# Nookal review (2026): is it worth $87 a month? > Practice management for allied health clinics, priced per practitioner Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Nookal is practice management software for physiotherapists, psychologists, chiropractors and other allied health clinics. It covers online booking, patient records and clinical notes, invoicing and payments, and claiming through public and private insurers in several countries. Price depends on the number of practitioners treating patients; admin and reception staff are free. - **Category:** Therapy & Clinic Software - **Made by:** Nookal - **Website:** https://www.nookal.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you work alone, as one practitioner is $87 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Nookal is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $87 per month for 1 practitioner (Essentials). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 30-day free trial, no credit card, no lock-in contract. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Essentials | $87 per month for 1 practitioner, billed monthly | For 1 to 12 practitioners: $248 a month at 6. Booking, notes, invoicing, intake forms, basic reports. Read from the page's US price data. | | Professional | $98 per month for 1 practitioner, billed monthly | Any team size: $265 a month at 6 practitioners. Adds KPI dashboards, recalls, waitlist, two-way SMS and invoice automation. | | Enterprise | Custom | For multi-site groups and larger organizations. Adds API access, a dedicated account manager and priority support. | Read from https://www.nookal.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Nookal before buying. ## Key features - **Scheduling and online booking:** Multi-practitioner calendar and online appointment booking. Professional adds automated recalls and waitlist management. - **Patient records and notes:** Patient records, clinical notes and intake forms on every plan, with customizable intake and consent forms on Professional. - **Invoicing and claiming:** Invoicing and payment processing, plus claiming for Medicare Australia, DVA, New Zealand's ACC and UK insurers through Healthcode. Per-claim fees apply. - **Reporting:** Basic reporting on Essentials; advanced reports and KPI dashboards on Professional. - **JAN AI assistant:** An optional AI assistant for notes, letters and practice numbers, sold per practitioner who uses it. ## Good for - Physio, psychology and other allied health clinics, mainly in Australia, New Zealand and the UK - Clinics that want admin and reception staff at no extra cost - Growing teams, since the per-practitioner rate falls as headcount rises ## Worth knowing - The pricing page shows Australian dollars by default; the US figures here come from price data the page loads for US and Canadian visitors. - Reminders, claims and add-ons are charged on top: texts from $0.05 each in US dollars, JAN AI $25 per practitioner a month on Professional. - The patient portal, secure messaging and single sign-on are paid add-ons on Professional and above. - Claiming integrations the pages list are mostly for Australia, New Zealand and the UK. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Nookal is practice software for physios, psychologists and chiropractors, with booking, notes, invoicing and insurance claiming, and free admin and reception logins. It costs $87 a month for one practitioner, and the claiming links the pages list are mostly for Australia, New Zealand and the UK. - **Value for money: C.** Essentials is $87 a month for one practitioner on US pricing, above the $59.90 dearer-quarter line but under the $95 dearest-tenth line. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 30-day free trial with no card and no lock-in. No free plan. - **Features: C.** Booking, notes, invoicing and claiming. Claiming is mostly Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and portal and messaging are paid add-ons. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Forms, notes templates and claiming need setting up. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with Stripe, Square, PayPal, Mailchimp and Physitrack links. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Nookal's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among therapy and clinic software - Nookal's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 9 of the 38 other therapy and clinic software we grade, and level with 5. - Its paid plans start at $87 a month, against a middle price of $39 for the category: 23 of the 26 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 23 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/therapy-clinics ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Nookal you would be making insurance claims sent to payers through a clearinghouse. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 24 of the 38 other therapy and clinic software grade higher. It costs $1,044 a year. - You could make: Appointment booking, clinical notes, invoicing and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Insurance claims sent to payers through a clearinghouse. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, Square and PayPal among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Stripe, Square, PayPal, Mailchimp, Physitrack, Heidi, Medicare Australia, Healthcode **Tags:** Appointment booking, Clinical notes, Invoicing, Insurance billing, Reports, AI features ## Alternatives - [Cliniko](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cliniko): Practice management for allied health clinics, priced by practitioners. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cliniko-vs-nookal) - [Jane](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jane): Booking, charting and payments for multi-practitioner health clinics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jane-vs-nookal) - [splose](https://toolgpa.com/tools/splose): Practice management for allied health clinics, with NDIS support. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nookal-vs-splose) - [Halaxy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/halaxy): Free practice management software for health practitioners. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/halaxy-vs-nookal) - [Zanda](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zanda): Browser-based practice software for allied health and therapy clinics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nookal-vs-zanda) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.nookal.com/pricing - https://www.nookal.com/integrations - https://www.nookal.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/nookal Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).