SimplePractice is genuinely excellent software — for adult mental health therapists. It has a clean UI, solid billing features, and a large user community. If you're a psychologist or counselor seeing adult clients, it may be exactly right. But if you're an ABA therapist tracking DTT trials, an OT writing SOAP notes for a 7-year-old, or an SLP logging articulation targets — SimplePractice was not built for you, and you'll feel it in every session. There are no DTT counters, no behavior goal tracking, and no parent-friendly progress sharing. You'd be adapting general tools to a specialized workflow every single day.
Feature comparison
A side-by-side look at what each tool covers.
Theralyn
SimplePractice
ABA therapy support (DTT, ABC data)
Occupational therapy documentation
General only
Speech-Language Pathology support
General only
Live session execution & tracking
Behavior goal counters
One-click session reports
Secure parent sharing (no app)
Built specifically for child therapy
Starting price
Free (paid plans coming soon)
$29/mo
Where Theralyn pulls ahead
The differences that matter most in a real clinical workflow.
ABA data collection that actually makes sense
SimplePractice doesn't have DTT counters, ABC antecedent-behavior-consequence fields, or behavior tracking built into session notes. You'd be recreating these manually in their notes editor every single session. Theralyn has DTT targets, ABC logging, and mastery tracking built into the live session execution screen.
Reports parents can actually read
SimplePractice generates clinical notes formatted for billing and insurance. Theralyn generates parent-friendly session summaries — in plain language, with goal progress highlighted, shareable via a secure link parents open in their phone browser. No PDF attachment, no email.
Three therapy types in one platform
Most child-focused clinics have ABA, OT, and Speech under one roof. SimplePractice serves adult mental health. Theralyn supports all three child therapy disciplines from a single login, so your whole team is on the same platform.
Which one is right for you?
Choose Theralyn if you…
Work with children across ABA, OT, or Speech
Need live session tracking and behavior goal counters
Want parent sharing built into the documentation workflow
Run or manage a multi-discipline clinic
Are on a tight budget (Theralyn is free today, in both INR and USD markets)
Stick with SimplePractice if you…
Primarily see adult mental health clients (counseling, psychology)
Need billing, insurance claims, and scheduling in one tool
Want a large, established user community and ecosystem
Are already heavily invested in the SimplePractice workflow