The best alternatives to Upheal
Upheal might not be the right fit: the price, a missing feature or a payment model you don't like. These are the closest alternatives in our catalog, ordered by rating, with the full review of each one.
Why look for a Upheal alternative
It is one of the few clinical-notes tools where pricing works in your favour: $1 per session capped at $69 a month, a free plan with unlimited notes and a 30-day full trial with no card. Therapists rate the note quality and the time saved, and flag two real limits: speaker identification struggles with couples and family work, and integration with other health records is still copy and paste.
What its own users repeat in the July 25, 2026 sweep:
- Speaker identification fails with several voices, and several therapists describe couples and family therapy as the weak spot (strong theme)
- It does not write back into other health records: the handover is still copy and paste or a browser extension (strong theme)
- There is no native Android recorder and the iPhone app collects login glitches (present theme)
- It is built for mental health: other clinical specialities fit worse and medical coding is not part of the price (present theme)
Best alternatives to Upheal
Records, transcribes and summarizes your meetings and interviews in 100+ languages.
AI medical scribe: the consultation documents itself and the clinician reviews and signs.
What the internet says about each alternative
Fireflies 3.9/5 · From $10
It transcribes well when the audio is clean and connects to almost everything, which is its strongest card for a sales team. What the network repeats against it is billing, the free plan stores only 400 minutes per team, video and much of the AI sit on higher tiers, and there are complaints about unexpected charges.
Where it wins: Reliable transcription on clean audio and summaries with action items that people cite as the reason to stay Where it slips: The free plan stores 400 minutes per team and gives 20 AI credits, so the archive fills up sooner than it looks
Heidi Health 3.2/5 · Free trial · from $99
On structured visits it saves documentation time, and a free plan with unlimited basic transcription is unusual in this niche. The trouble is reliability and price, there are repeated accounts of lost sessions and support taking weeks, and the clinician plan went up with the 2026 pricing change.
Where it wins: Permanent free plan with unlimited basic transcription and standard templates, unusual among medical scribes Where it slips: Lost recordings and transcripts that never appear: the most repeated complaint, forcing notes to be rebuilt from memory
Comparison table
| Tool | Price | Free trial | Platforms | Rating | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upheal | Free trial · from $69 | Yes | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Chrome | VisitUpheal (opens in a new tab) | |
| Fireflies | From $10 | No | Web, iOS, Android, Chrome | VisitFireflies (opens in a new tab) | |
| Heidi Health | Free trial · from $99 | Yes | Web, iOS, Android | VisitHeidi Health (opens in a new tab) |
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