Physiotherapist Software Comparison 2026: Which to Choose?

Why this comparison?

If you have just set up your practice or are thinking of changing tools, you are probably wondering which physiotherapist software to choose to save time and make your life easier. The market is saturated with solutions that all promise to "do everything". In practice, software is chosen on three questions, not ten criteria: what does it do with your billing, with your written work (assessments, reports, letters), and with your organisation (schedule, resources)? Answer these three questions: the rest (ergonomics, price, mobile) becomes a matter of comfort, not a sorting criterion.

This is not a ranking: it is a practical overview to compare according to your real needs, not according to the longest list of features.

1. What the software does with your billing

This is the most searched-for question and the worst served by the market: SESAM-Vitale management, third-party payment, teletransmission. All-in-one practice management software (such as Doctolib Kiné, Maiia, Milo) covers this component natively, with levels of integration with the carte Vitale reader that vary from one vendor to another: to be tested before signing, not assumed.

A useful point if you are looking at Markus: Markus does neither billing nor teletransmission. It sits alongside your existing billing software, on written work and organisation, not in its place. If billing is your only point of friction, an all-in-one software remains the right answer.

2. What the software does with your written work: assessments, reports, letters

This is where the most time is lost at the end of the day. Some tools specialised in the BDK structure clinical entry and allow clean, shareable follow-up. This sharing is becoming a regulatory issue: see your obligations to feed the DMP (shared medical record), particularly in the context of direct access.

Markus positions itself specifically there: it drafts the BDK, the summary sheet and the exercise programmes in your template, rather than imposing a new one on you. The tool is designed with the FFMKR (French federation of physiotherapists) and hosted in France (HDS, certified health data hosting). These are two points to check systematically on any tool that touches health data, Markus included.

3. What the software does with your organisation

Schedule, management of rooms and equipment, patient reminders by SMS: this component determines the rate of missed appointments as much as administrative comfort. It is not the central subject of this article (we detail the 7 points to check on a physiotherapy schedule in a dedicated article), but here is what changes in practice from one tool to another: does it simply record a slot, or does it take your rooms and equipment into account before offering it?

The Markus schedule filters by reason for consultation, asks for manual validation and sends reminders by SMS and by email; it is included in the Markus Consultation plan.

The detailed comparison, tool by tool (2026)

Beyond the three questions above, here is an overview of the software and applications that come up most often in physiotherapists' searches in 2026: all-in-one practice management solutions and new entrants specialised in assessments and AI-assisted written work. Each price is the one displayed on the vendor's website on 24 September 2026; when no price is public, we say so rather than put forward an unverified figure.

Sources: official home pages and pricing pages of each vendor, consulted on 24 September 2026 (links in the table); MonRdvKiné price rechecked on 25 September 2026.

Most of these tools cover a single component: the assessment, or the schedule. What sets Markus apart is the combination: clinical written work in your existing template and organisation (schedule included in the Markus Consultation plan), without ever touching billing or teletransmission.

Patient follow-up between sessions

These tools are useful if you want to stay in touch with your patients between two sessions, and support them at home. If you want to modernise your patient follow-up and optimise your hourly rate, Andrew® is a solution worth a look. Designed by physiotherapists for physiotherapists, it lets you offer personalised programmes remotely and manage your billing directly from the app, through its Stripe integration. Simple, intuitive, and with personalised support included.

Tools for locums, collaboration and communication

Finding a locum or collaborating smoothly is often a headache. The Rempleo app, for example, is designed specifically to connect physiotherapists looking for a locum.

And what about ChatGPT?

Yes, it is not physiotherapist software as such, but more and more professionals use AI to help them in their daily work. In our conversations with healthcare professionals, several told us they already use it to:

• Write their assessments

• Create care protocols

• Research on PubMed or the HAS (French national health authority)

Those who took the time to learn how to use it have seen a considerable time saving in their practice.

⚠️ Be careful, however: using an AI such as ChatGPT must never involve health data. The information you provide to these tools is used to train them, which is not GDPR-compliant and illegal for sensitive data.

👉 There is not yet a generic solution that is 100 % compliant in terms of security and HDS hosting. This is precisely the blind spot that specialised tools hosted in France, such as Markus, are trying to fill for clinical written work.

Conclusion

There you are: you now have a framework for knowing which physiotherapist software to choose in 2026: start with billing, then written work, then organisation, in that order, because that is the order in which the most lost time hides.

If your billing software already suits you and it is written work or the schedule that costs you time, Markus plans start at €28.80 incl. VAT/month, with a free trial and no commitment.