How Nosht compares with other UK dental notes tools

Nosht — structured templates, no audio, no identifiers in clinical notes (referral letters and leaflet sending excepted)

Nosht takes a fundamentally different approach to dental documentation. Rather than transcribing a voice recording, Nosht provides structured click-through templates — you select clinical findings from treatment-specific dropdown options, and the system assembles a complete, defensible note. There is no voice recognition and no audio capture, and no patient identifiers in your clinical notes (referral letters and leaflet sending excepted). Its AI is optional and clinician-reviewed: an advisory completeness check on the note you have written, plus a step that fills fields from your typed shorthand, which you confirm (how Nosht uses AI).

Templates are informed by GDC Standards for the Dental Team and FGDP(UK) record-keeping guidelines. Bulletproof Mode adds compliance prompts for consent, risk discussions, and post-operative instructions. Completed notes are copied with one click and pasted into any PMS — Dentally, SOE Exact, R4 (Carestream) or anything else. Pricing starts at £9.99/month, with a 3-day free trial.

Kiroku — clickable templates + optional ambient AI audio

Kiroku is a UK dental notes tool. It is not voice-only: many clinicians click through its structured templates as a full no-microphone workflow, and it additionally offers optional ambient AI audio (Co-Pilot) and voice dictation for those who prefer to dictate. The product integrates directly with Dentally, Dental4Web, and Aerona, with copy-paste for everything else.

When audio is used, it is transcribed and then deleted — only the written notes are retained, with end-to-end encryption. Kiroku states it holds GDPR, ICO registration, Cyber Essentials, NHS DSPT, NHS DCB0129, NHS DTAC, MHRA Class I medical device status, and HIPAA, with GDC-aligned templates (per trykiroku.com, checked June 2026). Pricing is Essential £29.99 + VAT/month (£26.99 + VAT/month billed annually) and Pro £99.99 + VAT/month (£89.99 + VAT/month billed annually) per clinician (per trykiroku.com/pricing, checked 1 October 2026), with a 14-day free trial (card required; extendable to 30 days via a referral code).

Dentascribe — clickable templates (free) + optional AI audio

Dentascribe offers a free-forever tier with clickable, structured templates (40+ prebuilt templates, and you can import your own), plus paid Pro (£29/month, or £21/month billed yearly), Pro+ (£39/month, or £29/month billed yearly) and Ultra (£69/month, or £52/month billed yearly) plans: Pro adds AI audio notes and dictation, Pro+ adds letters and forms (referral letters, consent forms, post-op and GP letters), and Ultra adds Dentascribe's most advanced AI model (per dentascribe.uk/pricing, checked September 2026); every paid plan includes a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. Dentascribe states it is UK GDPR compliant and ICO registered, NHS DSPT compliant, Cyber Essentials certified, DCB0129 clinical-safety assessed, registered with the MHRA as a UK MDR Class I medical device, and third-party penetration tested (per dentascribe.uk, checked September 2026). Audio is not stored — it is permanently deleted after transcription, with client-side end-to-end encryption, and records auto-delete after roughly three months. The clickable templates do not process audio; the optional AI features do.

Dentistry Dashboard — ambient AI audio + tappable templates

Dentistry Dashboard is multi-modal: ambient AI audio notes are the core, alongside tappable/structured templates and voice perio charting, plus broader practice-management features. It states a strong UK compliance position — UK GDPR/DPA 2018, NHS DSPT "Standards Met" 2025/26, Cyber Essentials (whole organisation), ICO registration, MHRA UK MDR Class I (digital dictation system), DCB0129 alignment with a named Clinical Safety Officer, and an independent penetration-test pass (per dentistrydashboard.com, checked June 2026). Pricing is Dentist Zone £40.99/month per dentist and Practice Hub £99/month per location, each with a 14-day trial (dentistrydashboard.com/pricing, checked 4 October 2026). Audio is not retained ("we don't keep the audio"), with UK/EU hosting.

Dental Audio Notes (DAN) — audio + clickable templates

DAN combines audio capture ("just press record") with clickable templates and dictation — it is not audio-only. It states it holds GDPR, NHS DSPT registration, ICO registration, CREST-approved penetration testing, Cyber Essentials, and HIPAA, with GDC and FGDP/CGDent record-keeping referenced (per dentalaudionotes.com, checked June 2026). Pricing is a flat £40/month (excluding VAT) for unlimited recording, transcription, AI records, and users, with an 11-year archive and a 3-hour free trial (no card; 20% ADI-member discount). Audio is stored as part of the patient record (around an 11-year retention aligned with FGDP guidance), hosted on AWS UK.

Smilenotes — no-AI clickable templates

Smilenotes is a template-first, no-AI clickable tool (buttons, dropdowns, and drag-and-drop), with optional browser speech-to-text dictation; it explicitly positions itself against AI and ambient tools, making it conceptually close to Nosht. Pricing starts from £5/month, with a 30-day free trial and no card required (smilenotes.co.uk, checked 4 October 2026). Check its site for current plans, security and hosting details.

DigitalTCO — voice/dictation notes, multi-mode

DigitalTCO is voice/dictation-driven but multi-mode — you can record live, save audio, or type — and its AI auto-structures the notes, with custom and auto templates and a clickable consent flow. It states UK GDPR, HIPAA, NHS DSPT "Standards Met", Cyber Essentials, ICO registration, DTAC alignment, and AES-256 encryption (per digitaltco.co.uk, checked June 2026). By default it does not retain audio (the recording is deleted after the note is generated), with an optional save; data at rest is held in Google Cloud EU multi-region data centres, with transient US processing (per digitaltco.co.uk/security, checked 28 September 2026). Its UK pricing is £99/month per dentist plus VAT, or £990/year plus VAT billed annually, with a 14-day free trial (per digitaltco.co.uk, checked September 2026).

TapNote (Aura) — tap/type smart records, AI predictive autocomplete

TapNote (from Aura) is a tap/type tool for structured "smart records" with AI predictive autocomplete that suggests clinical language as you type. It has no ambient audio, voice, or dictation feature — so it is not an audio scribe and does not require an "AI training period". It includes end-to-end encryption and consent features (per aura.dental, checked June 2026); NHS DSPT, Cyber Essentials, ICO, ISO, SOC 2, MHRA, DTAC, and DCB0129 are not stated on its site, so UK practices should verify directly.

Pricing is Lite (free), Plus £22.80/month, and Practice Plan £49.80/month, with a two-week free trial, 50% off for foundation dentists, and free access for students. The AI predictive approach means the system suggests text as you type, which differs from Nosht's deterministic, selection-based templates where output is fully controlled by what the clinician clicks.

Heidi — ambient AI audio scribe (multi-specialty, incl. dental templates)

Heidi is an ambient AI audio scribe used across many specialties. Dentistry templates exist, but it does not state GDC, FGDP(UK) or CGDent alignment for them (per heidihealth.com, checked September 2026). It states ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, UK GDPR/DPA, NHS DSPT, Cyber Essentials, NHS DTAC and DCB0129 (per heidihealth.com, checked September 2026). Live audio is not stored; transcripts are retained. It has a free tier, with paid tiers listed on its site. Notes are copied and pasted into your PMS.

SoapNotesAI — AI speech-to-text SOAP notes (US-oriented)

SoapNotesAI is an AI speech-to-text tool that produces SOAP-format notes and is oriented to the US market. It markets US HIPAA compliance; UK GDPR is not stated, its site does not disclose how patient data is handled, and pricing is not published, so verify these directly. It states EHR integration (for example Open Dental). No guideline-aligned templates are stated.