OpenBark Review 2026: Features, Pricing, Pros & Cons

OpenBark is a free, open-source scribe for veterinary teams. Recordings stay on your iPhone, using locally-hosted/downloaded models. Nothing ever leaves your device. Available for MacOS, Windows, Linux, and iPhone. RECORD THE VISIT, GET THE NOTE • One click to record in the exam room. Add the patient now or after the visit. • Speech is transcribed, so it works offline and recordings never leave the phone. • Each speaker is labelled, so you can see who said what. CHECK EVERY LINE • Tap any sentence in the note to see where it came from in the transcript. • Lines that need checking are marked before you sign. • Ask for changes, edit any section, then copy the note into your practice software. MADE FOR VETERINARY WORK • Templates for wellness exams, sick visits, dentals, dermatology, exotics, emergency, surgery, euthanasia and more, plus client summaries and discharge instructions. Make any template your own. • A dental chart for dogs and cats, drafted from what’s said during the procedure. You confirm every tooth. FINISH AT YOUR DESK • Sync your iPhone with OpenBark on your clinic’s computers, through a computer in your clinic. Transcripts and notes travel encrypted over your own network. Recordings never sync. • No OpenBark accounts and no servers of ours: nothing comes to us. • Sync is a preview until its independent security review is finished. Use it with test data until then. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no ads and no tracking. • Visits are stored encrypted on the device. • The source code is public, so anyone can check what it does. OpenBark drafts notes for a veterinarian to review. It doesn’t diagnose or replace clinical judgement. Always check a note before you sign it. Built by the ANI.ML Health team.