TrialPad vs Deposition Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrialPad
This app provides powerful trial presentation tools for legal professionals on iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Organize evidence, present documents, photos, and videos wirelessly, and highlight key information. It offers a secure, mobile, and efficient solution for courtroom or remote presentations.
- Organize evidence into folders
- Present documents, photos, video, audio
- Highlight, annotate, and redact
- Side-by-side document comparison
- Video clip editing and playback
- Exhibit stickers and admission marking
- Full-text search across case files
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TrialPad is the award-winning trial presentation app for iPad, iPhone, iPhone Duo, and Mac, all included with one LIT SUITE subscription. Organize your evidence, then present documents, photos, video, and audio wirelessly in the courtroom or a remote setting, from whichever device you have with you. Call out and highlight key passages, compare documents side by side, play and edit video clips, add exhibit stickers, and search every word of your case. TrialPad integrates with your Windows workflow, is powerful, easy to use, and a fraction of the cost of traditional or cloud-based programs, all while being secure, private, mobile, and efficient. TrialPad was named “The Best Trial Presentation App” with an A+ TechnoScore by LitigationWorld. Since 2010, LIT SOFTWARE has set the bar for developing the best in litigation apps, garnering awards for innovation and ease of use. Our apps have been featured by Apple, and are loved by lawyers. **** LIT SUITE REVIEWS **** “The short review. Wow.” “TrialPad offers a full trial presentation system in a simple-to-use package at a fraction of the cost.” “These are incredibly sophisticated and useful apps that are in many ways more powerful than PC software costing hundreds of dollars more.” “For anybody doing any amount of trial work...TrialPad is a must have application.” “TrialPad is the perfect case organizer and presenter.” “TrialPad is one of the most complete and high tech presentation systems designed for lawyers and it is available right on your iPad [and Mac].” “TrialPad...is the industry leader.” **** Core Features - iPad, iPhone, iPhone Duo, and Mac **** • Full electronic courtroom presentation, no cloud connection needed • Present via HDMI to a TV or projector, or wirelessly using an Apple TV • Create callouts you can resize with a pinch, recolor, and use to dim the rest of the page • Highlight, annotate, redact, and zoom in, or circle key areas with the Laser Trail tool • Split View shows two documents, two videos, or a video next to a document • Add auto-incrementing exhibit stickers and mark documents as admitted • Run your examination from presenter notes, with timestamps that jump to that moment in a video • Play, loop, and edit video clips, change playback speed, and capture still frames • Bookmark document pages and video timestamps • Create Key Docs from important pages or video segments, and draw on whiteboards • Search file names or full text across a document, a folder, or the whole case • Organize evidence into witness or issue folders, and swipe to mark Admitted, add a sticker, or export • Create reports of your evidence, presenter notes, or a time-stamped presentation log • Use War Room Mode to share your case with co-counsel and clients • Import from email, USB drive, AirDrop, ZIP files, or cloud storage providers like Box, Citrix Files, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and many more • Import production sets and videos from DocReviewPad, and synced video depositions, reports, and impeachment slides from TranscriptPad • Share entire case files using cloud storage or a USB drive • File formats supported: PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF, TXT, video and audio **** Optimized for iPhone and iPhone Duo - Your Entire Case in Your Pocket **** • Review and present your evidence anywhere, right from your iPhone • Unfold iPhone Duo for a larger view of documents and video, and write with Apple Pencil **** Optimized for iPad and Mac - Built for the Courtroom **** • Buttery smooth handwriting with Apple Pencil on iPad • Keyboard shortcuts and right-click menus on Mac LIT SUITE SUBSCRIPTION One subscription gives you access to all LIT SUITE apps on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad, and Mac. After your 7-day free trial, your App Store account will be charged and your subscription will renew automatically unless canceled in advance. Manage your subscription in your App Store account settings.
Deposition Timer
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Control the Clock. Protect Your Trial Record. Deposition Timer is the definitive, offline-only iPad and iPhone utility built exclusively for trial lawyers, litigators, and paralegals. Purpose-engineered around the FRCP 30 7-Hour Rule, this litigation stopwatch ensures you never lose track of on-the-record time, never miss a waivable objection, and always walk away with an immutable, court-ready export. --- WHY DEPOSITION TIMER EXISTS --- Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(d)(1) limits most depositions to one 7-hour day. Violate that limit and you risk motions, sanctions, and a blown trial record. Paper timesheets get lost. Generic stopwatch apps do not understand deposition mechanics. Deposition Timer was built by lawyers, for lawyers, to solve exactly this problem. --- TRIPLE-CLOCK TRACKING --- Deposition Timer runs three independent litigation stopwatch timers simultaneously: - Total On-Record Clock: tracks cumulative elapsed deposition time against the FRCP 30 7-hour limit with color-coded urgency alerts at 6h, 6h30m, and 6h50m. - Examining Counsel Clock: isolates actual testimony time, excluding all interruptions. - Opposing Counsel Objection Clock: accumulates time consumed by speaking objections, giving documented proof to demand time extensions under FRCP 30(d)(1). --- DEPOSITION OBJECTION LOG --- Log waivable evidentiary objections in under one second using Expo-Haptics blind-logging - no need to look at the screen. Supported objection types: Form, Foundation, Hearsay, Speculation, Compound, Assumes Facts Not in Evidence, Calls for Legal Conclusion. Every logged objection is timestamped to the millisecond and tied to the active triple-clock state, creating a synchronized attorney work product record ready for transcript correlation. --- ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE PROTECTED --- Deposition Timer is built on a strict privacy-first architecture: - 100% Offline - zero network requests, ever - Zero Cloud Sync - case data never leaves the device - AES Encryption - all case profiles and objection logs are encrypted at rest - No Account Required - no login, no email, no tracking - No Analytics SDKs - your deposition strategy is your attorney work product --- IMMUTABLE EXPORT FOR COURT REPORTERS --- At the conclusion of any deposition, generate a SHA-256 signed PDF or CSV export containing the full triple-clock timeline, objection log with millisecond timestamps, case metadata header, and a cryptographic hash for chain-of-custody integrity. --- DESIGNED FOR THE COURTROOM --- - Large-tap interface engineered for use under deposition pressure - Dark mode optimized for dim deposition rooms - Split-screen compatible for iPad multitasking alongside your PDF viewer - VoiceOver accessible for ADA compliance - Runs entirely on-device - no Wi-Fi, no cellular required --- PRICING --- Free to use for your first complete deposition. A single, one-time lifetime unlock is available for unlimited cases. No SaaS fees. No subscriptions. One payment. Every deposition. For the life of your practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Deposition Timer at every 4 days against TrialPad's every 6 weeks. Deposition Timer also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. TrialPad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $600.00 per year and Deposition Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TrialPad ships an update every 6 weeks, Deposition Timer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrialPad | Deposition Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (379 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 379 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LIT SOFTWARE, LLC | Aman Mishra |
Bugs and requests
TrialPad
Reported bugs
7 issues- Crashes routinely
- Freezes shortly after opening or use
- Mac version is glitchy, especially when renaming documents
- Error loading app info message when importing from Dropbox
- App freezes when clicking Dropbox option to import
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- Cannot import documents
- Home Screen is gone
Requested features
6 requests- Allow multiple users to work on a presentation simultaneously
- Ability to store files on OneDrive, SharePoint, or Dropbox
- Extensive 'how-to' presentation with real-world case demos
- Feature to export exhibits with exhibit number as prefix/filename
- Ability to monitor cloud service folders for automatic syncing
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- Mac OS version of the app
Deposition Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TrialPad
- Access to all LIT SUITE apps7 Days trial2 variants$600.001 Year
Deposition Timer
- Deposition Timer Pro - Lifetime$49.99
Questions
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