clinical alerts and prior plans. Smaller tools round it out: summaries of the Client History Form, contact notes built from secure message threads, tone adjustment, voice settings and clinical dictation. Because everything stays in TherapyNotes, there is no copying between systems, and TherapyFuel is covered by the same BAA as the rest of the EHR. TherapyNotes says data is not used to train outside AI models and holds an AI-focused HITRUST certification. Together with the $69 Solo plan, a solo therapist pays $109 a month, so it is not a cheap standalone option.

Freed is a general AI medical scribe rather than a therapy-only tool, and it earns a place here because it lists psychiatry and mental and behavioral health among its specialty templates and supports telehealth through a Zoom app. Starter, from $39 a month, covers up to 40 notes. Core removes the limit and adds an instant template builder and clinical evidence answers, and Premier adds visit summaries, patient instructions and letters, dictation, ICD-10 and CPT coding and one-click push into browser-based EHRs. The Learn my format feature copies the structure of a note you edited onto future notes. Freed can capture sessions in languages such as Spanish, Mandarin and Polish and write the note in English, which helps bilingual clinicians. Audio is deleted once notes and quality checks are done. For a solo talk therapist, the therapy-focused tools above give more for less, but a practice that mixes counselors with prescribers may prefer one scribe for everyone.

Note Taker is SimplePractice's AI documentation add-on, and like TherapyFuel it is a sensible buy only for therapists who already run their practice in that EHR. After 30 free days it costs $35 a month and drafts progress notes at the end of each telehealth or in-person session, either from a recording of the session or from dictation. Because the note lands in the SimplePractice chart, there is no copying between apps. Therapists who want more can buy Care Aide at $59 a month for the account owner, which bundles Note Taker with Session Sidekick for live telehealth support, a Treatment Planner and Client Summaries that give clients a recap with next steps; each additional clinician costs $49. With the cheapest Starter plan at $49, a solo therapist pays at least $84 a month, which is more than most standalone scribes that work with any EHR. SimplePractice is a strong EHR, but its AI tools are narrower than Upheal's or Blueprint's for the price.