Practice Radar vs Local Falcon for UK dental practices
Local Falcon is a specialist in Google Maps grid scans, with flexible grids and a low entry price. Practice Radar uses a monthly grid as one part of a full read of your dental market, and on its higher plan it makes the changes you approve.
Practice Radar shows a dental practice where it ranks against every practice nearby, and does the work to move up.
Thirty days free. No card, and nothing starts automatically when it ends.
The short answer: Local Falcon is the specialist for Google Maps grid scans. If you want to run big, flexible grids as often as you like, it is cheaper and more flexible than anything else here. Practice Radar uses a monthly grid as one part of a full read of your dental market, sets it against where people actually live, and on its Growth plan makes the changes you approve.
We make Practice Radar, so weigh what we say about it accordingly. Local Falcon's prices and features below are from its pricing page and its home page on 19 October 2026. Prices change, so check again before you buy.
At a glance
| Local Falcon | Practice Radar | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Any local business, and agencies | UK dental practices only |
| Price | From $24.99 a month for 7,500 credits, up to $199.99 a month | £249 a month to see where you stand, £549 to have changes made, month to month |
| Free option | 100 free credits when you create an account | First month free, no card |
| Map grid | Grids from 3x3 to 21x21, on Google and Apple Maps, as often as your credits allow | 25 points across your town every month, set against where people live |
| AI search | Grid scans across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode | Whether AI assistants name your practice when asked for a dentist in your town |
| Google profile and reviews | Falcon Agent can update your profile, reply to reviews and publish posts | Profile checked field by field against rivals; replies posted on approval (Growth) |
| Changes to your website | Not among the features on its pricing or home page | Titles, descriptions, local pages and structured data, applied when you approve (Growth) |
| Listings and ads | Not its focus | 30 UK and dental directories kept in step; wasted Google Ads searches blocked on approval (Growth) |
| NHS and CQC data | No | Every practice near you as the NHS and CQC record it |
See this for your own town.
Every practice competing with yours on one map, sized by the share of local search each one holds, re-checked every week. The sample town shows the whole thing now, with no sign-up.
Run on our own practice first: ninth of the 14 practices measured in its town in May, first of 18 in September, on UK-wide search value. Page-one keywords: 6 in May, 194 in September.
Thirty days free. No card, and nothing starts automatically when it ends.
What Local Falcon does well
Local Falcon made the map grid popular, and it is still the most flexible way to run one. On 19 October 2026 its plans are credit based: Starter at $24.99 a month for 7,500 credits, Basic at $49.99 for 15,150, Pro at $99.99 for 31,250 and Premium at $199.99 for 63,150, with unlimited keywords and locations on every plan and grids from 3x3 to 21x21. It tracks Google and Apple Maps, and runs grid scans of AI search across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode.
Its Falcon AI writes recommendations from your scans, and its Falcon Agent can take action on your behalf: updating your Google Business Profile, responding to reviews and publishing posts. The Premium plan adds white label reports and automated review responses.
If you want to scan many keywords on large grids every week, or you run an agency reporting to many clients, Local Falcon is excellent value.
Where Practice Radar is different
- People, not points. A grid shows coloured squares. Practice Radar sets each point against the number of people who live there, so the headline is the share of your neighbours who see you in Google's first three. A green square over a field and a red square over a housing estate are not equal.
- The whole market, not just the map. Every practice near you, sized by its share of local search, plus your rankings for the treatments patients search for, your Google listing against your rivals', your reviews, links and directories.
- Changes beyond your Google profile. On Growth, approved changes go onto your website itself (titles, descriptions, local pages and structured data on WordPress, Webflow or Wix), your directory listings and your Google Ads.
- Dental context. Every practice near you as the NHS and CQC record it.
On our own practice in Cheshire, new private patients went from 8 a month before we started in June 2026 to 19 a month since, from the practice's own records. The full case study sets out what changed and what we can and cannot claim from it.
Which should you choose?
- Choose Local Falcon if the map grid is the main thing you want, you want to scan often and at large sizes, or you report on many businesses.
- Choose Practice Radar if you run a dental practice and want the whole local market read, ranked and acted on, with changes made to your website as well as your Google profile.
See the plans, or run the free audit to see where your practice stands before you choose.
Frequently asked questions
Is Local Falcon good for dentists?
Yes, for map grid tracking. It works for any local business, dental practices included, and its grids are larger and more flexible than most. It is not built around dentistry, so it does not show NHS or CQC data.
How much does Local Falcon cost compared with Practice Radar?
On 19 October 2026 Local Falcon costs $24.99 to $199.99 a month depending on credits, with 100 free credits to start. Practice Radar costs £249 a month to see where you stand, or £549 a month to have changes made for you, with the first month free.
What is the difference between their map grids?
Local Falcon lets you choose grid sizes from 3x3 to 21x21 and scan as often as your credits allow. Practice Radar reads 25 points across your town each month and weights them by where people live, so it reports the share of local people who see you first rather than the share of points.
Which one makes changes for me?
Both can act on your Google Business Profile and reviews: Local Falcon through its Falcon Agent, Practice Radar on its Growth plan once you approve. Practice Radar also applies approved changes to your website, directory listings and Google Ads.
See your own town before you pick a tool
The free audit draws your practice's position at 25 points around it, your rank for ten local searches and your listing beside the top three, in a few minutes.
Run on our own practice first: ninth of the 14 practices measured in its town in May, first of 18 in September, on UK-wide search value. Page-one keywords: 6 in May, 194 in September.
Thirty days free. No card, and nothing starts automatically when it ends.