Best AI for medical chronology: Dodonai, and when to pick another
Answer in brief: if a dated chronology is the main thing you need from AI, our pick is Dodonai: its pricing page lists medical chronologies as free with every plan, and plans start at $300 a year. Pick OctopusLM instead if you want to pay per page with no annual commitment, or Medrecords AI (ours) if you also need a cited summary and a report draft from the same file.
Limits: Vendor facts come from each vendor's own website (1 from trade press), read 2026-11-12. We haven't run every product, and prices change, so check the vendor before you buy.
Why Dodonai is the pick
The chronology itself costs no credits. Dodonai's pricing table puts medical chronologies at 0 credits per page, under the line "always free with every plan". Summaries and advanced analysis use credits; the timeline doesn't.
A known annual cost. Lite is $300 a year, Basic $600, Pro $1,000 (shown as $25, $50 and $83.33 a month). For a physician who builds chronologies every month, a fixed yearly line is easier to budget than per-file invoices.
A self-serve trial. 7 days and 100 pages, signup from the pricing page, no sales call required.
We picked on the published terms, read on 2026-11-12. We didn't run a file through Dodonai for this page, so test it on a closed case before you rely on it.
The catch with Dodonai
- The cheap rate is annual. Its page says annual billing costs about 17% less than 12 monthly payments, so the headline prices assume a year paid up front.
- 100 trial pages is a sample, not a file. A real IME or risk file runs to hundreds or thousands of pages. You won't see how it handles duplicates and long scans until you pay.
- No BAA on the pricing page. We found no BAA or HIPAA statement on the pricing page we read. Get a signed BAA before any PHI goes in.
- "Free" is per the pricing table. Confirm with Dodonai that a chronology on a file you haven't otherwise summarized draws no credits on your plan.
6 chronology tools compared (captured 2026-11-12)
| Tool | Chronology pricing | Trial | What the chronology includes, per vendor | Source, date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodonai (pick) | 0 credits on every plan; plans $300 to $1,000 a year | 7 days, 100 pages | Structured timelines from records | dodon.ai, 2026-11-12 |
| OctopusLM | Included: $0.10 a page, $0.05 with a $300 top-up | 1,000 pages | Dated chronology with narrative summary, page citation on every line, Word and Excel export | octopuslm.co, 2026-11-12 |
| InPractice | Page packs: $0.15 down to $0.07 a page | 500 pages, no card | Chronology and summary (no subscription) | inpractice.ai, 2026-11-12 |
| MediScan | Monthly plans from $169 for 1,200 pages | 15 days | Organizes records into a chronology with editable encounter summaries and source references | mediscan.ai, 2026-11-12 |
| Medrecords AI (ours) | Included in $0.10 per deduplicated page | 7 days, 1 case, 1,000 pages, after a demo | Page-cited chronology plus summary, record Q&A, missing-records flags | our page, 2026-11-12 |
| Superinsight | Not compared; sells to law firms | Free case breakdown offered | AI medical chronology for law firms | superinsight.ai, 2026-11-12 |
Superinsight is on the list because it ranks for chronology searches, not because we'd pick it for a physician: its pages speak to attorneys.
Runner-ups, and who should pick each
OctopusLM: per page, no year up front
The best runner-up for a physician with irregular volume. The chronology comes with the narrative summary, every line carries a page citation, and the export goes to Word and Excel. 1,000 trial pages is enough to test a real file. The catch: the low rate needs a $300 prepaid top-up, and its pricing page doesn't mention HIPAA or a BAA.
InPractice: prepaid packs, a trial without a card
500 free pages, no card, no subscription; packs from $150. The catch: $0.15 a page in the smallest pack is the highest per-page rate here, and the $0.07 rate needs 100,000 pages.
MediScan: if you want people to help you start
A 15-day trial, editable encounter summaries with source references, free training for your physicians or staff, and human support during Pacific business hours. The catch: monthly page caps, so a quiet month still costs $169.
Medrecords AI (ours): when the chronology is step 1 of a report
Pick it over Dodonai when you need the chronology, a cited summary, answers to questions about the file and a draft report from your notes, all on 1 per-page bill with duplicates removed. Pick Dodonai when the chronology alone is the deliverable and an annual plan suits you.
5 things to check in any trial chronology
- Every row has a page. Open 10 rows at random and confirm the page says what the row says.
- Dates are encounter dates. Not the fax date, print date or date the record was signed.
- Duplicates collapse. The same MRI report sent by 2 providers should appear once, with both sources noted.
- Undated pages are flagged, not dropped or given a guessed date.
- It exports to something you can edit. You'll cut and annotate it before it goes in a report.
Chronology format rules themselves (columns, citation style) are a topic of their own; this page only covers which tool to buy.
Questions about AI chronology tools
What is the best AI for building a medical chronology?
Our pick is Dodonai, whose pricing page lists medical chronologies as free with every plan, from $300 a year. OctopusLM is the per-page alternative with a page citation on every line.
Is there a free AI medical chronology tool?
No tool on our list is free outright. Dodonai charges 0 credits for chronologies but needs a paid plan; InPractice (500 pages), OctopusLM (1,000 pages) and Medrecords AI (1 case, 1,000 pages) offer free trials.
Do these tools sign a BAA?
Medrecords AI signs one at signup. Dodonai, OctopusLM and InPractice don't mention a BAA on the pricing pages we read on 2026-11-12, so ask each one before uploading PHI.