Doctora vs Freed
Freed is a popular general-medicine ambient scribe that turns a visit into a narrative SOAP note. Doctora is built specifically for optometry — it structures the entire per-eye exam, codes it with ICD-10 and CPT, and writes it into the optometry EHR you already run. Here's an honest, up-to-date comparison.
The short answer
Freed and Doctora both use ambient voice capture with provider review. The difference is what they produce and where it goes. Freed is built for general medicine and outputs a narrative SOAP note, then pushes that note into browser-based EHRs — none of them optometry platforms. Doctora is built for the optometric exam: it structures the whole visit into more than 100 discrete chart fields recorded per eye, generates ICD-10 and CPT codes with each charge linked to its diagnosis, and writes it into RevolutionEHR, Eyefinity, EyeCloudPro, CrystalPM, or OfficeMate.
Doctora vs Freed at a glance
| Capability | Doctora | Freed |
|---|---|---|
| Built from day one for optometry | Optometry only, by optometrists | General medicine; optometry not listed |
| Ambient voice capture | ||
| Structured exam fields, per eye (not just a note) | Narrative SOAP note | |
| Documents the full encounter (assessment & plan) | As a narrative note | |
| Generates ICD-10 + CPT codes | ?ICD-10 yes; CPT in beta; informational, not submitted | |
| Links each charge to its supporting diagnosis | ?No public claim | |
| Writes into your optometry EHR's chart fields | Browser-extension note push; no optometry EHRs | |
| Works across multiple optometry EHRs | RevolutionEHR, Eyefinity, EyeCloudPro, CrystalPM, OfficeMate | No optometry EHRs in its list |
| HIPAA compliant + signs a BAA | BAA on group plans | |
| Pricing | Paid add-on, works with your current EHR | Public tiers from $39/mo; note push + coding on the $119 Premier tier |
✓ yes · ✗ no · ? not specified in published materials. Comparison based on publicly available information as of June 8, 2026. Freed is a trademark of its owner; Doctora is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.
What is Freed?
Freed is a general-medicine ambient AI scribe. It listens to a patient visit and, in its own words, turns the conversation into a clinical note in the SOAP format for the clinician to review and transfer into their EHR. Freed markets to primary care and specialties such as family and internal medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, OB/GYN, and physical therapy.
Freed also generates ICD-10 codes (with CPT codes in beta) as informational suggestions, and offers a browser extension that pushes the finished note into browser-based EHRs such as athenahealth, Tebra, and SimplePractice. Its published list of supported EHRs does not include optometry platforms (as of June 2026).
What is Doctora?
Doctora is an AI medical scribe built specifically for optometry that works with the EHR you already use. It listens to the exam, structures the entire visit into the discrete chart fields your record uses, recorded per eye, and writes it back into your EHR for you to review and approve.
Instead of a narrative note to paste, you get the finished, coded optometric chart — history through assessment and plan, with ICD-10 and CPT codes — across RevolutionEHR, Eyefinity, EyeCloudPro, CrystalPM, and OfficeMate.
See how Doctora's AI scribe works →Doctora documents the entire encounter
A general-medicine scribe hands you a paragraph. Doctora structures the whole optometric visit — more than 100 discrete, optometry-specific fields, recorded per eye — and then generates the coding to match.
Background & history
Ocular and medical history, medications, allergies, family history, and review of systems.
Chief complaint & HPI
The patient's reason for the visit and a structured history of present illness.
Entrance testing & visual acuity
Aided and unaided distance and near acuity, recorded per eye.
Pupils, motility & alignment
Pupil testing, extraocular motility, cover test, and confrontation fields.
Refraction
Final spherocylindrical refraction, add, and best-corrected acuity per eye.
Tonometry (IOP)
Intraocular pressure readings with method and timing, per eye.
Slit lamp / anterior segment
Lids, lashes, conjunctiva, cornea, anterior chamber, iris, and lens findings.
Posterior segment / fundus
Vitreous, optic nerve and cup-to-disc, macula, vessels, and periphery.
Special testing
Imaging and ancillary testing such as OCT and visual fields, with results.
Assessment
A structured assessment tied to the findings documented in the exam.
Plan & patient education
The plan for each diagnosis, including follow-up and recommendations.
ICD-10 + CPT codes
Diagnosis and procedure codes generated from the visit, with each charge linked to its supporting diagnosis.
Why an optometry-specific scribe wins
A narrative SOAP note is a good fit for a primary-care visit, where the story of the encounter lives in prose. An eye exam is different: it is a dense grid of discrete, per-eye measurements — acuities, refraction, pressures, slit lamp, fundus — that belongs in structured chart fields, not a paragraph. A general scribe flattens that into text you still have to transcribe into the right places.
Doctora was built for that exam from day one, by optometrists. It captures the visit as the same discrete fields your EHR uses, right and left, and writes them in — then generates ICD-10 and CPT codes and links each charge to its supporting diagnosis. You review and approve a finished chart instead of reformatting a note.
Capture the visit however you work
Doctora meets you wherever you chart: on your computer, with the iPhone/iPad app, or with a pocket-sized recording device for hands-free exam rooms. Whichever you pick, the structured exam ends up in the same place — your EHR's real chart fields, ready for your review.
One scribe for the whole visit — on the optometry EHR you already run
From the chief complaint to the coded plan, Doctora handles the full record. The structured exam flows into the chart fields your staff already use; you review, approve, and it's saved — no retyping, no reformatting a note, no clicking field to field.
When Freed might be the right fit
If you practice general or multi-specialty medicine, work mostly in narrative notes, and want a low-cost, self-serve scribe you can paste into a browser-based EHR, Freed is a strong, well-liked option.
Optometry practices tend to choose Doctora when they want the eye exam captured as structured, per-eye chart fields rather than a paragraph, want ICD-10 and CPT coding tied to the diagnosis, or want the note written directly into an optometry EHR like RevolutionEHR, Eyefinity, EyeCloudPro, CrystalPM, or OfficeMate. See how all the optometry AI scribes compare →
Frequently asked questions
- Is Freed built for optometry?
- No. Freed is a general-medicine ambient AI scribe. Its published materials target primary care and specialties such as family and internal medicine, psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, OB/GYN, and physical and occupational therapy — optometry and eye care are not among the specialties it lists (as of June 2026). Freed produces a narrative SOAP note rather than the structured, per-eye optometric exam. Doctora is built specifically for optometry, by optometrists: it captures the entire encounter as discrete chart fields recorded per eye, all the way through ICD-10 and CPT coding.
- Does Freed work with optometry EHRs like RevolutionEHR or Eyefinity?
- Freed's note-transfer feature is a browser extension that maps a finished note into browser-based EHRs such as athenahealth, Tebra, Practice Fusion, Elation, and SimplePractice; its published list does not include optometry EHRs like RevolutionEHR, Eyefinity, EyeCloudPro, CrystalPM, or OfficeMate (as of June 2026). Doctora works across all five of those optometry EHRs and writes the structured exam into the chart fields your staff already use.
- Does Freed generate ICD-10 and CPT codes?
- Freed generates ICD-10 diagnosis codes and offers CPT codes in beta, as informational suggestions — its own materials note the codes are not submitted to payers or billing systems, and they do not describe linking each charge to its supporting diagnosis (as of June 2026). Doctora generates both ICD-10 and CPT codes from the documented encounter and links each charge to the diagnosis that supports it.
- What is the best Freed alternative for an optometry practice?
- Doctora is the leading alternative for optometry. Where Freed gives any clinician a fast narrative note, Doctora captures the whole optometric encounter — history and chief complaint through assessment and plan — as more than 100 discrete, per-eye chart fields, generates ICD-10 and CPT codes, and writes the structured exam into RevolutionEHR, Eyefinity, EyeCloudPro, CrystalPM, or OfficeMate, so the chart is finished, not just drafted.
- Does Doctora replace my EHR?
- No. Doctora is a scribe that layers on top of the EHR you already use — there is no migration and no data conversion. The structured exam flows into the chart fields your staff already use, and you review and approve before it is saved.
- Is Doctora HIPAA compliant?
- Yes. Doctora is HIPAA compliant, encrypts data in transit and at rest, and signs a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with your practice.
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