Best AI Note Writers for Social Workers in 2026: Case and Progress Notes

For a clinical social worker in therapy practice, the best AI note writer is one that handles progress notes and the formats social work uses, such as PIE and DAP. Supanote, TheraPro and Berries name social workers among the clinicians they serve. AutoNotes includes AI case note formats on its $19 plan. Note Designer and WellNotes suit social workers who would rather write from their own summary than record sessions.

We are WellNotes, so read this with that in mind. Every competitor fact below comes from the vendor's own website, checked on November 3, 2026, with a link. Where a vendor did not state something, we left it out. Confirm pricing and features with each vendor, and check your agency's policy before using any AI tool with client records.

Social workers write two broad kinds of notes. Progress notes document a clinical session: presentation, interventions, response and plan, often in SOAP, DAP, BIRP or PIE format. Case notes document case management: contacts, referrals, coordination with other providers, resources and follow-up. Most AI note tools are designed for therapy progress notes, so check whether a tool also handles case management entries before you rely on it for both.

PIE (Problem, Intervention, Evaluation) is common in social work and case management because it organizes the note around one identified problem. See the PIE note template for examples, and the biopsychosocial assessment template for intakes. For billing, common psychotherapy codes include 90791, 90834 and 90837.

Supanote says it is "made for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, coaches and more." You record live, dictate after the session, or upload audio, and it offers SOAP, DAP, intake and treatment plan templates or your own. It says recordings are deleted after scribing (supanote.ai).

Pricing (published): a 14-day trial; Starter from $19.99 a month for 40 notes; Pro from $39.99 a month for unlimited notes (Supanote pricing).

Pros: names social workers directly, low entry price. Cons: built around audio (recorded or dictated); we did not see a typed-summary option on its site.

TheraPro lists LCSWs among the clinicians it serves and summarizes therapy sessions into progress notes you copy into any EHR. Its plans include full recorded sessions, short recap sessions and typed sessions (therapro.ai).

Pricing (published): a Free plan with 3 full sessions and 3 typed sessions a week and 14-day note history, signup without a card; paid plans with a 14-day trial were priced in euros when we checked.

Pros: a lasting free plan that includes typed sessions. Cons: the free plan keeps only 14 days of note history, and US prices were not clear on the page.

Berries is an AI scribe for mental health that lists Social Workers among its specialties. It captures sessions live, by dictation, or from handwritten notes, text or audio, adds treatment plans and ICD-10 code suggestions, and says it does not store recordings (heyberries.com).

Pricing (published): the first 20 sessions free, then 10 sessions a month, without a card; Pro $79 per month for unlimited sessions (Berries pricing).

Pros: accepts handwritten and typed notes as well as audio. Cons: the paid plan costs more than most others here.

AutoNotes is AI documentation for behavioral health. Every plan, including the entry Notes plan, includes unlimited typed or dictated notes and AI case note formats. Recording sessions starts on the Workspace plan (AutoNotes pricing).

Pricing (published): Notes $19 per month ($16 billed annually); Workspace $49 per month ($39 promo for the first year when we checked); Practice $69 per month, which adds roles, permissions and supervision. Free trial without a card.

Pros: case note formats and unlimited typed notes on the cheapest plan. Cons: supervision and practice-wide workflows need the $69 Practice plan.

Note Designer is a template-based note writer for mental health professionals with optional AI and no session recording. It includes SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, SIRP and PIE notes, treatment plans and intake reports (notedesigner.com).

Pricing (published): $15 per month or $150 per year, unlimited notes and clients (Note Designer pricing).

Pros: PIE support, lowest price, no recording. Cons: you build notes through templates rather than from a free-text summary.

Upheal's Free plan writes individual therapy notes from text, dictation or uploads, with SOAP, DAP and Intake note types. The AI Notes plan adds recorded sessions and more note types, including PIE, BIRP and GIRP (Upheal pricing).

Pricing (published): Free $0; AI Notes $39 per month flat, unlimited sessions.

Pros: a usable free plan. Cons: PIE and BIRP are on the paid plan only, and the product is designed around therapy sessions rather than case management.

WellNotes drafts notes from a short summary you type or dictate after the session, in 15 formats that include SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, PIE, SIRP, intake, risk assessment, treatment plans and family therapy notes.

• Case notes: there is no dedicated case management template. On the Professional plan you can add custom note templates (each a name plus instructions) for your agency's case note structure.
• Input: typed or dictated summary, with no mode that records the session. Dictation and audio upload unlock after the 3-day trial.
• Where notes live: in your browser only, cleared on logout, so you copy each note into your agency's record system.
• Pricing: Starter $27 per month (50 notes) and Professional $38 per month (unlimited).

Best for: LCSWs in private practice and clinical social workers who want PIE, DAP and SOAP drafts from their own summary. Agencies that need case management, supervision sign-off and a shared record should look at a platform instead. See WellNotes for LCSWs and WellNotes for case managers, or try the free DAP note generator.

As listed on each vendor's site on November 3, 2026.

• LCSW in private practice who is fine recording: Supanote or Berries.
• You need case note formats on a budget: AutoNotes Notes at $19 a month.
• You do not want sessions recorded: Note Designer, AutoNotes Notes or WellNotes. See our full list of AI note takers that work without recording.
• You want to start free: TheraPro's Free plan or Upheal's Free plan. Our free and low-cost AI note takers compares every free tier.

Whatever you use, review every draft. You sign the note, and agency and payer rules decide what it must contain. For the line between a progress note and private session notes, see process notes vs progress notes.