Owl Practice

RATING:

4.5

(66)

About Owl Practice

Owl Practice is used by clinical practitioners and administrators involved in the health sector. Key features of the platform include appointment scheduling, video therapy, record management, and invoicing. The system includes a calendar for appointments and other events. It supports multiple clinic locations and connects to various client-accessible booking systems. It supports integration with third-party calendar applications and allows for the secure administration of client records, session notes, forms, and documents. This software's payment system can manage client invoices. It generates documentation automatically, and clients can make payments. For online therapy, there is a video platform, and client-clinic communications are secured with data encryption. For ...

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Owl Practice Pricing

Owl offers 3 pricing tiers for part time practitioners, full time practitioners, and group practices. Plans start at $40 for part time practitioners, $60 for full time practitioners, and $100 for group practices.

Starting price: 

$25.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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Owl Practice Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for Owl Practice

1 - 5 of 66 Reviews

Becka

11 - 50 employees

Used more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

Reviewed August 2021

Great Support, Fine System, Expensive for Group Practice Users

Anonymous

1 employee

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2021

Absolutely essential for private practitioners

Owl's been fantastic; an absolute necessity for me within my practice. Invoicing is quick and easy, and I love that it comes with a therapist listing site.

PROS

I can do everything through one piece of software: billing, records management, note-taking, client scheduling, and more.

CONS

For the most part, my experience with Owl has been positive. The only thing that I found difficult was setting my supervisor up to have access to my account. This process could maybe be a bit less complicated. It would also be great if there was a split-screen option so that I could have two sections open simultaneously. Otherwise, can't really think of anything I've needed or wanted from Owl that hasn't already been included.

Reason for choosing Owl Practice

Cost, I think. And it seemed to be better known amongst my peers.

Kim

Mental Health Care, 1 employee

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2021

OWL for Psychology Private Practice

The use of OWL has been a very positive addition to my practice. It has been invaluable particularly in the world of the COVID-19 pandemic as it has allowed for more electronic/virtual services, forms, and record-keeping. The customer service team is very responsive to questions and comments for improvements.

PROS

I started using OWL Practice to move my practice to electronic record keeping. This system allows for good note-taking options regarding client files. I was concerned with privacy and information staying within Canada which is a key feature I considered when selecting OWL. I appreciate this system was designed specifically for mental health practices as opposed to medicine-based options I have used in the past.

CONS

Forms - being able to send forms through Owl is a great feature. It has taken some time to get used to how to create forms. Some of the features I would like to see added: - option for classification of a session as tentatively booked for a client so it can be held in my calendar without. - I have avoided using appointment reminders as I often use 'bookings' in the calendar to block off sections of time for client management/report writing. I wish there was a way to designate something that is linked to a client, but not a session that will send reminders/confirmations to clients.

Reason for choosing Owl Practice

Security - information stays in Canada Jane - wasn't as popular at the time when I started using Owl.

Olga

Mental Health Care, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed May 2021

Please include group video!

Just that it's so streamlined - that's been helpful! It keeps me organized and is generally pretty user-friendly for clients.

PROS

All of the features - that you can invoice clients, collect a payment, store notes, etc. all in one place. Customer service is phenomenal too!

CONS

I have a hard time with the video functions - that there is no option for group video, and when I try to do supervision where my supervisee is playing a video clip of a session on their computer, I can't hear it!!! At times the video glitches for no apparent reason - I had a session last week where for some reason, we could not hear each other for a few minutes. My supervisees are understanding, but it's a real bother to have to sort through video glitches like that. And setting up a group call for individuals who aren't in a family is frustrating! So much behind the scenes work for me to register them all, link the accounts, make a separate event just for the video session and individual ones for each of their invoices.... oy. It would be good to have more editing features for the forms too. AND to send certain forms out automatically the morning of an appointment! Like the COVID screenings - I would love to have that go directly to the client on the morning of a scheduled appointment so that I don't have to think about it and remember to send it myself. AND more options for note-taking that aren't just writing. I am an art therapist and working with children and youth. I also use play interventions a lot. It would be nice to have a case note that's more versatile with checkboxes and other features where you can include a photo right on the same page.

Reason for choosing Owl Practice

My colleague was using Owl, so I figured if I needed support I could easily ask her for it. However, I am going to be exploring Jane App too this afternoon, as they offer a free account to institutions for student interns (which is my other job, to supervise, teach and oversee an internship program at a University) so I will get a chance to try Jane App as well and see if it's more versatile. Some of my colleagues claim it's more user-friendly than Owl.

Olivia

Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2021

On balance, good enough to keep using, but customer service needs work

Meets my needs now, but I would have left them months ago out of anger at their service if it weren't such a hassle to switch.

PROS

The functionality is good and has been improving over the last year.

CONS

Months after switching, they suddenly stopped supporting my device. It took them a month to fix the issue. I had to buy a new device for my business to function. When I asked for a one month credit on my user fee, they refused, saying that it was accessible during that time (but I don't consider suddenly requiring a desktop computer and a corded connection accessible in this decade). It was a cold response from a company that had initially been very welcoming (before they had me dependent on them).

Reason for choosing Owl Practice

Appeared to have better service and I didn't need all of the features of Jane that make Owl less expensive

Reasons for switching to Owl Practice

Offered Canadian privacy compliance and encrypted video functionality plus practice management. Also, support appeared to be much friendlier and more helpful in the beginning.