Lexis® vs DocReviewPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lexis®
Conduct comprehensive legal research on your mobile device. Access critical legal documents, annotate them offline, and stay organized with remote access to saved files. Ensure your research is current with integrated tools for quick and efficient results.
- Offline document viewing and annotation
- Instant alert viewing
- Remote access to saved files
- Quick access to research history
- Shepard's® integration for 'good law'
- Document delivery via email/PDF
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Transform the way you conduct legal research on the go! Get your hands on the award-winning Lexis® mobile app that was identified by eWEEK and the Consumer Electronics Association as the only innovative mobile app designed to support job efficiency for lawyers! Access critical information with Lexis® right from your Apple iPhone® or iPad®. Whether you are in the courtroom or on your morning commute, conduct comprehensive research quickly to find relevant results. Please note you must have a current Lexis® subscription and valid ID/password to utilize this app. With the Lexis® app, you can: • View and annotate documents while offline with ability to sync changes! • View alerts instantly • Stay organized with remote access to saved files and folders • Access favorites, previous research results quickly and search within results • Ensure your research is “good law” with Shepard’s® • Browse Sources and access Table of Contents • Highlight and annotate text within documents • Deliver documents via email, wireless printing or one-click PDF options And much more! “The iPad app is invaluable. Being able to search efficiently from the iPad while in court, in meetings or traveling is fantastic, and the ability to save the important cases to folders is very important to me.”- Associate at Large Law Firm “I especially like the ability to conduct research through the app on my iPad which makes me efficient outside of the office.”- Partner at Large Law Firm. For full research functionality, please visit Lexis® on the web. LexisNexis, the Knowledge Burst logo, Lexis, Shepard’s are registered trademarks and Shepard’s Signal is a trademark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license. Apple, iPad and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Please be sure to leave a review in the App Store for the Lexis® app. Tell us what you like and what you want to see in future releases.
DocReviewPad
This app provides comprehensive tools for reviewing and organizing documents. It allows users to import files, add annotations, assign custom numbering, and generate detailed reports. The application is designed for efficient document management and production, offering a secure and private workflow.
- Import documents from various sources
- Assign custom Bates numbers
- Add virtual sticky notes and annotations
- Apply tags and issue codes
- Search text within documents
- Create production sets and reports
- Offline document review
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DocReviewPad is a full-featured document review tool. Easily import documents, assign custom bates numbers, add virtual sticky notes, assign tags and issue codes to documents or pages, annotate with highlight, pen, and redact tools, search for text within documents, and much more. Create production sets and beautifully organized reports with all your review information. DocReviewPad can integrate 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. 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.” “This app can do things I’ve previously had to do on a desktop, but much easier and faster.” “Super way to review documents quickly.” “Generates professional reports with all the bates numbers listed, and exports to TrialPad into folders named for the issue code. Extremely useful.” “Helps me keep documents organized, bates stamps them, and create issue codes, which can then be generated into an easy-to-read report.” “Initial document analysis on iPad is fresh and fast, and frankly is a big winner.” “These are incredibly sophisticated and useful apps that are in many ways more powerful than PC software costing hundreds of dollars more.” —— QUICK FEATURE SUMMARY —— • Full featured document review capability, no cloud connection needed • Organize documents or pages with your own case specific customizable and color-coded issue codes • Easily mark documents or pages as confidential or privileged with built in tags • Import documents directly from an email, USB drive, or cloud storage providers like Box, Citrix Files, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and many more • Apply customized bates numbers to hundreds or thousands of documents in seconds • Highlight, annotate, redact, and zoom in on documents • Add multiple virtual sticky notes to each page • Create beautiful reports that include bates ranges, notes, tags, and issue codes assigned to each document or page • Search for a file name, or text within one document, a folder of documents, or the whole case • Granular export options for a document production set, omitting confidential or privileged documents • Create privilege log reports listing documents protected by a legal privilege • Organize your documents into witness or issue folders • Import PDF files with bookmarks and retain those bookmarks in DocReviewPad • Export your documents to TrialPad, organized by issue codes, into Key Doc folders • Share entire case files with other users using cloud storage or a USB drive • File formats supported: PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF, and TXT • Available for iPad and Mac —— EASILY ORGANIZE AND PRODUCE EVIDENCE —— Easily import files from many cloud storage providers, from a USB drive, drag-and-drop, even AirDrop. Then simply start swiping to speed review documents! Annotate with highlights or redactions, add sticky notes, and create custom issue codes to assign to entire documents or individual pages. Granular export options allow you to share only what you want. LIT SUITE SUBSCRIPTION One subscription gives you access to all LIT SUITE apps on iPhone, 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DocReviewPad at 4.4 against Lexis®'s 3.8. DocReviewPad also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 23%) and ratings volume (81 vs 5). Lexis®'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. DocReviewPad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $600.00 per year. Lexis® asks for nothing beyond the download.
DocReviewPad holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DocReviewPad has 81 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Lexis®'s written reviews are positive against 44% of DocReviewPad's.
Lexis® ships an update every 2 months, DocReviewPad every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and June 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lexis® | DocReviewPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 4.4 (81 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.3% of reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 81 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LexisNexis | LIT SOFTWARE, LLC |
Customer experience
Lexis®
DocReviewPad
In-app purchases
Lexis®
No in-app purchases
DocReviewPad
- Access to all LIT SUITE apps7 Days trial2 variants$600.001 Year
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