Comparison

PLI PLUS vs LexVid

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

Head to head
About

PLI PLUS

Access comprehensive legal reference materials, including books, handbooks, and forms, on your iPhone or iPad. This app allows for offline access, robust searching, and customizable e-reading features for legal professionals.

Highlights
  • Access legal reference materials
  • Offline content download
  • Robust search functionality
  • Customizable e-reading
  • Syncing for notes and highlights
Features
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With the PLI PLUS app, you can access your PLUS account from your iPhone or iPad and have up-to-date legal reference materials at your fingertips. This includes Practising Law Institute’s (PLI) Answer Books, Course Handbooks,Treatises, Legal Forms, and Program Transcripts. Features: Syncing capabilities for your Bookshelves, Notes, Marks, and Highlights Download items to your device when you need to work without an internet connection Robust search capabilities, including Terms and Connectors searching across PLI titles to help you find what you are looking for quickly and easily E-reading functionality including the ability to adjust font and font size

About

LexVid

Access and stream or download accredited continuing legal education (CLE) videos on your mobile device. Earn credits anywhere, anytime, with automatic reporting and instant certificates. Features offline viewing and progress syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Stream or download CLE videos
  • Earn CLE credits offline
  • Automatic credit reporting
  • Side-by-side video and slides
  • Cross-device progress syncing
  • Access entire CLE library
  • Track CLE compliance
Features
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Any LexVid member can use the LexVid app to stream or download CLE videos, and earn credit anywhere, anytime in every state where LexVid courses are accredited.Watch courses on your iPhone, iPod, or iPad. Download your courses ahead of time and earn CLE while on a plane or traveling without internet connection. Certificates are email, and credits are automatically reported once you're back online. The features of the App were thoughtfully designed with you in mind: • Traveling or commuting with no internet access? Download courses to your device for offline viewing • Automatic uploading and syncing of offline activity when the app is back online • Watch the course video and slides side-by-side or picture in picture • Course progress is automatically synced across all of your computers and devices • Earn credits in any state LexVid offers credits Plus, the best features from the website are included too: • Access the entire LexVid CLE library • Track your CLE compliance including your specialty courses • Watch courses anytime/anywhere - 24/7 • Receive instant certificates • Earn CLE credits for multiple bar states from a single course • Pause and resume courses at anytime • Download and view course materials • Participatory credit in California and interactive credit in Arizona LexVid’s video-only CLE library covers 29 practice areas including hard-to-find Ethics, Elimination of Bias, and Competence Issues/Substance Abuse courses. Courses are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. Take care of your CLE requirements on your schedule from the convenience of your home or office, and on the go. Questions or comments? support@lexvid.com

Screenshots

PLI PLUS4 screens
LexVid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PLI PLUS at 100% against LexVid's 67%. PLI PLUS also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). LexVid's advantage is ratings volume (5.3K vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PLI PLUS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LexVid has 5.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PLI PLUS's written reviews are positive against 67% of LexVid's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PLI PLUS ships an update every 6 months, LexVid every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PLI PLUS versus LexVid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPLI PLUSLexVid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (5.3K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings25.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB52 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPractising Law InstituteLexVid Services Inc.

Customer experience

PLI PLUS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LexVid

All ratings5,309 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral2.3%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

PLI PLUS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

LexVid

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not working on iPhone
  • Login issues with white text on white background
  • Courses not properly tracking completion

Requested features

3 requests
  • More course options and variety
  • Ability to fast forward, rewind, and change video playback speed
  • Pre-approved course codes for CLE associations

In-app purchases

None

PLI PLUS

No in-app purchases

None

LexVid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PLI PLUS free?
PLI PLUS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LexVid free?
LexVid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PLI PLUS or LexVid?
PLI PLUS is rated higher. PLI PLUS averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while LexVid averages 4.8 from 5.3K ratings.
Do PLI PLUS or LexVid have ads?
Neither PLI PLUS nor LexVid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PLI PLUS or LexVid?
PLI PLUS ships an update every 6 months, and LexVid every 3 months. Most recently, PLI PLUS was updated on September 18, 2026 and LexVid on September 25, 2026.

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