The best free AI doctors in 2026, compared honestly
Last updated September 20, 2026.
Five free AI doctors are worth knowing about in 2026, and they are genuinely different products. Pymander works entirely by text message with memory between consults and published benchmarks. Dr.Khan AI is anonymous web chat with nothing stored. Doctronic pairs free AI consults with $39 human video visits. CodyMD is built for one-hour prescription refills. Doctorina offers free AI medical consultation on the web. This page is written by Pymander, and it is honest about where the others are the better choice.
How they compare
| Channel | Anonymous | Memory between visits | Price | Prescriptions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pymander | Text message (SMS/iMessage), no app | No (name, date of birth, sex) | Yes, record carries forward | Free | No - routed to a clinician |
| Dr.Khan AI | Web chat + iPhone app | Yes - nothing stored, ephemeral sessions | No, by design | Free | No |
| Doctronic | Web + app | Free consults anonymous, optional login | Positions itself as a personal AI doctor | Free AI; $39 per human video visit | Yes, via paid human visits |
| CodyMD | Web chat | Login required | Visit-based | Pay per prescription refill ("you never pay until it is on the way") | Yes - 1-hour refills are the product |
| Doctorina | Web | Free consultation | Not stated | Free | Not stated |
Where each one wins
- For an ongoing record and evidence: Pymander. Every consult starts where the last one ended, every consult runs a red-flag check with direct escalation, and you get a care note your own doctor can read. The evidence is published: 98.2% on the USMLE across two independent, fully logged runs, and a HealthBench Hard mean of 0.3331 (N=999) on a sealed, pre-registered run (the evals page).
- For a fully anonymous one-off question: Dr.Khan AI. No signup, no data stored, nothing to leak. The trade is that every visit starts from zero.
- For a human doctor on video: Doctronic. The AI consult is free; a licensed doctor video visit is $39, no subscription.
- For a fast prescription refill: CodyMD. One-hour refills are the headline product, and you pay only when the prescription is on its way.
- For a quick web consult with no commitment: Doctorina.
Neither service replaces your own physician, and both say so themselves. For emergencies, call 911.
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