Comparison guide
Therapist AI assistant — what it is and how PR-TOP delivers it
Updated: July 2026 · Reviewed by the PR-TOP team
A therapist AI assistant automates session documentation and keeps a between-session client channel open. PR-TOP does both: Whisper transcription and AI summaries for session notes, plus a Telegram diary, exercises, and one-tap crisis alerts between sessions — all in one AES-encrypted workspace. Most tools on this list only do the first part.
What is a therapist AI assistant?
The term "therapist AI assistant" now covers at least three different product types that marketers have collapsed into one label. Understanding the distinctions helps you pick the right tool.
The first type is the AI note-taker: Supanote, AutoNotes, Freed, Quill. These join (or listen to) a session call, transcribe it, and generate a clinical note. The workflow ends when the note is produced. The second type is the AI therapy platform: Upheal, Mentalyc. These add richer analytics — session sentiment, topic tracking, outcome measures — but the data model is still session-centric. The third type — which PR-TOP occupies — extends the assistant role into the between-session space: the client keeps a voice, text or video diary via Telegram, completes assigned exercises, and can trigger a one-tap SOS crisis alert. The therapist sees session notes and the full between-session record in a single encrypted dashboard.
Which type you need depends on your practice. If you only want to cut documentation time, an AI note-taker is sufficient. If you want richer analytics on session content, Upheal or Mentalyc may serve you better. If you want to close the gap between sessions — context that currently lives in scattered messages, phone calls and reconstructed memory — PR-TOP is the tool built for that problem.
How PR-TOP works as a therapist AI assistant
On the session side, PR-TOP accepts any audio or video upload (up to 100 MB). OpenAI Whisper transcribes the file; the raw transcript is encrypted as Class A data before storage. An AI summary is generated using your configured provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter) against a template you control. The note, transcript and original file appear on the client's timeline in your encrypted dashboard.
Between sessions, the same timeline fills with client-generated content delivered via Telegram: text diary entries, voice notes, short video messages. You assign exercises from a pre-seeded multilingual library or create custom ones; the bot delivers them and logs completion. If the client triggers the SOS button, you receive an immediate alert via Telegram and email. No separate app, no context switching — everything arrives in the same dashboard where the session notes live.
What PR-TOP does not do: it does not offer the deep clinical analytics dashboards (session emotion tracking, outcome metrics, symptom trend charts) that Upheal and Mentalyc specialise in, and it does not ship named clinical formats (SOAP/DAP/BIRP/GIRP) as locked presets. If you need either of those, the comparison table below will help you decide.
See also: best AI assistant for therapists (2026 roundup) and therapy documentation AI guide.
Comparison: PR-TOP vs therapist AI assistants (2026)
| Category | Pricing | Where it wins | Where it loses | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR-TOP | Free Trial, then €9/mo Basic, €19/mo Pro | Between-session channel (diary, exercises, SOS) via Telegram, EU/GDPR, 4 languages, single encrypted workspace | No deep session analytics, simpler note templates, no US-EHR integrations | EU/CIS/LATAM therapists who want session notes AND a between-session client channel |
| Upheal | From ~$49/mo | Rich session analytics, sentiment tracking, outcome measures, video session integration | No between-session client channel, no diary or exercises, US-focused compliance | Therapists who want deep quantitative analytics on session content and outcomes |
| Mentalyc | From ~$29/mo | Strong clinical note quality, good template variety, outcome tracking dashboard | No client-facing channel, no crisis alerts, no between-session diary | Therapists who want quality AI notes plus basic outcome measurement without complex setup |
| Supanote | From ~$19/mo | Affordable entry point, clean SOAP/DAP output, easy session upload | No between-session engagement, no client app, limited language support | Solo therapists on a budget focused purely on cutting note-writing time |
Pricing verified against each vendor's public pricing page in July 2026. Numbers refresh quarterly. PR-TOP pricing is in EUR; competitor prices are in USD.
When to choose a different therapist AI assistant
- You need rich quantitative session analytics — sentiment trends, topic clustering, outcome measure dashboards — that go beyond a text summary. (Upheal, Mentalyc.)
- You need deeply mature clinical format presets (SOAP/DAP/BIRP/GIRP, treatment-plan generators, DSM/ICD prompts) locked by default. (Supanote, Quill.)
- You are a US therapist and need HIPAA-compliant integration with an existing EHR (Epic, SimplePractice, TherapyNotes).
- You bill through a US-centric platform and want notes to flow directly into billing — a use case PR-TOP does not cover.
When to choose PR-TOP as your therapist AI assistant
- You want session notes AND a real-time between-session record in one encrypted workspace — diary, exercises, SOS alerts — all without a second subscription.
- Your clients benefit from keeping a voice, text or video diary between appointments and you want to see it before the next session.
- You assign exercises and need to know whether clients completed them — not reconstruct it from memory on the day.
- A client in crisis must be able to reach you with one tap from Telegram, not hunt for a phone number.
- You are in the EU, Ukraine, Russia or Latin America and want GDPR-first, EU-hosted software with a Data Processing Addendum included by default.
- You need your interface and your clients' Telegram bot in English, Russian, Ukrainian or Spanish.
What AI providers does PR-TOP use?
PR-TOP is multi-provider by design: you configure which AI backend handles transcription summaries and other AI tasks. Supported providers are OpenAI (GPT-4o and later models), Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, and OpenRouter (which gives access to dozens of third-party models via a single API). Whisper is used exclusively for transcription.
This means you are not locked into a single AI vendor's pricing or quality trajectory. If a new model outperforms your current choice for clinical summarisation, you switch providers in settings — no migration, no data export. All AI-generated content (summaries, note drafts) is treated as Class A data and encrypted before storage, regardless of which provider generated it.
Compare specific tools: PR-TOP vs Upheal, PR-TOP vs Mentalyc.
Frequently asked questions
What is a "therapist AI assistant"?
The term covers tools that use AI to automate or augment the administrative and clinical support work a therapist does around sessions: transcribing recordings, generating session notes, tracking client progress, and increasingly, keeping a channel open between appointments. PR-TOP spans all of these: Whisper transcription, AI session summaries, and a Telegram-based between-session client channel for diary entries, exercises and crisis alerts.
How is PR-TOP different from Upheal or Mentalyc?
Upheal and Mentalyc are analytics-first platforms: they transcribe sessions and layer on quantitative metrics — sentiment scores, topic tracking, outcome measures. PR-TOP is channel-first: its differentiator is the between-session Telegram layer where clients keep a diary, complete exercises, and can fire SOS alerts. PR-TOP does not currently offer the depth of session-analytics dashboards that Upheal or Mentalyc do. If you need rich quantitative session insight, those tools are stronger. If you need the between-session record, PR-TOP is built for it.
Does PR-TOP replace my EHR?
No. PR-TOP is a complementary tool, not an EHR replacement. It handles session documentation (transcription, AI summary), the between-session client channel (Telegram diary, exercises, SOS), and an encrypted client context store. It does not cover scheduling, insurance billing, prescription management, or the deep compliance integrations (HL7 FHIR, US-EHR APIs) that a full EHR provides. Many therapists run PR-TOP alongside their EHR and copy the session summary across manually — the two tools barely overlap.
What AI providers does PR-TOP use?
PR-TOP is multi-provider: you configure the AI backend in settings. Supported options are OpenAI (GPT-4o and later), Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, and OpenRouter (access to dozens of models via one API). Transcription uses OpenAI Whisper specifically. All AI-generated content is encrypted as Class A data before storage, regardless of provider. You can switch providers without migrating data.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. The free Trial tier includes the encrypted dashboard, the Telegram client bot, diary entries, exercises and one-tap SOS for a limited number of clients. No credit card required and no automatic conversion to a paid plan. You upgrade only when you decide to. Paid plans start at €9/month (Basic) and €19/month (Pro).
Which languages are supported?
The PR-TOP dashboard and the Telegram client bot are available in four languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian and Spanish. Whisper transcription supports over 50 languages, so sessions conducted in other languages (French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, etc.) can still be transcribed — only the app interface and bot menus are limited to the four supported languages. The AI summary quality depends on your configured provider; all major providers handle multilingual sessions well.
The therapist AI assistant that stays open between sessions
The free Trial takes about ten minutes to set up. No credit card. If PR-TOP does not fit your workflow, you can export all your data and leave — no lock-in.