Practice Pad - Therapy Notes

Notes that never touch our servers — now with automated client intake and on-device assessment scoring (PHQ-9, GAD-7, PCL-5, ACE, C-SSRS). 14-day free trial.

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 structured clinical text — nothing leaves your iPad during conversion Built-in DAP, SOAP, BIRP, and Narrative templates map your writing to the right field 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

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 with a calendar feed (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 ever 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.