Comparison

Quimbee vs LawNet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Quimbee

This platform offers comprehensive legal study aids and bar exam preparation resources for law students. It features extensive case briefs, engaging video lessons, practice exams, and quizzes designed for efficient and effective learning.

Highlights
  • Case briefs database
  • Video lessons
  • Essay practice exams
  • Multiple-choice quizzes
  • Learning Hub
  • Issue spotters
Features
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Quimbee is an all-in-one learning platform built to support law students and bar examinees at every stage of their legal learning journeys. More than 900,000 students have trusted Quimbee Study Aids for expertly written case briefs, engaging video lessons, essay practice exams, and multiple-choice quizzes that help them survive cold calls and excel on exams. With Quimbee SideBar Videos, bar examinees get short, science-backed lessons designed to help them quickly understand and apply core bar exam concepts — plus hundreds of targeted multiple-choice questions that reinforce learning, strengthen retention, and train recall when it matters most. The result: smarter studying and greater confidence on exam day. From your first day of law school through your final days of bar prep, Quimbee is by your side. Quimbee includes: - The world’s largest database of case briefs keyed to 990+ casebooks - 1,290 short, engaging video lessons designed to help you comprehend the most complex legal concepts in all 1L, 2L, and 3L subjects - 3 case brief viewing options allow you to read full briefs, quick summaries, or bullet points to study how you prefer - Learning Hub, which lets you add your classes and recommends essential study tools tailored to your law school casebooks - Comprehensive outlines, plus short Quicklines for last-minute reviewing - 7,000+ multiple-choice questions with answer explanations - 210+ issue spotters with model answers written by real law professors - Materials designed using integrated learning-science methodologies for efficient, effective learning - 270+ digestible videos covering every subject on your bar exam - 800+ multiple-choice questions to test your knowledge of bar exam material - Bonus videos on bar exam tips and strategy

About

LawNet

Manage academic and administrative tasks for Columbia Law School students and faculty. Access course schedules, grades, enrollment, and directories. Faculty can manage class rosters and seating charts.

Highlights
  • Manage student profile and contact information
  • Check course schedules and waitlist status
  • View grades and pre-register for classes
  • Enroll in courses and manage waitlists
  • Reserve classroom seats and lockers
  • View student rosters and seating charts (faculty)
  • Browse student and faculty directory
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Perform your LawNet activities from your IOS mobile device: If you are a STUDENT: - Manage your student profile – your address and phone listing. Record your name pronunciation and save it on your user profile. Submit Emergency Contact information. - Check your course schedule as well as your current status on the waitlist - Check your grades - Pre-Register for classes to build up your new semester schedule - During ADD-DROP period see the status of courses to find out which are open for enrollment. - Enroll in courses and signup for wait list. Respond right away for notifications about seat offering for you in a class. - Reserve a seat in the classroom for the class you are taking using seating charts. See who seats near you - Reserve a locker in the Jerome Greene Hall - Check your Pro-Bono status or fill in Exit Questionnaire for your Pro-Bono work If you are a FACULTY: - See students enrolled in your class as well as the ones who are on the waitlist. Have your student information under your fingers. - Manage seating charts for your class. See where students seat in the classroom. For all members of Columbia Law School Community: - Browse Student and Faculty/Staff directory of Columbia Law School having your contact information right under your palm - Look up for Course Evaluation Reports The application requires Columbia Law School login to access. LawNet is developed and supported by the Columbia Law School Information Technology Department.

Screenshots

Quimbee4 screens
LawNet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quimbee at 4.8 against LawNet's 2.9. Quimbee also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 50%) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 12). LawNet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Quimbee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LawNet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quimbee holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quimbee has 2.5K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Quimbee's written reviews are positive against 50% of LawNet's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Quimbee versus LawNet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuimbeeLawNet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.5K ratings) — better2.9 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.5K — better12
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB16 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSellers International, LLCColumbia University

Customer experience

Quimbee

All ratings2,515 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative16.0%

LawNet

All ratings12 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Quimbee

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App goes dark spontaneously at times
  • App freezes a lot and has to be restarted often
  • Can't access current tasks
  • Videos don't save where you left off and quizzes have significant delay in the time they take to refresh the results

Requested features

7 requests
  • On the outlines for every topic, can you add links to cases that deal specifically with that topic
  • Let me adjust the font size
  • screen in screen support to watch the lectures while taking notes on my phone
  • option to see all the Flashcards in a topic
  • offline use would be great
Show 2 more
  • more control over the flashcard use
  • Bring back old printing

LawNet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quimbee

One-time1
  • Gold Plan2 variants$299.99
None

LawNet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quimbee free?
Quimbee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LawNet free?
LawNet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quimbee or LawNet?
Quimbee is rated higher. Quimbee averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while LawNet averages 2.9 from 12 ratings.
Do Quimbee or LawNet have ads?
Neither Quimbee nor LawNet shows ads.

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