DigitalTCO Alternative: How Nosht Compares

Yes. Nosht and DigitalTCO both help UK dentists write clinical notes faster, but they take fundamentally different approaches. DigitalTCO offers an AI-assisted, multi-mode workflow (record live, save audio, or type), and its AI auto-structures the notes (per digitaltco.co.uk, checked June 2026). Nosht uses deterministic click-through templates — no voice recording and no audio processing; its AI is optional and clinician-reviewed: an advisory completeness check on the note you have written, plus a shorthand fill, not an AI voice scribe. Nosht keeps no patient identifiers in your clinical notes (referral letters and leaflet sending excepted) and starts at £9.99/month.

Yes, but differently. Nosht’s note text comes from structured templates you click through, so every finding comes from what you select or type. Its AI is optional (Nosht AI, on Pro): it fills template fields from shorthand you type, never from audio, and runs an advisory completeness check on the note you have written; you review and confirm every field before it is used. DigitalTCO uses AI to auto-structure notes from live recording, saved audio, or typed input (per digitaltco.co.uk, checked June 2026). There is no voice recognition and no audio processing anywhere in Nosht, so it is not an AI voice scribe.

No. DigitalTCO is a multi-mode tool — you can record live, save audio, or type — and its AI auto-structures the notes (per digitaltco.co.uk, checked June 2026), so dictation is one of its workflows. Nosht works entirely through structured click-through templates — no microphone, no audio recording, no dictation at all. This means Nosht works in any environment, including noisy surgeries, shared spaces, or situations where recording patient conversations is not appropriate.

Your Nosht clinical notes hold no patient identifiers — only clinical descriptors you select from templates, copy, and paste into your PMS. Nosht is not a patient-record system, and no audio is ever captured. Nosht saves the notes and drafts you write to your account so you can find them again in your notes history. There are two exceptions, both optional: the Referral Letter template, where you choose to enter patient details (name and date of birth, with NHS number, address and contact optional); and Send Leaflet, which processes a patient's email address or mobile number solely to deliver a patient information leaflet. DigitalTCO takes a different but well-documented approach: it states it does not retain audio by default (the recording is deleted after the note is generated, with an optional save), and lists UK GDPR, HIPAA, NHS DSPT (Standards Met), Cyber Essentials and ICO registration (per digitaltco.co.uk, checked June 2026). The difference is architectural — Nosht never captures audio, and your clinical notes carry no patient identifiers (referral letters and leaflet sending excepted).

Nosht Solo starts at £9.99/month. DigitalTCO lists £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). Nosht runs no audio or transcription pipeline to fund, and its AI is lightweight and optional (shorthand fill plus an advisory completeness check).

Yes. Nosht is a standalone web app — there is nothing to integrate, migrate, or configure. Sign up, pick a template, and start writing notes. Your existing notes in your PMS are completely unaffected.