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Bloom
What Bloom is
Bloom is web-based practice management software for UK therapists, counsellors, and small practices. It combines scheduling, client onboarding, session notes, payments, video calls, and reminders. Practitioners can create recurring sessions, drag appointments to new times, and publish a booking link. Clients can book, sign agreements, and pay through secure one-time email links without creating accounts. Bloom connects to Stripe for automatic card payments and says it adds no fees of its own. Session notes are AES-256 encrypted, searchable across sessions, and exportable as PDF files. Zoom and Stripe integrations are listed, while Google Calendar sync is marked as coming soon. Bloom states that it is UK GDPR compliant and ICO registered, with data encrypted in transit and at rest and hosted in the EU on its own servers. The responsive web version works on phones; a native mobile app is coming soon. The plan costs £29 per therapist monthly, or £290 yearly when billed yearly.
Who it suits
Bloom is intended for UK solo private therapists, counsellors, and small practices. It is not built for large multi-clinician clinics, NHS or institutional settings, or businesses outside therapy.
What it does well
- Recurring sessions and drag-to-reschedule
- Secure client booking and payment links
- AES-256 encrypted, searchable session notes
- Stripe and Zoom integrations
- EU-hosted, UK GDPR-compliant data
What to know first
- No free plan or trial
- Google Calendar sync is coming soon
- Native mobile app is coming soon
- Not designed for large clinics
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bloom | monthly; £290/year when billed yearly · per therapist · £29 per seat for multiple practitioners · all features included | £29 a month |
| Monthly | monthly · per therapist · all features included · no per-client fees · no add-ons | £29 a month |
| Annual | yearly · per therapist · two months free versus monthly billing · all features included | £290 a year |
As trybloom.co.uk lists them, read 7 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Bloom focuses on the daily administrative needs of UK therapy practices, with scheduling, notes, payments, and client links. Its narrow audience and forthcoming calendar and mobile features should be weighed against the included workflow.
Facts from Bloom's own pages
- API limitation
- Authenticated practice endpoints for clients, appointments, encrypted notes, payments and billing are not included in the public API specification. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Calendar
- The calendar supports one-off, weekly and fortnightly appointments, drag-and-drop rescheduling and client-linked session history. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Calendar integrations
- Google Calendar can connect directly, while Apple Calendar, Outlook and other calendar apps can subscribe to a one-way Bloom diary feed. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Cancellation and data export
- Customers can cancel at any time, and Bloom keeps their data available for 60 days so they can export it. · trybloom.co.uk, 7 Oct 2026
- Client access
- Clients can book, sign agreements and pay through secure one-time email links without creating accounts. · trybloom.co.uk, 7 Oct 2026
- Client onboarding
- Clients can submit intake details, book consultations and sign counselling agreements through a tracked onboarding workflow. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- Companies House lists the registered office at 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal facts
- Companies House lists Bloom Practice Ltd as an active private company incorporated on 16 March 2026 for business and domestic software development. · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Developer documentation
- The developer page links to an OpenAPI specification, product documentation, llms.txt and a complete llms-full.txt site mirror. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation scope
- The documentation index covers dashboard, settings, calendar, clients, notes, documents, forms, payments, card payments, insights, clinical will and Zoom. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Document storage
- Client documents can be created, stored, shared and electronically signed inside each client record. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- London, UK · trybloom.co.uk, 28 Sept 2026
- Hosting and compliance
- The privacy policy says data is stored in the European Union and identifies Bloom Practice Ltd as an ICO-registered UK data controller. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent market description
- The same independent comparison describes Bloom as UK-built, GDPR-compliant and including telehealth, while its table lists an approximate £16 monthly price and a free trial. · healthcareitsolutions.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent market recommendation
- Healthcare IT Solutions' April 2026 comparison names Bloom as its top recommendation for UK private practice. · healthcareitsolutions.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent review caveat
- Trustpilot says Bloom has no recent history of asking for reviews and that its small review sample may not be representative. · trustpilot.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site lists Zoom and Stripe integrations; Google Calendar sync is marked as coming soon. · trybloom.co.uk, 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Bloom is built for UK solo private therapists, counsellors and small practices, and says it is not built for large multi-clinician clinics, NHS or institutional settings, or businesses outside therapy. · trybloom.co.uk, 7 Oct 2026
- Limit: mobile apps
- Bloom is responsive in mobile browsers, but its FAQ says native mobile apps are still being explored. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: no free trial
- Bloom says there is no free trial; customers pay when subscribing and can request a full refund within the first 30 days. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: phone calendar sync
- Phone calendar synchronization is marked as coming soon on the calendar feature page. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: roadmap
- The about page places AI note summaries and deeper accounting integrations in Q4 2026 or later, indicating they were not yet core capabilities. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: target market
- The company says Bloom is intended for UK solo therapists, counsellors and small practices rather than large clinics, NHS or institutional settings. · trybloom.co.uk, 15 Oct 2026
- Mobile
- Bloom says its web version is responsive on phones and lists a native mobile app as coming soon. · trybloom.co.uk, 7 Oct 2026
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